COMMON GRACKLE WITH BUG IN BILL, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 5/29/2023

 

RING-BILLED GULL, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 5/29/2023

 

MUTE SWANS & CANADA GEESE, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 5/29/2023

 

FLOCK OF DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS IN FLIGHT, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 5/29/2023

 

MALE HAIRY WOODPECKER AT FEEDER, HUNTINGTON PARK DR & PRINCE EDWARD BLVD (INCLUDING MAPLE VALLEY PARK), THORNHILL, MARKHAM, ONTARIO, 5/27/2023

      We can ID this woodpecker as a male Hairy Woodpecker as follows:

• Large size of woodpecker, compared to Downy Woodpecker.  We were fairly close to the woodpecker, so we could tell its size.
• Large bill which looks like a railroad spike, rather than the dainty and much smaller bill of a Downy Woodpecker.
• Red patch on back of head is split in two.  This occurs often on a male Hairy Woodpecker, but not on a Downy Woodpecker..
• All white outer tail feathers, compared to the Downy's spotted ones.

MALE & FEMALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS AT FEEDER, HUNTINGTON PARK DR & PRINCE EDWARD BLVD AREA (INCLUDING MAPLE VALLEY PARK), THORNHILL, MARKHAM, ONTARIO, 5/27/2023

 

AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES & HOUSE FINCHES AT FEEDERS, HUNTINGTON PARK DR & PRINCE EDWARD BLVD (INCLUDING MAPLE VALLEY PARK), 5/27/2023

 

RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH AT FEEDER, HUNTINGTON PARK DR & PRINCE EDWARD BLVD ( INCLUDING MAPLE VALLEY PARK), THORNHILL, MARKHAM, ONTARIO. 5/27/2023

 

MALE RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER AT FEEDER, HUNTINGTON PARK DR & PRINCE EDWARD BLVD AREA (INCLUDING MAPLE VALLEY PARK), THORNHILL, MARKHAM, ONTARIO, 5/27/2023

 

MALE & FEMALE HOUSE FINCHES AT FEEDER, HUNTINGTON PARK DR & PRINCE EDWARD BLVD (INCLUDING MAPLE VALLEY PARK), THORNHILL, MARKHAM, ONTARIO, 5/27/2023

   In the first photo the male House Finch is on the right side of the feeder and the female on the left. The male House Finch is shown in photos two to five and the female in the last three photos.

 

MALE IN BREEDING PLUMAGE & FEMALE HOUSE SPARROWS AT FEEDER, HUNTINGTON PARK DR & PRINCE EDWARD BLVD AREA (INCLUDING MAPLE VALLEY PARK), THORNHILL, MARKHAM, ONTARIO, 5/27/2023

 

MOURNING DOVE, HUNTINGTON PARK DR & PRINCE EDWARD BLVD AREA (INCLUDING MAPLE VALLEY PARK), THORNHILL, MARKHAM, ONTARIO, 5/27/2023

 

EASTERN MILKSNAKE, HUNTINGTON PARK DR &PRINCE EDWARD BLVD AREA (INCLUDING MAPLE VALLEY PARK), THORNHILL, MARKHAM, ONTARIO, 5/27/2023

 

MALE BALTIMORE ORIOLE, HUNTINGTON PARK DR & PRINCE EDWARD BLVD AREA (INCLUDING MAPLE VALLEY PARK), THORNHILL, MARKHAM, ONTARIO, 5/27/2023

 

MALE & FEMALE AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES IN BREEDING PLUMAGE, HUNTINGTON PARK DR & PRINCE EDWARD BLVD AREA (INCLUDING MAPLE VALLEY PARK), THORNHILL, MARKHAM, ONTARIO, 5/27/2023

   The first four photos show male American Goldfinch in breeding plumage. The last four photos show female American Goldfinch in breeding plumage.

MALE & FEMALE DOWNY WOODPECKERS, HUNTINGTON PARK DR & PRINCE EDWARD BLVD AREA (INCLUDING MAPLE VALLEY PARK), THORNHILL, MARKHAM, ONTARIO, 5/27/2023