Nice warm day at Springbank

Springbank Park - London, Ontario                 16c, sunny

Took a morning walk....what a lovely day!  It's so nice to see some flowers out in bloom. I saw a nice variety of wildlife.
Birds I saw are Mallards, Canada Geese, Song Sparrows, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Cardinal, Blue Jay, Red-winged Blackbirds, Robins, Common Flicker, and American Goldfinch.

Short walk - Hyde Park

Hyde Park Drainage Pond, London, Ontario         14c,  sunny

I had to get out to do a little birding on this beautiful day.  I didn't see a lot of birds...Mallard, Canada Geese, Song Sparrows, Cardinal, Turkey Vultures, and a Tree Swallow. 

Song Sparrow

Turkey Vulture

This sparrow below was jumping around in the dead vegetation.  I couldn't get a good picture so I'm not sure what it is.  The first picture is the back/tail of the sparrow in the centre and the second picture is the face sideways.

The two dead pieces in the centre going right is where you can see the full side of the face .....with the eye in the middle.

Pussy Willows

Coltsfoot

A Pleasant Day

Gibbons Park, London, Ontario

sunny, 6c

I went out for a walk early this afternoon.  With the ice and rain we had this past weekend the river is high.  The path in Gibbons close to the river was covered with water.  

I saw a Great-Horned Owl, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, American Goldfinch, Mallard, Canada Geese, Red-winged Blackbird, American Robin, Common Crow, Song Sparrow and Cardinal.

Looking at the trees, they are ready to burst any time.  It was a nice pleasant day for a change.

The owlets have left the nest.  There are a bunch of very high trees which the owlets are in somewhere.  There were other birders in the area and they found one owlet but I could not get my eye on it.  About 4 trees over, the Mom was sleeping.  The other birders found it earlier in the day and it was very nice that a couple of birders helped me find the Mom.  About 7 birders were there. 

Her eyes are closed.

I saw this American Goldfinch singing away.