Pleasant Days in October 2024

 First Week of October 2024

I went out for a few walks last week in this beautiful warm first week of October.  The trees are starting to turn slowly.  

I have seen a few Red-tailed Hawks around.

This is the only best photo I can get of the Cooper's Hawk.  My camera kept focusing on the branches.

At the Upland Wetland, 14 Green-winged Teals were swimming around together.

Ring-billed Gull

Greater Yellowlegs

Short Stop at Hyde Park

Hyde Park Drainage Pond, London, Ontario - December 14, 2018

With rain earlier this morning and milder temperatures, we've lost most of the snow.  It was 5c, partly cloudy. 
I briefly stopped at Hyde Park this afternoon.  This Red-tailed Hawk was quite comfortable looking around.

These Ring-billed Gulls were standing right in the middle of the pond on thin ice. 

Labour Day Weekend Away

September 1, 2018 - Forester's Falls, Ontario

I was in Forester's Falls along the Ottawa River for a family wedding.  I didn't get a lot of photos of wildlife. The Ottawa River is very wide here.  It was hazy and a very hot day.

Here are some photos of the Ottawa River.

The only gull I saw were Ring-billed Gulls.  I also saw a White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jays and some Wild Turkey.

Very few butterflies.

Clouded Sulphur

These photos are in Renfrew, Ontario.  I was out for a walk in the evening.  The sun was starting to set.

Fields

A lot of Milkweed Plants

Sumac

I was fighting the sun taking photos of the bird below.  It was far away in a tree.  I saw two of them. My guess, I'm going to say it's a nonbreeding male Scarlet Tanager.  

I also saw Turkey Vultures and American Goldfinches.


September 4, 2018 - Kingston, Ontario

Kingston has a very nice waterfront. Lots of Ring-billed Gulls and Double-crested Cormorants.

Double-crested Cormorants

Chilly Day Birding

Springbank Park - Wonderland Rd Area, London, Ontario

Cloudy, cold, high of 5

Took a walk in Springbank Park...walking under Guy Lombardo Bridge over to Greenway Park.  At the river, I saw a Double-crested Cormorant, Mallards, Ring-billed Gulls and a Herring Gull.

I also saw lots of Robins, a Blue Jay, Cardinal, Cedar Waxwings, American Goldfinches, Mallards, Canada Geese, (heard) Red-winged Blackbirds, Crows, Turkey Vulture, Black-capped Chickadee, Carolina Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, White-breasted Nuthatch, Song Sparrow and a Common Redpoll.  A nice variety of birds.

Ring-billed Gull

I had to take this photo fast, as the cormorant was really motoring it!

Double-crested Cormorant

I noticed this robin has a leg band.

American Goldfinch

Cedar Waxwing

Herring Gull

Ring-billed Gull

The photo below is a Ruby-crowned Kinglet (underside) blurry close to upper right hand corner.  As I was looking at the photos later, I noticed a Common Redpoll...left hand side above the large branch...seeing only the beak, forehead and throat area. It's not very clear.