BANDED JUVENILE BLUE-HEADED VIREO, PRINCE EDWARD POINT BIRD OBSERVATORY, MILFORD, ON

   You can see the band in all the photos.  We can ID this bird as a juvenile Blue-headed Vireo by its bold white "spectacles" contrasted with its grey head, yellow-olive flanks, white throat and yellow wing-bars.  Notice the hooked bill, which can be seen the best in the last photo and the bluish legs.  Vireos in general have hooked bills and bluish legs.

BANDED JUVENILE MAGNOLIA WARBLER, PRINCE EDWARD POINT BIRD OBSERVATORY, MILFORD, ON

   You can see the band in all three photos.  We can ID this warbler as a juvenile Magnolia Warbler by its white eye-ring, gray head, bright yellow breast, two narrow white wing-bars and white undertail coverts.

BANDED JUVENILE OVENBIRD, PRINCE EDWARD POINT BIRD OBSERVATORY, MILFORD, ON

      This juvenile Ovenbird was just banded; in the first photo you can see the band on one of its toes.  We can ID this warbler as an Ovenbird by its bold white eye-ring, black streaks on its underparts and dark lateral crown stripes with orange-tinged center.

BANDED JUVENILE WHITE THROATED SPARROW, PRINCE EDWARD POINT BIRD OBSERVATORY, MILFORD, ON

   This juvenile White-throated Sparrow was just banded; you can see the band on one of its toes.  It was estimated that this sparrow was 1 -2 months old.

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