CORMORANTS, FERRIS WHEEL & ABANDONED BOAT, NIAGARA RIVER, NIAGARA FALLS, ON

   Thought this was an interesting photo, with the Double-crested Cormorants roosting on a couple of snags in the middle of the Niagara River, the ferris wheel in the background and an abandoned grounded boat in the foreground.

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.