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,
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.