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Monday, April 22, 2024

MUTE SWAN DABBLING FOR FOOD, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 4/22/2024

   Swans feed by "dabbling", that is by staying on the surface of the water and not diving down for their food.  Plants are the majority of their diet, but they also eat small aquatic animals, such as fish, insects and invertebrates.






 

A VERY IRIDESCENT MALE COMMON GRACKLE, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 4/22/2024


 

MOURNING DOVE, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 4/22/2024


 

MALE & FEMALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 4/22/2024

   The first photo shows a male Red-winged Blackbird and the second photo shows a female.




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NORTHERN CARDINAL, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 4/22/2024


 

CEDAR WAXWING EATING A BERRY & ANOTHER PERCHED, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 4/22/2024







 

MALE & FEMALE MALLARDS, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 4/22/2024

   The male Mallard is on the left and the female on the right.



 

BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES: AT SNAG & AT FEEDER, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 4/22/2024





 

Sunday, April 21, 2024

TREE SWALLOWS AT THEIR HOUSES, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/21/2024





 

HERRING GULL, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/21/2024


 

RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/21/2024


 

MOSTLY DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS & RING-BILLED GULLS, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/21/2024




 

MALE MALLARD, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/21/2024


 

FEMALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/21/2024


 

PARTIALLY LEUCASTIC MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/21/2024

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RED-NECKED GREBES, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/24/2024



 

HORNED GREBES, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK,, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/21/2024



 

RING-BILLED GULLS, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/21/2024



 

CANADA GEESE, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/21/2024



 

MUTE SWANS, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/21/2024



 

MALE AMERICAN ROBIN, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/21/2024



 

MALE COMMON GRACKLES, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 4/21/2024