Mid-July Birds and Butterflies

July 9, 2020 - Hyde Park Area, London, Ontario

I have not been out birding since Thursday last week until today (July 13) as it was just too hot and humid.  Here are a few photos from last Thursday.  

Little Wood Satyr

Familiar Bluet

Cabbage White

Monarch

The Butterfly Milkweed is a beautiful plant.

Butterfly Milkweed

July 13, 2020 - Hyde Park Area

A very nice day today, 23c, partly cloudy. There was a little breeze...I didn't see many butterflies and no dragonflies.The birds I saw were Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vultures, Barn Swallows, Bank Swallows, Field Sparrow, Song Sparrows, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler, American Robins, Grackles, and flocks of Starlings.  

Warbling Vireo

American Goldfinch

Field Sparrow

Little Wood Satyr

Cabbage White

Little Wood Satyr

Chicory

Staghorn Sumac

Variety of Wildlife - mainly looking for Odonates

July 6, 2020 - The Coves

Very hot, getting hotter every hour, feels like 36c.  Very dry...we really need rain!  Some photos below of wildlife I saw.

Trumpet Vine

Eastern Forktail

Eastern Forktail

Mallard families - females and young.

American Goldfinches collecting nesting material.

American Goldfinsh

European Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

There were a lot of Robins and their young.

The milkweed is starting to bloom but shriveling up fast as it is so dry.

July 7, 2020 - Westminster Ponds

I was mainly looking for some different odas.  I saw a variety of butterflies which was nice.  

Mourning Cloak

Delaware Skipper

Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Pondhawk

Common Wood-Nymph

Blue Dasher

Slaty Skimmer (rare in London Area)

Thanks to Quinten for ID!

Eastern Amberwing

July 8, 2020 - Cantebury Park

Today is an extremely hot day.  At 10;00am, it was 27c, feels like 35c, very hot scorching heat.  I was at the park for 45 min and that's all I can handle.

Painted Turtle

Widow Skimmer

Mourning Cloak

Little Wood Satyr?  Very worn

Admiring Butterflies and Dragonflies

June 30, 2020  Wetland North London

I didn't see anything new at the wetland...was mainly looking for butterflies.

Eastern Kingbird 

July 2, 2020 - Hyde Park

It's going to be a very hot day (feel like 35c) as we are in a heat wave in Southwestern Ontario.  Trying to get out early to beat the heat.  Hyde Park is one of my favorite places to look for butterflies and dragonflies.  As I mentioned in an earlier post, the weeds, flowers and grasses got cut down short this year. There are lots of Cabbage Whites around.

Eastern Phoebe

Common Whitetail

Widow Skimmer

Eastern Forktail

Eastern Tailed-Blue

July 4, 2020 - Hyde Park

I mainly looked for insects today.  It is really dry and we really need some rain.  The common dragonflies were flying around. Other butterflies I saw but no photos were Cabbage Whites, Clouded Sulphurs and an Eastern Tailed-Blue.

Common Whitetail

Eastern Pondhawk

Eastern Amberwing

Eastern Amberwing on the fly

Widow Skimmer

Violet Dancer

European Skipper

Common Ringlet

There were lots of Common Wood-Nymphs around.

Common Wood-Nymph

This coming week is going to be really hot so I will have to try to get out early in the mornings.