TURKEY VULTURE IN FLIGHT AT ELORA GORGE CONSERVATION AREA, ELORA, ON

COMMON WOOD NYMPH BUTTERFLY AT ELORA GORGE CONSERVATION AREA, ELORA, ON

CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR REPORTING A SECOND TRUMPETER SWAN-6/26/2015

   This is another Certificate of Appreciation I received from the USGS/Canadian Wildlife Service for reporting the second of a pair of banded Trumpeter Swans.  This was sighted and photographed from Scugog Causeway (Highway 7A) in Port Perry, ON.  Both swans were female.

CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR REPORTING A BANDED TRUMPETER SWAN-6/26/15

   I received this Certificate of Appreciation from the USGS/Canadian Wildlife Service for reporting this banded Trumpeter Swan in Port Perry, ON.  The swan was sighted and photographed on a sandbar from the Scugog Causeway (Highway 7A).

   You can report a banded or marked bird at the following site:

                   www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/

CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR REPORTING A BANDED CANADA GOOSE-7/4/15

    I was recently awarded this Certificate of Appreciation from the USGS/Canadian Wildlife Service for reporting a banded Canada Goose.  The goose was sighted and photographed from a kayak at Humber Bay West Park in Toronto.
   One of the photos below is a closeup of the banded goose.  There is also a photo of the banded goose in a group of geese.
   You can report a banded or marked bird at the following site:
                     www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/
 

RING-BILLED GULL IN FLIGHT, GULL LAKE, GRAVENHURST, ON

BREEDING RING-BILLED GULL AT GULL LAKE, GRAVENHURST, ON

   This Ring-billed Gull is in very noticeable breeding plumage:

• Red gape (fleshy edges at corner of mouth)
• Red orbital ring of eye