Mixture of Stuff

August 23, 2017 - sunny, slight breeze

Hyde Park Rail Trail - It was a nice morning for a walk.  I walked halfway around the pond.

Song Sparrow

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

Wild Clover

This is the only butterfly I saw...not many around.

Northern Crescent

I took photos of these grasshoppers...they were jumping all over the place and crickets were too.  I saw two species of grasshoppers..maybe three.

Grasshopper Nymph

This one below are the ones I remember as a kid.  It's in the centre of the photo with the head near the top.

Differential Grasshopper

This one below might be the same as the above.  It was brown as the other was green. It's in the centre facing right.

Red-legged Grasshopper

Carolina Grasshopper

Common Whitetail

Hyde Park Rail Trail

August 14, 2017 - Hyde Park Rail Trail - Stanton Drain Stormwater pond constructed in 2013.

I was looking for butterflies but not many around.  I saw one Monarch, some Cabbage Whites and small yellow butterflies (I think Sulphurs).  

Mallards

Clouded Sulphur

American Goldfinch

Widow Skimmer

This was a CN railway line paved.  The open trail is lined with long grasses and  wild flowers.  There are many insects and birds.  I saw American Goldfinches, Song Sparrows, Mallards, Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, Mourning Doves, Ring-billed Gulls (2) and Grackles.  There is mixed habitat with meadows, farmland, woods and some wet areas.     

Part of Trail looking south

Part of Trail looking north

Walk in Woodland

Friday, August 11, 2017

I went for a little walk in Woodland Cemetery in London, Ontario. Woodland is a very old cemetery dating back to 1879 along the banks of the Thames River.  It's around 100 acres of beautiful and tranquil landscape.  I always see White-tailed deer there.  

White-tailed Deer

White-tailed Deer