Here are some sightings of interest from this past week (July 25 – 31, 2016)) at my brother’s cottage on Big Gull Lake, south of Bon Echo Provincial Park. Family group of Cooper’s Hawks. Two or three very vocal juveniles, “whistling” loudly. As big as adults. A covey of 8 Read more…
We’ve been fortunate to have seen a Barred Owl at our lakeside home on three occasions recently. One evening after dark, it flew through our covered feeder and grabbed a flying squirrel with its talons. It took the squirrel to the deck, stayed there for a couple of minutes, and Read more…
You’ll hear hummingbirds and insects by day, owls and loons by night Click here to read column Note: The bumble bee shown in the photo is not a rare Rusty-patched Bumble Bee but rather a Tri-coloured Bumble Bee, which is a much more common species.