April 29, 2021
I am seeing the usual birds for April with a couple migrant birds added to the mix. I have not seen a warbler yet. :(
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| Wood Duck |
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| Wood Ducks |
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| Northern Flickers |
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| Red-tailed Hawk |
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| Red-winged Blackbird |
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| Green Heron |
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| Green Heron |
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| Green-winged Teal |
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| Eastern Phoebe |
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| Eastern Towhee |
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| Wild Turkeys |
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| Belted Kingfisher |
April 21, 2021
I have been out birding this past weekend and this week. The weather was nice but it turned cold...had snow on the ground this morning. It snowed off and on today. So far, I've had no luck finding bird migrants.
Here is a short post showing the variety of birds I saw in the woods and at ponds.
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| Blue Jay |
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| Turkey Vultures |
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| Northern Flickers |
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| Ring-necked Ducks |
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| Pied-billed Grebe |
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| Brown-headed Cowbird |
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| Wood Ducks (male and female) |
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| Wood Duck |
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| Downy Woodpecker |
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| Red-winged Blackbird (female) |
April 15, 2021
Kains Woods ESA
I decided to go for a walk at Kains Woods Environmentally Significant Area (ESA). It was cool, with light rain and hail. It was quiet bird wise but it's nice to walk along the river and view all the different tree species and later in the Spring...wildflowers. Some parts of the trail is challenging with several steep sections and cedar swamps.
In all ESAs in London, there is a sign at the beginning of the trail 'Be Coyote Aware'. I've never seen a coyote until yesterday when I was at Kilally Meadows ESA. I saw one walking along the woods edge and it saw me so it went deeper in the woods. It was neat to see.
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| Mayapple |
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| Trout Lily |
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| Eastern Skunk Cabbage |
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| Common Merganser (female) |
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| Canada Goose on her nest |
The first week of April - The weather turned summer like - very warm, temperatures high in the mid-20s. I saw my first turtles of the year and hearing frogs croaking. More and more Tree Swallows were seen every day and some birds busy building their nests.
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| Eastern Meadowlarks |
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| Osprey |
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| Killdeer |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Blue-winged Teal |
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| Cedar Waxwings |
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| Pied billed Grebe |
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| Turkey Vultures |
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| Bufflehead |
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| Wood Duck |
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It was nice to see a Virginia Rail at Westminster Ponds this week! Very hard to find in the reeds. This was my best shot.
