Sunday, April 28, 2024
MALE & FEMALE MALLARDS & MALE RED--NECKED GREBE. HUMBER BAY PARK (EAST), TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/28/2024
This is the same male Red-necked Grebe that was helping to fix up the nest in a previous post.
RED-NECKED GREBES: FEMALE GOT INTO NEST, MALE BROUGHT MORE NEST MATERIAL & FEMALE WOULD REARRANGE IT, HUMBER BAY PARK (EAST), TORONTO, 4/28/2024
These male and female Red-necked Grebes were fascinating to watch. When I first saw them both Red-necked Grebes were swimming near and around the nest platform (see 1st photo). There was a nest on the platform that they had already made. After a few minutes the female Red-necked Grebe got into the nest. It looks like she might be ready to lay her eggs soon. Before this and while she was in the nest, the male Red-necked Grebe swam back and forth to the nest with new nest material (see photos 2,3,4,6,8,9,11 & 12). The female would periodically rearrange the nest material to her liking (see 7th photo).
SWAMP SPARROW, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/26/2024
This photo was taken while I was taking a photo of another bird, so the camera wasn't focused on this bird. It just happened to come into the frame and then flew away. Even though it's a poor photo, I believe this is a Swamp Sparrow because of its rufous crown, rufous wings, rufous tail, dark streaks on back and buffy flanks with obscure darker streaks.
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