PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK,BRIGHTON,ON, 9/14/2019

FEMALE BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK,BRIGHTON,ON, 9/14/2019

NORTHERN PERULA, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK,BRIGHTON,ON, 9/14/2019

MALE & FEMALE HAIRY WOODPECKER, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK,BRIGHTON,ON, 9/14/2019

   In the first three photos the male Hairy Woodpecker is at the bottom and the female at the top.  The next eight photos show the male and the last four show the female.

MALE NORTHERN FLICKER, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK,BRIGHTON,ON, 9/14/2019

MALE BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK,BRIGHTON,ON, 9/14/2019

         Even though these two photos aren't the greatest, we can still ID this warbler as a male Black-throated Blue Warbler as follows:

• Small white patch on wing.  This is a key field mark of the Black-throated Blue Warbler.
• Bluish back (see first photo)
• Dark crown, face and sides.  This is consistent with actual colors: midnight blue crown and black face and sides.
• Whitish underparts
• Merlin bird photo ID app identified this warbler as possibly a Black-throated Blue Warbler and one other warbler, which was easily eliminated.
  
     Unlike other warblers that molt into "confusing fall plumage", the male Black-throated Blue Warbler keeps its distinctive black-and-blue plumage all year.  Female Black-throated Blue Warblers are so different from the male that they were once considered a separate species.  They do however have the distinctive white wing patch.
  
     The Black-throated Blue Warbler is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 920.
  
  

LEAST FLYCATCHER, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK,BRIGHTON,ON, 9/14/2019