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Showing posts with label Eastern Bluebird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eastern Bluebird. Show all posts

Sunday, 21 June 2026

Places around London, June 2026

I went to the Coves yesterday.  Lots of Mallard families, two Great Blue Herons, Killdeers, Catbirds, Song Sparrows, Red-tailed Hawk, American Goldfinches, Eastern Warbling Vireos, Red-winged Blackbirds,  Northern Yellow Warblers to name a few.  I did not see any dragonflies and for butterflies a Little Wood Satyr and Cabbage Whites.

Great Blue Heron

Killdeer
Lots of Mallard families.







White-tailed Deer

Little Wood Satyr
Komoka North

Eastern Bluebird

Lots of Painted Turtles 

Common Milkweed starting to bloom

Here are some scenes from Medway Valley Heritage Forest ESA.  The Medway Creek was high and flowing fast.  The birds I saw or heard were Baltimore Orioles, Catbirds, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Red-eyed Vireos, Northern Flicker. Eastern Wood Pewee, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Indigo Buntings to name a few.  







Monday, 15 June 2026

Some Mid-June Birding - June 2026

 June 15, 2026

Recent sightings this past week.  Not many butterflies yet.

Butterflies - Monarch, Northern Crescent, Little Wood Satyr

Dragonflies - Blue Dasher, Common Whitetail

Tree Swallow


Baltimore Oriole


Eastern Bluebird


Baby Eastern Bluebird


Eastern Bluebirds - female top branch, baby middle, male right

Ruby-throated Hummingbird


Brown Thrasher


Great Blue Heron


Monday, 13 April 2026

Some April Finds

April 6, 2026, Strathroy Lagoons

It's nice to get some different species of birds.

Northern Shoveler


Ruddy Ducks

Horned Grebe

April 11, 2026, Komoka

Tree Swallows
Eastern Bluebird

Sandhill Cranes
Ring-necked Ducks

April 13, 2026, Westminster Ponds


Brown Thrasher

Fox Sparrow


DeKays Brown Snake




Sunday, 22 June 2025

London Parks - June 22, 2025

Komoka Park - June 16

I have only seen a few butterflies so far.  I saw my first Monarch last week, lots of Northern Crescents and a Red-spotted Purple.

Eastern Bluebird




Gibbons Park - June 17

There has been a Common Goldeneye hanging around the Thames at Gibbons Park.


Medway Valley - June 18

In the dragonfly department, I've seen Common Whitetails, a Widow Skimmer and Ebony Jewelwings.   Hoping with the heat next week, I will see more.  

Ebony Jewelwing

Medway Creek




Northern Map Turtle

American  Goldfinch

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.