MALE & FEMALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 7/19/2026

 

ADULT & JUVENILE COMMON GRACKLES, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 7/19/2026

ADULT COMMON GRACKLES 

JUVENILE COMMON GRACKLE

 

NORTHER FLICKER ADULT MALES, A FEMALE & A MALE JUVENILE (YELLOW-SHAFTED), DUCK PONDS, HIGH PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 7/19/2026

   It is interesting to see the female Northern Flicker with two adult males.   Female Northern Flickers are normally socially monogamous, but about 5% of females take on two male mates simultaneously.  In these rare cases, the female will establish two separate nests with the two different males and lay a clutch of eggs in each.  We don't know if this the case here, but it very well might be.

   For more information about this unusual behavior go to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Flicker Life History.

LOWER LEFT: 2 MALES

UPPER CENTER: FEMALE

UPPER RIGHT: MALE JUVENILE

 

ADULT MALES

ADULT FEMALE

MALE JUVENILE-YOU CAN SEE THE BLACK 

MALAR PATCH IS STARTING TO DEVELOP

RED-EARED SLIDER TURTLE, DUCK PONDS, HIGH PARK, TORONTO, 7/19/2026

 

EASTERN CHIPMUNK, DUCK PONDS, HIGH PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 7/19/2026

 

MALE & FEMALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, DUCK PONDS, HIGH PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 7/19/2026

 

MOSTLY ADULT BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, BUT STILL WITH BILL OF A JUVENILE, DUCK PONDS, HIGH PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 7/19/2026