Strolling the Parks

Westminster Ponds, ESA, London, Ontario

June 3, 2019 - I haven't been to Westminster Ponds for awhile so I decided to go this morning.  It was clear with a nice  breeze.  I walked the boardwalk to where the trails start.  The trails were quite muddy so I went back and walked the south side of the ponds until again where the trails started it was muddy.  There is a little walkout at Saunders Pond.  I always see swallows, flycatchers, turtles, etc.  There were families of Canada Geese, Tree Swallows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Song Sparrows, House Wrens and an Eastern Phoebe.

Canada Geese with goslings

Baltimore Oriole

Baltimore Oriole  (female)

Eastern Phoebe

Buttercup  sp.

Aster  Sp. 

Midland Painted Turtle

Greenway Park

June 4, 2019 - The wild flowers are beautiful along Thames River.

Eastern Kingbird

Dame's Rocket

Dame's Rocket

Dame's Rocket

Variety of Things Seen Week of May 27-31, 2019

London, Ontario

Walks this week - photos of some things I saw.

Great Blue Heron

Red Admiral

Speedwells

Mayapple

Eastern Gartersnake

Pleasant Day for Birding

Sifton Bog 

After being under the weather with a cold/flu for 5 days, I went to the bog for a walk.  I'm not 100%....but will get back into birding slowly.  I didn't see any unusual birds.  There were Mallards, Canada Geese, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Song Sparrows, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-winged Blackbirds, Grackles and American Goldfinches. 

Yellow Water Lily

Looks like they are all Midland Painted Turtles.

Swamp Laurel

Springbank Park

With a short walk at Springbank, there were birds around but with lots of leaves on the trees now, it's harder to get bird photos.  I heard Red-eyed Vireos, Warbling Vireos, Baltimore Orioles, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and Yellow Warblers.  There were lots of swallows flying around the river.  I took photos of plants today.

False Solomon's Seal

Yellow Violet

Turkey-Tail Fungi