MALE WOOD DUCK, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

GREAT EGRET, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

DOMESTIC MUSCOVY DUCK, MILL POND PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ON

   This duck is either a domestic  Muscovy Duck or a Muscovy-Mallard hybrid.  It has the the red on the face and base of the bill of the Muscovy Duck, but was among a group of Mallards.  It may be a juvenile, so we will wait and see.

SWANS, DUCKS & GEESE, MILL POND PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ON

CEDAR WAXWING, MILL POND PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ON

AMERICAN GOLDFINCH & THISTLE, CENTENNIAL PARK, BARRIE, ON

   This American Goldfinch is a male In breeding plumage on a thistle plant.  American Goldfinch feed on tree buds, weed seed, particularly thistle seed and some insects.