CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, DUFFY'S LANE, PALGRAVE CONSERVATION AREA, CALEDON, ON

   This Chestnut-sided Warbler is a juvenile in fall plumage.  The juvenile warbler does not have the chestnut flanks of the adult.  We identified this as a juvenile Chestnut-sided warbler as follows:

• Prominent white eye-ring
• Raised tail
• Greenish above and pale gray below

   The Chestnut-sided warbler is a new species for our Life List, which now stands at 146.

MUTE SWAN, LAKEFRONT PROMENADE PARK, MISSISSAUGA, ON, 8/21/15

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT HAVING LUNCH, HUMBER BAY PARK EAST, TORONTO, ON, 8/21/15

GREAT BLUE HERON, HUMBER BAY PARK EAST, TORONTO, ON, 8/21/15

BELTED KINGFISHER, HUMBER BAY PARK EAST, TORONTO, ON, 8/21/15

GREAT BLUE HERON, RICHMOND GREEN PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ON, 8/19/15

CASPIAN TERN IN FLIGHT, SECOND MARSH, OSHAWA, ON, 8/16/15

   We can identify this tern as a Caspian Tern and not a Common Tern by the dark ends under the primary.