NONBREEDING MALE GADWALL, TOLLGATE PONDS, HAMILTON, ON

   We can ID this duck as a nonbreeding male Gadwall as follows:

• Bright white speculum.
• Gray above towards rear.
• Mostly black bill with some orange.

GREAT BLUE HERON, WILDIMERE BASIN, HAMILTON, ON

NONBREEDING SPOTTED SANDPIPER, TOLLGATE PONDS, HAMILTON, ON

NONBREEDING SPOTTED SANDPIPER, TOLLGATE PONDS, HAMILTON, ON

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS SUNNING, SWIMMING AND IN A FLOCK, TOLLGATE PONDS, HAMILTON, ON

CASPIAN TERNS: IN FLIGHT & IN A FLOCK, WILDERMERE BASIN, HAMILTON, ON

LESSER SCAUP, WINDERMERE BASIN, HAMILTON, ON

   We can ID this duck as a Lesser Scaup, rather than a Greater Scaup, by the shape of its head.  The head has the corner at the rear of a Lesser Scaup, rather than the more rounded head of a Greater Scaup.