Susan's Birding and Nature Blog
Hyde Park Drainage Pond - London, Ontario
I went for a short walk to the Hyde Park Drainage Pond. It was actually sunny today with a few clouds, high of 9c. I spotted the Great Blue Heron right away, saw some Mallards...the pond was fairly quiet.
As I was looking at the pond, I can hear Canada Geese in the distance. They came down, circled around and landed in the pond. What a sight!. I'm estimating 125 geese, probably more. They all came landing in the water together. Now, the pond is noisy and active!
Still some nice coloured trees.
There were lots of Woolly Bears around.
The odd flower still blooming.
As I was looking over the long grasses, I noticed a long, slender brown mammal running down the large rocks and into a large drain pipe. I couldn't get a photo. I thought maybe a mink or weasel. I've seen otters, muskrats and beavers but never minks or weasels. But, I think it could be a mink because of the long brown body and size. I don't know if mink has been sighted here or not.
Hyde Park West Drainage Pond and Trail
It was nice to see the sun today as to all the gloomy days last week and weekend. The weather is 26c, feels like 35...quite warm for this time of the year.
I went for a walk at Hyde Park to see what I can find. I'm still seeing butterflies which is really nice! Cabbage Whites, Clouded Sulphurs and 2 Eastern Tailed-Blues.
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| Clouded Sulphur |
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| Clouded Sulphur |
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| Eastern Tailed-Blue |
There are still large flocks of Robins. I also saw a Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, Song Sparrow, American Goldfinch, Turkey Vulture, Common Grackles, Blue Jays, Red-winged Blackbird, Killdeer, Great Blue Heron, Mallard, and Ring-billed Gulls.
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| Great Blue Heron |
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| Turkey Vulture |
There were some Woolly Bears around.
