The 61st Peterborough Christmas Bird Count took place on Sunday December 16th. On a dull wet day, 35 participants found a total of 58 species, the same total as last year and four below our record. Of particular note was one new species
My neighbour got a picture of a Virginia Opossum last night on his trail camera. I saw two this summer in our area as road kill. One was on the Yankee Line, almost at Emily Park. Location: Gannon’s Narrows, Ennismore Observer: Jim Watt
Today I saw a Snowy Owl sitting on a dock on the east side of Katchewanooka Lake, just north of Lakefield. It took off as I approached the dock. Location: East side of Katchewanooka, on a property on Moodie Drive Observer: David Woolverton
We just had a pair of Bald Eagles fly by the west end of Fothergill Isle this morning. Location: Fothergill Isle on Pigeon Lake at Gannon’s Narrows Observer: Rose Rogers