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Showing posts with label Great Egret. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Great Egret. Show all posts

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, 17 August 2025

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


Sunday, 6 July 2025

Birds and a Few Insects - First Week of July 2025

First week of July.  Here are some photos of birds I saw.  I also saw Catbirds, Savannah Sparrows, Red-eyed Vireos, Field Sparrows, Eastern Bluebirds, Pine Warblers, Cedar Waxwings, Eastern Meadowlarks, Common Yellowthroat, Spotted Sandpiper, Barn Swallows, Ospreys, Red-tailed Hawks, Song Sparrows, Yellow Warblers, Double-crested Cormorants, and Killdeers.

Grasshopper Sparrow


Northern Mockingbird

American White Pelican

Great Egret

Great Blue Heron


American Goldfinch


I found a few butterflies this week....not so many dragonflies..some Common Whitetails and a couple of Halloween Pennants.

Northern Pearly-Eye

- Saw lots of Common Wood-Nymphs

Common Wood-Nymph


Clouded Sulphur


Halloween Pennant


Monday, 30 September 2024

Some Recent Birding end of September 2024

Birding around London area at The Coves and Westminster Ponds end of September 2024

I saw this Red-tailed Hawk up on a pole then suddenly it flew to the ground and caught something in a field.  It looked like a squirrel.  It was on the ground for a few minutes and few off with its meal.



I went to The Coves a few times this week.  A couple of Great Egrets are still around.  



Saw 4 Great Blue Herons today.









White-throated Sparrow

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Belted Kingfisher

Monarch


Saturday, 21 September 2024

Around Wetlands - Mid-September 2024

This past week, we've had really nice sunny, warm weather for mid September.  The trees are just starting to turn colours.  I've been visiting wetlands around London area.  Lots of Double-crested Cormorants and Great Egrets migrating. 


Some Great Blue Herons


Monarchs are migrating.  Not seeing a lot of Monarchs just like last September.  

Monarch

This is a Common Checkered-Skipper.  It's probably very common but this is a new one for me.


Viceroy

Green-winged Teals.  They are really cute little ducks.





It's nice to see some shorebirds.  

Greater Yellowlegs

Solitary Sandpiper

Killdeers

A few Kingfishers are around.

Belted Kingfisher


Northern Leopard Frog

American Bullfrog