GREAT BLUE HERON FLAPPING ITS WINGS, DUCK PONDS, HIGH PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 7/6/2023

 

REFLECTIONS OF A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, DUCK PONDS, HIGH PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 7/6/2023

 

MALLARDS, DUCK PONDS, HIGH PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 7/6/2023

 

FEMALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, DUCK PONDS, HIGH PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 7/6/2023

 

ECLIPSE MALE, FEMALE, DUCKLING & IMMATURE WOOD DUCKS, DUCK PONDS, HIGH PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 7/6/2023

   The photos show adult male and female Wood Ducks, an immature Wood Duck and ducklings as follows:

• Photos 1, 2 & 4- female Wood Ducks
• Photo 3 - Adult wood ducks are on the rocks and ducklings on grass to the right of rocks
• Photo 5 - Male Wood Duck in eclipse plumage
• Last Photo - Immature Wood Duck

 

BANDED PIPING PLOVER CHICK, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ONTARIO, 7/2/2023

   This Piping Plover chick has three bands, two colored bands on its left leg and on its right leg, a USGS aluminum band with a unique 9-digit number (which couldn't be read in the photos).  The chicks are banded between five and sixteen days of age.  Every sibling in a brood gets the same colors (2 or 3).  

    The colored bands allow recognition of individuals from a distance.  The orange band indicates that the bird is from the Great Lakes.

 

EASTERN PHOEBE, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ONTARIO, 7/2/2023