Chilled Robin

Toronto’s High Park covers about 400 acres with several types of habitat ranging from savannah to wetland to leafy Carolinian Forest. Many wildlife species use the park as a permanent home and as transitional ecosystem as they stage for autumn migration. This year, many hundreds of song birds congregated in a small pocket of deciduous trees for a few weeks in October and November before dispersing again. Song birds are often seen puffing up their feathers, and one reason is to insulate themselves during increasingly cold autumn days. This Robin sat contentedly on a tree branch near eye level, puffed up and seemingly oblivious to any onlookers.