JUVENILE GREY CATBIRD, ROSETTA MaCLAIN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH, ON

JUVENILE BALTIMORE ORIOLE, ROSETTA McCLAIN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH, ON

BIRDING TODAY: EUROPEAN STARLING, ROSETTA McCLAIN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH, ON

VICEROY BUTTERFLY, ROSETTA McCLAIN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH, ON

   The Viceroy Butterfly and Monarch Butterfly are very similar in appearance.  The Viceroy has an irregular black line crossing the postmedian area of the hindwing; the Monarch does not have this line.

CASPIAN TERN, SIR CASIMIR GZOWSKI PARK, TORONTO, ON

   Just love the the expression on this tern.

RED-NECKED GREBE WITH CHICKS ON BACK, HUMBER BAY PARK EAST, TORONTO, ON

   In the first photo you can see two chicks on the mother's back with the third chick following right behind.  Chicks riding on their mother's back is common in Red-necked Grebes and other Grebes.  The chicks do this to rest and to be safer from predators, such as turtles, fish, etc.

   In the second photo, the third chick has joined the other two on the back.  Also the male looks like it is just about to catch a fish.  In the third and fourth photos you can just make out that the male has caught a fish.



GREAT EGRET, HUMBER BAY PARK EAST, TORONTO, ON