First of April Birding

 April Birding

We have had up and down weather with rain lately.  Today, April 3, was a beautiful day.  I saw my first butterfly and turtles of the season.

Mourning Cloak

Painted Turtles

I saw two Ospreys today...first of season. 

Ospreys

Hot Summer Days - July 2025

July 10, 2025, Komoka North

It was lovely seeing the Mute Swans this morning.  They have five young.  I saw a few Eastern Bluebirds, Catbirds, Northern House Wrens, Northern Flicker, Common Yellowthroats, Eastern Kingbirds, Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons, Wood Ducks, Barn Swallows, Northern Rough-winged Swallows, Belted Kingfisher, Field Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Killdeers, Spotted Sandpipers, Savannah Sparrows and an Osprey.

Not many butterflies and dragonflies - Common Wood-Nymphs, Little Wood Satyr, Cabbage Whites, Halloween Pennant, Widow Skimmers, Common Whitetails and Blue-fronted Dancers.

Mute Swans with 5 young

Eastern Kingbird

Northern Flicker

Eastern Bluebird

Blue-fronted Dancer

Widow Skimmer

July 12, 2025, Airport, Fanshawe Pond

At the airport, there were many Mourning Doves, adults and young and also many young starlings.  I saw an Osprey, Turkey Vulture, Barn Swallows, Eastern Meadowlarks, Grasshopper Sparrows, Savannah Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbirds, American Goldfinches, Killdeers, American Robins and Common Grackles.

The area of weeds and long grasses where I see some butterflies has been mowed down.

Mourning Dove

Savannah Sparrow

Oprey

Fanshawe Pond.  There were 2 Monarchs, Cabbage Whites, and lots of Common Whitetails.

Pied-billed Grebe

Short-billed Dowitchers

End of August 2024 Findings

 I enjoyed watching 2 Green Herons one day.  Birding has been slow lately.

Juvenile Osprey

Komoka

Westminster Ponds

Week of August 11, 2024 Findings

Recently, birding has been slow.  I'm seeing fewer butterflies too.  Here are photos from last week.

Eastern Kingbird

Song Sparrow

Springbank Park - August 12, 2024

Great Blue Heron

Osprey

Spiny Softshells

Baltimore Oriole (Female)

Belted Kingfisher

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Komoka

Autumn Meadowhawk

Eastern Forktail

Black Saddlebags

Common Ringlet

Birds and Butterflies - August 9, 2024

Birding Week of July 29, 2024 - August 4, 2024 - London Area

At some wetlands there are Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons around.

Ospreys - Adult female and chick

Song Sparrow

American Goldfinches

Young Eastern Meadowlarks

Eastern Meadowlark

Mourning Doves

Photo below....this is a far away photo of an American Goldfinch feeding a young Brown-headed Cowbird.

Least Skipper

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

Common Ringlet