PIED-BILLED GREBE, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   This grebe has the short stout bill of a Pied-billed Grebe.  It still has the black ring on the bill of a breeding Pied-billed Grebe.

WILD TURKEY FAMILY, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   This family of four is of the Eastern subspecies of Wild Turkey.  The eastern subspecies has rufus feather tips, while the Southwestern subspecies and domestic varieties, which may have escaped, do not.

   The Wild Turkey is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 157.

   

JUVENILE BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, LAMBTON WOODS PARK, TORONTO, ON

   We identified this warbler as a juvenile (1st winter) Black-throated Green Warbler as follows:

• Yellow face with olive cheek
• Green upperside and crown
• White underside with faint greyish/black streaks (you can just make out one of these streaks)
• Two white wing-bars
• Relatively long tail

   This Black-throated Green Warbler is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 156.

MOLTING AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, NIAGARA BOTANICAL GARDENS, NIAGARA FALLS, ON

   This photo was taken last Friday at the Niagara Botanical Gardens.  I am just posting it, as it took awhile to identify.  I consulted with several experienced birders and the consensus was that it is a molting Americab Goldfinch.

MOLTING JUVENILE EUROPEAN STARLING, ALONG HWY. 7A, SCUGOG ISLAND, ON

   This European Starling is a juvenile molting into a nonbreeding plumage adult.

OSPREY, NONQUON SEWAGE TREATMENT LAGOONS, PORT PERRY, ON

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.