FLOWERS AT ROSETTA McCLAIN GARDENS, TORONTO, ON

RING-BILLED GULL IN FLIGHT, LAKE SIMCOE, ISLAND GROVE, ON

FEMALE AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, IN FRONT OF HOUSE, THORNHILL, ON

AMERICAN ROBIN EATING A CATERPILLAR, IN FRONT OF HOUSE, THORNHILL, ON

MALE HOUSE FINCH ATOP TREE, THORNHILL, ON

VIEWS AT E.T. SETON PARK, TORONTO, ON

JUVENILE RED-TAILED HAWK, E.T. SETON PARK, TORONTO, ON

   We can ID this hawk as a juvenile light morph Red-tailed Hawk as follows:

• Underside is white with some brown streaking.
• The underside of tail is pale.  Juveniles do not have red tails.
• While perching wing-tips fall short of the tail.
• Indistinct malar stripe, white throat and light eyebrow.
• Cere and feet are yellow.  Also has a long yellow gape, which indicates a juvenile.