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Saturday, September 26, 2015

TURTLE, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON


MOLTING MALE MALLARD, HUMBER BAY PARK EAST, TORONTO, ON

   This is a male Mallard molting from eclipse (nonbreeding) plumage to breeding plumage.   The Mallard has much of its breeding plumage, but its head and neck are still in eclipse plumage;  not the green of breeding plumage.  During the molt from eclipse to breeding plumage only the body feathers molt; the flight feathers do not. 


GREAT BLUE HERON IN REEDS, HUMBER BAY PARK EAST, TORONTO, ON



MUTE SWANS IN FLIGHT, HUMBER BAY PARK EAST, TORONTO, ON


MUTE SWAN UNFURLING ITS WINGS, HUMBER BAY PARK EAST, TORONTO, ON


CLOUDED YELLOW BUTTERFLY, HUMBER BAY PARK WEST, TORONTO, ON


RED-NECKED GREBE, HUMBER BAY PARK EAST, TORONTO, ON