SONG SPARROW, ROSETTA McCLAIN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 9/8/2025

 

RING-BILLED GULL IN FLIGHT, ROSETTA McCLAIN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 9/8/2025

 

RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, ROSETTA McCLAIN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 9/9/2025

 

FEMALE CAPE MAY WARBLER, ROSETTA McCLAIN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 9/8/2025

 

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1ST FALL FEMALE MAGNOLIA WARBLER, ROSETTA McCLAIN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 9/8/2025

 

1ST FALL FEMALE BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, ROSETTA McCLAIN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 9/8/2025

 

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.