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I was on a walk today at noon hour by the Otonabee, just below Lock 19, and I am sure that I saw a Bald Eagle. I had a long,clear look at it. The head was pure white, as well Read more

A Bald Eagle was seen at 11:45 a.m. today flying south above the Otonabee River. Location: near Collison Beach at the bottom of Riverview Heights. Observer: Ross Jamieson

I observed a Northern Shrike, today, devouring a mole in our backyard. Location: Firwood Crescent. Peterborough Observer: Brad Baker

Great Blue Heron Location: Highway 36 near Burleigh Falls Observer: Bill Rogers

A Carolina Wren was in my yard today, seemingly taking dormant insects off the screen door and walls of the house. Location: 1010 Mississauga Road, Curve Lake (tel: 657-1061) Observer: David Johnson

20 White-winged Crossbills Location: 733 Ford Crescent, RR#1 Cavan Observer: Ken Rumble

I saw two flocks of Snow Buntings, totaling about 150 birds, in the fields of Caza’s Berry Farm, a few km south of Buckhorn, along Berrie Road. Each flock took flight, wheeled and landed at least once and it was Read more

At the Marshland Centre in Lakefield, we pished in a Common Redpoll that we heard. A very large flock (~200) of Pine Siskins was also there. At the very south end of the Old Young’s Point Road, there was a Read more

Great Blue Heron near the side of the road at a small river Location: off County Road 2 between Hasting and Keene Observer: Randy Smith

Upcoming Peterborough Christmas Bird Count, 2008 The 57th Peterborough Christmas Bird Count will be taking place on Sunday December 14, 2008. As usual we are looking for volunteers to participate in the event. The count is for a 24-hour period, Read more

The feeders were busy during today’s snowfall. A male Evening Grosbeak, the first of the season here, joined American Goldfinches, Dark-eyed Juncos, Blue Jays and American Tree Sparrows. Good numbers of Common Mergansers can be seen from most vantage points Read more

1 male Hooded Merganser and 1 Common Merganser Location: Little Lake Observer: Randy Smith

For those that like to keep a winter list of birds (Dec-Feb) they might like to know that the Eastern Towhee is still coming to Joe Nocera

At around noon, a flock of about 30 White-winged Crossbills alighted on a spruce in my front yard in Lakefield. They only stayed for about half a minute before taking of to the west. Location: Lakefield Observer: Tony Bigg

We saw a Sharp-shinned Hawk on Lansdowne St. near Erskine Ave and a Cooper

While walking the dogs in Petroglyphs Provincial Park, we observed several small flocks of White-winged Crossbills (totally ~50 birds), a few Pine Siskins, and 3 Red Crossbills near the park entrance kiosk. Reasonable numbers of Red-breasted Nuthatches and Golden-crowned Kinglets Read more

Today, we had a sickly-looking male Brown-headed Cowbird at the feeder. Its feathers were a bit messed up and it seemed it couldn’t fly very well. We also had a small flock (~10) of Bohemian Waxwings fly over the house Read more

I have a Song Sparrow coming to my feeder along with three White-throated Sparrows. Location: Merino Drive, Peterborough Observer: Sue Hill

I drove home in the direction of the snowy yesterday and also had no luck. I did find a couple of Kestrels sitting on wires, one in Assumption and the other just south of Bensfort Bridge. I also saw about Read more

Today, we found a Rough-legged Hawk on Base Line, and Northern Harrier and Northern Shrike at the east end of Moncrief Rd where it meets Airport Rd. Location: Base Line and Moncrief Rd. Observer: Jerry Ball and Tony Bigg

Another dead Varied Thrush was found at a residence on Baptiste Lake near Bancroft on Nov. 25. One of my brother’s co-workers at Bancroft MNR brought it in. Location: Baptiste Lake, near Bancroft Observer: Travis Cameron

At about 4:45 p.m., a female or immature Snowy Owl was seen on Base Line, east of Bensfort Road. Location: Base Line, east of Bensfort Road (south of city) Observer: Ed Czerwinski

A single Bald Eagle flying over Buckhorn Road (507) just N of Lakefield, a Northern Shrike just east of Peterborough at Donwood and several flocks of Snow Buntings from Keene to Peterborough. Location: various Observer: Randy Smith

I feed wild turkeys all year long and I now have a female peacock with them. This little lady seems quite happy being with them. I am wondering if she will be able to adapt to the winter? I would Read more

Yesterday I found a bird that had flown into my window and was killed. I realized that it was a bird I had never seen before and pulled out my bird books. It was a Varied Thrush, although all three Read more

Close to 100 Northern Cardinals were seen feeding together on wild fruit along the rail-trail located just north of Crawford Drive in the south end of the city. It is common for this species to form flocks in the winter, Read more