BIRD PHOTOS OF THE DAY: FIRST DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT OF SEASON & INTERESTING DUCKS

   This afternoon Sharon and I went for a walk in Mill Pond Park in Richmond Hill.  We saw our first Double-crested Cormorant since coming back to Canada at the beginning of April.  They are starting to migrate back from the southern U.S.  During the winter in Florida we saw plenty of them.
   We also saw some interesting ducks:  a Crested Mallard, a domesticated Long Island Duck and an immature mallard.  The three birds hung out with each other, which leads me to think that the immature Mallard might be the offspring of the other two ducks.  After all, both the Crested Mallard and domesticated Long Island Duck were  breed from the Mallard (the Long Island Duck in China a long time ago).

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT - MILL
POND PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ON
NOTE THE ORANGE LORES & THROAT &
THE DOWNTURNED END OF THE
UPPER BILL

CLOSEUP OF CORMORANT'S FACE

SIDE VIEW OF CORMORANT

ABOVE 2 PHOTOS - CORMORANT
SPREADING ITS WINGS WHILE IN
WATER, BUT NOT FLYING AWAY.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: IMMATURE 
MALLARD,  DOMESTICATED DUCK (LONG
ISLAND DUCK) & CRESTED MALLARD.

IMMATURE MALLARD

CRESTED MALLARD - NOTICE PUFFY
CREST & CURLED TAIL