A horned grebe (Podiceps auritus) makes a rare appearance at Ashbridge’s Bay last week. © BCP It’s taken me a while to find the time to post my most recent images of some delightful creatures I saw last weekend, but here they are, finally. Above is a grebe, of course, but what kind? When I […]
A male long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) surfaces with food — a zebra mussel, perhaps? — after a deep dive in the inner bay Saturday at Ashbridge’s. © BCP 2011. There are still huge numbers of long-tailed ducks in the inner bay at Ashbridge’s Park, enjoying their winter vacation down south. South for them, at least. […]
A female common redpoll (Cardeulis flammea) eats seeds from a tamarack cone at Ashbridge’s Bay. © BCP 2011 As you can see from the blue sky in the picture above, I didn’t take this photo this weekend. No, I’m cheating a bit, going backward in time — slightly more than a week ago, in fact […]
A male red-breasted mergansers (Mergus serrator) at Ashbridge’s Bay this week. A male bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) is behind and to the left of the merganser. The crest of the males in this species appears as a double spike, unlike the spike of the common merganser, which appears to be a single spike. © BCP 2011 […]
Two male redheads, Aythya americana, with their mates, cruise the waters of Ashbridges Bay Wednesday. Wild about the City has been on hiatus for two months, attempting to straighten out major computer snafus. We might be sorted out . . . don’t want to push our luck too hard, but hoping for the best. So, […]
