RED-NECKED GREBE, HUMBER BAY PARK EAST, TORONTO, ON

RING-BLLED GULL IN FLIGHT, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

MOLTING JUVENILE EUROPEAN STARLING, LAKE WILCOX PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ON

   This is a juvenile European Starling molting into a nonbreeding adult.  This generally occurs in September.

MONARCH BUTTERFLY, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

FLOCK OF CANADA GEESE, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

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.