MALLARD x AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS (HYBRIDS), ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK - MIZZY LAKE TRAIL (OLD RAILWAY BED), NIPISSING, ONTARIO, 9/6/2025

   We can tell these ducks are Mallard x American Black Duck hybrids by their speculums (the bright blue patch on their wings).  Their speculums are a combination of Mallard and American Black Duck speculums, i.e.,  the pure black outer bands of the American Black Duck and the combination black and white outer bands of the Mallard.

 

FEMALE PURPLE FINCH, ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK - MIZZY LAKE TRAIL (OLD RAILWAY BED), NIPISSING, ONTARIO, 9/6/2025

 

MALE & A FEMALE WOOD DUCKS, ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK - MIZZY LAKE TRAIL (OLD RAILWAY BED), NIPISSING, ONTARIO, 9/6/2024

   The male Wood Ducks are those with the red eye: the duck on the far left and the two on the right.  The female Wood is the duck second from the left.

 

GREAT BLUE HERON, ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK - MIZZY LAKE TRAIL (OLD RAILWAY BED), NIPISSING, ONTARIO, 9/6/2025

 

EASTERN PHOEBE, ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK - MIZZY LAKE TRAIL (OLD RAILWAY BED), NIPISSING, ONTARIO, 9/6/2025

 

YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK - MIZZY LAKE TRAIL (OLD RAILWAY BED), NIPISSING, ONTARIO, 9/6/2025

 

PAINTED TURTLES, ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK - MIZZY LAKE TRAIL (OLD RAILWAY BED), NIPISSING, ONTARIO, 9/6/2025