MOLTING JUVENILE EUROPEAN STARLING, LAKE WILCOX PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ON

   This is a juvenile European Starling molting into a nonbreeding adult.  This generally occurs in September.

MONARCH BUTTERFLY, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

FLOCK OF CANADA GEESE, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

PIED-BILLED GREBE, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   This grebe has the short stout bill of a Pied-billed Grebe.  It still has the black ring on the bill of a breeding Pied-billed Grebe.

WILD TURKEY FAMILY, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   This family of four is of the Eastern subspecies of Wild Turkey.  The eastern subspecies has rufus feather tips, while the Southwestern subspecies and domestic varieties, which may have escaped, do not.

   The Wild Turkey is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 157.

   

JUVENILE BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, LAMBTON WOODS PARK, TORONTO, ON

   We identified this warbler as a juvenile (1st winter) Black-throated Green Warbler as follows:

• Yellow face with olive cheek
• Green upperside and crown
• White underside with faint greyish/black streaks (you can just make out one of these streaks)
• Two white wing-bars
• Relatively long tail

   This Black-throated Green Warbler is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 156.

MOLTING AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, NIAGARA BOTANICAL GARDENS, NIAGARA FALLS, ON

   This photo was taken last Friday at the Niagara Botanical Gardens.  I am just posting it, as it took awhile to identify.  I consulted with several experienced birders and the consensus was that it is a molting Americab Goldfinch.