BREEDING MALE PIPING PLOVER, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

   We can ID this plover as a breeding male Piping Plover as follows:

• Short, thick and orange bill with black tip.
• Large dark eye isolated on pale face.
• Orange legs.
• Black neck ring.
• Black band across forehead

   The Piping Plovers are nesting on Beach 2 at the park.  An area has been roped off and set aside for their nesting.  The Piping Plovers in the first and third photos have been banded on their legs.

CLIFF SWALLOWS & THEIR MUD NESTS, PRINCE EDWARD POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, MILFORD, ON

   These Cliff Swallows are nesting under the eaves of an old abandoned lighthouse in the wildlife area.  The nests are mud cones with small entrance holes.  You can see the white forehead of the male Cliff Swallow showing through the hole in many of the nests.

YELLOW WARBLER, PRINCE EDWARD POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, MILFORD, ON

MALE AMERICAN REDSTART, PRINCE EDWARD POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, MILFORD, ON

   We can ID this warbler as a male American Restart as follows:

• Black face, upperparts and breast.
• White belly.
• Orange-yellow patches on wings, tail and sides,

TENT CATERPILLARS, PRINCE EDWARD POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, MILFORD, ON

    Tent caterpillars are species of moths that build communal silk tents in the branches of host trees.

MALE BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, PRINCE EDWARD POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, MILFORD, ON

   We can ID this warbler as a male Black-throated Green Warbler by its black bib and yellow face, the thick black stripes on its flank and the two wing bars (you can just make out the start of these in the photo).

TURKEY VULTURE EATING DEAD FISH & ON TREE, PRINCE EDWARD POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, MILFORD, ON