URBAN BIRDING AT A WALMART PARKING LOT: GULLS, PIGEONS, DUCKS & GEESE, SCARBOROUGH, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 2/2/2026

CANADA GEESE, MALLARDS, RING-BILLED GULLS

 & AMERICAN HERRING GULLS FORAGING

CANADA GEESE & MALLARDS FORAGING 

ROCK PIGEONS ON ROOF & IN FLIGHT

RING-BILLED GULLS ON ROOF 

CANADA GEESE IN FLIGHT & ON GROUND    

MALE & FEMALE MALLARDS 

AMERICAN HERRING GULLS ON ROOF & IN FLIGHT 

MALE HOUSE SPARROW, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1/31/2026

 

EUROPEAN STARLING, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1/31/2026

 

AMERICAN CROW IN FLIGHT, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1/31/2026

 

PERCHED COOPER'S HAWK, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1/31/2026

      The bright white spots on the back of the Cooper's Hawk could be due to the fluffing of its feathers.  According to Sibley Birds East all perched accipiters (Cooper's Hawk is an accipiter) can show bright white spots on their back when their feathers are fluffed.  Birds fluff their feathers in cold weather to keep warm by trapping air, which acts as insulation against the cold.

 

AMERICAN ROBIN, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1/31/2026

 

FEMALE COMMON MERGANSER, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1/31/2026