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Broad-winged Hawk

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May sightings of interest

Cuckoos eating Eastern Tent Caterpillars: Today, May 31, I came across a pair of Black-billed Cuckoos near Burnt River  that were eating tent caterpillars. I was not aware that birds eat these caterpillars. Carl Welbourn, Kawartha Camera Club                     Mute Swan Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 2 years2 years ago
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More sightings from Peter and Stephenie Armstrong near Warsaw

On September 7, a Black Swallowtail caterpillar, was making its way up our gravelled drive. I moved it to a safer location. On September 9 and 10, we had another new caterpillar in our front garden. It is a fifth instar larval stage of the Hermit Sphinx moth (lintneria eremitus).  Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 3 years3 years ago
Sightings

Remnants of Winter and Pulses of Spring

Although it has been several weeks since hearing of any still around, Ed & Karen Heuvel reported to me a Great Gray Owl they had seen during the early evening on their property along the Ouse River between Cottesloe and Norwood on April 18, 2017. Ed says; “Huntng from a Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 4 years ago
Sightings

Migrating Broad-winged Hawks moving through the Kawarthas; Black-backed Woodpecker at Stony Lake

  Broad-winged Hawk  (Buteo platypterus) (90) – Reported Sep 20, 2015 10:00 by Peterborough County Birds Database – 621 Carveth Drive, Millbrook, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: – Checklist: – Comments: “several kettles throughout late morning, most quite high and moving east to west or southwesterly direction (12 + 10 + Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 5 years4 years ago
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