Once again (as in the last few years) I have a Great Crested Flycatcher hitting its reflection on the same window at the front of our house – not hard but steady and usually early in the a.m. only. The Read more…
I went out to Mark S. Burnham Provincial Park this morning and found a nice cluster of scarlet cup fungus. They are in the open, along the trail, in moist shade. Well worth the mosquito bites! These were definitely not Read more…
At 7:20 pm this evening, just ahead of the storm, I heard and then saw a single Common Nighthawk near Dodworth Island on Stony Lake. Observer: Rob Welsh
A morning walk on David and Ghan Frank’s property on Stewart Line (near Cavan) today produced the following species of note: Wilson’s Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Indigo Bunting, Scarlet Tanager, Wood Thrush, Veery, Great Crested Flycatcher and Eastern Wood-pewee. Alder Flycatchers Read more…
Today’s harvest of butterflies along the Lang-Hastings Rail-trail near Keene included a Meadow Fritillary, a Cherry Gall Azure , a Juvenal’s Duskywing and a West Virginia White. Observers: Michael Gillespie and Jerry Ball
More butterflies and a few new birds May 18 – Three West Virginia White butterflies on Bass Lake Rd by Nogies Creek May 19 – Several Bobolinks calling around the county May 20 – Three Black Swallowtails and four Read more…
We have seen a white-headed American Robin in our yard several times and thought it was quite unusual. (Note: The robin is “leucistic” (reduced pigmentation as a result of a recessive gene). Birds like these seem to be turning up Read more…
This evening, for a brief moment, I had a Red-headed Woodpecker at my feeder. I was able to get a quick picture. Observer: Gary Aitkens, 7th Line of Selwyn Twsp
I haven’t been out too much this May but made the effort to get out early this morning. On Nichols Cove Road I found a male Brewster’s Warbler that was singing the typical Blue-winged song in the same spot that Read more…
Butterflying is still slow but I did pick up my FOY Olympia Marbles (3 on Devil’s 4 Mile Rd) and Juvenal’s Duskywing (1 on Devil’s 4 Mile Rd, 4 on Sandy Lake Rd, 1 on FR 83). The trip was Read more…
This afternoon at 2:15, I spotted a Barred Owl at2:15 at Reid and Hunter near downtown Peterborough. I was able to take several pictures. The owl was identified by Bob Prentice. Observer: Mike Faught
I had a lot of fun watching the swallows zipping over the meadow today, and I saw the season’s first Rose-breasted Grosbeak. I also saw a Green Heron on two occasions around the pond. I didn’t get close at all, Read more…
Today I had two Bonaparte’s Gulls on Stony Lake. They were on an islet about 200 metres east of Eaglemount in Lower Stony. Observer: Rob Welsh
Today, we walked the Blue Trail at the Trent Nature Area on University Drive. Although it was cool and there was very little bird song, I did manage to see/hear Great Crested Flycatcher, Common Raven, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Black-and-white Warbler, Read more…
This morning I walked my dogs at the Haroldtown Conservation Area on Old Norwood Rd. Highlights: Possible Red-eyed Vireo, Gray Catbird, Baltimore Oriole, Purple Finch, Scarlet Tanager, Black-throated Blue Warbler and Bobolink. Observer: Luke Berg
This evening we enjoyed a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak and two female Purple Finches at our Maple Crescent feeder in Peterborough. Observer: Drew Monkman
I live on the south end of the City of Kawartha-Lakes, adjacent to the Ganaraska Forest. We have lots of birds in our gardens but Wednesday evening this yellow Hairy Woodpecker came to one of our feeders. He looks to Read more…
Today, on the Hastings rail-trail , I spotted some movement to my left in the swampy area just off the trail. Having purposefully taken my new point and shoot Canon sx50 in case I saw a new butterfly , I Read more…
I have two days worth of sightings to report. The first is from May 2. We were on University Road, at a marsh on both sides of the road, south of the Wildlife Sanctuary. We saw Chris Risley (lol) who Read more…
On our walk this morning near Bailieboro, we frightened a large, blackish bird from a pile of shrubbery, so I investigated why it had been there. Low and behold, she was sitting on eggs ! Through a little research, I Read more…
Our latest squatter is an American Toad. We’ve never had one in the yard before – just in the hood, but this one was visible (and audible). I know they aren’t rare but I always get a kick out Read more…
For the past five days or so, the Sugar Maples throughout the Kawarthas have been covered in a garb of pale lemon, with countless thousands of tassel-like flowers hanging from the twigs. As many as two dozen individual flowers – Read more…
For the last two days, we have had a female Eastern Towhee in our yard on Stockdale Road. We are also getting lots of White-crowned Sparrows. Observer: Tom Bell
Both Sora and Virginia Rails were calling at 10:30 a.m. this morning from the swamp/marsh in the south-east corner of the intersection of the Trans-Canada Trail and David Fife Line near Keene. Observer: Tony Bigg
We had a Wild Turkey visit our lawn today at about 3 pm. We’re on Armour Road, about 1 km north of Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School. I’ve never seen one up here before. As you can see, it had Read more…
Sightings from ebird-alert@cornell.edu Ruby-throated Hummingbird seen on Rock Rd in village of Warsaw between Douglas Rd and South St – “visiting feeder at residence on N side Rock Rd (#898)” Observer: Don Sutherland
Robert DiFruscia found Eastern Pine Elfin, Hoary Elfin and Henry’s Elfin yesterday on Sandy Lake Road (off of County Road 46, south of Lasswade). Today he and I checked the area again, seeing the same three elfins plus we added Read more…