Sunday, May 3, 2015

BIRD PHOTOS OF THE DAY: TORONTO ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB FIELD TRIP TO HUMBER PARK EAST

   This morning Sharon and I went on a field trip with the Toronto Ornithological Club to Humber Park East in Toronto.  This park juts out into Lake Ontario and is a great birding hotspot.  Here are photos from the trip.




ABOVE 3 PHOTOS - MALE NORTHERN
CARDINAL - MALE IS ALL RED EXCEPT
FOR BLACK FACE (BILL IS RED)


ABOVE 3 PHOTOS - FLOCKS OF DOUBLE-
CRESTED CORMORANTS FLYING BY
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT

ABOVE 2 PHOTOS -  MALE BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRD - IRIDESCENT GLOSSY
BLACK BODY WITH BROWN HEAD


ABOVE 3 PHOTOS - RED-NECKED GREBE
IN BREEDING PLUMAGE
NOTE REDDISH NECK & WHITE CHEEKS
MALLARDS: TOP IS MALE, LOWER
IS FEMALE




ABOVE 3 PHOTOS - MUTE SWAN
ORANGE BILL WITH BLACK KNOB
AT BASE
MALE GADWALL


ABOVE 2 PHOTOS - MOURNING DOVE
AMERICAN ROBIN IN NEST



AMERICAN ROBIN
MALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD
FEMALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD

MALE TREE SWALLOW
WHITE BELOW, METALLIC BLUE ABOVE


ABOVE 2 PHOTOS - WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW - SEE WHITE THROAT &
EYEBROW & YELLOW NEAR BASE
OF BILL


ABOVE 2 PHOTOS - MALE LONG-TAILED
DUCK - NOTE LONG TAIL (FEMALE DOES
NOT HAVE LONG TAIL)
RING-BILLED GULL
SEE BLACK RING NEAR END OF BILL
                                 
RING-BILLED GULL IN FLIGHT

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