Some Recent Local Finds:

Eastern Bluebirds have not been easy to find this year. They eat mostly insects, wild fruit and berries. Occasionally, they have also been observed (but not by me) capturing and eating larger prey such as shrew, salamanders, snakes, lizards and tree frogs!! The Cornell Lab, All About Birds

Silvery Blue butterflies are being seen at Blackwell Trails park again this year! Many thanks to our friend Dale, who discovered them a few years ago. The species had previously been largely absent from southwestern Ontario. Research is being done to determine factors in this expansion. The ROM Field Guide to butterflies of Ontario. Peter W. Hall, et al.

Some young Red-winged Blackbirds are off the nest and searching for food on their own. (Notice the fuzzy, undeveloped feathers on the head of the recently fledged bird.)

A Blue Dasher rests on a leaf in Canatara Park. They prefer lakes, ponds and slow moving streams. They often perch on the tips of vegetation with the abdomen raised above the horizontal. A Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Algonquin Provincial Park and the Surrounding Area, Colin D. Jones, et. al

As much as I wanted to believe this Peacock was putting on a display for me, he was actually "strutting his stuff" for the Peahens who were also in the enclosure at the Animal Farm in Canatara Park.