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Showing posts with label Green winged Teal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Green winged Teal. Show all posts

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


Tuesday, 10 October 2023

More Birding at Wetlands

The first week of October 2023, I visited the wetlands in the area.  We had a short heat wave that week.

Great Egret

Pectoral Sandpiper

Greater Yellowlegs

Great Blue Heron

Yellow rumped Warbler

There were construction at the drainage storm water pond at Wonderland Rd S.  They are draining the water to clean the pond and do some drainage work.  Half the pond was drained and was excellent for shorebirds dropping by on the mudflats.  Lots of Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Killdeers, a Green Heron, and two Great Egrets.

Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs

Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs

Great Egrets

At Upland Wetland Pond, lots of blackbirds were there in the trees.  Red-winged Blackbirds, Rusty Blackbirds, Grackles, Brown-headed Blackbirds and Starlings.


The Great Egret is still hanging around.

Great Egret

American Coot

Great Blue Heron

Green winged Teals

Green Heron

Lesser Yellowlegs

Many Turkey Vultures were migrating through the first week of October.