Long-tailed Duck With A Tracking Device

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It isn’t as if Bob and I have never seen Long-tailed Ducks before, previously known as Oldsquaws, but on one spring visit to Tommy Thompson Park, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, we noticed something quite unusual about this female as it swam near the lift bridge on the Leslie Street Spit. Read more

Long-tailed Ducks At Bluffer’s Park

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Our trip to British Columbia had been a birdwatcher’s delight, but once back in Ontario, it didn’t take us long to go on the hunt for new bird species in our own neck of the woods.  A trip to  Bluffer’s Park  along the edge of Lake Ontario turned up some impressive Long-tailed Ducks). Read more

Long-tailed Ducks At Toronto’s Tommy Thompson Park

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Toronto’s   Tommy Thompson Park  is revered as a magnificent location for birdwatching.  On one visit, Bob and I saw many species of birds, among them a pair of Long-tailed Ducks. Read more