Name: Groundhog Feasts on Garden Phlox @jeannieiron
Uploaded: 2020-09-06T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: Our groundhog (also called Woodchuck) feasts on my garden phlox. It also likes parsley and the leaves of Jerusalem Artichoke. We love seeing it. 2 September 2020.

Foot-tapping Killdeer in Toronto @jeannieiron

Uploaded August 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

A Killdeer is patting the soft mud with one foot in a quivering motion to help it find food. Plovers and other birds do it to bring their prey within easy reach. This behavior is called foot-tapping or foot pattering or foot-trembling. Ashbridges Bay in Toronto on 11 August 2019.

Greater Yellowlegs chases away Lesser Yellowlegs

Slaty-backed Gull in Toronto, 2 October 2020

Hermit Thrush feeds on fruits of Staghorn Sumac

Cackling Geese in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut

Short billed Dowitcher at Ashbridges Bay on 30 July

Gull Feeding Frenzy in Pickering on 22 November 2019

Double-scratchers in a Snow Storm in Toronto