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Merlin

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December sightings of note

We live at the 12th Line and Northey’s Road in Selwyn. This Red-bellied Woodpecker has been here for the past week. Not the best picture (taken December 3). Paul Vigneux I had a productive day (December 6) at the Peterborough Airport. Most of these birds were photographed along Moncrief Line. Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 1 yearDecember 24, 2021 ago
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March Sightings of Note

Here’s a shot of an Eastern Screech-owl that I found on Saturday, Feb 29, near Little Britain. Carl Welbourn This Bald Eagle has been at our waterfront on Cameron Street, Peterborough.  It had flown  over the river and swooped  down and brought out a huge fish that it dropped on Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 3 yearsMarch 3, 2020 ago
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July Sightings of Interest

20th Annual Petroglyphs Butterfly Count: The compiling of the July 21st butterfly count is finally finished  and final results have been submitted to the North America Butterfly Association. A total of 55 species were recorded, slightly above the average for the last few years. The Indian Skipper found in the Park Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 4 yearsJuly 26, 2019 ago
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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, 4 yearsMay 30, 2019 ago
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September sightings of note

Peterborough Field Naturalists Sunday AM Nature Walk (Sept. 30) Today, a group of us walked along the hydro corridor west of Hetherington Dr. (just south of Woodland) and into the north end of University Heights Park. We enjoyed the abundant asters (e.g., New England, Heath, Panicled, Heart-leaved), Zig-Zag Goldenrod, White Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 5 yearsSeptember 22, 2018 ago
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Sightings of note: Feb. 11 – 17

I photographed this Merlin this morning, February 13, in Lakefield. Jeff Keller                                   Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (1) – Reported Feb 12, 2018 08:30 by Colin Jones – Peterborough–Robinson Place, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 5 yearsFebruary 12, 2018 ago
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Observations from Tim Dyson – Warsaw/Lakefield/Stoney Lake – Autumn 2017

N.B. Whenever I refer to “home”, it is between Warsaw and Lakefield, south of the Sawer Creek Wetland. Passerines and other birds and animals. A Yellow-billed Cuckoo flew over my kayak as I began to paddle up the Indian River from Back Dam Park at Warsaw on September 9th. It Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 5 yearsDecember 8, 2017 ago
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UPDATE: Common Nighthawks are migrating – Warsaw area a local hotspot

Now’s the time to be looking for migrating Common Nighthawks. The best time to see flocks is late afternoon and evening. They feed as they fly and are often seen over water. In my experience, they often turn up after a rain event. Here are some recent sightings from Tim Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 6 yearsAugust 29, 2017 ago
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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, 6 years ago
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Merlin at Little Lake Cemetery

Today ( 10 March 2017) at noon I observed a Merlin in a cedar at the Little Lake Cemetery. Of course, I did not have my camera. He was quite content to sit and let me wander around the base of the tree to get a closer look. On Sunday, Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 6 years ago
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The Merlin – an uncommon winter sighting in Peterborough

I saw a Merlin this morning, February 23, on the top of a hydro pole at the corner of Burnham and Maria Streets in Peterborough. Sue Paradisis, Tudor Crescent

By Drew Monkman, 6 yearsFebruary 23, 2017 ago
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A two-raptor day

I took a picture of this Red-tailed Hawk at Lock 25 on the Otonabee River on December 30. The Merlin was near Omemee. Carl Welbourn Kawartha Camera Club

By Drew Monkman, 6 years ago
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Some nice bird pics!

Here are a couple of photos from this week. The Common Loon chick eating something was photographed on September 20 on the River Road, south of Lakefield. The Merlin picture was taken September 16 at our club shoot in Millennium Park. Carl Welbourne

By Drew Monkman, 6 yearsSeptember 23, 2016 ago
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Merlins and two clutches of orioles on Otonabee R. property

I live on the Otonabee River between locks 24 & 25, and saw a pair of what I believe were Merlins flying over our yard Wednesday evening, August 24. Both of them had the shape of small falcons. I got a good look only at the brownish one when it Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 7 yearsAugust 31, 2016 ago
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Enjoying the Merlins on Princess Street

The nesting families of Merlins we’ve enjoyed at the Little Lake Cemetery has expanded with a nest we saw in spring seeming to be in the yard of a house near Little Lake (if not on Crescent Street, then Ware or a Lock Street backyard). Breeding was successful, but we Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 7 yearsJuly 21, 2016 ago
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Merlin family on Young’s Point Road

AUGUST 25:  “We  have four juvenile Merlins that we see and hear playing and squawking in our yard almost daily, albeit less in the last few days.  We even saw one of them flying briefly with a Bald Eagle. We live on Young’s Point Road, between Lakefield and Young’s Point.” Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 8 yearsSeptember 12, 2015 ago
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Merlins make an aggressive arrival on Kasshabog Lake

We have a cottage on Kosh Lake (Kasshabog Lake).  We have been on the lake, on an island for the past 11 years.  Traditionally we have Common Ravens on our island. They nest here, raise their young and wake us up very early in the morning. This spring we witnessed Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 8 yearsJuly 12, 2015 ago
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Merlins hard to ignore!

The Merlins around our home and neighbours, on lower Chemong Lake, are at their peak for loud calls – almost too much! So far there appear to be two adults and two juveniles flying around. They are decimating the local small bird population! Click here for some photos of one Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 9 yearsJuly 21, 2014 ago
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