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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2026

I find this worker village interesting. Several large trailers, and a small apartment complex made of modular trailers. I assume these are for the workers building the new subway in Toronto. It's a cramped space in Liberty Village, so I guess it was just […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Filmed through a steel fence looking down at a modular village of trailers

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2026

Saw these #mushrooms while hiking in Algonquin Park the cold weather must have triggered the fruiting. #mushroommonday #Ontario #Algonquin

two bunches of mushrooms growing on a wooden log. top of mushroom is grey, bottom has gills and is golden

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

Saw several white-throated sparrows in the backyard (Toronto, Ontario). The birds must be on the move, and migrating through, heading south. They can migrate as far as Texas and northern Mexico. Are you getting an influx of white-throats? #birds #birding #bird #Ontario #Toronto

white-throated sparrow among fallen yellow leaves, on the ground,

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

#Toronto #henge #Sunset along Eglinton Ave. and Duffferin. Complete with a car accident, a responding fire truck.

Sunset, fire truck, Shoppers Drugmart and crosswalk.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

This is the size that trees should be, this one was at least 36 inches in diameter at breast height (36 DBH, in forestry lingo). All of southern Ontario had such massive trees 400 years ago, with a clear and open forest floor. It wasn't an a area for deer as […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

me standing at the base of a wide pine tree

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Saw another of these trees, that grew as a sapling in the trunk of a larger tree, and sent its roots down through the older dead trunk. The older trunk rotted away, exposing this odd pattern. #nature #Ontario #Algonquin #trees #tree Location […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Dramatic fight between a northern sharp-shinned hawk and 4 blue jays. I came across a blue jay caching a nut into an woodpecker hole, bored into a large stump. While walking the Bat Lake trail. Soon after, high over the canopy, the four blue jays kept […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Sharp-shinned hawk in flight with wings spread.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Nice to come up to Algonquin to see the red squirrels, where they haven't been displaced yet by the eastern grey squirrels. With climate change, I wonder how before they get pushed out. American red squirrels are small, only up to 250 grams. Settle about 150 […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

a red squirrel sitting on a fallen tree in the forest

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Great name, the 'Whiskey Rapids' along the Oxtongue River in Algonquin Park. Location: www.openstreetmap.org/way/1167248753 #Ontario #nature #naturephotography #Algonquin

a river narrowing between rocks, with tall spruce trees on either side

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Saw this beach tree growing out of the stump of a former tree. Location: www.openstreetmap.org/way/148526614 #tree #nature #Ontario

Beach tree with an 8 inch diameter growing out of the stump that is 3 feet high and has a 30 inch diameter

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Cold overnight, got a hard frost in Algonquin Park, the salt trucks were out. #Ontario #Algonquin

Trail in the woods, with frost on the ground.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Saw several hermit thrush today, eating red berries. It was -3^c in Algonquin Park today. Lots of ice and frost on the trails. Only took light gloves with me, so hands froze. Tomorrow it goes up to +16^c. the temperature is all over the place, and will be […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

a small beaver lake and marsh, mostly yellow with spruce trees on the shore

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Northern scene, a long canoe on the lake. Getting cold here. #Ontario #canoe #autumn

long canoe, with 4 people paddling on a lake, with cedars and poplars trees turning orange

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

I like these old Art Deco, modernist, buildings from the 20 to the 50s. This building is along the Key Gardiner Beltline Trail in Toronto. The emblem has a nice font to it. Any idea of what it is? Though disturbing that the deer has an arrow piercing its […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

a square 1 store brick building with metal windows

A stone decorative emblem "The Village of Forest Hill 1923-1955" with a carved deer in the middle.

a dirt trail, with trees on either side, and a shaded canopy of trees overtop

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Had a big racoon in the backyard, late in the morning. Not sure what it was doing out, wandering around, in broad daylight. #racoon #Toronto #wildlife

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Ward 12, #Toronto is having a debate. When: Tuesday, October 20th at 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm) Where: First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto, 473 Oakwood Ave Fully accessible to people with mobility challenges. Online: Streamed on Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/81485723276 #topoli #Toronto

Poster for Ward 12 Debate, map of the ward in the middle of the poster.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Saw this in mid-town Toronto. Somebody got creative in their driveway to make a hanging garden. Much better than just a barren driveway. What should this type of structure be called? #Toronto #DIY #gardening #garden

An arbour made of 4x4 posts, cover a car in a driveway. With a car underneath, hanging vines and hanging baskets on it.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Lots of storm damage from several weeks ago, when the tornado like storm came through Toronto's west end. Viewmount park has damage to a dozen 80 year old willow trees. The city hasn't even gotten to cleaning them up yet. Some of the trees had large […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Lots of little kinglets in Toronto. Gettng ready to fly south. #Toronto #birds

Small kinglet holding onto a small branch.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Squirrel eating the late harvest raspberries that are a little too cold weather damaged. #Toronto #gardening #nature #naturephotography

A squirrel with a raspberry in its hands, eating it, while sitting on a wooden fence.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Lot's of bird action today in the backyard; a female cardinal, a kinglet, white crowned sparrow, a hairy woodpecker and a cooper's hawk! It was a cold night, so the birds are looking around to see what feeders have some food. This hawk has a really large […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Cooper's hawk sitting on a wooden fence.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Signs of autumn in the neighbourhood. The ginkgo tree fruit is ready. The sugar maples are turn red. #Toronto #autumn Location: www.openstreetmap.org/node/53553291…

ginkgo tree at the corner of an intersection

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Crab apples, a sign of the changing season. I'm sure lots of the little critters around really like that these are ripe. Many of these crab apple trees grow when people toss their apple cores, while walking. Location: Walter Saunders Park www.openstreetmap.org/way/56300240 #Toronto #autumn

$A 6meter tall crab apple tree, with few leaves, but lots of small, 5cm crab apples, along a walking trail.\$

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Going to the allotment garden gives me the opportunity to take pictures. I then take too many of them. Instead of having them languish on my hard-drive, I try to post them here. With migration the turkey vultures are moving south, and passing over Toronto […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

turkey vulture in the air with its wings spread

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

I like this pictures, a song sparrow sitting on rebar. This urban allotment gardens tend to accumulate lots of random material, that people use for building plant climbing structures and fences. These little birds like to sit on reeds and sing, but some […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

small song sparrow sitting on a piece of metal rebar

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Bird on a large gauge wire. Mourning doves really like the allotment gardens. The allotments I'm at are under the high capacity power lines. It's a large field. The freshly turned soil of individual plots, and cut grass at the park, attracts these birds […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

mourning dove sitting on a very large gauge wire

main path in the allotment gardens, with overhead hydro wires

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

I was at the allotment garden today, it rained briefly for a few minutes. Saw this white-throated sparrow sitting on the fence. It hung around and posed for a minute, for me. It's migration season so I assume that everything is on the move. Location […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Saw this Northern Mocking bird today at the allotment garden. Location: www.openstreetmap.org/way/464293658

northern mocking bird, little grey bird sitting on a twing

main path through allotment gardens with hydro wires overhead

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Saturday night #ceili #Ceilidh Set #Dance in #Toronto The legion is rented, the band paid, shoes polished. #Dancing #music #folk

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Starling and some sparrows enjoying a bath together. #Toronto #birds

1 starling and 2 sparrows in a cast iron bird bath

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Somebody in the neighbourhood must of lost a budge. I don't think I've seen one at the feeder before. #Toronto #birds

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

You don't see these cab over trucks that much anymore. Surprised to see this one in downtown #Toronto #cars #

blue cab over semi truck at an intersection

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

The Honey Locust trees have turned yellow. They're always the first to go. #autumn #trees #Toronto

several honey locusts tree by a road with yellow leaves

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Glad to hear that some rain is on the way to #Toronto. The birds are not too happy and making full use of the bird bath. Along with all the other local animals. #birds #birding #Toronto

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