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Is this Little Etobicoke Creek or a giant bathtub? Either way, the service here is what it is. 🦆🌿🪶🦉🍁

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The duck is the central focus, shown from a side profile as it glides toward the right. Its most striking feature is its iridescent green head, which glows with a metallic sheen in the sunlight. Head and Neck: Below the green head, there is a narrow, crisp white ring around its neck, which separates the green from the rich, chestnut-brown breast below. Its bill is a bright, solid yellow with a small black tip, standing out sharply against the darker feathers. The rest of its body is a mix of soft gray and brown feathers. Its tail area is white and black, with a characteristic tiny curl in the central black feathers known as a "drake's curl". The water is dark and reflective, with gentle ripples radiating from the duck's body. You can see a shimmering, slightly distorted reflection of the duck's brown chest and white underside in the water's surface. In the background, the water is a bit darker. On the right, another duck is partially visible, though it is out of focus, adding a sense of a larger flock nearby. Along the top edge, there are blurred, earthy-toned elements like dry leaves and twigs, suggesting a natural shoreline. #AltText
April 23, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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I was promised a gourmet creek experience, not a rocky salad bar. 🐦‍⬛🌿🦉🤙🍁

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A Common Grackle, a large, lanky blackbird standing on a rocky shore next to the Little Etobicoke Creek. The water reflects golds and greens from the nearby shoreline. While they look black from a distance, this male's feathers are actually a shimmering mess of purples and blues that resemble an oil spill in a parking lot. He has bright, pale yellow eyes that give him a perpetually startled or "unhinged" expression, making it look like someone glued googly eyes onto a velvet sock. In some photos, you might see a white film over the eye—that’s his nictitating membrane, a translucent third eyelid he uses for protection, which only adds to his "robot bird" aesthetic. Instead of a beautiful song, grackles make a harsh, mechanical noise that sounds exactly like a rusty gate hinge swinging in the wind.
May 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM