SONG SPARROW, NONQUON SEWAGE LAGOONS, PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, 5/3/2024

 

WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HUMBER BAY PARK (EAST), TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/28/2024

 

MALE BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, HUMBER BAY PARK (EAST), TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/28/2024

 

RING-BILLED GULLS & MALE & FEMALE MALLARDS ON ROCKS IN LAKE, HUMBER BAY PARK (EAST), TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/28/2028

 

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 ASLEEP, HUMBER BAY PARK (EAST), TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/28/2024

 

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).