Revisit Westminster Ponds

Westminster Ponds, ESA, London, Ontario              10c, sunny

I haven't been to Westminster Ponds for awhile so I decided to go there this morning.  There has been big changes since I was there last. Westminster Ponds is going through a restoration to add accessible trails and boardwalk.  Also removing an infestation of buckthorn and standing dead ash trees.
Westminster Ponds is also designated as a Provincially Significant Wetland.

There is some clearing going on...

I didn't go far as the trails are very muddy and wet.  I just stayed around the viewing area. 

Brown-headed Cowbird

Cardinal

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Saw a couple of Horned Grebes.

Horned Grebe

Horned Grebe

Eastern Phoebe

Red-winged Blackbird - female

Bufflehead

Downy Woodpecker

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Viewing Platform

Sifton Bog Check

Sifton Bog, ESA, London, Ontario                         6c, overcast, rain

I haven't been to Sifton Bog since September 2017.  With the snow gone....can access the bog now.  I walked the boardwalk this morning.  A light rain was coming down.  It was fairly quiet.  I got to the viewing platform.  There are a pair of Canada Geese that have a nest right in front of the platform.  There were a pair of Mallards, too. 

On the way back, a White-throated Sparrow was singing.  It stayed long enough to get some photos.

Very dreary looking right now but in a month or so it will be all green!

Hyde Park Stroll

Hyde Park Drainage Pond, London, Ontario        16c,  partly cloudy

Another nice day for a walk.  I went to Hyde Park today to see what's around.  I saw a nice number of birds.  

Mallard, Canada Geese, Bufflehead, Ring-necked Duck, Ring-billed Gull, Song Sparrow, Robin, Common Grackle, Mourning Dove, American Goldfinch, Cardinal, Blue Jay, Great Blue Heron, Tree Swallow and Barn Swallow.

Bufflehead

Bufflehead

Ring-necked Ducks

Song Sparrow

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron