Yesterday, Sharon and I, along with her daughter Mich and boyfriend, Yosi visited Bluffer's Park in Toronto. The park is located on the shore of Lake Ontario by the Scarborough Bluffs. I took the following photographs at the park:
- Trumpeter Swan
- Ring-billed Gull
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Common Grackle
- Mourning Dove
- Tree Swallow
- Redwinged Blackbird
- Herring Gull
- Mallard
- Canada Goose
One of the interesting sightings at the park was a Trumpeter Swan with wing tags. The tags were yellow with black characters: R12. I reported this sighting to the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory.
Another interesting sighting was the Red-tailed Hawk on the cliffs of Scarborouh Bluffs.
Today we visited the Kortright Centre for Conservation in Woodbridge, ON. Located at Kortright is the Canadian Peregrine Foundation's Raptor Centre. At the centre I photographed the following raptors:
- Bald Eagle
- Great Horned Owl
- European Horned Owl
- Peregrine Falcon
- Harris Hawk
- Gyrfalcon
These birds are in captivity, because for various reasons they could not be released into the wild. Each of their stories is told on the Canadian Peregrine Foundation's web site:
www.peregrine-foundation.ca
After returning home I managed photograph a few more birds:
- House Finch - Two different variants
- American Robin
OUTSIDE HOUSE IN THORNHILL, ON
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| ABOVE 3 PHOTOS - MALE HOUSE FINCH REDDISH IS NORMAL COLOR, YELLOW BIRD ON RIGHT IS YELLOW VARIANT |
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| REAR VIEW OF AMERICAN ROBIN |
RAPTOR CENTRE AT KORTRIGHT CENTRE
FOR CONSERVATION IN WOODBRIDGE, ON
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| ABOVE 2 PHOTOS - MALE BALD EAGLE SOLO |
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| FEMALE GREAT HORNED OWL ALEX |
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| MALE EUROPEAN HORNED OWL BUBO |

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| ABOVE 2 PHOTOS - MALE PEREGRINE FALCON OSCAR |

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| ABOVE 2 PHOTOS - HARRIS HAWK MAX |

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| MALE PEREGRINE FALCON |
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| FEMALE GYRFALCON REMINGTON |
BLUFFER'S PARK, TORONTO, ON
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| ABOVE 3 PHOTOS - TRUMPETER SWANS ONE OF THE SWANS WAS TAGGED WITH A WING MARKER |
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| RING-BILLED GULL |
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| RED-TAILED HAWK NOTE REDDISH TAIL |
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| MALE COMMON GRACKLE |
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| MOURNING DOVE |
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| MOST LIKELY A TREE SWALLOW, BUT DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY FROM THE DISTANCE |
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| MALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD |
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| HERRING GULL IN BREEDING PLUMAGE |
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| MALE MALLARDS |
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| CANADA GOOSE VIEWS FROM BLUFFER'S PARK |
