ADULT SANDHILL CRANES AT THEIR NEST WITH COLTS, GRASS LAKE (PARIS CRANBERRY BOG), CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO, 6/4/2023

 

EUROPEAN STARLING, GRASS LAKE (PARIS CRANBERRY BOG), CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO, 6/4/2023

 

COMMON GRACKLE WITH BUG IN BILL, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 5/29/2023

 

RING-BILLED GULL, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 5/29/2023

 

MUTE SWANS & CANADA GEESE, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 5/29/2023

 

FLOCK OF DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS IN FLIGHT, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 5/29/2023

 

MALE HAIRY WOODPECKER AT FEEDER, HUNTINGTON PARK DR & PRINCE EDWARD BLVD (INCLUDING MAPLE VALLEY PARK), THORNHILL, MARKHAM, ONTARIO, 5/27/2023

      We can ID this woodpecker as a male Hairy Woodpecker as follows:

• Large size of woodpecker, compared to Downy Woodpecker.  We were fairly close to the woodpecker, so we could tell its size.
• Large bill which looks like a railroad spike, rather than the dainty and much smaller bill of a Downy Woodpecker.
• Red patch on back of head is split in two.  This occurs often on a male Hairy Woodpecker, but not on a Downy Woodpecker..
• All white outer tail feathers, compared to the Downy's spotted ones.