MALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, KERNCLIFF PARK,KERNS RD,BURLINGTON,ONTARIO, 7/18/2020

MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL, KERNCLIFF PARK,KERNS RD,BURLINGTON,ONTARIO, 7/18/2020

JUVENILE AMERICAN ROBIN ON SNAG, KERNCLIFF PARK,KERNS RD,BURLINGTON,ONTARIO, 7/18/2020

AMERICAN ROBIN IN FLIGHT, KERNCLIFF PARK,KERNS RD,BURLINGTON,ONTARIO, 7/18/2020

ADULT VIRGINIA RAILS & A CHICK, KERNCLIFF PARK,KERNS RD,BURLINGTON,ONTARIO, 7/18/2020

    In the first group of photos you can see one of the Virginia Rail chicks to the left of the adult.  In the first photo, the chick is just below the bill of the adult.
    In the last photo you can just make out on the left of the adult Virginia Rail the bill, head and neck of the second adult Virginia Rail.

VIRGINIA RAIL CHICKS IN REEDS, KERNCLIFF PARK,KERNS RD,BURLINGTON,ONTARIO, 7/18/2020

   We would like to thank Peter Sproule for birding with us today and showing us some great hotspots in the Burlington-Hamilton area.  He knew where to go to see Virginia Rails up close (Kerncliff Park) and to see a pair of Peregrine Falcons (drawbridge spanning Burlinton canal).  As an added bonus we saw Virginia Rail chicks (photos below) at Kerncliff Park.  If you look at the last photo you can see there are four chicks: the three in front and a small part of a fourth one behind them.
   These chicks are probably less than a week old.   The chicks are feed by the parents for two to three weeks, when the chicks become independent.  The young can fly in less than a month.  We did see both parents of these chicks - you can see one of them in the next post.

MOLTING JUVENILE MUTE SWANS & RING-BILLED GULL, CRANBERRY MARSH,LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA,WHITBY,ONTARIO, 7/16/2020