NONBREEDING EUROPEAN STARLING, PRINCE EDWARD POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, MILFORD, ON

VIEWS FROM OWEN POINT, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

   The first photo shows a colony of Double-crested Cormorants, with a Mute Swan in the foreground in the water.  The second photo shows mostly Double-crested Cormorants in the background with Caspian Terns in the foreground.  The third photo shows a mixture of cormorants, terns and gulls, with a Mute Swan in the water.

MALLARD FLAPPING ITS WINGS, MARSH BOARDWALK TRAIL, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

BANDING OF A JUVENILE RED-EYED VIREO, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

BANDING OF A FEMALE COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

   The first photo shows the female Common Yellowthroat just after it was taken off the mist net.  The next photos show the band being put on the warbler and its wing being measured.  Since this banding is being performed outdoors, the bird is not weighed, because of the sensitivity of the scale to wind, vibration, etc.  The bird is also checked for its storage of fat.  The last photo shows the bird after it has been banded.

COLONY OF CASPIAN TERNS, OWEN POINT, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

WILSON'S WARBLER ENSNEARED IN A MIST NET, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

   This Wilson's Warbler  became ensnared in one of the mist nets used to capture birds for banding.  After trying to free it from the net, the net was finally cut in order to free it.  Since the bird was so stressed, it was let go, rather than being banded.