I saw my first Giant Swallowtail of the year in the garden today, hovering around the phlox. I checked the dill plantation but there were no larvae. No Monarchs have been seen. Bill Snowden, Ennismore Note: I saw my first Giant Swallowtail today, too, just east of Havelock. Giant Swallowtails Read more…
Here are some sightings of interest from this past week (July 25 – 31, 2016)) at my brother’s cottage on Big Gull Lake, south of Bon Echo Provincial Park. Family group of Cooper’s Hawks. Two or three very vocal juveniles, “whistling” loudly. As big as adults. A covey of 8 Read more…
The Hummingbird Clearwing Moths are back, coming to our phlox flowers the past couple of days. Gwen Forsyth, Lakefield, ON
I thought this might interest you. With the decline in Honey Bees it was a nice surprise to find an active hive of wild (feral) bees (July 20). Thomas J Northey, Little Britain, ON
The nesting families of Merlins we’ve enjoyed at the Little Lake Cemetery has expanded with a nest we saw in spring seeming to be in the yard of a house near Little Lake (if not on Crescent Street, then Ware or a Lock Street backyard). Breeding was successful, but we Read more…
I have not seen a Giant Swallowtail this year at all. Although I haven’t kept count of Monarchs this year, I did see my first one on May 29th – my earliest ever – and my second on June 2nd. The first was near Warsaw, and the other, near Stoney Read more…
Least Sandpiper (8) Lesser Yellowlegs (3) – Reported Jul 15, 2016 06:20 by Scott Gibson – Peterborough–Fairbairn Street wetland, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: – Checklist: – Media: Photos
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) (1) – Reported Jul 11, 2016 07:20 by Iain Rayner – Ptbo – Water St., Peterborough, Ontario – Map: – Checklist: – Comments: “Adult perched on snag overhanging river near W end of London St. footbridge. Quite far from my vantage point but with binos I Read more…
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) (1) – Reported Jul 09, 2016 14:07 by Iain Rayner – Bensfort Road Landfill, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: – Checklist: – Media: 3 Photos – Comments: “Was doing a dump run earlier in the day and briefly thought I saw a Dowitcher flying around chasing KILL Read more…
It has been so interesting over the last few years observing the Osprey along with other parts of nature, and how they are changing as the next generation comes to life. For the last 3 years we have had a young Osprey, which sits on top of our cedar tree Read more…
Cannot believe it! For 3 years in a row, Stanley, my campsite Ring-billed Gull has returned. He comes when called by name, sits with me on my deck when I read a book, and allows no other gulls on my site. Aerial combats are sometime breathtaking. And remember the fishing Read more…
MAY 17, 2016: “After a prior absence of 81 years, this is the second consecutive year that a pair of Piping Plovers has initiated nesting on the Canadian shore of Lake Ontario in the Greater Toronto Area. Yesterday, I confirmed that the female of a pair of Piping Plovers present Read more…
We always have one or two pairs of American Crows around, so nothing special in that. I really don’t know how many constitutes a murder of crows but most unusually this morning (12 June) we had eight on the ground in our grassy riverside area – all very sleek, pristine, Read more…
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1) – Reported Jul 03, 2016 09:04 by Iain Rayner – Ptbo – Hannah Rd – Pond, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: – Checklist: – Comments: “Singing N of road” Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (2) – Reported Jul 03, 2016 07:49 by Iain Rayner – Rice Lake–Pengelly Read more…