March 12, 2012

I found 2 Cecropia moth cocoons today in the field by our house. I can

I found a Red-shouldered Hawk sitting in a tree on Division Rd near the Indian River at mid-day today. Location: Division Road Observer: Tony Bigg

At noon today, the highlight was a basic plumaged Horned Grebe north of the point, viewed from the cemetery. The Horned Grebe was in the middle of a large (~50 birds) flock of Hooded Mergansers. On the ice at the SW corner of the lake (just south of the art Read more…

This morning a small flock of 12 Tundra Swans was on the ice just north of the Lakefield Marsh. Among the many Canada Geese along the Otonabee River between Lakefield and Trent University there were at least half a dozen Cackling Geese. Also on the River were four Wood Ducks, Read more…

Ten Hooded Mergansers on the river (seven males, three females), though the original pair(?) kept their distance. Location: Indian River on Sawmill Road near the Warsaw Caves Observer: Stephenie Armstrong