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Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)Observer
kathrynmillsPlace
Colonel Samuel Smith Park, 3145 Lake Shore Blvd W, Etobicoke, ON M8V 4B6, Canada (Google, OSM)Description
Three
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Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)Observer
kathrynmillsPlace
Colonel Samuel Smith Park, 3145 Lake Shore Blvd W, Etobicoke, ON M8V 4B6, Canada (Google, OSM)What
Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)Observer
kathrynmillsPlace
Colonel Samuel Smith Park, 3145 Lake Shore Blvd W, Etobicoke, ON M8V 4B6, Canada (Google, OSM)Description
Far off shore in fog
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Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)Observer
kathrynmillsPlace
Colonel Samuel Smith Park, 3145 Lake Shore Blvd W, Etobicoke, ON M8V 4B6, Canada (Google, OSM)What
Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)Observer
kathrynmillsDescription
Four. Three female and one non-breeding male. Siblings, maybe?
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Thayer's Gull (Larus glaucoides ssp. thayeri)Observer
kathrynmillsDescription
With ring-billed and herring gulls on west side of Ashbridges Bay. Seen from boat launch.
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Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)Observer
kathrynmillsDescription
At edge of north duck pond near playground in the park.
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Dickcissel (Spiza americana)Observer
kathrynmillsDescription
Coming to feeders in the parking lot with house sparrows
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Subfamily EnnominaeObserver
kathrynmillsDescription
The Seek app said this was a geometer, and the closest resemblance I can find in Peterson’s is gray spring moth.
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Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria)Observer
kathrynmillsDescription
In the washroom at Hanlan’s Point, Toronto Islands. Seek app said common, but I think that is unlikely, as common is restricted to the Pacific Northwest.
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White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis ssp. arthemis)Observer
kathrynmillsDescription
I think this a white admiral, looking for confirmation
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White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis ssp. arthemis)Observer
kathrynmillsDescription
I think this is a white admiral
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Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)Observer
kathrynmillsDescription
It was digging a hole in the ground on an angle
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Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)Observer
kathrynmillsDescription
Associating with blue jays and tree sparrows at feeder outside camp office
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Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula)Observer
kathrynmillsDescription
Rarity for this region. Associating with house sparrows at a feeder.
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Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)Observer
kathrynmillsDescription
Adults in non-breeding plumage. Dozens in Kempenfelt Bay