Typical ducks have wide flat bills:
Mergansers have long, serrated bills.
We saw several dozen Common Mergansers today in the Humber River at Lambton Woods.
Other birds:
Today’s group:
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Hi Miles,
Saw this on Facebook and thought it might be of interest to folks in your classes!
Free Lecture: Trumpeter Swans – Back in Ontario’s Ecosystem – Toronto Field Naturalists
NATURE POETRY
Then the golden hour
Will tick its last
And the flame will go down in the flower.
A briefer length of moon
Will mark the sea-line and the yellow dune. – Arna Bontemps (1902–73)
Miles Hearn
so glad you are telling us about the difference in the beaks,it helps. Also,why does the red-bellied woodpecker not have a red belly but a beautlful red head??? Or,we just never see the belly,is that it?
thank you for all the beautiful and informative posts,Miles!!!!!!