Mid-April Birding 2025

I have some photos of birds I saw mid-April in the London Area.  The weather has been cool but nice we are getting some sunny days.  I have not seen my first warbler yet...I hope soon.  Have not seen any butterflies yet either.

Dark eyed Junco

Tree Swallows

Field Sparrow

Mute Swan

Eastern Bluebird

Red-breasted Merganser

Horned Grebe

American Tree Sparrow

Turkey Vulture

Some Happenings Around London

Byron Bog (Sifton Bog) - May 16, 2024

It was a beautiful day so I thought I would check out the Byron Bog.  I haven't been there for awhile.  The Swamp Laurel was in full bloom and the Yellow Water Lilies are just coming up in big buds.  There were a couple of geese in the water and some Painted Turtles along the edge.  The Green Frogs were croaking.  There were Northern Cardinals, Song Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbirds, American Robins, Common Grackles, Catbirds, Blue Jays, and Baltimore Orioles.  On the way back a female Mallard with her ducklings.

Swamp Laurel

Painted Turtle

Green Frog

Scenes Byron Bog

Komoka North - May 22, 2024

It was nice to see a pair of Mute Swans...not much in the water today.  Along side the water, there were Common Yellowthroats singing, Yellow Warblers, Catbirds, Tree Swallows and Barn Swallows.  Farther away, I saw a Brown Thrasher, Willow Flycatchers, Great crested Flycatcher, Baltimore Orioles, and Orchard Orioles at the same area I saw them last year.  

Mute Swans

Orchard Oriole

Orchard Oriole

Common Yellowthroat

I have not seen too many butterflies or dragonflies, they are very hard to find.  Last year, started very slow too.  I've seen some Cabbage Whites and one Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.  Here is my first of year Viceroy.

Viceroy

My first of year dragonfly.

Dot-tailed Whiteface

Eastern Forktail

At the Hyde Park Pond, I saw a Solitary Sandpiper and some Spotted Sandpipers.

Solitary Sandpiper

Spotted Sandpiper

A small shallow pond was full of tadpoles

Rondeau Park - 2022

May 10, 2022

It was a lovely day at Rondeau Park, 22c and sunny.  I saw a nice variety of birds.  In the warbler category - Prothonotary Warbler, Yellow Warblers, Chestnut-sided Warblers, American Redstarts, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Common Yellowthroat, and a Magnolia Warbler.

Mute Swans

I walked the Tulip Trail and was lucky the Prothonotary Warbler was around.  This was the first warbler of the day.  A beautiful warbler.  It was busy hopping branch to branch above the water.  They are an endangered species.

Out at the beach, the Purple Martin houses were busy with Purple Martins coming and going.  I saw no activity at the water.   

Downy Woodpecker

White-breasted Nuthatch

At the Marsh Trail, I noticed a couple of Buffleheads and some Red-breasted Mergansers.

Red-breasted Mergansers

The flowers were blooming nicely.

A very nice day at Rondeau Park!