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Tundra Swan

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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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Sightings of note: April 1 – 7

Snowy Owl – It was snowing on Upper Buckhorn on April 6 and guess what shows up at my neighbor’s dock? Looks like a male.  Derry Fairweather                 Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1) – Reported Apr 05, 2018 16:07 by Toby Rowland – Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 5 yearsApril 4, 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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More Tundra Swan sightings

On March 20, there were 27 Tundra Swans on Lake Chemong across from my house which is located on Frankhill Rd.  Paul Ruth, 668 Frank Hill Rd. Tundra Swan (Whistling) (Cygnus columbianus columbianus) (10) – Reported Mar 20, 2017 12:11 by Luke Berg – Keene–McGregor Bay Rd south of Hwy Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 6 yearsMarch 22, 2017 ago
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Flock of Tundra Swans on Pigeon Lake

On March 5, we saw 16 Tundra Swans on Pigeon Lake from our home on Fothergill Isle. Our house faces Jacob’s Island, alongside of which the birds were resting. One of the birds pulled away from the resting area and swam by our home. Rick and Marge Decher

By Drew Monkman, 6 years ago
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A flurry of very early spring migrants

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) (1) CONFIRMED – Reported Feb 28, 2017 13:14 by Donald A. Sutherland – Peterborough–King St at Reid St, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34869369 – Comments: “in flight NNE over downtown” Tundra Swan (Whistling) (Cygnus columbianus columbianus) (2) – Reported Feb 27, 2017 12:28 by Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 6 yearsFebruary 28, 2017 ago
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Possible Tundra Swans on Otonabee River

We saw four swans on Tuesday morning (December 14), feeding together along the Otonabee River, south of Lakefield… beautiful!. At least one had a yellow spot near the eye and I wonder if they could be Tundra Swans. No tags were visible on any of the birds.  We saw them Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 6 years ago
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March: A time of swans in the Kawarthas

I saw two swans, most likely Trumpeters, last week in Scollard Bay on Buckhorn Lake.  They had a straight neck most/all of the time and were definitely not Mute Swans. They hung around for 5 minutes and then flew over to another sheltered uninhabited bay where there may have been Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 7 yearsMarch 22, 2016 ago
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