Odes to Joy

Recently I have been spending as much time as I can outside (and when I am inside, I am spending all my free time on iNaturalist...give it a try!) I have enjoyed studying a few dragonflies and damselflies (odonata aka odes) in my neighborhood. 

Unicorn Clubtail

Marsh Bluet

Eastern Forktail

Orange Bluet

Eastern Pondhawk (female)

Familiar Bluet

Widow Skimmer

Common Green Darner

Slender Spreadwing (male)

Fragile Forktail

Blue Dasher

Eastern Pondhawk (male)

Sedge Sprite

Autumn Meadowhawk

Slender Spreadwing (female)

Twelve-spotted Skimmer

Photos from Peers

I was back in the Wallaceburg Area yesterday, so I checked out Peers Wetland for a little more than an hour. I was quite pleased by the species of both birds and bugs that I saw. Here are a few of the photos from my walk. View the eBird checklist here.

Summer Crescent

Eastern Pondhawk

Headless Owl (Downtown Wallaceburg)

Viceroy

Silver-spotted Skipper and Jewelweed

Green Heron

Green Heron

Muskrat

Monarch

Monarch (compare to Viceroy)

Green Heron and Imm. Night-Heron (note size difference)

Immature Black-crowned Night-heron

Adult Black-crowned Night-heron

Ruby Meadowhawk

Blue Dasher

Common Checkered Skipper

I will be in Hamilton (Royal Botanical Gardens) tody, and I am hoping to get a little bit of shorebirding in!