ROCK DOVE (FERAL PIGEON) AT HIGH PARK, TORONTO, ON

CASPIAN TERN IN FLIGHT AT HIGH PARK, TORONTO, ON

FEMALE WOOD DUCK & DUCKLINGS AT HIGH PARK, TORONTO, ON

FEMALE WOOD DUCK AT HIGH PARK, TORONTO, ON

MUTE SWAN AT HIGH PARK, TORONTO, ON

GAGGLE OF CANADA GEESE AT LAKE WILCOX PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ON

MALE MALLARD AT LAKE WILCOX PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ON

MALLARDS: ODD DUCK OUT - LAKE WILCOX PARK, RICHMOND, ON

   Here are four Mallards lined up; and then there is the odd duck out.

FEMALE HOUSE SPARROW AT PORT PERRY, ON

TAGGED TRUMPETER SWANS, PORT PERRY, ON

   Saw these two Trumpeter Swans on a sandbar from the Scugog Causeway (7A) in Port Perry, ON.  The first two photos are of the same swan.  Both swans had auxiliary markers on their wings.  Reported these to the USGS Bird Banding  Lab.

AMERICAN ROBIN AT LAKE WILCOX PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ON

EASTERN KINGBIRD AT LAKE WILCOX PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ON

RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY AT LAKE WILCOX PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ON

 

RING-BILLED GULL CAUGHT SWALLOWING A FISH & IN-FLIGHT AT PORT PERRY, ON

CEDAR WAXWING CAUGHT EATING A BERRY AT LAKE WILCOX PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ON

DOWNY WOODPECKER AT LAKE WILCOX PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ON

TREE SWALLOW AT LAKE WILCOX PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ON

MOURNING DOVE AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FLORIDA

HOUSE SPARROW ALONG 5TH AVE. IN NAPLES, FLORIDA

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FLORIDA

GLOSSY IBIS AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FLORIDA

BUNNY AT NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDENS

GREAT EGRET AT NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDENS

FEMALE DOWNY WOODPECKER AT NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDENS

RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, NAPLES, FLORIDA

PURPLE GALLINULE AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FLORIDA

COMMON GALLINULE AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FLORIDA

LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FLORIDA

TRICOLORED HERON AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FLORIDA

BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FLORIDA

ANHINGA AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FLORIDA

KILDEER AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FLORIDA

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FLORIDA

      This morning Sharon and I took a walk in Eagle Lakes Community Park and sighted and photographed a new species for our Life List, a Black-bellied Whistling Duck.  This is a pretty distinctive bird:

• Red bill
• Reddish-brown back
• Black belly & underwing
• Pink legs
• Grey face
• White upperwing stripe

FISH CROW AT CLAM PASS PARK/BEACH, NAPLES, FL

   We could tell this was a Fish Crow, not an American Crow by its call: "cah".

ROYAL TERNS AT CLAM PASS PARK/BEACH, NAPLES, FL

SUNSET AT CLAM PASS PARK/ B

BLACK SKIMMER AT CLAM PASS PARK/BEACH IN NAPLES, FL

   While walking along Clam Pass Beach we saw in the distance a sandbar with gulls, terns and Black Skimmer's on it.  The Black Skimmer is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 131.

REDDISH EGRET AT CLAM PASS PARK/BEACH, NAPLES, FL