GREAT EGRET, HUMBER RIVER, LAMBTON WOODS, TORONTO, ON

HERRING GULL, HUMBER RIVER, LAMBTON WOODS, TORONTO, ON

JAMES GARDENS, LAMBTON WOODS, TORONTO, ON

HYBRID AMERICAN BLACK DUCK X MALLARD, LAMBTON WOODS, TORONTO, ON

ROSE HIP, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

   The rose hip, also known as rose haw or rose hep, is the fruit of the rose plant.  It is typically red-to-orange.  Rose hips begin to form after successfull pollonation of the flowers in spring and early summer, and ripen in late summer through autumn. Rose hips are used for herbal tea, jam, jelly, rose hip soup, beverages, pies, bread, wine and marmalade.

MUTE SWAN & NORTHERN SHOVELERS, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

   The duck to the left of the Mute Swan is a male Northern Shoveler in fall plumage.  You can see the large shovel-like bill, yellow eyes, white bar on coverts and dark and white stripes between eye and bill.  The duck to the right of the Mute Swan is either a female or juvenile Northern Shoveler.  You can see the large bill and the white stripe on the coverts.

NORTHERN SHOVELERS SWIMMING & DABBLING, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

   The Northern Shoveler swimming on the left is a male and the one dabbling on the right is a female.  On the shoveler on the left you can see the large, dark shovel-like bill.