A Visit to Peers Wetland:

A beautiful male Bobolink popped up onto a fence post as we made our way to Peers Wetland yesterday. The Bobolink is one of the world's most impressive songbird migrants, traveling some 20,000 kilometres to and from southern South America every year. Throughout its lifetime, it may travel the equivalent of 4 or 5 times around the circumference of the earth! (Cornel Lab, All About Birds.)

Upon our arrival, we saw evidence of a new Mute Swan Family.

The young Cygnets were looking sleepy-eyed.

The cygnet on the far left took time to stretch his legs. His little webbed foot is visible above the water. Another nest is located on the south side of the property. Mom was sitting on it and we didn't see any signs of young yet. Soon there will be a lot of swimming swans!

Green Darners laying eggs: The Common Green Darner is a multigenerational long-distance migrator. It has been recorded flying 122 kilometres in a single day, clocking speeds upward of 58 kilometres per hour during migration. Like monarch butterflies, these dragonflies embark on a multi-generational migration where the generation that returns to Canada in spring are the grandchildren of the ones that left in autumn. (Natureconservancy.ca)

We saw a few butterfly species at Peers, but I was happy to photograph this White-spotted Sable Moth. They tend to rest on the underside of leaves, but this one must have wanted its picture taken!