Parkdale today... #parkdale #parkdaletoronto #streetphotography

Parkdale today... #parkdale #parkdaletoronto #streetphotography

Parkdale today... #parkdale #parkdaletoronto #streetphotography

Horses on O'Hara - Parkdale #parkdale #parkdaletoronto #streetphotography

Horses on O'Hara - Parkdale #parkdale #parkdaletoronto #streetphotography

Green Bottle Fly on False Sunflower seed head. #pollinators

Today's Drone Flies on New England Aster. #pollinators #dronefly

Today's Drone Flies on New England Aster. #pollinators #dronefly

Today's Sweat Bees on New England Aster. #pollinators #sweatbee

Today's Sweat Bees on New England Aster. #pollinators #sweatbee

Today's Sweat Bees on New England Aster. #pollinators #sweatbee

Today's Bumble Bees on New England Aster. #pollinators #bumblebee

Today's Bumble Bees on New England Aster. #pollinators #bumblebee

Monarchs in the wildlife gardens. Most Monarchs I saw today were flying by high overhead... but a few come into the gardens to refuel. #pollinators #monarchbutterfly

Monarchs in the wildlife gardens. Most Monarchs I saw today were flying by high overhead... but a few come into the gardens to refuel. #pollinators #monarchbutterfly

Leaf Cutter Bee on New England Aster Certainly not a rare insect but not one that I regularly see around the wildlife gardens. Although I see their cut leaf handiwork everywhere. #pollinators #leafcutterbee

The White-throated Sparrows are still very active around the wildlife gardens. Here's one in the back yard Red Elderberry #birds #whitethroatedsparrow

A juvenile Red-tailed Hawk I'm pretty sure a migratory visitor passing by high overhead. #birds #redtailedhawk

For most of the morning small groups of 5-6 Blue Jays would pass overhead. Then all of a sudden they kept coming. Over the course of ten minutes at least 100 flew overhead! It could have numbered much higher. #birds #bluejay

An assortment of pollinators in the wildlife gardens... using my wide angle macro lens. It's very tricky to use but worth the effort and patience. #pollinators #macrophotography

An assortment of pollinators in the wildlife gardens... using my wide angle macro lens. It's very tricky to use but worth the effort and patience. #pollinators #macrophotography

An assortment of pollinators in the wildlife gardens... using my wide angle macro lens. It's very tricky to use but worth the effort and patience. #pollinators #macrophotography

An assortment of pollinators in the wildlife gardens... using my wide angle macro lens. It's very tricky to use but worth the effort and patience. #pollinators #macrophotography

An assortment of pollinators in the wildlife gardens... using my wide angle macro lens. It's very tricky to use but worth the effort and patience. #pollinators #macrophotography

Locust Borer on Canada Goldenrod #pollinators

A Red-legged Grasshopper in the wildlife gardens. Once it had launched I tried to find it again and was looking all over. Then I looked at the camera held to my chest and it was on the end of the lens... hiding in plain sight 😂

While I was watching the Warblers flitting about the Birch tree from my second floor window I thought I would take a photo of this errant Bumble Bee in the Sumac. #pollinators

Parkdale today... #parkdale #parkdaletoronto #streetphotography

Parkdale today... #parkdale #parkdaletoronto #streetphotography

Parkdale today... #parkdale #parkdaletoronto #streetphotography

Parkdale today... #parkdale #parkdaletoronto #streetphotography

House Sparrows. Although they aren't native... it would be pretty quiet sometimes without them and they do play nice with all the other birds. I think they're one of the most prolific and adaptable birds globally. Would I prefer to have dozens of Chickadees instead? Yes. But this is urban Toronto.

A juvenile Cooper's Hawk cruising around above the house and the nearby high-rises while hunting pigeons. #birds #coopershawk

A juvenile Cooper's Hawk tucked into a sharp dive while hunting pigeons. #birds #coopershawk

I think this is day 6 of the Yellow Warbler hunting for insects in the front part of the wildlife gardens. It seemed to have particular success in the Canada Serviceberry. #birds #yellowwarbler

I think this is day 6 of the Yellow Warbler hunting for insects in the front part of the wildlife gardens. It seemed to have particular success in the Canada Serviceberry. #birds #yellowwarbler

Nashville Warbler Another migratory visitor came in to the wildlife gardens today. It was high in the trees for most of the day but came lower long enough to grab a couple of photos. #birds #nashvillewarbler

Cabbage White Butterflies flying circles around each other high over the wildlife gardens. #pollinators #parkdale

A native bee on the Canada Goldenrod with the wide angle macro lens. #pollinators #parkdale

A few more photos of the pollinators in the wildlife gardens - a more contextual view. #pollinators #parkdale

A few more photos of the pollinators in the wildlife gardens - a more contextual view. #pollinators #parkdale

Exceptional focus and balance for at least 20 minutes as it chewed through the outer shell of the Black Walnut.

A White-throated Sparrow mingled in with the House Sparrows... as they do. #birds #whitethroatedsparrow #parkdale

White-throated Sparrow Foraging for seeds then its shadow as it flies away. #birds #whitethroatedsparrow #parkdale

American Goldfinch - the not so Brave Ones A few of the Goldfinches that lingered at the perimeter of the wildlife gardens waiting for Pete to leave. #birds #americangoldfinch #parkdale

American Goldfinch - the Brave One This one has no issue with Pete hiding in the gardens while it fed. It 100% knew I was there. All the other Goldfinches were lingering nearby but wouldn't come in. #birds #americangoldfinch #parkdale

American Goldfinch - the Brave One This one has no issue with Pete hiding in the gardens while it fed. It 100% knew I was there. All the other Goldfinches were lingering nearby but wouldn't come in. #birds #americangoldfinch #parkdale

American Goldfinch - the Brave One This one has no issue with Pete hiding in the gardens while it fed. It 100% knew I was there. All the other Goldfinches were lingering nearby but wouldn't come in. #birds #americangoldfinch #parkdale

Spot the... Yellow Warbler Making an appearance while I was out with my macro lens taking insect photos. Pretty good image quality for a 105mm. Difficulty: easy #yellowwarbler

Nothing but flying native Bees on New England Aster in the wildlife gardens... 1/4000sec #pollinators #newenglandaster #parkdale