DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

CHIPPING SPARROW, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

JUVENILE AMERICAN ROBIN, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

TREE SWALLOW, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

RING-BILLED GULL, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

MARSH WREN, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

   We can ID this bird as a Marsh Wren by its prominent white eyebrows; dark crown; slender bill that is dark above, light below and slightly downsurved; white throat and upper chest; and upright tail.   The Marsh Wren  was heard by a number of birders before it was seen.  It was hidden among cattails.  It was finally sighted because a sparrow came along and disturbed it.

   The Marsh Wren is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 523.