MALLARDS, HAMILTON BEACH, HAMILTON, ONTARIO, 2/6/18

   The duck in the first photo is a male Mallard.  In the second photo the female Mallard is on the left and the male on the right. 

VIEWS OF LAKE ONTARIO, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 2/4/18

RAFT OF MOSTLY GREATER SCAUPS THAT JUST FLEW IN, LAKE ONTARIO, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 2/4/18

   While we were observing a few ducks in Lake Ontario at Colonel Samuel Smith Park, a large raft of mostly Greater Scaups flew in.  In the first five photos you can see some of the Greater Scaups just about to land in the water.  In addition to the Greater Scaups we were able to ID Redheads, a Common Goldeneye and Long-tailed Ducks in the raft.  There are photos of these species in the previous posts. There also may be other species in the raft, such as Lesser Scaups.

GREATER SCAUPS, LAKE ONTARIO, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 2/4/18

   The two Greater Scaups at the top of the first photo are breeding females and the two at the bottom are breeding males.  The Greater Scaups in the second and third photos are breeding females. 

MALE LONG-TAILED DUCK IN WINTER PLUMAGE, LAKE ONTARIO, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 2/4/18

   The Long-tailed Duck is on the left.  We could not ID the duck on the right.

BREEDING MALE COMMON GOLDENEYE, LAKE ONTARIO, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 2/4/18

BREEDING MALE REDHEADS, LAKE ONTARIO, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 2/4/18