DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 6/26/2023

 

MALE YELLOW-SHAFTED NORTHERN FLICKER, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARKk ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 6/26/2023

   In both photos you can see a very small portion of the yellow-shaft of this subspecies of the  Northern Flicker.  It is the very small yellow patch on the wings of the flicker just above its flank. 

   There are two subspecies of the Northern Flicker, the Red-shafted flicker of  western North America and the Yellow-shafted flicker of the east and far north.  

 

RED-NECKED GREBE IN NEST INCUBATING EGGS & MATE NEARBY IN WATER, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 6/26/2023

   Male and female Red-necked Grebes take turns incubating the eggs.

 

FEMALE & BREEDING & NONBREEDING MALE MALLARDS, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 6/26/2023

   The first photo shows a female Mallard on the left and a male Mallard in breeding plumage on the right.  The second photo shows a nonbreeding male Mallard.

 

COMMON TERN, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE,, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 6/26/2023

 

MOURNING DOVE, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 6/26/2023

 

AMERICAN FLAMINGOS, CARIBE DELUXE PRINCESS, PUNTA CANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 6/20/2023