This morning, I saw a Cooper’s Hawk hunting near our birdfeeder. At the same time last year a Cooper’s frequented our yard on Fife Bay but I hadn’t seen any since then until this morning. Nancy Cafik, Fife’s Bay
1. Watch the track of Jupiter as it tracks south through Gemini, like an extra and brightest “star”, this winter until March 6th when it appears to stop and then looks to reverse its track and go back to the east as the year progresses. 2. Venus will be Read more
Last Friday afternoon, I finally got down to Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area to walk a cooped-up rambunctious canine who’s been deprived of getting out and about and enjoying sniffs for about 3 weeks now. The main route towards the sugarbush is walkable and we went down as far as Read more
Eastern Screech-Owl (Northern) (Megascops asio [asio Group]) (1) – Reported Jan 18, 2014 21:00 by Luke Berg – Peterborough – Storell Rd and Bensfort Rd, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.2161706,-78.2819223&ll=44.2161706,-78.2819223 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16428069 – Comments: “Calling from woodlot on the side of the dump.” Eastern Screech-Owl (Northern) (Megascops asio [asio Read more
January 13, 2014 – Snowy Owl sitting on a fence post in a field just before 833 Pigeon Lake Road , Lindsay. K.L. Anderson. January 10, 2014 – Found another Snowy Owl today at the top of a large tree at the intersection of Weldon Road and Pigeon Lake Road. Read more
I work in Lindsay and live at the end point on Little Britain Road (County Road 4). I have been watching three different Snowy Owls for the last few weeks along Opmar Road and Elm Tree road at the intersection with Little Britain Road. Wendy Leszkowicz
Regarding your very informative and timely article on Snowy Owls this week, I would like to share our experience. We live on Fortye Drive in the subdivision across from Fleming College. On Christmas Day evening, at about 8 pm, I was walking by a window and noticed something dark sprawled across the snow Read more
In late December, we had a Snowy Owl visit our Mitchell Drive neighborhood near Emily Park, northeast of Omemee. The owl was sitting on the boat enjoying the sun. What a beautiful bird. Betty Vanbeek
Researchers at the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Research and Monitoring Section in Peterborough are initiating a study on Short-eared and Snowy Owl diet and are hoping to collect pellets throughout the winter. Essentially, we are looking for changes in the owl’s diets over time and linking that to cyclical Read more
I just finished reading your column and wanted to let you know that on January 11 we saw a Snowy Owl in a field on Elm Tree Road between Lindsay and Little Britain. It was at 4:00 p.m. and it was a female by the way you described them. We Read more
I live very close to the London Street Footbridge and my dog, Andy, and I often walk across the bridge to wander through Turtle Island in Rotary Park. Less than a week ago, we were approaching the bridge when I heard some crows calling and racing to an area northeast Read more
Here is a picture of a Snowy Owl perched on our house. The photo was taken two nights ago (January 14) at around 5 pm. The bird was around for a few days but has not been back Our bird feeders are an attraction for sure! We have a few Read more
This Snowy Owl was spotted on Clear Lake (808 Birchview Road) on Dec. 12, 2013. John McGregor
I had a friend of mine send me your article in the Peterbrough Examiner about the Snowy Owls. I am located in the Niagara Region. Last year we had one of these birds appear at the new hospital is St Catherines. It made headlines as people flocked to see it. Read more
On December 11 or 12, 2013, I saw a Snowy Owl on the 4th Line of South Monaghan just east of Smithson Road in the Squirrel Creek area. I came over a hill and the bird was sitting right in the middle of the road. As I got closer, it flew Read more
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