Last Week's Findings

Last week - July 17 and 19 - I went to the Sifton Bog and Springbank Park area.  It was nice, warm not humid, 23c.  Not many birds at the bog....Robins, Grackles and some singing White-throated Sparrows.  I also saw some Green Frogs.

Blue Dasher

Bluet sp.

Does anybody know the ID for this dragonfly?

Wandering Glider?

Grass Pink Orchid

The flowers below are at the river and the Civic Gardens area.

Wild Blue Phlox

I saw the Ground Hog at a near by golf course.

Ground Hog

Checking out some Ponds in West London

Sifton Bog / Hyde Park Drainage Pond

Very nice day, high of 15, sunny.  Went for a walk in Sifton Bog.  It was quiet.  I heard a Baltimore Oriole, there were lots of Red-winged Blackbirds, Grackles, and Robins.  
I also went to the Hyde Park Drainage Pond to see what was there.  Again very quiet.  There was one Bufflehead, some Song Sparrows, Field Sparrows, Downy Woodpeckers, Brown-headed Cowbirds, and Cardinals.
The water lilies are just starting to come up.  

Yellow Pond Lily

Leatherleaf

Sphagnum Moss

Sifton Bog Boardwalk

Hyde Park Drainage Pond

Song Sparrow

Brown-headed Cowbird

Bufflehead

I'm hoping to find some more birds tomorrow.

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!

Bog - Changing Colours

August 31, 2017

Sifton Bog, ESA, London, Ontario - The bog is slowly turning to Fall colours.  

Redmond's Pond

Cotton Grass

Redmond's Pond

 
The moss was a bright green in the Spring and early Summer.  Now it's turning a nice red. 

Sphagnum Moss

Happenings at Sifton Bog

Sifton Bog (ESA), London, Ontario
Sunny, warm, 24 degrees, high of 27, feeling like 30. Walking at the beginning of the bog, the swamp is just mud now.  Nothing much around there.  At the actual bog pond, I noticed the pond lilies are finished.  I heard Green Frogs and Song Sparrows. 

Cottongrass

Cluster of Cottongrass

Green Frog

Sifton Bog (Redmond's Pond)

This damselfly below was so tiny.  With the bright sun, the blue at the top of the abdomen caught my eye.  I really cropped this picture, so the colour is not good.  It looked blue at the head part, and the wings were clear.  

Damselfly sp.

The flower below was in the peat mat close to the pond.  This is the only one I saw and it was very small.

Small White Lady's Slipper

Nightshade

Tansy

Chicory

Activity in Sifton Bog

Sifton Bog - ESA (London, Ontario) - sunny, 18 degrees - 9-10am
Birds - Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, American Robin, Cardinal, Red-eyed Vireo and Great Crested Flycatcher.

Great Crested Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Sifton Bog

Green Frog

Midland Painted Turtle

Water Iris

Daisies

Stroll in Bog

May 29, 2017

I went to Sifton Bog (ESA) London, Ontario.  Birds I saw and heard - White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Robin, Cardinal, Mallard, Canada Geese, Common Crow, Common Grackle and Red-winged Blackbird.

Leatherleaf

Yellow Pond Lily

I can hear the Green Frogs single croak around the bog.  Not much change since the last time I was there, May 18. 

The Bog

Canada Geese

Boardwalk in the Bog

Splendid Day

Sifton Bog (ESA) - very warm, sunny, 25

Saw Baltimore Oriole, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Grackle, Robin, Mallard, Canada Geese, Cardinal, and Red-winged Blackbird.  Lots of tadpoles of American Toad and Green Frog.

Floating Acid Peat Bog

Leatherleaf

Black Spruce

Yellow Pond Lily

Yellow Pond Lily

Yellow Pond Lily

Peat Bog

Bog Laurel

Common Purple Violet

Tadpole of Green Frog