Long-tailed Ducks have always been my favourite duck, riding out storms on wintry Lake Ontario in great numbers.
Long-tailed Ducks
They dive to great depths for little pea clams.
Long-tailed Ducks (male)
Long-tailed ducks “talk” constantly: “Ow-ow-oo-ah”.
Long-tailed Duck (male)
Long-tailed Duck (male)
Long-tailed Ducks
Today’s were the first I have seen this season.
Long-tailed Ducks
Other birds:
Long-tailed Duck and Red-breasted Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-breasted Mergansers
Red-breasted Mergansers
Red-breasted Merganser
Mute Swans
Mallards
Mallards (male)
Black-capped Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Species list: mute swan, Canada goose, mallard, gadwall, red-breasted merganser, long-tailed duck, turkey vulture, short-eared owl, ring-billed gull, black-capped chickadee, ruby-crowned kinglet, golden-crowned kinglet, northern cardinal, American goldfinch. (14 species)
Some botany:
Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra)
Hawthorn (Crataegus)
Red Ash (Fraxinus pensylvanica)
European Black Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
Shelf Mushroom
Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
Russian-olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
Russian-olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
Silver Maple (Acer sachharinum)
Panicled Aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)
White Sweet-clover (Melilotus alba)
Red-osier (Cornus sericea)
Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
Park scenes:
Today’s group:
NATURE POETRY
The trees are in their autumn beauty, The woodland paths are dry, Under the October twilight the water Mirrors a still sky. – William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
Miles Hearn
I LOVE these ducks! Wonderful pictures of other things, too!
Beautiful ducks. I didn’t know that there were so many types in Ontario. T hanks for the photos.