Results tagged “torontoandregionconservationauthority”

Mystery solved (sort of). According to Nathalie Karvonen, the executive director of the Toronto Wildlife Centre, and Ralph Toninger, senior project manager of restoration services at the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, the naked (and rather terrifying looking) creature that’s been seen skulking around Parkdale is indeed a raccoon, and come winter, one that's in grave danger.

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, we ran inside—ceding the backyard to our winged foe. If, like us, you’ve recently been traumatized (or embarrassed) by a red-winged blackbird, don’t worry: you're not alone.