FEMALE AMERICAN WIGEON, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 10/19/2026

 

MALE GREEN-WINGED TEAL, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 10/19/2026

 

FEMALE AMERICAN WIGEON & FEMALE GREEN-WINGED TEAL, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 10/19/2026

   The duck on the left is a female American Wigeon and the duck on the right is a female Green-winged Teal.

 

MALE & FEMALE AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 10/19/2026

   We can tell that the duck in the 1st photo and the same duck on the left in the 2nd photo is a male American Black Duck and not a female Mallard or Malard hybrid as follows:

• Does not have the white outer tail feathers or curled black tail feathers of a Mallard or Mallard hybrid.
• Bright yellow bill with none of the dark splotches that are on the bill of the female Mallard.

   The duck on the right in the second photo is a female American Black Duck.  Again, it does not have the white outer tail feathers of a Mallard and its bill is dusky, not the orange bill of a female Mallard.

 MALE AMERICAN BLACK DUCK

LEFT:MALE AMERICAN DUCK; RIGHT: FEMALE AMERICAN DUCK

BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE AT FEEDER, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 10/19/2026

 

YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (MYRTLE), CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 10/19/2026

 

EASTERN CHIPMUNK WITH UNSHELLED PEANUT IN MOUTH, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 10/19/2026