FEMALE DOWNY WOODPECKER, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

FEMALE WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH ON BOTTOM OF FEEDER, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   We can ID this bird as a female White-breasted Nuthatch by it blue-gray crown (rather than than the black crown of the male), short tail, thin white wing bar, blue-gray upperparts and white underparts with a rufous wash in the rear.

BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE AT FEEDER, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

MALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS AT FEEDER, LYNDE SHORE CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

MOURNING DOVE, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONz

WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, O

   We can ID this sparrow as a White-throated Sparrow by its dark-and-white striped head, white throat, yellow between eyes and bill and smudgy grayish streaks underneath.

FEMALE AMERICAM WIGEON, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON