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Hey r/toronto! Doing porch repairs, and we've found a hive of (I think) bumblebees. I'd rather not kill them, so are there any beekeepers here who'd like to pick up some free bees and a ball of honey any time before 9am tomorrow June 14? Please send PM for number/address. (Bloor West Village area.)

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[Image] The Tragically Hip is a legendary Canadian rock band whose lead singer, Gord Downie, has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. This is an image from their final tour, which ends August 20, 2016.

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Toronto Gone Wild Bonus Pic #1: Redhead with partially exposed beaver!!

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2015 Toronto Bird #94: Scarlet Tanager, Morningside Ravine. Name: Wendy. Inspired to apply to the Toronto Police Academy after seeing the hordes of cops at the PanAm games and realizing that she, too, is really good at sitting around doing fuck-all.

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2015 Toronto Bird #16: Canada Goose, High Park. Name: Blaine. You've heard the expression, Like shit through a goose. Blaine is the goose. Lactose intolerant, irritable bowel sydrome, and extreme anxiety before blind dates. It's a miracle he can absorb any nutrients at all.

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2015 Toronto Bird #114: Wilson's Snipe, Tommy Thompson Park. Name: Albie. Accidentally stabbed euchre partner to death during sneezing fit. Sentenced to stand in this swamp and compose a sonnet about the history of antihistamines.

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2015 Toronto Bird #45: Cedar Waxwing, Ward's Island. Name: Victor. Never shuts up about the amazing time he had in the Dominican this winter. Like, seriously, he describes the sand like we've never seen a fucking beach before.

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2015 Toronto Bird #49: Peregrine Falcon, Riverside Drive. Name: Yolanda. Fastest member of the animal kingdom. Persuaded by common-law husband to appear on Bird Intervention after he found her snorting performance-enhancing vole glands behind a stump.

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2015 Toronto Bird #59: Northern Rough-Winged Swallow, Samuel Smith Park. Name: Pietro. Sells surplus Ritalin to Ryerson students, enabling them to stay up all night studying ways to transfer to a real university.

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Toronto Bird #13: King Eider (immature male), Humber Bay. Name: Leopold II. Elevated to the throne at a young age after the unexpected death of his uncle, Albert VI, in a serfing mishap. Concubines: Yes.

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As far as I can determine, the Toronto birdwatching record is 221 species seen within city limits in a calendar year. I'm not only taking a shot at beating it this year, but also at taking a decent picture of each bird. So ... 2015 Toronto Bird#1: Trumpeter Swan, Sam Smith Park, January 2

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2015 Toronto Bird #44: Double-Crested Cormorant, Toronto Islands. Name: Frank. Enjoys flying up to Yorkville on nice weekends and shitting in illegally parked convertible sports cars. This is the only good thing any cormorant has ever done.

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Toronto Bird #3: Mourning Dove! Location: Swansea. Name: Alan. Mourning: The loss of his one true love, Janet, who left him for that asshole Ron at the '08 Seed & Grit Fan Expo in Arnprior. Food: Way too many fermented berries. Eyes: The deep black of true sadness.

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2015 Toronto Bird #116: Eastern Phoebe, Catfish Pond. Name: Sister Ursula O'Harrigan. Entered convent after seeing image of Jesus in pot of hot & sour soup at Mandarin. Lord Ganesha and the Insane Clown Posse were in there too, but the Catholics have an open bar.

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2015 Toronto Bird #103: Canada/Greater White-Fronted Goose Hybrid, Marilyn Bell Park. Name: Webster. Ostracized by flock of racist pure-blooded Canada geese, has found acceptance in group of marginalized Juggalo squirrels.

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Toronto Bird #6: Dark-Eyed Junco, Morningside Ravine. Name: Fernando. Recently laid off from seasonal job cleaning caiman teeth at local herpetarium. Afraid to tell wife and kids, so he just hangs out at the library all day, picking last fall's crud out of the eavestroughs.

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Toronto Bird #56: Barn Swallow, High Park. Name: Fredmund. Banned for life from Roy Thomson Hall after repeatedly yelling Man, I'd put my Johann in HER Strauss!! during performance of Die Fledermaus.

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2015 Toronto Bird #48: Belted Kingfisher, Ward's Island. Name: Abigail. Banned for life from National Scrabble Association after violent head-pecking attack on opponent who played triple-triple QUINCUNX.

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My psycho neighbour stays true to form with his pick for city council.

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2015 Toronto Bird #50: Caspian Tern, Grenadier Pond. Name: Sergei. Has survived 14 assassination attempts since revealing that Vladimir Putin sleeps with a life-size Channing-Tatum-shaped pillow. It is for my back, says Putin.

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2015 Toronto Bird #86: Piping Plover, Hanlan's Point. Name: Roxy. Was asked why it's taken 80 years for plovers to resume nesting in the GTA; replied that it's taken this long for this town to get a decent Uyghur restaurant.

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Toronto Bird #11: Common Goldeneye, Humber Bay. Name: Stan. Pet peeve: Being mistaken for a Barrow's Goldeneye, which is like the retarded cousin of a regular Goldeneye, and an embarrassment to Goldeneyes in general. Favourite James Bond movie: Moonraker.

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Toronto Bird #145: Field Sparrow, Samuel Smith Park. Name: Archibald. Discovered black mold in laundry nook of Trump Tower condo; arrested trying to mail spores back to Africa.

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2015 Toronto Bird #9: Long-Tailed Duck, Humber Bay. Name: Neville. Got beak tattoo and frosted tips when he heard that Avril was divorcing that twerp Whibley. Because he really thought they could make it work, you know? Leaving for Bhutanese ashram next week.

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2015 Toronto Bird #51: White-Throated Sparrow, High Park. Name: Muriel. Advanced to Starcraft II World Championship Series Premier League with a pecking-actions-per-minute average of 542. Defeated by trash-talking misogynist South Korean yellow-legged buttonquail in '14 quarter-finals.

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2015 Toronto Bird #72: Eastern Kingbird, Riverside Crescent. Name: Remy. Has finally made time to binge-watch Game of Thrones. Super-excited to see five solid seasons of Sean Bean kicking ass!

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Toronto Bird #141: Ruddy Duck, Grenadier Pond. Name: Russell. Pleased that weed dispensary is opening up beside local Yogurty's, promising convenient relief for his ... um ... fibromyalgia. Yeah, that's it, fibromyalgia.

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2015 Toronto Bird #42: Black Scoter, Humber Bay Park East. Name: Arthur. Would like to see better roles for migratory waterfowl in Hollywood films and television. Highlight of life so far was that time he found a floating grape.

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Toronto Bird #100: Ring-Necked Duck, Humber Bay Park East. Name: Guillaume. Very nervous about the upcoming TIFF premiere of his first film, a blunt and shocking portrayal of forbidden interspecies polyamory: Duck Duck Goose.

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2015 Toronto Bird #10: Downy Woodpecker, High Park. Name: Ingrid. Ate weird frozen mushroom this morning. How come there's no food in the cage? Or am *I* the one in a cage, and the food is truly free? Wow, that squirrel's on fire! ... No, he's just passionate. I love him. Let's do this, squirrel.

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Toronto Bird #18: American Tree Sparrow, Humber Bay Park East. Recently cast as Johnny Storm in the all-bird re-re-boot of The Fantastic Four, because at this point, why the fuck not?

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2015 Toronto Bird #20: Greater Scaup, Humber Bay Park East. Name: Louise. Grows high-grade medicinal algae, but hasn't figured out a way to light it. Best friend: barnacle named Colin. They're inseparable.

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2015 Toronto Bird #89: Magnolia Warbler, Samuel Smith Park. Name: Pat. Is hoping for Greece to get booted from the EU so he can finally use all those drachmas he has left over from that insane weekend on Corfu in '98.

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2015 Toronto Bird #26: Red-Winged Blackbird, High Park. Name: Lamont. In hiding after running birdhouse time-share ponzi scheme. Note poor-quality wing-bar dye job. Major flight risk.

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Taking care of a farm for a couple of weeks. This little missy seems to have taken a liking to me. I may have to kitnap her.

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Spotted this handsome fellow on the west bank of Grenadier Pond yesterday afternoon.

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2015 Toronto Bird #42: Hermit Thrush, Morningside Ravine. Name: Gary. Emerges from bunker once a year to see if the humans are gone yet. Owns 26 crates of tinned weevils; wishes he could operate can opener.

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2015 Toronto Bird #25: Pigeon, Bloor Street West. Name: Maurice. Has hired PR outfit Navigator in concerted effort to be rebranded as a Rock Dove. Yeah, good luck with that, pigeon. ... Sorry, that was hurtful. Here, have some garbage.

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Toronto Bird #143: Short-Billed Dowitcher, Tommy Thompson Park. Name: Stu. Was told that marriage to long-billed dowitcher would never work, but he showed THEM! Now has custody of eggs every other weekeknd.

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2015 Toronto Bird #97: Great Blue Heron, Samuel Smith Park. Name: Justine. Planning to spend winter in Canada now that the dollar crash has made the States too expensive. Having trouble finding turtleneck in her size.

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Shhh ... Don't speak.

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2015 Toronto Bird #74: Hooded Merganser, Humber River. Name: Ruprecht. Wanted for fraud in nine states, three provinces, and Bermuda. Currently catfishing a tractor salesman in Oklahoma by posing as a down-on-her-luck Dutch corset model named Astrid.

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2015 Toronto Bird #12: House Sparrow, High Park. Name: Fitzwilliam. Old-world immigrant, gorging at the trough of suet paid for with the tax money of hardworking homegrown sparrows. Note obvious case of advanced meth-beak.

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2015 Toronto Bird #87: Spotted Sandpiper, Hanlan's Point. Name: Chauncey. Envious of the Plovers getting all the attention on his beach, felt waves of intense Schadenfreude when their nest was destroyed by the thunderstorm a few days ago. Chauncey's a bit of an asshole.

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2015 Toronto Bird #28: Common Merganser, Humber Bay Park East. Names: Theophile and Frank. First gay mergansers to be legally married in St.-Pierre & Miquelon. Opening Muskoka nest-and-breakfast this June.

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2015 Toronto Bird #101: Northern Shoveler, Grenadier Pond. Name: Dmitri. Approached in mall food court by model scout who said he could be the next Channing Tatum. Had no idea that headshots were so expensive, but it'll all be worth it in the end.

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2015 Toronto Bird #8: Black-Capped Chickadee, High Park. Name: Lurleen. Has just discovered that the eggs she gave up for adoption last spring were actually used in the 100-Bird Omelet!!! promotion at Mandarin. She will never have grandchicklets.

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Toronto Bird #14: White-Breasted Nuthatch, High Park. Name: Untranslatable flurry of nasal chirps. Drug cocktail: 50mg Adderall cut into a bump of the good old nose-candy. Favourite pro wrestler: Randy Macho Man Savage.

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2015 Toronto Bird #46: Pine Warbler, Hanlan's Point. Name: Ælfric. Has had memory problems ever since that time at Casino Rama when he hit on 17 and was beaten over the head with a chip tray by an old Vietnamese woman.

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Toronto Bird #24: Red-Breasted Nuthatch, Ellis Avenue. Name: Philippe. Declared bankruptcy after anti-gluten fad caused failure of breadcrumb-themed restaurant. Place of Residence: hole.

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2015 Toronto Bird #117: Northern Pintail, Catfish Pond. Name: Marguerite. Will be disappointed when she discovers that her meeting with the Duck Press tomorrow will not entail a wide-ranging interview about important issues in her riding.

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Toronto Bird #140: Wild Turkey, High Park. Name: Georgette. Voting for Sam the Eagle in the US election because of his promise to stop Muslim turkeys from coming in and taking all the great jobs she hears will open up around November.

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Toronto Bird # 139: Harlequin Duck, Humber Bay Park West. Name: Gianni. Heard that Canadians are no longer allowed on Jeopardy; disappointment starts him on a path towards becoming worst war criminal in Earth history. Or best, depending on your point of view.

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2015 Toronto Bird #77: Black-Crowned Night Heron, Etienne Brule Park. Name: Bob. Invites grand-nieces to sit on lap at family reunions. Tells them not to mind suspicious bulge; it's just his colostomy bag.

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2015 Toronto Bird #107: Black-and-White Warbler, High Park. Name: Quincy. Sunk life savings into Qrazy Q's Deep-Fried Saliva-and-Aphid-Balls kiosk in Food Building at this year's CNE. Has thus far recouped 0% of investment, but is hoping for a good weekend.

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Toronto Bird #19: House Finch, High Park. Name: Percival. Votes solid Conservative; complains when government worker is late filling feeder with free food, then takes dump in birdbath.

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2015 Toronto Bird #69: Killdeer, Bluffer's Park. Name: Lillian. Thinks Facebook must be broken, because why else would there be no Likes on any of the 743 pics of her chicks fighting over their first regurgitated snail?

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2015 Toronto Bird #90: Brown Thrasher, Samuel Smith Park. Name: Marcia. Subletting nest to family of Ecuadorean boobies for duration of Pan-Am games. Kids unhappy about having to sleep in nearby portable-toilet vent.

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Toronto Bird #7: American Robin, High Park. Name: Jayden. Got so wasted at Brad's Halloween bash that he missed the last flock down to Myrtle Beach. Couch-surfed at first, but friends got tired of his shit. Now sleeps in park. Ate two of his own frozen toes this morning. Yeah, Jayden's fucked.

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Found on south shore of Lake Ontario. What kind of rock is this?

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2015 Toronto Bird #60: Grey Catbird, Samuel Smith Park. Name: Wojtek. Registered for pole-dancing lessons thinking it would remind him of the good old days in Krakow. Insists that discount Chinese toupee looks great in nightclub lighting.

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2015 Toronto Bird #88: Great Black-Backed Gull, Sunnyside Beach. Name: Teemu. Sure, everybody tells him how Great he is all the time; but how come nobody ever so much as touches the lutefisk he brings to potlucks?

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Toronto Bird #15: Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Catfish Pond. Name: Floyd. Supplemented income during Farmville fad by hammering left mouse button for players with carpal-tunnel syndrome. Hobby: Translating Drake lyrics into Morse code, thereby making them more enjoyable to listen to.

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2015 Toronto Bird #57: Baltimore Oriole, Riverside Drive. Name: Kwame. Lying low after jailbreaking six parakeets and a skink out of a Maryland Petsmart during anti-cop protests, taking huge dump on government drone.

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2015 Toronto Bird #79: White-Crowned Sparrow, High Park. Name: Mitch. Nostalgic for the days when Black-Capped Chickadees knew their place and weren't taking over the whole goddamn city. Blames demise of Sun TV on NDP/SJW/UJA plot.

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2015 Toronto Bird #119: Brown Creeper, Hanlan's Point. Name: Jian. Uses superb camouflage to sneak up on unsuspecting squirrels and shove his little beak right up their bum-holes.

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2015 Toronto Bird #41: Brown-Headed Cowbird, Ellis Avenue. Name: Jing-Sheng. Squandered inheritance at the baccarat tables of Macau. Now teaches Cantonese to children whose parents think it's Mandarin.

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2015 Toronto Bird #91: Turkey Vulture, Tommy Thompson Park. Name: Clive. Quite irritated this week after a false tip sent him over to Hazel McCallion's house just as people started tweeting the precise coordinates of dead raccoons.

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Toronto Bird #99: Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, High Park. Name: Gaylord. Has spent $4500 on Bejeweled Blitz play tokens. Highest game ranking achieved among Facebook friends: Third.

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Toronto Bird #23: Northern Cardinal, Ellis Avenue. Name: His Eminence Seamus O'Toole of Dublin. On extended North American vacation ever since that unpleasantness at the Killarney Home For Wayward Flaxen-Haired Fledgelings Who Aren't Too Chubby.

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I think that this company might want to reconsider its web address.

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Toronto Bird #5: Red-Tailed Hawk, January 6, South Kingsway. Name: Andre. Had poor yet happy chickhood, but hasn't been the same since Afghanistan. Will sometimes spiritlessly dismember a passing squirrel, but mostly just sits there.

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2015 Toronto Bird #30: Ring-Billed Gull, Samuel Smith Park. Name: Jeffrey. Hey, are those fries, bro? They sure do give you a lot, don't they? Wow, and gravy too! Man oh man, you really went all out. Nothing beats a good fry. You almost have too many there, haha! Yep. Jumbo fries with gravy.

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2015 Toronto Bird #43: Tree Swallow, Ward's Island. Name: Agnes. Finally got with the times and torrented He's Just Not That Into You. Sued by New Line Cinema for $18 billion.

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Toronto Bird #93: Indigo Bunting, King's Mill Park. Name: Nat. Making a pretty penny selling tiny mouthfuls of water ($1.49 ea.) to desiccated Pan-Am Games spectators. Mouthfuls of Coors Light are $13.50. Ketel One, $22.95.

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2015 Toronto Bird #129: Merlin, High Park. Name: Dave. Had no choice but to spend life savings on anti-ISIS nest defenses, now that the commie fascists are in power.

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Just doing my weekly grocery shoppi ... ಠ_ಠ

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2015 Toronto Bird # 118: Common Yellowthroat, Catfish Pond. Name: Herman. Believing that anyone can do anything if they try hard enough, dreams of being world's #1 Wii Tennis player despite having no arms and weighing less than controller. Steadily moving up rankings as other players die.

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Gourmet food-truck duck sausage on a bun.

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Toronto Bird #4: The Mallard, Grenadier Pond, January 5. Rear view to protect identity. Purple mallard-head is often a side effect of low testosterone, and results in difficulty fitting in with the other mallards. Hey Chester! Still low on that testosterone, I see! LOL!!!

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2015 Toronto Bird #133: Rough-Legged Hawk, High Park. Name: Roland. Over the moon since learning that his 1992 PhD dissertation, Crop Rotation in Renaissance Aquitaine, has been checked out of the library for the first time ever.

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Hi folks, can any of you tell me what kind of salamander this is? Sorry about the image quality. [Central Vermont]

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2015 Toronto Bird #92: Northern Mockingbird, South Kingsway. Name: Clementine. Hasn't learned to duplicate any new bird calls ever since getting the restraining order against that creepy catbird Wojtek last month.

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2015 Toronto Bird #27: American Black Duck, Grenadier Pond. Name: Jean-Ralphio. Former Attorney General of Tajikistan; fled country after roofiing defense minister's daughter. Now fights mallards for muffin stumps.

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2015 Toronto Bird #76: Warbling Vireo, King's Mill Park. Name: Penelope. Barred from leaving Etobicoke after being caught pissing on sacred discount perfume outlet.

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2015 Toronto Bird #122: Blackpoll Warbler, King's Mill Park. Name: Debbie. Told hijab-wearing barista that she was a little early for Halloween; interpreted resulting sad look as proof of anti-Christian discrimination. Civil suit pending.

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2015 Toronto Bird #55: Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher, Grenadier Pond. Name: Frida. On her own since mate took off for Burning Man last year with a Norwegian Great Tit. Struggled for a time, but now making good money as freelance hat ornament.

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Toronto Bird #64: Pine Siskin, High Park. Name: Orangina. Recently reconciled with parents after tumultuous adolescence. Now has steady job at Le Chateau; about halfway done getting Hoobastank tattoo lasered off her butt.

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2015 Toronto Bird #105: Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Riverside Drive. Name: Esther. Switched to sugar-free nectar so she can lose a few milligrams before her high-school reunion. Thinks recent dizzy spells must be due to ambient gluten in atmosphere.

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Never have I been happier to see a book banished to the remainders table.

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2015 Toronto Bird #2: Common Merganser

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2015 Toronto Bird #80: Palm Warbler, Riverside Drive. Name: Peggy. Is beginning to think that her unpaid internship at Ali Baba Felafel may not lead to the corporate fast-track intimated in the brochure, but will give it another year or two just to make sure.

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2015 Toronto Bird #98: Cliff Swallow, Humber Bay Bridge. Name: Iggy. Seen here lurking about the nest-hole of his crush, Sonia. Hopes she'll notice the globs of guano he's added to spruce up the place.

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Library-lounge of the B2 hotel in Zurich [900x615]

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Need a little help with raptor ID, please! [Toronto, October 2]

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Bird #136: Horned Grebe, Samuel Smith Park. Name: Rahim. Newly elected MP for Madawaska-Restigouche; Justin Trudeau's new Minister of Whelks, Cockles, and Snails.

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Toronto Bird #84: Black-Throated Green Warbler, Samuel Smith Park. Name: Brock. Has a very exciting business proposal for you! It's too awesome to just tell you what it is over the phone, but if you go to a seminar at a strip mall in Brampton, your mind will be blown. Don't you want to be rich?

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2015 Toronto Bird #115: Canvasback, Tommy Thompson Park. Name: Hortensietta. Dated Zanta for a few weeks last fall; dumped him when she realized that his elves were really pigeons with pointy hats glued to their heads. Now engaged to Elf #6.

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2015 Toronto Bird #136: Horned Grebe, Samuel Smith Park. Name: Rahim. Newly elected MP for Madawaska-Restigouche; Justin Trudeau's new Minister of Whelks, Cockles, and Snails.

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2015 Toronto Bird #128: American Crow, Samuel Smith Park. Name: Egon. Species nearly absent from city for 10 years, now returning to fill Loud/Irritating/Marginally-Intelligent niche left vacant by departing Conservative MPs.

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2015 Toronto Bird #106: Osprey, Humber Marshes. Name: Oswald. Didn't read fine-print when purchasing 1/7 of a timeshare in Bonaire; currently permitted to occupy it on Tuesdays only.

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2015 Toronto Bird #124: Common Loon, Tommy Thompson Park. Name: Doug. After listening to all the stories his grandparents used to tell him, he was expecting Trudeaumania to be a lot more fun than this.

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Is this raptor identifiable from this low-quality picture? [Toronto, October 1]

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2015 Toronto Bird #58: Swainson's Thrush, Samuel Smith Park. Name: Stephanie. After third failed artificial insemination, has decided to adopt fledgeling Eurasian Crag Martin from Azerbaijan. Orphanage has concealed birth-mother's fermented-bilberry addiction.

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2015 Toronto Bird #22: Mute Swan, Humber Bay Park East. Names: Laureen and Steve. After decades of living a lie, Laureen has finally decided to leave Steve for her lesbian lover, Claudette. Note pathetic tears of emasculation dribbling from Steve's bill. ‪#‎SwansMateForLifeLOLno‬

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2015 Toronto Bird #21: Hairy Woodpecker, High Park. Name: Marla. Photographed creeping on a pileated woodpecker two trees over. He doesn't even know she exists, but he will. Oh, he will.

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HIFW I kick off the new year by insulting libertarians on Reddit.

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Toronto Bird #144: Orchard Oriole, Tommy Thompson Park. Name: Marv. Demanded that his mom be investigated by Mounties for corruption after she sent him repeated emails with seventeen Fw:s in the subject line.

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2015 Toronto Bird #113: Northern Parula, Humber Bay Park East. Name: Bjorn. Invited to be a ground-floor investor in Twitter, but laughed off the concept as totally ridiculous; instead used life savings to buy the Norfolk Sharx of the Major Indoor Soccer League. On permanent suicide watch.

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2015 Toronto Bird #135: Eastern Bluebird, Etienne Brule Park. Name: Harvey. Will be wearing his classic Western Bluebird costume to the neighbourhood Halloween party for the fifth year in a row. It really kills.

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2015 Toronto Bird #82: Chestnut-Sided Warbler, Riverside Drive. Name: Fergus. Starting midfielder on the Toronto Rock's 2011 championship lacrosse team. You've never heard of him because, seriously, you'd be pretty pathetic if you didn't have better things to do than follow pro lacrosse.

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Warbling vireo? Somewhat blurry pic taken yesterday in Toronto.

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What kind of wren is this? [Toronto, Sept. 22]

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Bird #100: Ring-Necked Duck, Humber Bay Park East. Name: Guillaume. Very nervous about the upcoming TIFF premiere of his first film, a blunt and shocking portrayal of forbidden interspecies polyamory: Duck Duck Goose.

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This Ukrainian protester looks like a certain film character.

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2015 Toronto Bird #110: Black-Throated Blue Warbler, Humber Bay Park East. Name: Henry. After a happy childhood, graduated at the top of his med-school class and married the love of his life, with whom he had three loving and healthy children. It was such a shame when he flew into that wind-turbine.

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Is this a Rusty Blackbird? [Toronto, September]

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What is this shrub with fuchsia berries? [October, Toronto]

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What kind of warbler is this? [Toronto, early October]

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This is his favourite place to sleep. It's a little inconvenient.

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I know that flycatchers can be impossible to tell apart sometimes, but do any of you have any insights into this guy? (Toronto, about a week ago.)

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Not sure about this bird ... Female indigo bunting? [Toronto, August 9]

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2015 Toronto Bird #120: Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, Ward's Island. Name: Norbert. Name of sap: Rafael.

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Hybrid goose in flock of Canada geese in Toronto. What was the other parent?

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2015 Toronto Bird #126: Indian Peafowl, Centre Island. Name: Ethelred. Politely said to photographer that he wasn't sure that he should count as a Toronto Bird, even though he was roaming free. Told to fuck off.

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I thought this was a field sparrow at first, but it doesn't seem quite right to me. Thoughts? [Toronto, Oct. 10]

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