On May 19, we had a record day of birds at our farm in Bailieboro. Thirty different birds put in an appearance including at least six Baltimore Orioles, an Indigo Bunting, a Pine Siskin (too quick for pics), a Pileated Read more…
I was working in a friend’s garden at his farm on Settlers Line near Keene this afternoon, June 4. I moved a plastic bag of manure I’d laid over another bag last fall and found a snake I’d never seen Read more…
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) (6) – Reported May 28, 2014 10:40 by Peterborough County Birds Database – Peterborough–3.8 km SSE on Bensfort Rd, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.24314,-78.29213&ll=44.24314,-78.29213 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18635556 – Comments: “in shallow stormwater pool on E side Bensfort Read more…
I had a Little Wood Satyr in our yard today, June 1. We leave a lot of areas wild and the grasses attract these types of butterflies. More host plants = more butterflies. Blair Hamilton, Pigeon Lake
This morning, May 30th, between 8 and 8.45 am, I found the following at the water’s edge near Beach #1 at Presqu’ile Provincial Park : 1 Whimbrel, 1 Red Knot, 1 Short-billed Dowitcher, 1 Willet, 20 Ruddy Turnstones, 16 Semipalmated Read more…
On May 28th at around 8:30 pm. I saw 5 Common Nighthawks flying over the Otonabee River at 9th Line, accompanied by a very vocal male nighthawk calling then diving from a tree. He flew to another tree when he Read more…
My son and I were driving to our cottage in Haliburton County on a recent Saturday and, as we usually do, took the old Harburn Rd from the village of Haliburton to the hamlet of Fort Irwin. That road is Read more…
We saw this Cecropia moth on May 28th at the shed at the Transfer Station …. Quite a stunner, up close. Michael Gillespie, Keene
I saw 4 very tame White-crowned Sparrows under my feeder on May 10. Just north of lock 23. Cute birds, aren’t they! Susan Chow
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) (1) – Reported May 25, 2014 15:30 by Scott Gibson – Ptbo – Jones 1/4 Line and Bland Line, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.2541752,-78.5390282&ll=44.2541752,-78.5390282 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18609924 – Comments: “singing beeeee-buzzz song, observed, appeared pure” Golden-winged Read more…
Here is a picture of “Cyclops”, a Snapping Turtle. This is the nick name we gave the turtle when we first saw it over 20 years ago. It has this growth above one eye, hence the nickname. The interesting story Read more…
While canoeing on Sunday, May 18, Pedro Santana and I saw a cow Moose with two calves on the creek between Serpentine Lake and Anderson Lake in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park. Paul Murray
The attached photo was taken along the shoreline in Brook’s Bay on Jack Lake during the weekend of May 10-11. I believe that these Northern Water Snakes are mating. Steve Kerr (Note: These snakes mate by entwining themselves around each Read more…
On May 21, I found this in our front garden on the bark mulch. Do you have any idea what this may be? It is soft and easily broken up. Laurie Wuis (Note: According to Don Sutherland at Read more…
Yesterday (May 25th, 12:06 PM) at the cottage in Brooks Bay, Jack’s Lake I saw a Five-lined Skink. I saw one several times last year at the same property but this one looked smaller to me and was in a Read more…
Friends of mine spotted a Great Egret on Highway 62 near L’Amble, south of Bancroft. Sent me pictures to prove the sighting. Did not realize that they had moved so far north. Sunday was the last day of the White-crowned Read more…
I’m sending you a picture I took of a White Trillium with four petals. It’s the first I’ve seen like this. I saw it while taking photos on our property out on Hayes Line, west of the city, this past Read more…
I wrote to you last year about a Red-tailed Hawk nest near Monaghan Road at the entrance to Jackson Park. I have been watching the nest since the hawks returned in March. They poked about at the nest and sometime Read more…
Just wanted to let you know I’ve had the immense privilege of seeing an Indigo Bunting at my black oil sunflower feeder (the only feeder I have) on Friday evening (May 23) as well on Sat morning. At one time Read more…
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) (1) – Reported May 25, 2014 10:12 by Ian Sturdee – CA-ON-HTransfer Station wetlandck – 44.4439x-77.8149 – May 25, 2014, 10:10 AM, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.443901,-77.814942&ll=44.443901,-77.814942 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18547686 – Comments: “Saw it flying” Blue-winged Read more…
This morning at Nonquon Lagoons near Port Perry was a Piping Plover (possibly two) in the 1st cell along the eastern edge. Other shorebirds : 4-5 White-rumped, Semipalmated , Least, Pectoral (1) sandpipers; Semipalmated Plover, Dunlin, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpipers. I Read more…
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) (1) – Reported May 19, 2014 10:42 by Donald Sutherland – Douro–2.5 km NE on Douro Line 2 at May Creek, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.390433,-78.16751&ll=44.390433,-78.16751 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18532129 – Comments: “male, flew in to W Read more…
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) (1) – Reported May 22, 2014 16:45 by Kevin Obbard – 67 Sumcot Dr, Peterborough, Ontario – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.4949527,-78.4377483&ll=44.4949527,-78.4377483 – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18515685 Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) (2) – Reported May 22, 2014 19:05 by Iain Rayner Read more…
The Red-Headed Woodpecker is still around my home on Pigeon Lake. It is a pleasure to have such a rare, beautiful bird in the area and only hope he nests here. Blair Hamilton, Mallard Bay (Note: A Red-headed Woodpecker was Read more…
We were serenaded by a Veery (a species of thrush and one of our most beautiful singers), while eating supper on the deck this evening (May 21). It wasn’t till later that we got to see him. We had installed Read more…
Great Created Flycatcher arrived here on Thursday. I have heard the harsh calls constantly but the bird seems to hide. Bill Snowden, Ennismore
My parents recently bought an oriole feeder and one day later a pair of Baltimore Orioles showed up! They are here everyday and take turns feeding with a Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Billy Turner, Lakefield
There are few better places to enjoy the beauty of a southern Ontario spring than the woodland trails of Rondeau Provincial Park. Winding through Carolinian forests blanketed with ferns and spring wildflowers, the trails routinely provide close-up views of Read more…
Here is a picture of two sandhill cranes that Antje and I have seen several times over the past four days in a field beside County Road 6, just a bit west of County Road 40 (about 5 minutes away Read more…
On Sat, May 17 I heard several Marsh Wrens singing in the Lakefield Marsh On Sun, May 18 the PFN morning group outing found me an Eastern Wood Pewee, an Alder Flycatcher (both on Division Rd), and a Grasshopper Sparrow Read more…