MOLTING MALE NORTHERN SHOVELER, NONQUON SEWAGE TREATMENT LAGOONS, PORT PERRY, ON

   This duck can be identified as a Northern Shoveler by its very large, spoon-shaped bill.  This male Shoveler is molting from nonbreeding plumage to breeding plumage.  It has the dark bill, yellow eyes and some black and white plumage of breeding plumage, but still has some mottled brown plumage of its nonbreeding plumage.  Plus, it does not yet have the dark greenish neck of the male in breeding plumage.

TURTLE SCULPTURE, LAMBTON WOODS PARK, TORONTO, ON

GREAT EGRET, HUMBER RIVER, LAMBTON WOODS PARK, TORONTO, ON

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, HUMBER RIVER, LAMBTON WOODS PARK, TORONTO, ON

KILLDEER, HUMBER RIVER, LAMBTON WOODS PARK, TORONTO, ON

COMMON GRACKLE, LAMBTON WOODS PARK, TORONTO, ON

 

JUVENILE RED-TAILED HAWK IN FLIGHT, LAMBTON WOODS PARK, TORONTO, ON

   This hawk was identified as a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk as follows:

• The juvenile does not have a red tail, while the adult does.
• The dark bar on the leading edge of the underwing and the pale breast contrasting with the streaked belly-band identify this as a Red-tailed Hawk.