Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) (1) – Reported Jan 11, 2014 08:56 by Donald Sutherland – Otonabee River–between Lock 21 and 22, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.3576102,-78.2895184&ll=44.3576102,-78.2895184 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16327854 – Comments: “continuing bird, along W ice edge around 20 m N of Faryon Bridge”
Snowy Owls are staging an incredible “invasion” this year across eastern North America. The numbers of owls reported are higher than ever before. Owl sightings have been coming in from Atlantic Canada (301 seen in one weekend near Cape Race, Newfoundland), Quebec, the Northeast U.S., the Great Lakes area, and Read more…
On January 9th at about 4:30 p.m, we spotted this Snowy Owl sitting on a hydro pole and keeping its eye on the Highway 7 traffic. We were driving east of Oakwood before Lindsay. What a magnificent sight!! Wendy and Peter Marrs, Peterborough Note: This is at least the sixth Read more…