The following are my Peterborough County “First of year” sightings this month:
April 3 – Pair of Eastern Phoebes calling continuously, Brown Creeper, on Tates Rd
Wilson’s Snipe calling at the north end of Northey’s Rd at 14th Line of Smith.
April 4 – River Otter at north end of Lakefield Marsh
April 6 – 20 Rusty Blackbirds at the west end of Beardsmore Rd
April 10 – Fox Sparrow by the tower at Lakefield Marsh,
3 Eastern Meadowlarks on Douro 8th Line by the power lines
April 12 – Swamp Sparrow, Lakefield Marsh. Heard by PFN Sunday walk group,
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on Charlie Allen Rd
13 butterflies in the NW of the County – 10 Eastern Commas, 2 Mourning Cloaks, 1 Compton’s Tortoiseshell,
many ‘The Infant’ (Archiearis infans) Moths
Tony Bigg, Lakefield
Eastern Meadowlark – Karl Egressy
Mourning Cloak – Maple Cr. – Apr. 2014 – Drew Monkman
Fox Sparrow – April 2013 – Jeff Keller
