A Red-tailed Hawk hiding in the weeds of a Toronto Park.

Hawk Drama at High Park

Would a bird in need ever be rescued?

On June 13, I went to High Park in Toronto’s west end for what I thought would be a day of butterflies and dragonflies. The park is vast (161 hectares, or 400 acres) and contains a variety of habitats, including wetlands and one of the last dry-oak savannahs in the Greater Toronto Area. More than 90 species of butterflies have been recorded in the park and…