It appears that Common Nighthawks have begun to migrate south. Tonight at 6:50, I counted 38 flying over St. Anne’s school. 20min later I counted 44 flying around stormwater ponds behind Walmart and Evans Dr (suspect the same flock just moving around the north end). Pretty amazing site to see Read more…
On August 9th, I saw what must be a Western Kingbird on our property. I had the bird in my binoculars for quite long enough to get a good description, though just from the front, I thought at first it must be a phoebe – they regularly nest next door Read more…
In early August, I found two very comical-looking Hermit Sphinx Moth caterpillars, Lintneria eremitus, on my basil. Tony Bigg was able to identify it. According to Tony, common foodplants are basil, bee-balm, bugleweed, mints, sage and others in the mint family. Rob Welsh, Stony Lake
We finally had a Monarch show up in our garden on August 17. As of today, local naturalist Tim Dyson has counted a total of 46 Monarchs so far this summer. Tony Bigg, another inveterate butterfly watcher, was up to 61 Monarchs as of this week. He had 14 all Read more…
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) (4) – Reported Aug 18, 2014 15:27 by Bill Crins – Lakefield–Sewage Lagoons, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: – Checklist: Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) (1) – Reported Aug 18, 2014 15:27 by Bill Crins – Lakefield–Sewage Lagoons, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: – Checklist:
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) (1) – Reported Aug 20, 2014 07:05 by Iain Rayner – Ptbo – Water St., Peterborough, Ontario – Map: – Checklist: – Comments: “Flushed from Water St. side of river. Medium size heron. Grey wings, grey tail, Black Back”