The first of our overwintering buffleheads (Bucephala albeola) have returned to our bay. © BCP 2010 A great deal of excitement at Ashbridge’s Bay this week with the return of our winter ducks. The first batch of buffleheads (Bucephala albeola) and longtails (Clangula hyemalis) are back in the bay, and what a welcome sight they […]
A mother mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) takes her seven ducklings out for an early afternoon paddle Tuesday. The little ducklings are so terribly tiny in such a big world. © BCP 2010 Well, here’s a bit of a conundrum. Seems the Ashbridge’s Bay mallard hens had a meeting, took a show of webbed feet, and voted […]
A song sparrow sings for all to hear, deep in the heart of a sea buckthorn bush at the beach. © BCP 2010 No longer do we have to crow, so to speak, about every sign of spring, for it is surely exploding all around us. A walk just about anywhere now makes that a […]
I couldn’t let my wonderful visit to the Leslie Street Spit last weekend go by without including a photo or two of the ducks there. Anyone who has ever ventured past the gates into Tommy Thompson Park (don’t get caught on the wrong side of the gate at closing time, like I did…) knows that […]
Oh, those rakish red-breasted merganser males. How jaunty they appear with their black crest flying out behind them, just so. Dashing they may be. But looks are deceiving. From their bold appearance, you might assume these ducks have the devil-may-care behaviour to match. Not so. Red-breasted mergansers, (Mergus serrator), at least the ones I’ve seen […]
