To highlight 2024, I only got one new lifer back in January - Black-billed Magpie. It wasn't a good year for butterflies or dragonflies. There were not many around. I had to really look for them through the Summer and Fall.
I started the new year 2025 going to Fanshawe CA to see what was around. There were a nice variety of birds at the Tamarack Trail. Lots of Northern Cardinals, Blue Jays, Mourning Doves, Dark-eyed Juncos, White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-throated Sparrows, American Tree Sparrows, Red-bellied Woodpecker, and Black-capped Chickadees. I also saw two juvenile Bald Eagles fly over.
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| Northern Cardinal |
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| Black-capped Chickadee |
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| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
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| Dark-eyed Junco |
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| Mourning Dove |
Yesterday (January 4), I went to Greenway Park for a walk. It was really cold feeling like -15c and a strong, cold West wind. There were snow squalls too. I walked along Thames River and saw lots of Common Mergansers, some Hooded Mergansers, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneyes, American Black Duck and lots of Canada Geese and Mallards. The Ring-necked Duck is still there. Two juvenile Bald Eagles were flying over the river. I will go to Greenway one more time this coming week before the area is closed down for construction until mid-March.
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| Blue Jay |
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| Ring-necked Duck (centre) |
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| Common Mergansers |
