BREEDING MALE AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, SECOND MARSH WILDLIFE AREA, OSHAWA, ON

   We can ID this bird as a male American Goldfinch in breeding plumage by its yellow body and black forehead.

PAIR OF REDHEADS, NIAGARA RIVER, NIAGARA FALLS, NY

   In the first photo the male Redhead is on the left and the female on the right.  In the second photo the female is on the left and the male on the right.

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

HERD OF FORAGING DEER, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   These deer were foraging in a field for leftover soybeans, which had been planted there last year.

SINGING SONG SPARROW, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

FEMALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

MOLTING MALE BUFFLEHEAD, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

   This male Bufflehead is molting from breeding plumage to nonbreeding plumage.  The white on back of the head  of its breeding plumage has molted to just the white patches on the sides of the head of its nonbreeding plumage.  The white on the sides of the Bufflehead is starting to molt to the gray of the nonbreeding plumage.