Ontario Wildlife Photos: Big Animals or Small, I Love Them AllThis page is dedicated to Ontario wildlife photos so there won’t be a lot of words. We’ll update the photos as often as we can to keep your interest. I’m not making promises on the frequency because I learned from Grand Cayman Wanderer how hard it is to keep to a schedule. Ontario’s really big animals, like bears,
wolves,
and
moose,
wisely live in the north, far away from people, though there is the occasional stray into southern parts.
Even smaller animals, like squirrels and raccoons, are pretty well adapted to urban life and can be a nuisance if they get to up close and personal. Wildlife catchers make a good living in Ontario.
Migratory birds move back and forth through Ontario, heading up to the arctic in summer and back down to Florida when autumn rolls round. A bit like human Canadians, in fact. Point Pelee, projecting well into Lake Erie, is a well-known birdwatching location in spring and fall. See our Ontario Birds page. and our Bird Photos page. 
Another migratory species to look out for is the Monarch butterfly. They spend the summer in Ontario before heading back south to Mexico when September’s cooler days and nights chill them. Canada to Mexico is quite a flight for a butterfly; it used to be some kind of world record but I read recently, on the Internet, there are dragonflies that fly from India to Africa, which is a tad farther.
Less obvious ‘migratory’ species are salmon and carp, which swim up Ontario's rivers and creeks to spawn when the ice melts . For more photos of Ontario wildlife, visit our
Animal Photos page.
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Smaller animals, like deer and foxes, share Ontario's cities with people, particularly at night in the greener areas, and are often seen during the commute to and, in
