RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, COMMON GRACKLE, BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD & NORTHERN CARDINAL FORAGING FOR SEED ON GROUND, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ONTARIO, 5/21/2023

 

LONG-TAILED DUCKS TAKING OFF FROM WATER, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 5/19/2023

 

FORAGING MALE AMERICAN ROBIN, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 5/19/2023

 

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT WITH NESTING MATERIAL, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 5/19/2023

   Both the male and female Double-crested Cormorant work on the nest.  The male brings most of the material and the female builds the nest.  The nest is made of mostly small sticks, but some seaweed and flotsam is used, such as that in this cormorant's bill.  The nest is lined with grass.

 

WHIMBRELS, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 5/19/2023

 

MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 5/19/2023

 

BROWN THRASHER, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 5/19/2023