Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) (1) – Reported Jan 02, 2016 14:15 by Linda Sunderland – Scriven Road, Bailieboro, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: – Checklist: – Comments: “Scriven Road on top of telephone pole between 2nd and 3rd Line, female – Read more…
On the morning of January 3, I had a Long-eared Owl in my backyard. The bird was perched in a mountain-ash close to my feeders. It may have been attracted by the bird activity at the feeder. Long-ears will prey Read more…
We had a sighting of a Virginia Opossum in mid-November 2015 near Bailieboro. It was a large animal and a white-grey shade in colour. Also, on December 30 2015, we had an immature Bald Eagle in our tree overlooking a Read more…
This morning was very busy in my yard with my regular leucistic robin, 3 blue jays, a pair of cardinals, doves, chickadees, a white breasted nuthatch and goldfinches all feeding at the same time. I thought all of them had Read more…
Thirty keen birders spent today, January 1st, in the Peterborough and Petroglyphs areas with by far the most open water ever seen on this trip. This resulted in few birds on the Otonabee River but several surprises elsewhere, including a Read more…
On Dec 31 we had a Red Squirrel and an albino Red Squirrel . Esther Ross, North shore of Rice Lake, near Bailieboro
Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor) (1) – Reported Dec 30, 2015 08:30 by Matthew Tobey – Area A Petroglyphs CBC, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: – Checklist: – Comments: “in woods off McCoy Bay Road” Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) (3) – Reported Read more…
On December 30 at 10:30 a.m., I got a good look at a Cougar behind my house at 1146, Peacock Road, off the 7th Line south of Lakefield. The animal was walking along the edge of a pond about 150 Read more…
I spotted this Bald Eagle flying over the south end of Chemong Lake this morning. Just a while ago, he reappeared with a fresh kill and landed on the shell ice to eat it. He was a bit far up Read more…
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) (20) – Reported Dec 30, 2015 04:55 by Luke Berg – Peterborough – Petroglyphs CBC (Area D), Peterborough, Ontario – Map: – Checklist: – Comments: “All in Petroglyphs. Flocks of 13 and 7.” Note: Luke also Read more…
On Wednesday Dec. 30 at 4:30 pm at the Gannon Narrows Causeway (Lakehurst Road), which crosses Buckhorn Lake, there were 200-300 Common Mergansers at the southeast side having a feeding frenzy. Not sure if they will be there Thursday morning. Read more…
At about 3pm on Sunday, December 27, I saw 2,000 – 3,000 Canada Geese flying west & then north over County Road 28 near Rice Lake. At one point, there were dozens of flocks of 10 -100 geese almost from Read more…
At the pussy willow patch on Xmas eve, I spotted four or five emerging pussy willows way high up in the bushes and saw a dead American Toad on Route 100 in N. Russell. It was a very large one. Read more…
Although winter’s official start was three days ago, you certainly wouldn’t know it. Peterborough has experienced unprecedented warmth this month with temperatures averaging an amazing 9 C above normal. (Note: December ended up being 7.8 C above normal – the Read more…
From the ‘Have we screwed this planet up or what!’ department On Christmas Eve day at about 11:00am Margo and I watched a frog cross the highway in front of us on County Road 28 near Fraserville. It appeared to Read more…
I was awakened at 4:00 this morning by the sound of Spring Peepers calling. I continued to hear calling from several directions up until about 8:00, when the wind started blowing strongly. Temperature 17 C. Valerie Kirkwood Acton’s Corners (near Read more…
This evening (Dec. 23, 2015) at approx. 20:00 I heard three separate packs of Coyotes howling. It was an exceptionally mild night (+7 C) with a light wind from the east, and a waxing moon just barely visible in between Read more…
A Snowy Owl was observed for over 30 minutes on Dec 15th in the corn field behind Jim Glenn’s main depot in Keene. Michael Gillespie
I observed several Trumpeter Swans on December 20th. They were on the north shore of Rice Lake across from Lower Foley Island. Willard Ramsey
Caught up in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, many of us forget that a profound celestial event takes place this month. Monday, December 21, marks the occasion of the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year Read more…
Cackling Goose (Richardson’s) (Branta hutchinsii) (4) – Reported Dec 12, 2015 12:00 by Iain Rayner – Peterborough–Little Lake, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: – Checklist: – Comments: “Swimming together in large flock of CAGO near Crescent St. Smaller then CAGO(of undetermined Read more…
Source: Craig Welch, National Geographic, PUBLISHED Sat Dec 12 15:30:00 EST 2015 The world came together. More than 20 years after world leaders first tried hammering out an accord to tackle climate change, representatives of 195 nations on Saturday adopted Read more…
Source: By Haydn Watters, CBC News Posted: Dec 12, 2015 3:01 PM ET After lengthy overnight negotiations and two weeks of touch-and-go discussions, delegates at the UN climate talks in Paris have adopted a climate-change pact. The final text of the Paris Agreement — Read more…
When it comes to climate change, the main take-away is that it is real. That being said, efforts by climate change deniers (at least one of whom regularly submits letters to this paper) to convince people that the science on Read more…
This afternoon at 4:15 pm I saw 6 Canvasback (3 male, 3 female) on the Otonabee, just north of Lock 23 along River Rd (in the small bay at the bend in the road) between Trent and Lakefield. The males Read more…
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) (1) – Reported Dec 03, 2015 13:42 by Martyn Obbard – Buckhorn Rd. ca. 500 m south of Buckhorn, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: – Checklist: – Comments: “large raptor soaring overhead; at first thought TUVU; larger Read more…
> 4 December 2015 – Canada: Ontario: Grenville County: Oxford-on-Rideau: Oxford Mills Dam, Kemptville Creek. (100m ard dam), 31B/13, 44.96486N 75.67863W TIME: 2000-2120. AIR TEMP: 5°C, overcast, calm. HABITAT: murky brownwater creek at limestone flats below old milldam, water Read more…
You cannot go far in Boquete without noticing the bird activity. Rufous-collared Sparrows, House Wrens and Clay-coloured Robins pour out their songs from gardens and rooftops; pairs of Blue-gray Tanagers fly in unison from tree to tree; Rufous-tailed Hummingbirds buzz Read more…
On November 21, 2015, at 7:15 am at 11 Bank Street South in Millbrook, an all-white woodpecker was enjoying the hanging peanuts. The bird was totally grey/white and NOT albino as had black eyes. It was the same size as Read more…
Gray Jay (Northern) (Perisoreus canadensis) (2) – Reported Nov 28, 2015 08:45 by Wendy Hogan – Rockcroft, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: – Checklist: – Comments: “Two birds swooping down onto highway to pick at a red squirrel.”