Susan's Birding and Nature Blog

Sunday, 13 July 2025

Hot Summer Days - July 2025

July 10, 2025, Komoka North

It was lovely seeing the Mute Swans this morning.  They have five young.  I saw a few Eastern Bluebirds, Catbirds, Northern House Wrens, Northern Flicker, Common Yellowthroats, Eastern Kingbirds, Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons, Wood Ducks, Barn Swallows, Northern Rough-winged Swallows, Belted Kingfisher, Field Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Killdeers, Spotted Sandpipers, Savannah Sparrows and an Osprey.

Not many butterflies and dragonflies - Common Wood-Nymphs, Little Wood Satyr, Cabbage Whites, Halloween Pennant, Widow Skimmers, Common Whitetails and Blue-fronted Dancers.

Mute Swans with 5 young


Eastern Kingbird

Northern Flicker

Eastern Bluebird

Blue-fronted Dancer

Widow Skimmer


July 12, 2025, Airport, Fanshawe Pond

At the airport, there were many Mourning Doves, adults and young and also many young starlings.  I saw an Osprey, Turkey Vulture, Barn Swallows, Eastern Meadowlarks, Grasshopper Sparrows, Savannah Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbirds, American Goldfinches, Killdeers, American Robins and Common Grackles.

The area of weeds and long grasses where I see some butterflies has been mowed down.

Mourning Dove

Savannah Sparrow

Oprey


Fanshawe Pond.  There were 2 Monarchs, Cabbage Whites, and lots of Common Whitetails.

Pied-billed Grebe

Short-billed Dowitchers


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