King Eider!

After three weeks of constant reports of a juvenile King Eider on the Toronto shoreline, I finally managed to visit the hotspot today! I was cursed with rainy weather, and I was beginning to lose hope after scanning the horizon several times. However, I should have known I could count on the little bird; I found him about 100 metres out on the water! As soon as I spotted him, he swam over to me, approaching my lens at a mere stone's throw away.

 Another bird, this common Long-tailed Duck below, was also quite unafraid as he dove and swam not too far from me. What a pleasant excursion with an easily found rarity.