NONBREEDING MALE INDIGO BUNTING, BEAMER MEMORIAL CONSERVATION AREA, GRIMSBY, ON

YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, MILFORD, ON

   We can ID this warbler as the "Myrtle" variety of the Yellow-rumped Warbler as follows:

• Yellow shoulder patch.
• Dark face with split eye-ring.
• Dark streaks on breasts and flanks.
• Pale eyebrow.  You can just make this out on the first photo.
• Whitish throat.

BONAPARTE'S GULLS & RING-BILLED GULLS, BEACH AT COBOURG HARBOR, COBOURG, ON

   The two large gulls ( at center and upper right) are Ring-billed Gulls and the smaller gulls are Bonaparte's Gulls in various stages of development.

SQUIRREL & ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

MALE WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

     We can ID this bird as a male White-breasted Nuthatch as follows:

• Color pattern: very dark crown and nape that contrasts with blue-gray back. Face and underparts are white.  
• Dark eyes stand out against unmarked white face.
• Very short tail.
• Chestnut color on lower belly and tail.
• Long narrowbill.  This can be seen in second photo.

ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

   The first four photos show a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak in breeding plumage.  Its plumage is unmistakable. The last two photos are of a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON