May Birding

 May 1-5, 2024

Bird migration has begun and it's fun to sort through all the birds one sees in the trees, bushes and water.  Here are some of my first birds for the month of May.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Green Heron

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Yellow Warbler

Catbird

Song Sparrow

I saw this butterfly May 1, 2024 at Upland Trails in London, Ontario.  It's in the Holarctic Azures family.  First time seeing one.

Local May Birding

 May 10, 2021

I'm finding more migrating birds this past week especially more warblers which is nice....Yellow-rumped Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Palm Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Black-and-White Warbler and American Redstart.

Blackburnian Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

American Redstart

More Baltimore Orioles and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks this week.

Baltimore Oriole

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (female)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (male)

A lot of Mallards and Canada Geese are around with their babies.  The pictures of the goslings are at different areas in the city.

This bird below is a Whip-poor-Will.  I've seen them at Rondeau Park but this is my first one for Middlesex County.  They are nocturnal and by day, they rest in trees or the ground.  They camouflage nicely by the brown, grey and white colour and pattern.  The head is large with large eyes and a tiny beak.  They eat insects.

Whip-poor-Will

Observations - May 25-30, 2020

May 25, 2020 - Westminster Ponds

I got out early today as it was going to be a hot, humid day.  The morning was getting pretty warm already.  The temperature went up to 29c, feeling like 38c.  Not my type of weather.

Midland Painted Turtle

I always enjoy watching the swallows.

Tree Swallows

Baltimore Oriole

View of the ponds.

Red-winged Blackbird

Eastern Phoebe

May 27, 2020 - Hyde Park

The Osprey flew down to the water and came back up with something.  Later the Osprey was getting harassed by Red-winged Blackbirds.

Northern Rough-winged Swallows

Great-crested Flycatcher

Dame's Rocket

Eastern Kingbird

Yellow Warbler

May 30, 2020 - The Coves

It was a nice cooler day today which was nice from the few hot, humid days.  The trees and bushes are full of leaves now a difference from just a week ago.  A lot of the warblers are gone and birds are nesting.

Downy Woodpecker

Catbird

Here is a photo of the Coves swamp.  There are Yellow Iris in the swamp.

Red-winged Blackbird  (female)

Yellow Warbler

I was watching a Great Blue Heron fishing. This is another Heron from the photo above.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

I saw a group of 10 male Wood Ducks.  Beautiful ducks.