Monday, November 11, 2024
MALE DOWNY WOODPECKER, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 11/10/2024
We can tell this is a Downy Woodpecker by the dark bars on its white tail feathers and by its small size when we saw it.
NONBREEDING FEMALE SNOW BUNTING, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 11/10/2024 - NEW SPECIES TO LIFE LIST
We can ID this bird as a nonbreeding female Snow Bunting as follows:
- Short-legged and broad-necked.
- Very short conical bill, orange with black tip.
- Underparts are white with rufous flanks and rufous breast band.
- What we can see of the wings are a combination of black, white and rufous.
- The head is a combination of whitish, rufous and black with a large dark spot.
- The foreneck is grayish.
The Snow Bunting is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.
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