This morning, May 30th, between 8 and 8.45 am, I found the following at the water’s edge near Beach #1 at Presqu’ile Provincial Park : 1 Whimbrel, 1 Red Knot, 1 Short-billed Dowitcher, 1 Willet, 20 Ruddy Turnstones, 16 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 1 Least Sandpiper, 14 Sanderling, 3 Semipalmated Plovers, 2 Read more…
On May 28th at around 8:30 pm. I saw 5 Common Nighthawks flying over the Otonabee River at 9th Line, accompanied by a very vocal male nighthawk calling then diving from a tree. He flew to another tree when he came up from his dive, and then went back to Read more…
My son and I were driving to our cottage in Haliburton County on a recent Saturday and, as we usually do, took the old Harburn Rd from the village of Haliburton to the hamlet of Fort Irwin. That road is not heavily travelled and winds through wonderful stands of hardwood Read more…
We saw this Cecropia moth on May 28th at the shed at the Transfer Station …. Quite a stunner, up close. Michael Gillespie, Keene
I saw 4 very tame White-crowned Sparrows under my feeder on May 10. Just north of lock 23. Cute birds, aren’t they! Susan Chow
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) (1) – Reported May 25, 2014 15:30 by Scott Gibson – Ptbo – Jones 1/4 Line and Bland Line, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.2541752,-78.5390282&ll=44.2541752,-78.5390282 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18609924 – Comments: “singing beeeee-buzzz song, observed, appeared pure” Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) (1) – Reported May 25, 2014 15:30 Read more…
Here is a picture of “Cyclops”, a Snapping Turtle. This is the nick name we gave the turtle when we first saw it over 20 years ago. It has this growth above one eye, hence the nickname. The interesting story here is that about two years ago some of our Read more…
While canoeing on Sunday, May 18, Pedro Santana and I saw a cow Moose with two calves on the creek between Serpentine Lake and Anderson Lake in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park. Paul Murray
The attached photo was taken along the shoreline in Brook’s Bay on Jack Lake during the weekend of May 10-11. I believe that these Northern Water Snakes are mating. Steve Kerr (Note: These snakes mate by entwining themselves around each other, often on low branches near the water’s edge or Read more…
On May 21, I found this in our front garden on the bark mulch. Do you have any idea what this may be? It is soft and easily broken up. Laurie Wuis (Note: According to Don Sutherland at the Natural Heritage Information Centre, this is a slime mold Read more…
Yesterday (May 25th, 12:06 PM) at the cottage in Brooks Bay, Jack’s Lake I saw a Five-lined Skink. I saw one several times last year at the same property but this one looked smaller to me and was in a different location. It’s the reward I got for putting in Read more…
Friends of mine spotted a Great Egret on Highway 62 near L’Amble, south of Bancroft. Sent me pictures to prove the sighting. Did not realize that they had moved so far north. Sunday was the last day of the White-crowned Sparrows; Monday there were none. Three Osprey sitting on the Read more…
I’m sending you a picture I took of a White Trillium with four petals. It’s the first I’ve seen like this. I saw it while taking photos on our property out on Hayes Line, west of the city, this past Monday (May 19) Ruthanne Sobiera (Note: Trilliums are apparently quite Read more…
I wrote to you last year about a Red-tailed Hawk nest near Monaghan Road at the entrance to Jackson Park. I have been watching the nest since the hawks returned in March. They poked about at the nest and sometime later it was obvious that the female bird was sitting Read more…
Just wanted to let you know I’ve had the immense privilege of seeing an Indigo Bunting at my black oil sunflower feeder (the only feeder I have) on Friday evening (May 23) as well on Sat morning. At one time he was feeding with the Rose- breasted Grosbeak! We live Read more…
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) (1) – Reported May 25, 2014 10:12 by Ian Sturdee – CA-ON-HTransfer Station wetlandck – 44.4439x-77.8149 – May 25, 2014, 10:10 AM, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.443901,-77.814942&ll=44.443901,-77.814942 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18547686 – Comments: “Saw it flying” Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) (1) – Reported May 25, 2014 06:30 Read more…
This morning at Nonquon Lagoons near Port Perry was a Piping Plover (possibly two) in the 1st cell along the eastern edge. Other shorebirds : 4-5 White-rumped, Semipalmated , Least, Pectoral (1) sandpipers; Semipalmated Plover, Dunlin, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpipers. I could not find any phalarope. The other lagoons were high Read more…
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) (1) – Reported May 19, 2014 10:42 by Donald Sutherland – Douro–2.5 km NE on Douro Line 2 at May Creek, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.390433,-78.16751&ll=44.390433,-78.16751 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18532129 – Comments: “male, flew in to W side road” Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) (1) – Reported May Read more…
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) (1) – Reported May 22, 2014 16:45 by Kevin Obbard – 67 Sumcot Dr, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.4949527,-78.4377483&ll=44.4949527,-78.4377483 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18515685 Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) (2) – Reported May 22, 2014 19:05 by Iain Rayner – Miller Creek Wetland (Miller Creek CA, in part), Peterborough, Read more…
The Red-Headed Woodpecker is still around my home on Pigeon Lake. It is a pleasure to have such a rare, beautiful bird in the area and only hope he nests here. Blair Hamilton, Mallard Bay (Note: A Red-headed Woodpecker was also seen by Jim Young, about three kms from where Read more…
We were serenaded by a Veery (a species of thrush and one of our most beautiful singers), while eating supper on the deck this evening (May 21). It wasn’t till later that we got to see him. We had installed a new raised vegetable bed and my daughter had filled Read more…
Great Created Flycatcher arrived here on Thursday. I have heard the harsh calls constantly but the bird seems to hide. Bill Snowden, Ennismore
My parents recently bought an oriole feeder and one day later a pair of Baltimore Orioles showed up! They are here everyday and take turns feeding with a Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Billy Turner, Lakefield
There are few better places to enjoy the beauty of a southern Ontario spring than the woodland trails of Rondeau Provincial Park. Winding through Carolinian forests blanketed with ferns and spring wildflowers, the trails routinely provide close-up views of some of our most spectacular birds. This year, the honours Read more…
Here is a picture of two sandhill cranes that Antje and I have seen several times over the past four days in a field beside County Road 6, just a bit west of County Road 40 (about 5 minutes away from my cottage on Stony Lake). They have been feeding Read more…
On Sat, May 17 I heard several Marsh Wrens singing in the Lakefield Marsh On Sun, May 18 the PFN morning group outing found me an Eastern Wood Pewee, an Alder Flycatcher (both on Division Rd), and a Grasshopper Sparrow on the TCT west of Cameron Line. One Clouded Sulphur Read more…
We have three Baltimore Orioles at our feeder. Two are males who tussle all the time and the third is a female – L. Harries, Bailieboro Here is my neighbour’s picture of a female Baltimore Oriole at his hummingbird feeder. He has strapped two BBQ skewers to the feeder as Read more…
I’m glad I left my feeder up a while longer. I have a lovely pair of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks hanging around. I haven’t seen them in many years whilst out here on Drummond Line. – Kim Reid
Some times the ‘bird of the day / week / year’ shows up early. My wife, Emily, and I were off to Presquile on May 16 (our traditional wedding anniversary drive), and followed our usual route across the River Road, just west of Hastings. This magnificent Red-headed Woodpecker flashed across Read more…
I have a week’s worth of Beavermead and Ecology Park sightings to report. Monday, May 12, I counted 12 painted turtles basking in various areas of the two creeks throughout Beavermead Park. I have also seen flocks of Cedar Waxwings, Northern Flickers calling loudly to one another, a Pileated Woodpecker, Read more…