Friday, July 28, 2023
MALLARDS, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK,, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 7/27/2023
On the Mallard on the right you can see part of the "speculum" patch on the wing. It is blue with black and white edges at its ends.
ADULT & JUVENILE BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 7/27/2023
The first four photos show an adult Black-crowned Night-heron. The last photo shows a sleeping juvenile. Unfortunately we couldn't see its face.
WESTERN GREBE, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 7/27/2023 - NEW LIFE SPECIES
We can ID this grebe as a Western Grebe as follows:
- Long, slender, swan-like, black (nape) and white (front) neck, with a sharp division between the black and white.
- Red eyes
- Black crown which extends below the eye (this distinguishes it from the very similar Clark's Grebe, where the crown doesn't go below the eye)
- Blackish gray upperparts
The Western Grebe breeds over a large portion of western North America, but winters primarily along the West Coast. It is a relatively rare vagrant to Toronto.
The Western Grebe is a new species to our Photographic Life List. Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,078.
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