Mid-March Birding

It's good to see Spring migration has started.  Killdeers, Song Sparrows are singing, Red-winged Blackbirds singing, Cardinals singing which is so nice to hear.  March has been mostly cold with the odd warm day.  The snow has melted but we keep getting more snow.  Now mid-March, the snow disappears fast through the day.

The ponds are ice free now.

Late November Birding

I did some birding close to home this week. The days have been overcast, around 3c and damp.  

I saw two Killdeers at Greenway.  This is the latest I've seen Killdeers in Middlesex County.  

There were 5 Robins in a tree together.  The only Robins I've seen this week.

At the Coves, two Hooded Mergansers were swimming around.  The water was all ice last week but more open water this week.

Two Great Blue Herons were resting in a tree at the Coves.  

The two Great Blue Herons in the tree below.

Mallards

Final Note:  November 28, 29 and 30 as I was birding these white moths were flying around.  I've never seen moths this time of year.  The temperature these 3 days were from 3c to 8c, overcast.

White to beige coloured moths??

A Scorching Week

 July 18-22, 2022

A very hot week as we are in a heat wave for a couple of days with temperatures feeling like 38c and 40c.  It's very dry and we really need rain.

I was watching two juvenile Red-tailed Hawks in the trees calling for their parents.  A little while later, one of the adults flew right over me with a rodent in its claws flying towards the young.

There were some killdeers around this pond with their chicks. 

 

Killdeer

The wonderful Great Blue Heron.

One day, I went to Komoka Park to see what was around.  I did see some butterflies but not a whole lot...Cabbage Whites, Clouded Sulphurs, and a few Monarchs. 

Tawny Emperor

Dun Skippers

Northern Broken-Dash

Here are a couple of photos of the trail I took going through the fields.

It was nice to see this Great Egret in the trees at the Coves.