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Showing posts with label Great Blue Heron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Great Blue Heron. 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, 17 November 2025

Mid-November Birding 2025

I have seen a few new winter ducks lately.  Common Mergansers, Hooded Mergansers, Bufflehead, and Common Goldeneye.  Not in big numbers though.  The London area has had some heavy snowfalls...heavy, wet snow lately.


Hooded Merganser




Bald Eagle





Hooded Merganser

Buffleheads


Sunday, 9 November 2025

Birding - First week of November 2025

The first week of November, we had some nice weather...temperature around 10-12C. Through the week, I checked some ponds around London to see what was around.  

Coves - Nov 1/25 - I saw lots of birds this day....American Goldfinches, House Finches, Dark-eyed Juncos, White-throated Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Black-capped Chickadees, Golden-crowned Kinglets.  There were also flocks of Cedar Waxwings, American Robins and a singing Carolina Wren.  

Great Blue Herons



Wood Ducks

Nov 2/25 I checked out the ponds in Hyde Park.  It was nice to see a Great Egret this late in the season.  A few Clouded Sulphurs were flying around.


Clouded Sulphur


Nov 4/25
- I went to some ponds South London.  Great Blue Herons, Bald Eagles, and some Hooded Mergansers. There was some Clouded Sulphurs flying this day too.





Nov 6/25 - Went to Greenway Park.  I saw one Greater Yellowlegs and one Double-crested Cormorant.  Getting late for them.



Nov 8/25 - Fanshawe Lake - Flocks of Canada Geese flying over.  I saw some ducks out in the lake, Common Mergansers, Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Goldeneyes.  There were other groups of ducks but could not identify them as they were so far out.  I also saw one Great Blue Heron and Ring-billed Gulls.  There were some smaller birds around American Goldfinches, House Finches, Black-capped Chickadees, White-throated Sparrows, Cedar Waxwings, American Robins, Blue Jays and Northern Cardinals.





Sunday, 7 September 2025

Slow Birding

These days, the birds have been quiet so I'm not seeing as many birds right now.  Here are some photos from the past few weeks.  Lots of herons.

Great Blue Heron





Green Heron


Red-bellied Woodpecker


Catbird








Monday, 10 March 2025

First Week of March 2025

These are photos from last week and this weekend.  I was at Greenway, Springbank, The Coves and Fanshawe CA.

Really nice to see Spring birds arriving.

Red-winged Blackbird

American Robin

Great Blue Heron

Northern Cardinal

Horned Lark

With rain last week and now snow melting, the Thames River is very high and fast flowing right now.




Sunday, 20 October 2024

Week of October 13-19, 2024

At the Coves, I saw this juvenile Turkey Vulture up on the light standard at the soccer field.  I was able to get some close-ups pictures.  Very large birds....they are beautiful in their own way.  I love seeing them soaring and sad when they leave to migrate south.





There were lots of birds in the trees especially Cedar Waxwings (flocks) and American Robins.  There are a lot of berry bushes around.  There were a few White-throated Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, Back-capped Chickadees, Song Sparrows, Northern Cardinals, Downy Woodpecker, American Goldfinches, and Ruby-crowned Kinglets.   


Wood Duck

Wood Duck (females)

Another Great Blue Heron.  I love taking photos of them.



Hyde Park - October 14, 2024

The trees are very nice this week in Hyde Park.



Uplands Wetland - October 19, 2024

The morning started out in dense fog.  As the fog disappeared, the ducks started to come out of the reeds.  

Green-winged Teal

Green-winged Teal (female)

Great Blue Heron and Canada Geese in the fog