Thames Valley Trail

This morning I decided to go to Gibbons Park.  Birds I saw were Brown-headed Cowbirds, Common Grackle, Robin, Mallard, Canada Geese, Barn Swallows, Turkey Vultures and Killdeer.
Birds I could not see but heard.  Song Sparrow and Warbling Vireo.
I walked part of the Thames Valley Trail along the Thames River.

Thames River

Canada Geese - Goslings are getting big

I took the picture of the Killdeer far away along the river.  So it's blurry.  I was desperate in getting a photo of a bird, the Killdeer and Canada Geese were the best I can do.

Killdeer

Killdeer

Part of the Thames Valley Trail along Thames River

Thames River

Buttercups

Aster sp

Stroll in Bog

May 29, 2017

I went to Sifton Bog (ESA) London, Ontario.  Birds I saw and heard - White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Robin, Cardinal, Mallard, Canada Geese, Common Crow, Common Grackle and Red-winged Blackbird.

Leatherleaf

Yellow Pond Lily

I can hear the Green Frogs single croak around the bog.  Not much change since the last time I was there, May 18. 

The Bog

Canada Geese

Boardwalk in the Bog

Superb Morning

Springbank Park (London, Ontario)

Birds I heard and saw - Barn Swallows, Red-bellied Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, Common Grackle, Baltimore Oriole, Song Sparrow, Cedar Waxwings, Mallard, Canada Geese, Cardinal, Red-tailed Hawk, Yellow Warbler, Common Crow and Red-winged Blackbird.  It was overcast, 14 degrees.

Wild Columbine

Chipmunk

Cedar Waxwing

Spirea

Spirea

Elegant Flowers

Springbank Park

I heard a lot of birds but could not see most of them as they were high in the trees. 
List - Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, Red-winged Blackbird, Cardinal, Blue Jay, Barn Swallow, Song Sparrow, Robin, Mallard, and Canada Geese.  Since I could not get photos of birds, I took photos of flowers today.  It was sunny, high of 18 this morning.

Wisteria

Wisteria

Wild Columbine

Pond Lily

Pond Lily

Bluebells

Splendid Day

Sifton Bog (ESA) - very warm, sunny, 25

Saw Baltimore Oriole, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Grackle, Robin, Mallard, Canada Geese, Cardinal, and Red-winged Blackbird.  Lots of tadpoles of American Toad and Green Frog.

Floating Acid Peat Bog

Leatherleaf

Black Spruce

Yellow Pond Lily

Yellow Pond Lily

Yellow Pond Lily

Peat Bog

Bog Laurel

Common Purple Violet

Tadpole of Green Frog

A little bit of everything

I went to Springbank Park this morning.  It was a nice warm sunny day.  The high today is 28 degrees, humidex 35.  Just within an hour, I can feel it getting warmer and warmer. 
I didn't see a lot of birds as the larger trees are getting leaves and the smaller trees and bushes are filling out so I relied on bird sounds....Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow Warbler, Baltimore Oriole.   I saw Barn Swallows, Gray Catbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Song Sparrow and American Goldfinch.

Thames River

Trails

Trails

White Trilliums

Soloman's Seal

Thames River

Red-winged Blackbird

The water of the Thames has been going down so I can see some rocks and the river edge.  This is the first week I was hearing the toads croaking.

American Toad

Wandering in Nature

Sunday, May 14, 2017 - Took a drive to Elgin County, south of St. Thomas this afternoon. 
List - Black-and-White Warbler, American Redstart, Catbird, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Yellow Warbler, Wood Duck, Barn Swallows, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, American Goldfinch, Turkey Vulture, Canada Geese, Cardinal, Robin, Mourning Dove and Grackle

American Redstart

Lots of trilliums everywhere!

Lots of Trilliums

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Interesting Trillium

Ferns

Chipping Sparrow

White Trilliums