June 15, 2026
Recent sightings this past week. Not many butterflies yet.
Butterflies - Monarch, Northern Crescent, Little Wood Satyr
Dragonflies - Blue Dasher, Common Whitetail
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Baltimore Oriole |
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Baby Eastern Bluebird |
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| Eastern Bluebirds - female top branch, baby middle, male right |
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| Brown Thrasher |
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| Great Blue Heron |
I was out and about in London, Ontario this past week
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| Baltimore Oriole |
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| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
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| Great Blue Heron |
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| Yellow Warbler |
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Blue-winged Teal |
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| Least Sandpiper |
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| Barn Swallow |
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| Great-crested Flycatcher |
Hyde Park - We've had some very hot, humid days lately. I try to get out earlier before it gets too hot. I'm enjoying watching the Osprey nest in Hyde Park. It looks like only one chick. The first couple of photos are the female and the third with her chick. The male Osprey is fishing or perched at a huge tree behind the nest.
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| Baby Painted Turtle |
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| Barn Swallow |
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| Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
We had a very wet week. Monday, London broke a century-old weather record, with a total of 59.3 millimeters of rain within a day. The previous record 1923 was 45.2 mm. After the record-breaking rain, London got hit with more heavy rain on Tuesday, bringing a total of 104 mm of rain
A lot of flooding in the past few days. Some parks near the Thames River have closed such as Gibbons Park as most of the park is under water.
Hyde Park Area
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| Eastern Kingbird |
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| Eastern Kingbird |
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| Question Mark |
Byron Bog (Sifton Bog) - May 16, 2024
It was a beautiful day so I thought I would check out the Byron Bog. I haven't been there for awhile. The Swamp Laurel was in full bloom and the Yellow Water Lilies are just coming up in big buds. There were a couple of geese in the water and some Painted Turtles along the edge. The Green Frogs were croaking. There were Northern Cardinals, Song Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbirds, American Robins, Common Grackles, Catbirds, Blue Jays, and Baltimore Orioles. On the way back a female Mallard with her ducklings.
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| Swamp Laurel |
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| Painted Turtle |
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| Green Frog |
Komoka North - May 22, 2024
It was nice to see a pair of Mute Swans...not much in the water today. Along side the water, there were Common Yellowthroats singing, Yellow Warblers, Catbirds, Tree Swallows and Barn Swallows. Farther away, I saw a Brown Thrasher, Willow Flycatchers, Great crested Flycatcher, Baltimore Orioles, and Orchard Orioles at the same area I saw them last year.
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| Mute Swans |
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| Orchard Oriole |
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| Orchard Oriole |
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| Common Yellowthroat |
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| Viceroy |
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| Dot-tailed Whiteface |
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| Eastern Forktail |
At the Hyde Park Pond, I saw a Solitary Sandpiper and some Spotted Sandpipers.
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| Solitary Sandpiper |
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| Spotted Sandpiper |
