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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

GREAT EGRET & WOOD DUCK, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   Thought this was a nice photo, the juxtaposition of the Great Egret ans Wood Duck.  The Wood Duck has some of its breeding plumage, but not all.


BLUE JAY EYEING SUNFLOWER SEEDS, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   At one of the overlooks at Cranberry Marsh, two women had laid out sunflower seeds for birds ( you are allowed to feed song birds, but no other birds or wildlife).  This Blue Jay eyed the seeds and area for quite a while and flew away and came back, but finally decided to get them.



DOE, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   As we were walking back from an overlook at Cranberry Marsh to the car we came cross this female deer in the woods.  It just kept staring at us; probably protecting its fawn (s).  Another birder had seen a fawn earlier.




Monday, August 10, 2015

TRAILL'S FLYCATCHER, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   This flycatcher is either a Willow Flycatcher or a Alder Flycatcher.   They are very close in appearance and you can generally only differentiate them by their calls; which we weren't able to do.  At one time they were considered to be the same species: Traill's Flycatcher; so that is what we are calling it.


FEMALE AMERICAN ROBIN, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   We identified this as a female American Robin as follows:
  • The head is grey, rather the the black of a male.
  • The breast and flankks are pale orange, rather then the more reddish of the male.



CANADA GEESE IN FLIGHT, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   In all three photos you  can see other birds in the water, particularly mallards.




BLACK-AND-WHITE NUTHATCH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   This is not the greatest photo, particularly since the head is hidden.  However, we were able to identify it by sight.  This warbler is black and white, without yellow, unlike most other warblers.