TURTLES AT BRIGHTON CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS, BRIGHTON, ON

LEAST SANDPIPER, BRIGHTON CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS, BRIGHTON, ON

   We can ID this sandpiper as a Least Sandpiper by its greenish-yellow legs; its relatively short black bill drooping slightly at the tip and its dark brown color.

BREEDING MALE SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, BRIGHTON CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS, BRIGHTON, ON

BREEDING MALE REDHEAD, BRIGHTON CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS, BRIGHTON, ON

BREEDING MALE LESSER SCAUP, BRIGHTON CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS, BRIGHTON, ON

   We can ID this scaup as a Lesser Scaup rather than a Greater Scaup by the shape of its head.  The peak of the head is at the back of the head rather toward the front in a Greater Scaup.

BUFFLEHEADS, BRIGHTON CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS, BRIGHTON, ON

   The first photo shows a male Bufflehead in breeding plumage.   In the second photo the male is on the left and the female on the right.

BREEDING COMMON GALLINULE, BRIGHTON CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS, BRIGHTON, ON