FEMALE DOWNY WOODPECKER, LAKE WILCOX PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ON

DIVING MUTE SWANS, CRANBERRY MARSH, LY DE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

HERMIT THRUSH IN BACKYARD, THORNHILL, ON

   These photos were taken in the backyard of the house in Thornhill.  The third photo was taken through two glass doors.

   We can ID this bird as a Hermit Thrush as follows:

• Brown upper body.
• Smudged spots on breast.
• Complete white eye-ring.
• Reddish tail.  This is what sets it apart from other similar thrushes.  You can see the contrast between the reddish tail and brown body.

BUFFLEHEADS, LESLIE ST. SPIT/TOMMY THOMPSON PARK, TORONTO, ON

   The male Bufflehead is on the right; the female on the left.

TRUMPETER SWAN, LESLIE ST. SPIT/TOMMY THOMPSON PARK, TORONTO, ON

GREAT EGRET, LESLIE ST. SPIT/TOMMY THOMPSON PARK, TORONTO, ON

KILDEER, LESLIE ST. SPIT/TOMMY THOMPSON PARK, TORONTO, ON