Susan's Birding and Nature Blog: Eastern Amberwing

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Sunday, 9 July 2023

Findings - First Week of July

July 2023

I was able to find some butterflies through the week. There was not a lot...one has to really look for them.

Common Wood-Nymph

This Painted Turtle was walking across the parking lot from the Cove pond so I watched and protected it to make sure it arrived at the other side to in a small pond.

Little Wood Satyr

First Monarch of the season!

Monarch

Some other findings.

Northern Crescent

American Goldfinch

Common Whitetail

Bluet species

Eastern Amberwing

Wednesday, 8 July 2020

Variety of Wildlife - mainly looking for Odonates

July 6, 2020 - The Coves

Very hot, getting hotter every hour, feels like 36c. Very dry...we really need rain! Some photos below of wildlife I saw.

Trumpet Vine

Eastern Forktail

Mallard families - females and young.

American Goldfinches collecting nesting material.

American Goldfinsh

European Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

There were a lot of Robins and their young.

The milkweed is starting to bloom but shriveling up fast as it is so dry.

July 7, 2020 - Westminster Ponds

I was mainly looking for some different odas. I saw a variety of butterflies which was nice.

Mourning Cloak

Delaware Skipper

Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Pondhawk

Common Wood-Nymph

Blue Dasher

Slaty Skimmer (rare in London Area)

Thanks to Quinten for ID!

Eastern Amberwing

July 8, 2020 - Cantebury Park

Today is an extremely hot day. At 10;00am, it was 27c, feels like 35c, very hot scorching heat. I was at the park for 45 min and that's all I can handle.

Painted Turtle

Widow Skimmer

Mourning Cloak

Little Wood Satyr? Very worn

Saturday, 3 August 2019

Hyde Park Drainage Pond and Trails

A nice warm day today. I walked Hyde Park Pond to see what was around. A Great Blue Heron was busy fishing, a Doubled-crested Cormorant flew in to find some lunch. An Osprey hit the water from the air three times momentarily disappearing under the water.

Great Blue Heron

I usually don't see too many Indigo Buntings but today I saw one. It was a distance away in a dead tree and I can only see the silhouette of the bird. I didn't have my bins with me.

Indigo Bunting

Spotted Sandpiper

There were some small frogs in a big puddle. Dragonflies were flying around mostly Common Whitetails. I saw a bigger frog jumping up from the water trying to catch a dragonfly. When I was watching the frog missed a couple of times.

Northern Leopard Frog

I saw my FOY Eastern Amberwing and Halloween Pennant.

Eastern Amberwing

Halloween Pennant

Variable Dancer

There were a few Monarchs around, I found a Viceroy and another Red-Spotted Purple. There were a few Cabbage Whites and saw two sulphur butterflies for the first time this year. I was so happy to see them. They wouldn't settle for a photo.