Yonge and Dundas, with its billboards and expanses of concrete, may be the spot in Toronto that seems most removed from nature. But this video is a good reminder to look up every once in a while. Karen Whaley (a former Torontoist contributor) was waiting for a streetcar at the intersection around 5 p.m. Saturday [...]

Every weekday morning, bright and early, we feature a photo or (two) from a photographer in Torontoist’s Flickr Pool, our way of showing off their great work and starting the day off as prettily as possible. Seagulls2 BY KAMEO2010

Charmed by a bird that would make its nest even in the pockets of clothes hanging on a line, Kate Fox-Whyte designed these wren houses. Photo courtesy Toronto Botanical Garden. Shhh—listen, do you hear them? The silences echoing through the air are the songs of the bluebirds, wrens, swallows, and purple martins, migratory birds whose [...]

Photo by Tony Einfeldt. A few days ago, we saw a handsome red-winged blackbird, with its distinctive red and yellow shoulder bars, happily chirping away in a tree in a backyard. Then, like something out of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, it dive-bombed towards us, shrieking as it spread its wings and raised its talons. Frightened, [...]

Baby chipmunk found by Leighton Miller in September 2008. Photo by Leighton Miller. Although it doesn’t feel much like it yet, spring is here, and all the birdies and beasties are getting ready to have their babies. Due to the abundance of parkland within the city as well as the constant real estate development nibbling [...]

Just in time for Mother’s Day, this pair of Peregrine Falcons has three new chicks. Each year they return to the same nesting spot on a ledge eighteen floors above Etobicoke. The location is equipped with a camera, and the live video feed can be streamed online. Tune in for a feeding session with these [...]