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Saturday, 20 July 2024

Wet Week of July 14, 2024

Hyde Park - We've had some very hot, humid days lately.  I try to get out earlier before it gets too hot.  I'm enjoying watching the Osprey nest in Hyde Park.  It looks like only one chick.  The first couple of photos are the female and the third with her chick.  The male Osprey is fishing or perched at a huge tree behind the nest.  







Baby Painted Turtle

Barn Swallow


Northern Rough-winged Swallow

We had a very wet week.  Monday, London broke a century-old weather record, with a total of 59.3 millimeters of rain within a day.  The previous record 1923 was 45.2 mm.  After the record-breaking rain, London got hit with more heavy rain on Tuesday, bringing a total of 104 mm of rain 

A lot of flooding in the past few days. Some parks near the Thames River have closed such as Gibbons Park as most of the park is under water.

Hyde Park Area

Eastern Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

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Baltimore Oriole (immature or female)


Wednesday, 15 July 2020

Searching for Dragonflies and Butterflies

July 14, 2020 - The Coves

I was birding but also looking for butterflies and dragonflies this week.  Here are some of my photos.

Ebony Jewelwing

Eastern Forktail

Silver-spotted Skipper

Wild Indigo Duskywing

Northern Broken-Dash

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July 14, 2020 - Westminster Ponds


Blue Dasher

Blue Dasher

Meadowhawk

Eastern Pondhawk

Eastern Amberwing

Meadowhawk

Common Wood Nymph

Wild Indigo Duskywing

Black Swallowtail




July 18, 2020 - Hyde Park

I was out early as we are in another heat advisory.


Forktail

Viceroy

Red Admiral

Willow Flycatcher

Osprey





Green Frog

Friday, 9 August 2019

This Week Sightings

Week of August 5-9, 2019

I went to Hyde Park, The Coves and Greenway Park this week.  I managed to see a nice variety of birds.  Some are Ospreys, Turkey Vultures, House Wren, Indigo Bunting, Great Blue Herons, Double-crested Cormorant, Belted Kingfishers, Spotted Sandpipers, Eastern Wood Pewee, Red-eyed Vireo and a Great Egret to name a few. 

Double-crested Cormorant

Belted Kingfisher

This Great Blue Heron just finished fishing and is soaked!



Great Egret

Osprey

Gray Catbird

House Wren

Other things I saw through the week.

Painted Turtle

Variable Dancer

Common Whitetail

Cabbage White

My first life Question Mark...a nice surprise!

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Cardinal Flower

Grey-headed Coneflower