FLOWERS IN FRONT OF CONDO BUILDING, TORONTO,ON, 5/1/18

FEMALE HOUSE SPARROW, EAST DON TRAIL, NORTH YORK, TORONTO, ON, 5/1/18

SHARON & GEORGE AT EDWARDS GARDENS, NORTH YORK, TORONTO, ON, 5/1/18

RACCOON, ROSETTA McCLAIN GARDENS,SCARBOROUGH,TORONTO,ON, 4/30/18

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, ROSETTA McCLAIN GARDENS,SCARBOROUGH,TORONTO,ON, 4/30/18

   The first photo is of a male Red-winged Blackbird.  The last two photos are of a female Red-winged  Blackbird.

SONG SPARROW, ROSETTA McCLAIN GARDENS,SCARBOROUGH,TORONTO,ON, 4/30/18

FIELD SPARROW, ROSETTA McCLAIN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH,TORONTO,ON, 4/30/18

   We can ID this sparrow as the rufous variety of the Field Sparrow by its pinkish, short and conical bill; pinkish legs; rufous crown; white eyering; rufous marking behind eye; rufous and brown upperparts with streaks; buffy breasts and two whitish wingbars (you can just make out the edge of the wingbar on the left, the rest is blocked by a branch).

   The Field Sparrow is a partial migrant. Northernmost breeders move South in the fall; southernmost breeders may move only a short distance or may be permanently resident.  In spring in the northern areas, males arrive 2-3 weeks before females.

   The Field Sparrow is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 781.