Hi Fernando A few other favourite spots, specifically for birds. You already know about High Park, which has both a captured and wild waterfowl population. Just West of Sunnyside and High Park, there is Humber Park which also is known for its waterfowl population throughout the fall, winter & early spring. There also use to be a snowy owl there during the winter.
East end, between Rouge River in Scarboro and Oshawa, is very rich in bird life especially in the spring for the smaller song birds and during the fall for migrating hawks. The best place is Lynnshore Conservation area and Cranberry Marsh in Whitby off of Bailey St. It use to be really good for waterfowl, but it got drained in a storm, and subsequent restoring has allowed it to be filled with rushes, so that the water area is really out of camera reach. But it is still good to see hawks, vultures etc. especially during the Sept. Oct. months. The last time I was at the Toronto Zoo in winter, I saw more wild deer than the caged Canadian animals. You may be lucky :-) Also they use to have cross country ski trails through the Canadian section. And , of course, any night in Toronto you should be able to see and maybe capture (on film or digital), racoons. A friend of mine in the downtown area has a family of racoons in his backyard tree. Two good books, if you can locate or order them: 1."Toronto the Wild" explains why we humans are basically guests in the Toronto area. 2.Also a chap named Clive Godwin has at least one of his books still current on the best places to observe birds in Ontario, and which includes an extensive section on the Toronto area. Even better, if it's still in print is his book on the Toronto area. That should keep you busy for a day or two :-) herb PS, you can email me if you'd like to know some of my other favourities. >Also, didn't know about Leslie Spit, now it's added it to my list to check it >out (any other locations to recommend?). BTW this was on Lakeshore Blv West, near High Park.
