Butterflies and Insects Widow Skimmer Black Swallowtail Butterfly Cabbage White Butterfly Red Admiral Butterfly Bumble Bee Bumble Bee on Purple Coneflower Cabbage White Butterfly Silver-spotted Skipper Tawny Emperor Butterfly Eastern Swallowtail Butterfly Honey Bee Red Admiral Butterfly Housefly Bee on Purple Coneflower Grasshopper Twelve Spotted Skimmer Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly Clouded Sulphur Butterfly Red-Spotted Purple Butterfly Black Swaalowtail Butterfly Cabbage White Butterfly Bumble Bee on Monarda flower
Woodpeckers & Nuthatches Red-headed Woodpecker White-breasted Nuthatch Red-bellied Woodpecker White-breasted Nuthatch Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker female White-breasted Nuthatch Hairy Woodpecker Male Red-headed Woodpecker
Songbirds Great Crested Flycatcher Rose-breasted Grosbeak Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Baltimore Oriole American Goldfinch Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Cedar Waxwing Northern Shrike Red-winged Blackbird (female) Cedar Waxwing Baltimore Oriole
Waterfowl Redhead Greater White-fronted Goose The highlight of this past week was seeing this Common Loon in the Thames River at Greenway Park. Male Harlequin Duck in flight. White-winged Scoter Wood Duck Hooded Mergansers taking flight. Redhead Horned Grebe Common Goldeneye With so many species calling our region home during the summer months, birding can hardly be described a s low. Wood Duck male Canvasback female American Wigeon Red-necked Grebe Harlequin Duck Greater Scaup male Redhead male and female Red-throated Loon Common Goldeneye female Long-tailed Duck male Hooded Merganser female Bufflehead male American Black Duck Common Goldeneye male Red-breasted Merganser Bufflehead male Hooded Merganser male Common Goldeneye Red-necked Grebe Red-throated Loon