DOE, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   As we were walking back from an overlook at Cranberry Marsh to the car we came cross this female deer in the woods.  It just kept staring at us; probably protecting its fawn (s).  Another birder had seen a fawn earlier.

TRAILL'S FLYCATCHER, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   This flycatcher is either a Willow Flycatcher or a Alder Flycatcher.   They are very close in appearance and you can generally only differentiate them by their calls; which we weren't able to do.  At one time they were considered to be the same species: Traill's Flycatcher; so that is what we are calling it.

FEMALE AMERICAN ROBIN, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   We identified this as a female American Robin as follows:

• The head is grey, rather the the black of a male.
• The breast and flankks are pale orange, rather then the more reddish of the male.

CANADA GEESE IN FLIGHT, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   In all three photos you  can see other birds in the water, particularly mallards.

BLACK-AND-WHITE NUTHATCH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   This is not the greatest photo, particularly since the head is hidden.  However, we were able to identify it by sight.  This warbler is black and white, without yellow, unlike most other warblers.

KILDEER, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

GREAT BLUE HERON, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON