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I was cleaning the other day and found a bunch of old bug corpses that turned to dust at the slightest touch. Photographically, they are not really useful, but I figured I might as well post these here just to help confirm some species. Obviously thes are old dead ladybugs though I am not fully sure they are all the same species due to the spot shapes.

I'm aware of the likelihood of this species in Ontario... Posting this around with the hopes of getting feedback on the ID - more photos & rationale are presented here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XCYNtXAPaupZBFNZoTrMRuxo43UQy8KP/view?usp=sharing

Thanks in advance!

This image is part of an observation I made a couple of days ago, but there was so much going on, including three different avian species, that it merits further comment. Here I am focusing on a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron (seen in the background) as it peeks out of the brush at a much larger Great Blue Heron, attempting to drive off a Red-shouldered Hawk which has landed on the island. A discarded shopping cart and other assorted trash, washed down the river by a recent storm, adds to the sense of discord, as does the turbulent water boiling in the background. Interesting to note, the hawk remained calmly on the fallen branch throughout the display (which included lots of loud squawking) until the large heron quieted down, before flying off.
So how is this observation about the Night Heron? I simply could not get over the look of that juvenile bird reacting to the conflict.

In my book of birds, female Teal are the only ducks with a black eyestreak and a white streak above. But a colored band on the wing is just visible in pic 10 only.
Together with female A. platyrhynchos.

Forgive me if this is a stupid question. But what kind of duck is this? Hard to tell in the photo but it had a white half ring around the front of its neck. It was with another that looked just like it. They both had a curl at the end of their tail feathers

What a weird duck! My initial impression was Ruddy Duck x RNDU or scaup (or something), even though there are no confirmed records of any Ruddy hybridization with any non-Oxyura ducks. It was associating with approx 50 Ruddy Ducks, 1 lesser scaup, couple bufflehead, some shovelers.

Unsure about hybrid status, but the base of the bill and the strip down the back of the neck make me lean that way.

According to a nice lady who knew the area and its residents, the goose and the swan have been inseparable for a few years. In the short time I've been there I saw the goose chase away another swan from its partner (3rd photo) and agressively go after a crow that approached the swan nest.