WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 5/7/2023

 

MALE BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 5/7/2023

 

MOURNING DOVE, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 5/7/2023

 

MALE WILD TURKEY, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 5/7/2023

 

MALE & FEMALE LONG-TAILED DUCKS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF MOLTING FROM WINTER TO SUMMER PLUMAGE, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 5/5/2023

   The male and female Long-tailed Ducks in these photos are all in various stages of molting from Winter to Summer plumages.  This generally occurs during April-May.  The males are in photos 1, 3, 

4 upper right, 5 upper right and 6.  The females are in photos 2, 4 lower left and 5 lower left.

   The Long-tailed Duck is a true arctic species.  It breeds in the tundra and taiga (boreal forest or snow forest) across the globe.  It migrates to cold and temperate water coasts of North America, western Greenland, coastal Asia and the Great Lakes.

   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

 

RING-BILLED GULL, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 5/5/2023

 

WHITE-CROWDED SPARROW. HUMBER BAY PARK-EAST, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 5/5/2023