Click here to find an interesting blog post by Mike Burrell, which provides a list of the expected spring arrival dates for most of Ontario’s common migrants. The dates are based on data collected from eBird checklists. Mike has a Read more…
I visited Little Lake this afternoon, April 2, and was greeted by a nice diversity of birdlife, especially along the east side of the cemetery. Viewing is great in mid- to late afternoon when the sun is in the western Read more…
I heard my first Song Sparrow this spring singing in our yard this morning, just off the 7th Line Smith. Carrie Sadowski
1. We observed our first Northern River Otter of the season on April 1. He watched us for a few minutes until he got to a hole in the ice and went under. reported by: Rose Rogers, Fothergill Island, Ennismore Read more…
Don McLeod has added a number of new photo galleries to his wonderful local nature blog. You’ll find great shots of baby toads, a curious otter, a Turkey Vulture, a Great Horned Owl, an Osprey, Black Bear tracks and sign, Read more…
On Friday March 28th, 55 students (16 teams) in our Advanced Ecology class went out from 9:30 to 11 am and sampled the Otonabee River from north of Lakefield to south of Peterborough. They recorded 75 Bufflehead, 42 Canada Read more…
Snowy Owl – Reported Mar 30, 2014 08:35 by Luke Berg – Peterborough–Scriven Rd 500m north of County Rd 2, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: – Checklist: – Comments: “Continuing imm. male sitting 30 ft from the road. Very hard Read more…
I saw and heard two Merlins this morning, March 30, at the Little Lake Cemetery on the east side as I was looking for ducks. Jeff Keller
Yesterday, March 29, at noon, I drove through the Little Lake Cemetery and counted the waterbirds between the cemetery and Beavermead Park. I found 2 Redheads, 8 Common Mergansers, 1 Bufflehead, 8 Mallards,1 Long-tailed Duck, 10 Hooded Mergansers, 12 Common Read more…
Highland Rd and Fairbairn – Mar 29 @ 3PM. While trundling (more like leaping and lurching) down to my bird feeder today I noticed a flock of birds, silent but very busy in the shrubbery behind my yard. It was Read more…
This morning, March 29, on the Otonabee River on the east side of the Little Lake Cemetery, there were a pair of Redhead ducks. Jeff Keller
While driving to the Trent University campus this morning I was amazed to see a Great Egret fly in and land on some exposed rocks below the dam that’s just upriver of the Nassau Mills Road bridge (just south of Read more…
Here is a picture of a Northern Shrike that was in our yard in mid-March. I am located on Centre Line, Selwyn (previously Smith) . Gord Bullied
Early in February at around 4:45 p.m. my husband and I saw what we are quite sure was a Grey Fox right behind our house here in Peterborough. It was grey in body colour with a black tail. It had Read more…
The highlight of the Peterborough Field Naturalists’ Presqu’ile trip on Sunday, March 23 (led by Gerry Ball) was a Parasitic Jaeger seen harassing gulls on Presqu’ile Bay. The bird was viewed from Government Dock. A total of 69 species were Read more…
This American Robin was in my mountain-ash tree several days ago, feeding on last years berries. Jeff Keller, Bridgenorth
I spotted a Pied-billed Grebe on the river just below Lakefield yesterday, March 26, in the p.m. Many other waterfowl were present as well, including the Horned Grebe. Bill Snowden
On March 21, my wife and I watched two adult Bald Eagles sitting on the ice in front of our house and eating a Mallard duck they had caught. A third eagle, an immature, arrived and tried unsuccessfully to join Read more…
Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) – Reported Mar 26, 2014 08:10 by Martyn Obbard – Tara Rd. north of Yankee Line, Peterborough, Ontario – Map – Checklist – Comments: “presumed continuing bird; perched on top of hydro pole at sharp bend Read more…
I want to a sighting of what we believe to have been a Peregrine Falcon. Back on February 15th my son and I were on the walkway between the King St parking lot and George St (behind the stores on Read more…
There are three Trumpeter Swans in Lakefield just south of the beach area. Other waterfowl in the same area are Common Merganser, Hooded Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-necked Duck, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead, Mallard and Canada Goose. The three Red-necked Grebe that Read more…
An Eastern Phoebe was seen on March 22, north of Bobcaygeon on Irwin’s Road. Susan Blayney
Around 11:30 this morning, March 23, at 4 Conger Street, I saw five Turkey Vultures flying north-east very low. I was making coffee near a window and the shadows surprised me. They were definitely kettling: slow vertical, fast horizontal movement. Read more…
We saw a single adult Peregrine on the “usual” nest in North Kawartha township last Sunday. It flew off and out of sight immediately. Guess it’s not used to traffic yet. Sorry we couldn’t identify the sex – perhaps male Read more…
I observed and photographed a male Long-tailed Duck and male Lesser Scaup on the Otonabee River this morning near the cemetery at Little Lake. They were just swimming along and fishing together. Beautiful birds, especially the Long-tailed Duck. D.J. McPhail
On March 21 between 5:00-6:00 p.m., we were driving slowly down Manice Ave in Peterborough with the window down looking for birds. I could hear a Red-winged Blackbird, so I got out and walked slowly along the ditch. I was Read more…
Just out checking my sap buckets and saw our two resident Ospreys. The one was right over top of me and the other 50 metres to the east. They must be shocked to see the snow. Lots of ducks. A Read more…
First American Robin at the end of 6 Foot Bay Road, Buckhorn this morning. However, because there is no open water here, there are still no waterfowl to be seen. Apparently, there are lots of watefowl at the Gannon Narrows Read more…
On March 20 at 11 a.m., I spotted a flock of Wild Turkeys foraging by the side of 5th Line Smith near the cellphone tower. They looked very lean. I managed to get a photo. Barb Evett
On Thursday, March 20, Mitch Brownstein and I did an informal waterfowl census of sorts between Young’s Point (South Beach Road) and Lock 19. We counted 3 Red-necked Grebe (2 in Lakefield), 1 Horned Grebe (Lakefield), 120 Common Goldeneye, 4 Read more…