Some Mid-June Birding - June 2026

 June 15, 2026

Recent sightings this past week.  Not many butterflies yet.

Butterflies - Monarch, Northern Crescent, Little Wood Satyr

Dragonflies - Blue Dasher, Common Whitetail

Tree Swallow

Baltimore Oriole

Eastern Bluebird

Baby Eastern Bluebird

Eastern Bluebirds - female top branch, baby middle, male right

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Brown Thrasher

Great Blue Heron

Butterflies and Dragonflies not Abundant

June 1, 2024 - Airport - I took a drive out to the airport to see the Northern Mockingbird.  I also saw Eastern Meadowlarks, Grasshopper Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbirds, Osprey, Green Heron, Field Sparrows, Mourning Doves, Killdeers, and Barn Swallows.

Northern Mockingbird

Red-winged Blackbird

Eastern Meadowlark

Komoka Park - June 4, 2024

I was looking for butterflies and dragonflies.  Not many around.  

Common Whitetail (female)

Eastern Bluebird

Tree Swallow

One of the Komoka Park Trails

Komoka North - June 6, 2024

I was out looking for butterflies and dragonflies again.  There were lots of Widow Skimmers, a few Common Whitetails, a couple of Ebony Jewelwings.  Birds...Eastern Bluebird, Baltimore Orioles, Red-eyed Vireos, Common Yellowthroats, Yellow Warblers, Tree Swallows, Willow Flycatcher, Catbirds, Great Blue Heron plus other common birds.

Widow Skimmer

Ebony Jewelwing

Yesterday, I went to the Coves and was able to find some butterflies.

Red-spotted Purple

Silver-spotted Skipper

Red Admiral

Black Swallowtail

White-tailed Deer in Komoka

Wild Flowers and Birds - End of April 2024

With the warmer weather and some rain the plants are appearing.  It's nice to see these plants cover the ground in wooded areas.    

Mayapple

White Trillium

Yellow Trout Lily

White Trout Lily

Yellow Trout Lily

Here are some birds that I saw last week.  

Greater Yellowlegs

Eastern Bluebird (female)

Eastern Bluebird (male)

Tree Swallows

Barn Swallows

Spotted Sandpiper

The birds are starting to arrive migrating through Southern Ontario.  Lots of birding!

Recent April Findings

I was able to see a rare Red-necked Grebe and a Common Loon at Pond Mills Ponds, Apr 2/24.  It was far out at the other end of the pond in a windy, drizzly day so photos are not clear.

Common Loon

At the Coves, April 5, 2024, I saw my first of the year Osprey.

At Uplands Wetland today, I saw my first of the year Tree Swallow!  There were also 3 female Common Mergansers, 3 Green-winged Teal and some Killdeers.

Tree Swallow

Green-winged Teal (male)

Killdeer

Recent Outings - April 18-23, 2022

I have been dealing with camera problems for awhile so my photos are not too great.  

Around the London area, signs of Spring is coming slowly.  At the wetland, I saw Canada Geese, Mallards, Bufflehead, Blue-winged Teal, Tree Swallows, Belted Kingfisher, Ring-necked Ducks, Turkey Vulture, Red-winged Blackbird, and Song Sparrows.

Blue-winged Teal

Brown-headed Cowbird

I started to see a few Tree Swallows flying around at Westminster Ponds.

Far away shots of an American Coot and a Pied-billed Grebe.  

American Coot

Pied-billed Grebe

Tree Swallow

I went to Greenway to see how the Ospreys are doing.  One Osprey came flying in with a long, large branch for the nest.  So they are still working on nest building.

Red-tailed Hawk

It's wonderful to see Killdeers are back.

This is the first wild flower I've seen this Spring.  

Siberian Squill