On December 9th, I received an email from Nan Campbell concerning a white owl she had seen by the roadside near Hamilton Bay on Stony Lake. As she slowed her car down, the bird flew off low to the ground and landed on a big rock. I knew immediately Read more…
We had a surprise on Monday, January 13, when we looked out the window and saw two beautiful American Robins on the roof drinking water from the eavestrough. We do have several trees that produce a small berry and we suspect that they are feeding on these. One year, we Read more…
A couple of pictures of a juvenile (1st-year) Red-tailed Hawk in flight. Kevin Diamond
Last night between 10:05pm and 10:15pm I listened to a pair of Great Horned Owls calling back and forth (duetting) behind my house. I could not see them in the woods. There was almost a full moon and the birds stopped calling as the clouds covered it. Tony Bigg, Lakefield
In pretty much the exact spot (north end of Belmont Lake) where I had seen and reported a Peregrine on April 29th 2013, I saw another, (immature also), on August 28th 2013, fly through the same farm. But this time, instead of putting up the local starlings, pigeons were the Read more…
1. On March 12, 2013, circling fairly low about 2kms west of Cordova Mines, north of Marmora, was a first winter Golden Eagle. Joined shortly by two Bald Eagles, (one first, and one second winter bird), the trio ascended and left the area. I suspect they all may have been Read more…
On November 15, 2013, in a field west of the Crowe River north of Belmont Lake, in Havelock-Belmon-Methuen Township, there was a very fresh Clouded Sulphur butterfly. I do believe it is the latest in the year that I have seen one. Tim Dyson
This afternoon at about 4:30, I saw the Chemong Road Snowy Owl perched on a hay bale in the field behind McLeod’s Water Treatment. McLeod’s is located on the west side of Chemong Road, just north of the lights at Line 3/County Road 19. The bird was seen in the Read more…
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) (1) – Reported Jan 11, 2014 08:56 by Donald Sutherland – Otonabee River–between Lock 21 and 22, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.3576102,-78.2895184&ll=44.3576102,-78.2895184 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16327854 – Comments: “continuing bird, along W ice edge around 20 m N of Faryon Bridge”
Snowy Owls are staging an incredible “invasion” this year across eastern North America. The numbers of owls reported are higher than ever before. Owl sightings have been coming in from Atlantic Canada (301 seen in one weekend near Cape Race, Newfoundland), Quebec, the Northeast U.S., the Great Lakes area, and Read more…
On January 9th at about 4:30 p.m, we spotted this Snowy Owl sitting on a hydro pole and keeping its eye on the Highway 7 traffic. We were driving east of Oakwood before Lindsay. What a magnificent sight!! Wendy and Peter Marrs, Peterborough Note: This is at least the sixth Read more…
I took this photo through my window of a Cooper’s Hawk eating a Rock Pigeon that it had caught. I had never seen a bird this big in my yard before. Marg Byer, Chamberlain Street
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) – Reported Jan 09, 2014 12:00 by Chris Risley – Peterborough–Millennium Park, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.3028834,-78.31688&ll=44.3028834,-78.31688 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16314149 – Comments: “Winter plumage bird swimming along ice edge near Silver Bean cafe” Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) (1) – Reported Jan 10, 2014 07:25 Read more…
On January 8 at about 3 p.m., there was a Cooper’s Hawk eating a sparrow behind 305 Mason Street in the Chemong/Reid area. The hawk stayed for about 45 minutes as it feasted. Marilyn Freeman
This past weekend, we had a Snowy Owl in one of our trees. It was there on and off for three days. I am still watching for it to come back. We live five kilometres south of Millbrook. Elaine Flewelling, Deyell Line Note: The owl was seen again on Read more…
Had a Gray Jay at my feeders today. Dropped in, then took off after a few minutes. Seems to happen once or twice a year here. Bruce Kidd, Douro/Dummer, County Road 8
Between mid-December and early January, birders from across North, Central and South America take a break from the holiday season excess to spend a day in the fresh air, identifying and counting birds. Dating all the way back to 1900, Christmas bird counts represent the biggest organized birding event Read more…
On December 25, 2013, my sister, Jackie Lean and her family saw 3 Moose on McCoy Bay Road. The road is east of Apsley and extends south from County Road 504 to Jack Lake. One male (with antlers) and two females (no antlers) were seen – see photo. Sheelagh Hysenaj Read more…
Today, January 7th, with the extreme cold, the birds were coming to the feeders even though a Cooper’s Hawk was spotted 3 times. The third time, it had gone deep into one of the spruce trees looking for birds. When I was trying to find it, a Northern Shrike landed Read more…
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) (1) – Reported Jan 02, 2014 by Tore Buchanan – Otonabee River – Trent U to lakefield, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.3828884,-78.272438&ll=44.3828884,-78.272438 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16270357 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1) – Reported Jan 05, 2014 11:46 by Luke Berg – Peterborough–Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough, Read more…
Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) (1) – Reported Jan 05, 2014 16:20 by Scott Gibson – Chemong/Line Rd 3, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.3361275,-78.3485699&ll=44.3361275,-78.3485699 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16243537 – Comments: “top of silo; thanks Risley!” Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) (1) – Reported Jan 05, 2014 13:44 by Donald Sutherland – Peterborough–Chemong Rd Read more…
Common Merganser and Common Goldeneyes photographed January 5, 2014 on the Otonabee River at Lakefield. Jeff Keller
Here is a photo I took this morning of a beautiful Pileated Woodpecker on a large old cedar tree in my backyard. It was just browsing around the trunk, yanking off bark and insect hunting. It wasn’t excavating holes in the tree. I’ve been told by my neighbour that when Read more…
I just saw a Northern Shrike take down a House Sparrow between the house and the barn. The shrike killed it slowly with its beak by grabbing the sparrow by the neck. Then it picked up the sparrow in its claws and flew east (I assume towards our gulley which Read more…
A strange creature that I had never spotted before died in my barnyard this week . I know it is a Virginia Opossum opossum but did not know they lived in the area. Marie Adamcryck, Rice Lake (Note: The Virginia Opossum has been expanding its range northward into the Kawarthas Read more…
Golden Eagle (2) (Aquila chrysaetos) – Reported Jan 02, 2014 05:30 by Iain Rayner – Sandy Lake Pine barrens/Sedge marshes, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.659557,-77.8931522&ll=44.659557,-77.8931522 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16227700 – Comments: “Juvenile male at feeder, first seen at 730 am and seen three more times. Adult female seen north of Sandy Read more…