Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) (1)
– Reported May 25, 2014 10:12 by Ian Sturdee
– CA-ON-HTransfer Station wetlandck – 44.4439x-77.8149 – May 25, 2014, 10:10 AM, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.443901,-77.814942&ll=44.443901,-77.814942
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18547686
– Comments: “Saw it flying”

Least Bittern - Wikimedia

Least Bittern – Wikimedia

Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) (1)
– Reported May 25, 2014 06:30 by Iain Rayner
– Ptbo – Jones Quarter Line, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.2561283,-78.5399294&ll=44.2561283,-78.5399294
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18549091
– Comments: “Male. Heard singing BeeBzzzz song, seen and photographed. All yellow, black line through eye, two whie wingbars on blue wings.”

Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) (1)
– Reported May 25, 2014 06:30 by Iain Rayner
– Ptbo – Jones Quarter Line, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.2561283,-78.5399294&ll=44.2561283,-78.5399294
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18549091
– Comments: “Male. Heard singing Bzz Bzz Bzz song. I could easily confuse this with the Clay-Colored…but seen and photographed”

Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) (1)
– Reported May 24, 2014 08:45 by Iain Rayner
– PTBO – Edgewater road and Railway, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.299988,-78.31236&ll=44.299988,-78.31236
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18536729

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) (1)
– Reported May 24, 2014 09:58 by Chris Risley
– 510 Gilmour Street, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.3035648,-78.3323546&ll=44.3035648,-78.3323546
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18545996
– Comments: “female with white patch in wing seen in spruce tree”

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (4)
– Reported May 25, 2014 06:30 by Iain Rayner
– Ptbo – Jones Quarter Line, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.2561283,-78.5399294&ll=44.2561283,-78.5399294
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18549091
– Comments: “Heard and seen. Bzzzz Bzzzz calls and clean grey underneath with crisp patterning on face. Likely more. 2 at top of hill and 2 near Bland Line. Have pictures.”

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
– Reported May 21, 2014 07:00 by Brian Ling
– Peterborough–Hilliard Street Rail Trail (south end), Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.3639732,-78.3583727&ll=44.3639732,-78.3583727
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18536888

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Drew Monkman

I am a retired teacher, naturalist and writer with a love for all aspects of the natural world, especially as they relate to seasonal change.