Findings - August 11-16, 2025

Exploring around London, I found some species of turtles and butterflies.

Spiny Softshell

Great Egrets and a Green Heron.

Great Egret

Green Heron

Great Egret

Peck's Skipper

Tawny-edged Skipper

Viceroy

Northern Crescent

Red-spotted Purple

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.

Findings Around London Area

 Komoka Park - June 24, /24

A very nice day, 24c, sunny

Eastern Bluebird

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

The hummingbird is up at the top branch of this tree.

Today I saw lots of Red Admirals

Red Admiral

Lots of Common Wood Nymphs.  These ones are very dark compared to the ones I've seen earlier in the season.

Common Wood Nymph

Coves, June 26, 2024, 25c, warm

I was looking for the Black-crowned Night Heron today.  I did see the immature fly from a tree to the end of the pond.  No photo.

Catbird

At Greenway, a few Spiny Softshells.

Springbank Park - June 28, 2024

Northern Flicker

Northern Map Turtle

Spiny Softshell

Recent May Findings

Here are some photos I took of birds in London Parks last week.  

Yellow Warbler

Catbird

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Mallards

American Goldfinch

One day, I saw a bunch of turtles sunning on the river bank.  The turtles are Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtles.  I've never seen so many at one time.  I counted over 16.  All different sizes.  What a beautiful sight!

Other turtles I saw were Northern Map Turtles.

Midland Painted Turtles