Cold temperatures and snow characterized this first month of the year 2014. Despite a few days with temperatures above seasonal, starting around January 10, the mean temperatures this month were colder than normal throughout the province. There were a few exceptions – Moosonee, Petawawa and Ottawa – which experienced temperatures Read more…
Human beings are questioning animals. It is in our genes. And nowhere is the desire for answers greater than when it comes to the question of our origins. But how we arrive at these answers really matters – as does how we arrive at knowledge in general. There are very Read more…
If you spend enough time looking at telephone posts, rather than the boring old highway, you will eventually be rewarded .Oh , yeah, having a camera with you never hurts. This Snowy Owl was seen on Highway 28, 4 kms north of Highway 7, on February 3. Michael Gillespie, Keene
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) (4) – Reported Feb 02, 2014 12:50 by Chris Risley – Peterborough–Little Lake, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.2965341,-78.3105472&ll=44.2965341,-78.3105472 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16768623 – Comments: “Continuing birds, near RR bridge,” Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) (1) – Reported Feb 02, 2014 12:50 by Chris Risley – Peterborough–Little Lake, Peterborough, Read more…
I saw the Snowy Owl in the field off the 3rd line (just west of Chemong; north side) at 9:30 this morning, Feb. 2. I hadn’t seen the bird in a couple weeks but it’s still around. Jeff Keller Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) (1) CONFIRMED – Reported Feb 01, Read more…
Barrow’s Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) – Reported Jan 31, 2014 08:15 by Luke Berg – Peterborough – Youngs Point, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.4877192,-78.2343292&ll=44.4877192,-78.2343292 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16740145 – Comments: “**Different bird than reported yesterday.I could not locate the previously reported immature male bird in a large flock of 60 or Read more…
1. Barrow’s Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) – Reported Jan 30, 2014 03:00 by Martin Parker – Young’s Point — above dam and Lock, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.4882728,-78.2314968&ll=44.4882728,-78.2314968 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16728604 – Comments: “above lock – opposite 2815 River Ave – east of Lockside Trading” first winter male 2. Read more…
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) (4) CONFIRMED – Reported Jan 31, 2014 09:40 by Scott Gibson – Lakefield – Water St., Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.4251672,-78.2732227&ll=44.4251672,-78.2732227 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16734336 – Comments: “3 males, 1 female”
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) (1) CONFIRMED – Reported Jan 28, 2014 13:32 by Len Manning – Otonabee River–between Lock 24 and 25, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.3948515,-78.2648636&ll=44.3948515,-78.2648636 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16551310 – Comments: “Female. Shaggy crest, thinner bill than accompanying Common Merganser, smudgier chest, slightly smaller overall.”
I only saw two Snowy Owls on the way to work today, January 28. They include the owl on Opmar Road, southwest of Lindsay, that everyone is seeing and one I saw along Elm Tree Road, close to Dew Drop Inn Road. I believe it is a different Snowy as Read more…
This morning, we had an encounter with a Sharp-shinned Hawk in our yard. My mom and I got to watch this hawk devour an unfortunate Mourning Dove for over an hour about 15 feet from our living room window. We had assumed it was a male Cooper’s Hawk, because it Read more…
I went up for a look today and the White-winged Scoter was in the same location. (3.5km north of Trent University on River Road, adjacent to 911 address 3983 River Road). Tore Buchanan
A Great Gray Owl was in our area for a few days last week, just northwest of Little Britain. The Snowy Owl has been on the same hydro pole every morning for the last two weeks on Opmar Road, east of Little Britain. I am collecting the pellets for the MNR. Read more…
The Northern Flicker was back this morning feeding on a suet ball. Sue Paradisis, Tudor Crescent (Note: Flickers are quite uncommon in central Ontario in winter. D.M.)
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) (1) – Reported Jan 24, 2014 16:30 by Walter Wehtje – Otonabee River – Lock 25, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.4006748,-78.2627392&ll=44.4006748,-78.2627392 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16498717 – Comments: “All-black duck with prominent white wing patch. All dark bill with feathering going down 2/3 of its length. No white Read more…
Just letting you know the Snowy Owl is still behind McLeod’s as of Fri. Jan.24 at 5:15 p.m. I saw the bird perched on a bale of hay. Hans McKee
On Friday, January 24, a Barred Owl showed up in our backyard just south of Lakefield on County Road 29. The owl was sitting on top of the Eastern Cottontail it had just caught. My grandson, Jeff, was able to photograph the bird. Lois Keller
There was an adult Bald Eagle soaring above the beaches at Beavermead Park at Little Lake at around 4:00 pm last Sunday afteroon (January 19). Sue Paradisis, Tudor Crescent
We had another sighting today of the Snowy Owl just north of Little Britain Rd on Opmar Road. It was sitting atop the same hydro pole as it was last week. Coming home from our trip into Lindsay it was atop a tree back from Little Britain Road in the Read more…
This morning, I saw a Snowy Owl perched in a tree on the edge of Mapleridge Park. It was first seen by another woman who pointed it out to me. It did not stay around long. Margaret Thomas, Cherryhill Road
I have uploaded four videos of what I believe are Eastern Wolves. The videos were filmed at my farm in the Haliburton hinterlands. My understanding is that Eastern Coyotes have larger tails and ears, shorter legs, a more pointed nose, and generally a more multicolored coat. Nonetheless, it’s difficult to Read more…
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” – Anne Bradstreet Despite the bone-chilling cold of this winter’s Polar Vortex, life carries on all around us. It might just take a little more effort to seek it out. To the curious and attentive observer, Read more…
Today at 12:45 p.m., the Chemong Road Snowy Owl was perched in a tree on the far side of the second field west of Chemong on County Road 19. Drew Monkman
This morning, I saw a Cooper’s Hawk hunting near our birdfeeder. At the same time last year a Cooper’s frequented our yard on Fife Bay but I hadn’t seen any since then until this morning. Nancy Cafik, Fife’s Bay
1. Watch the track of Jupiter as it tracks south through Gemini, like an extra and brightest “star”, this winter until March 6th when it appears to stop and then looks to reverse its track and go back to the east as the year progresses. 2. Venus will be Read more…
Last Friday afternoon, I finally got down to Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area to walk a cooped-up rambunctious canine who’s been deprived of getting out and about and enjoying sniffs for about 3 weeks now. The main route towards the sugarbush is walkable and we went down as far as Read more…
Eastern Screech-Owl (Northern) (Megascops asio [asio Group]) (1) – Reported Jan 18, 2014 21:00 by Luke Berg – Peterborough – Storell Rd and Bensfort Rd, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.2161706,-78.2819223&ll=44.2161706,-78.2819223 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16428069 – Comments: “Calling from woodlot on the side of the dump.” Eastern Screech-Owl (Northern) (Megascops asio [asio Read more…
January 13, 2014 – Snowy Owl sitting on a fence post in a field just before 833 Pigeon Lake Road , Lindsay. K.L. Anderson. January 10, 2014 – Found another Snowy Owl today at the top of a large tree at the intersection of Weldon Road and Pigeon Lake Road. Read more…
I work in Lindsay and live at the end point on Little Britain Road (County Road 4). I have been watching three different Snowy Owls for the last few weeks along Opmar Road and Elm Tree road at the intersection with Little Britain Road. Wendy Leszkowicz
Regarding your very informative and timely article on Snowy Owls this week, I would like to share our experience. We live on Fortye Drive in the subdivision across from Fleming College. On Christmas Day evening, at about 8 pm, I was walking by a window and noticed something dark sprawled across the snow Read more…