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Showing posts with label Crown Vetch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crown Vetch. Show all posts

Wednesday, 19 July 2017

Wild Flowers

July 17, 2017
Took an afternoon walk to Springbank Park to look for butterflies. It was partly cloudy, 23 degrees, feels like 28 degrees.  I saw 2 Cabbage Whites.  This evening at dusk, the fireflies were out.

Queen Anne's Lace

Soapwort

Crown Vetch

Chicory

Soapwort

Cardinal Flower

Pink Water Lily

Red Water Lily


Thursday, 29 June 2017

Osprey Surprise


Springbank Park - June 28, 2017
Sunny, 19 degrees
High of 26.

I went for a morning walk in Springbank.  I decided to walk toward Greenway Park under the Wonderland Rd bridge.  A lot of swallows are nesting under the bridge.  I found a nice weed/wildflower patch plus some milkweed plants along the river in Greenway. That would be a great place to check out in changing seasons. 
Birds I saw - Osprey, Barn Swallows, Bank Swallows, Mallard, Canada Geese, Red-winged Blackbird, Northern Flicker, Common Grackle, Yellow Warbler and American Goldfinch.   

Osprey at Thames River
Osprey

Looking for butterflies.  I saw a couple of Cabbage Whites.

Milkweed with no butterflies

Crown Vetch

Crown Vetch

Crown Vetch

Bladder Campion
Cabbage White

Wild  Blue Phlox



Monday, 26 June 2017

Gorgeous Water Lilies

June 21, 2017
Springbank Park

It was a nice sunny day.  The water lilies are just starting to bloom. 

Pink Water Lilies


White Water Lilies

Foxglove Beard-Tongue


Northern Flicker

Crown Vetch

Thames River

The level of the river is low right now. 

Thames River

Red Admiral