TREE SWALLOW, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

MALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

MALE AMERICAN ROBIN, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

MUTE SWANS BUILDING A NEST, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

   We can ID this bird as a Golden-Crowned Kinglet  (Regulus satrapa) by its very small size (estimated at 4"), yellow crown surrounded by black, white eyebrows, black stripe through eyes, white underparts and olive-gray upperparts.

   The Golden-crowned Kinglet is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 520.

SPRAY ABOVE THE FALLS, NIAGARA FALLS, ON

RING-BILLED GULL ON ROCK IN CHURNING NIAGARA RIVER, NIAGARA FALLS, ON