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Friday, 14 August 2026

Mid-August Finds - August 14, 2026

I can't believe we are in mid-August....where is the time going? The last few weeks I continue birding and looking for butterflies and dragonflies. Here are the latest ones I found.

Common Ringlet

Viceroy

Monarch

Red-spotted Purple

Common Whitetail

Ruby Meadowhawk

Spiny Softshell Turtles

Sunday, 8 June 2025

Local Nature - May 2025

First Week of June 2025

Eastern Bluebird

Spotted Sandpiper

Northern House Wren

I only saw Cabbage Whites for the month of May. June 2, I saw my first Little Wood Satyr and Common Ringlet.

My first dragonfly of the year - Common Whitetail plus I saw my first Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (couldn't get my camera on it)

Mallard and ducklings

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Large Spiny Softshell Turtle

First Ruby-throated Hummingbird of the year - June 7, 2025

Red-tailed Hawk being chased by Red-winged Blackbirds

Other first of year butterflies I saw yesterday were the Mourning Cloak and Northern Crescent.

Sunday, 13 June 2021

I was able to get some 'first of the year' butterflies this week. I'm not finding many butterflies around right now but hopefully it will pick up soon. This week the Common Ringlets were the most common. I also saw a Viceroy and Eastern Tailed-Blues.

Common Ringlet

I looked for turtles, too. I saw many Midland Painted Turtles and some Northern Map Turtles. The Map Turtle below was huge.

Northern Map Turtle

This was the only Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle I saw. It was very small. I'm hoping later, I can find some bigger ones. This turtle is Species at Risk in Ontario - threatened.

Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle

There were lots of small fish in the Thames River in the shallow parts along the banks. I think these are a species of minnows.

European Skipper

It was interesting watching the Eastern Kingbird eating a dragonfly.

Sunday, 5 July 2020

Admiring Butterflies and Dragonflies

June 30, 2020 Wetland North London

I didn't see anything new at the wetland...was mainly looking for butterflies.

Eastern Kingbird

July 2, 2020 - Hyde Park

It's going to be a very hot day (feel like 35c) as we are in a heat wave in Southwestern Ontario. Trying to get out early to beat the heat. Hyde Park is one of my favorite places to look for butterflies and dragonflies. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the weeds, flowers and grasses got cut down short this year. There are lots of Cabbage Whites around.

Eastern Phoebe

Common Whitetail

Widow Skimmer

Eastern Forktail

Eastern Tailed-Blue

July 4, 2020 - Hyde Park

I mainly looked for insects today. It is really dry and we really need some rain. The common dragonflies were flying around. Other butterflies I saw but no photos were Cabbage Whites, Clouded Sulphurs and an Eastern Tailed-Blue.

Common Whitetail

Eastern Pondhawk

Eastern Amberwing

Eastern Amberwing on the fly

Widow Skimmer

Violet Dancer

European Skipper

Common Ringlet

There were lots of Common Wood-Nymphs around.

Common Wood-Nymph

This coming week is going to be really hot so I will have to try to get out early in the mornings.

Friday, 23 August 2019

Casual Birding In London Area

This week (August 19-23) I have been out birding to the main areas I usually go. Some of the days were humid and muggy. I saw birds I usually see but nothing unusual.

Westminster Ponds, ESA - There are kettle ponds surrounded by lowland and upland habitats in this area. I walked half way around Saunders Pond and back. The trails were mostly damp. I tried walking these trails before this and they were too mucky in some spots. There is a boardwalk going out with a viewing platform at Saunders Pond. I didn't go there because there was a class of kids on the platform and looked like they were going to be there for awhile.
Usually one can get a few species of birds at the platform. Some other time.