HOUSE SPARROW, SERENA GUNDY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 11/14/2025

BLUE JAYS, SERENA GUNDY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 11/14/2025

 

MALE & FEMALE NORTHERN CARDINALS, SERENA GUNDY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 11/14/2025

 

MALE RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, SERENA GUNDY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 11/14/2025

 

PHOTOS OF BIRDS MATING VIA "CLOACAL KISS"

   Over the years I have been lucky four times to come across and take photos of birds mating via a "cloacal kiss". A "cloacal kiss" is the brief, physical touching of the male and female bird's cloacas, or external openings, during mating, to transfer sperm for fertilization. The male mounts the female and they briefly press their cloacas together.  This transfer is very quick, sometimes lasting a second or less.

 

CASPIAN TERNS MATING

PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK 

BRIGHTON, ONTARIO

5/19/2025

GREAT EGRETS MATING

WAKODAHATCHEE WETLANDS

DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA

3/9/2016

OSPREYS MATING

PELICAN BAY, N. NAPLES, FLORIDA

12/16/2024

EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES MATING

PUNTA CANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

6/14/2023

CANADA GEESE, RING-BILLED GULLS, MALLARDS, A MUTE SWAN & A GADWALL, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 11/7/2025

 

MALE & FEMALE MALLARDS, ASHBRIDGE'S BAY PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 11/7/2025