FEMALE AMERICAN WIGEON & FEMALE GREEN-WINGED TEAL, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 10/19/2026

   The duck on the left is a female American Wigeon and the duck on the right is a female Green-winged Teal.

 

MALE AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 10/19/2026

   We can tell this is male American Black Duck and not a female Mallard or Malard hybrid as follows:

• Does not have the white outer tail feathers or curled black tail feathers of a Mallard or Mallard hybrid.
• Bright yellow bill with none of the dark splotches that are on the bill of the female Mallard.

 

BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE AT FEEDER, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 10/19/2026

 

YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (MYRTLE), CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 10/19/2026

 

EASTERN CHIPMUNK WITH UNSHELLED PEANUT IN MOUTH, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 10/19/2026

 

BLUE JAYS WITH PEANUTS, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 10/19/2026

   In the first photo the Blue Jay a whole unshelled peanut in its bill; while in the second photo, a Blue Jay has removed the peanut kernel from the shell and is about to swallow it, with half the shell still in its bill.

 

MALE & FEMALE MALLARDS, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 10/19/2026