MOLTING AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, NIAGARA BOTANICAL GARDENS, NIAGARA FALLS, ON

   This photo was taken last Friday at the Niagara Botanical Gardens.  I am just posting it, as it took awhile to identify.  I consulted with several experienced birders and the consensus was that it is a molting Americab Goldfinch.

MOLTING JUVENILE EUROPEAN STARLING, ALONG HWY. 7A, SCUGOG ISLAND, ON

   This European Starling is a juvenile molting into a nonbreeding plumage adult.

OSPREY, NONQUON SEWAGE TREATMENT LAGOONS, PORT PERRY, ON

MOLTING MALE NORTHERN SHOVELER, NONQUON SEWAGE TREATMENT LAGOONS, PORT PERRY, ON

   This duck can be identified as a Northern Shoveler by its very large, spoon-shaped bill.  This male Shoveler is molting from nonbreeding plumage to breeding plumage.  It has the dark bill, yellow eyes and some black and white plumage of breeding plumage, but still has some mottled brown plumage of its nonbreeding plumage.  Plus, it does not yet have the dark greenish neck of the male in breeding plumage.

TURTLE SCULPTURE, LAMBTON WOODS PARK, TORONTO, ON

GREAT EGRET, HUMBER RIVER, LAMBTON WOODS PARK, TORONTO, ON

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, HUMBER RIVER, LAMBTON WOODS PARK, TORONTO, ON