I have had a single Yellow-rumped Warbler visiting my feeder all winter. Its preferred foods include nyger seed and other small seeds. The bird will take seeds directly from the feeder or from the balcony floor where they have dropped. Read more…
I am being visited by Pine Siskins for the first time in many years. They are the only birds besides goldfinches that are able to hang upside down on my Niger seed feeder. As many as six Northern Cardinals at Read more…
Just a reminder that this weekend (Feb. 13 to 16), the Great Backyard Bird Count is taking place across North America. It serves to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds across the continent are this weekend. You basically Read more…
I heard my first Northern Cardinals of the year singing this morning at 8:30 a.m. I was standing in the parking lot Edmison Heights Public School on Marina Blvd. There were at least two birds singing. Location: Marina Blvd, Peterborough Read more…
There was a Red-shouldered Hawk perched in a willow tree between my neighbors’ backyard and Cavan Creek (east side of County Road 10, just north of Cavan intersection. It was there for at least half an hour giving very good Read more…
This afternoon, a small accipter sat in a tree in my yard. It was most likely a Sharp-shinned Hawk, although a male Cooper’s can’t be discounted. (The two species can overlap in size.) Location: Merino Drive, Peterborough Observer: Sue Hill
Today, I observed a Great Gray Owl on the road between Bridgenorth and Lakefield. Location: County Road 18 Observer: Heather Watson
10 Pine Grosbeaks with lots of Pine siskins and a few Common Redpolls. Location: Ford Cresent, RR#1 Cavan. Observer: Ken Rumble
Today at 2:00 p.m. I found observed a Snowy Owl in Millbrook. It was sitting on a telephone pole. Location: Millbrook, Ontario Observer: Paige Young
At 4:30 pm, I saw an adult Bald Eagle flying over the Little Lake Cemetery. Lots of Pine Siskins, too, at the feeder today on Ford Crescent in Cavan. Location: Peterborough and Cavan Observer: Ken Rumble
In conversation today with Tim Dyson, I learned that a Bobcat was trapped in December north of Havelock near Devil’s 4 Mile Road and Oak Lake. The trapper’s name is Guy Kennedy. Pictures were taken of the animal. Although I’ve Read more…
While on the road south of Warsaw, about 100 metres south of the reindeer farm, I sighted a Great Gray Owl on Sunday, January 25. On January 26, six Common Redpolls were at my feeder in the front yard with Read more…
I saw a Merlin this morning fly across Marina Blvd near Water Street. There has been at least one bird in this area for several years now. Location: Marina Blvd, Peterborough Observer: Drew Monkman
I saw an adult Bald Eagle today, flying north along the Otonabee just south of Lakefield. Location: Lakefield Observer: Drew Monkman
There was an adult Bald Eagle feeding on a goose this morning. It was on the ice about 100 m below Lock 19. Location: Lock 19, Otonabee River Observer: Trish Beales
Finally a single Common Redpoll at my feeder in Cavan with all the siskins this morning. I also was visited by 44 Cedar Waxwings. I looked for bohemians in the flock but there weren’t any. There was one with an Read more…
We have a Red-bellied Woodpecker coming to our bird feeder this winter. We live on the Otonabee River below Lock 19, near Whitfield Landing. Location: Whitfield Landing, south of Peterborough Observer: Bob and Eva McFaul
I have had a male Red-bellied Woodpecker at my feeder for the last month. So pretty. Location: County Road 21, Millbrook Observer: Claire Van Loon
According to Karin Mundinger (see Jan. 5), who was talking to the head cougar biologist, Rick Rosatte, of the MNR, there was a Cougar sighting today east of Peterborough. There were deer nearby. Location: east of Peterborough Observer: unknown
I came across a deer kill at Boschink Narrows on Stony Lake today.Lots of wolves/coyotes around..and hence Bald Eagles. Location: Stony Lake Observer: Rob Welsh
This morning, a flock of about 40 Pine Siskins descended upon our feeders. They were accompanied by one Common Redpoll and a couple of dozen American Goldfinches. These were our first siskins of the winter. Location: Maple Crescent, Peterborough Observer: Read more…
I came upon a boisterous flock of about 250 Bohemian Waxwings on and in the trees beside Holden Road, about a kilometer north of the 8th Line of Smith. Location: Bridgenorth, Ontario Observer: Michael Butler
At 9:30 a.m. today in Cannington, I saw a Cougar on the Beaver River. It was on the bank of the river and then on the ice getting a drink from the open water. I then went to my neighbors Read more…