Humber Bay and Sam Smith

[Marek]

Hello everyone. I did some birding on my own today. Like many of you know by now I’m not an expert in this field, at least not yet. Humber Bay Park and Sam Smith Park were places of my camera shooting trip.
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/Oct ... everything
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/Oct ... n_Kestrel2
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/Oct ... an_Kestrel
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/Oct ... can_Wigeon
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/October/Bufflehead
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/Oct ... anser2_001
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/Oct ... ganser_001
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/Oct ... _Cormorant
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/October/Green_Heron
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/Oct ... rned_Grebe
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/Oct ... sser_Scaup
http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/October/Ruddy_duck2
Third picture from the bottom, is that Horned Grebe. Correct me please if i'm wrong.

[Dr. John]

Hi Marek. I think your green heron is actually a juvenile black crowned night heron.

-John

[Jody Melanson]

Hi Marek. Thanks for sharing your photos. I think your Common Mergansers are Red Breasted Mergansers.

[Marek]

Thank you.
Juvenile Black Crowned Night Heron it is. The eye is red, Green Heron's eye is yellow. Like I sad, i'm not an expert. However it doesn't excuse me from buying myself a proper book.
Common or Red Brested, females look the same to me (smile).

[Brian Bailey]

Hi Marek,

Nice shots!

I looked at some of the others too and "Common Merganser3"  (number 11 of 24) are actually Hooded Mergansers.  They are smaller and much darker than the other two species.

Was the Ruddy Duck at Sam Smith or Humber Bay?

BB

[Marek]

Humber Bay.