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This morning I saw a flock of 24 Tundra Swans on Brealey Drive just north of the airport. They were flying south. Location: Brealey Drive, Peterborough Observer: Frank Millard

I found 2 Cecropia moth cocoons today in the field by our house. I can

I found a Red-shouldered Hawk sitting in a tree on Division Rd near the Indian River at mid-day today. Location: Division Road Observer: Tony Bigg

At noon today, the highlight was a basic plumaged Horned Grebe north of the point, viewed from the cemetery. The Horned Grebe was in the middle of a large (~50 birds) flock of Hooded Mergansers. On the ice at the Read more…

This morning a small flock of 12 Tundra Swans was on the ice just north of the Lakefield Marsh. Among the many Canada Geese along the Otonabee River between Lakefield and Trent University there were at least half a dozen Read more…

Ten Hooded Mergansers on the river (seven males, three females), though the original pair(?) kept their distance. Location: Indian River on Sawmill Road near the Warsaw Caves Observer: Stephenie Armstrong

It’s great to see so many spring migrants back. I checked out Little Lake at 1:30 p.m. today. Some of the migrants included 5 American Wigeon, 1 Redhead, 78 Ring-necked Duck, 57 Hooded Merganser, a Horned Grebe and 2 Merlin. Read more…

Today, I saw 3 Golden-crowned Kinglets near Lochlin in Haliburton County and there was one Tundra Swan on Shadow Lake near Norland. Kim Clark Location: Lochlin (Haliburton County) and Norland (City of Kawartha Lakes) Observer: Kim Clark

Just at dusk today, I heard and saw a Sandhill Crane. Location: Omemee Observer: Gavin Hunter

This morning there appears to be a very large flock of Tundra Swans on Rice Lake just out from Serpent Mounds park. Elizabeth Bingham Location: Rice Lake Observer: Elizabeth Bingham

A group of 35 – 40 waxwings have been hanging around our neighborhood the past two days. Yesterday and today there were two Bohemians in the group. They have been feeding from my neighbor’s ornamental apple tree in the front Read more…

A pair of Canada Geese arrived, flying low over the river. We usually have three pairs raising young on the river, one fairly nearby who proclaims his territory regularly on our old dock, but the families come together when the Read more…

A pair of Hooded Mergansers have arrived, diving for food in our little shallow bay and succeeding in catching something. Last year we had two families on the river, but before that only one. On March 9, there were male Read more…

I stopped at Little Lake at lunch today – weather brought in a good assortment of ducks. In addition to the numerous mallards, common mergansers, hooded mergansers, and goldeneye that have been kickng around there were also good numbers of Read more…

Scott Gibson and I checked out Little Lake. Due to the warm temperatures there was a lot of shimmer making viewing the relatively small gull flock (~75 birds) difficult from just west of the cemetery so we drove around to Read more…

This morning, I heard then saw a Merlin in the top of a spruce tree at the corner of Gilmour and Park streets. They nested in the spruce several years ago but not recently. They seem to move to a Read more…

For 2 days, there have been 7 or 8 Common Grackles at the feeder early a.m. and a Red winged Blackbird on the platform feeder near Lakefield. The same day a mink investigated the back porch. Location: Lakefield Observer: Mary Read more…

This morning there was a single male Common Grackle flying overhead at the Public Library on Aylmer St. in downtown Peterborough. Location: downtown Peterborough Observer: Colin Jones

Today, I heard and saw my first Red-winged Blackbirds. Location: Curve Lake Road and Derrymore Trail Observer: Joanne O

Isn’t this season of rebirth wonderful!!! On our dog walk this morning we heard, then saw Red-winged Blackbirds on the causeway to Fothergill Isle near Gannons Narrows. A sure sound of Spring for me. Location: Gannons Narrows Observer: Rose Rogers

Yesterday there were no Red-winged Blackbirds around Lakefield. This morning there are at least 20 males scattered around the Lakefield marsh singing. Location: Lakefield marsh Observer: Tony Bigg

I saw about 60 Bohemian Waxwings at 1877 on the Smith 6th Line off of Lakefield Road. Location: Lakefield Observer: Brendan Boyd

A pair of Purple Finches was at my feeder this morning on Cty Rd 29 in the north end of Lakefield. Location: Lakefield Observer: Tony Bigg

At first I thought I was seeing things, but I’m sure a pair of Trumpeter Swams flew by yesterday. They were coming from Gannon’s Narrows towards Fothergill Island. Location: Pigeon Lake Observer: Rose Rogers

Yesterday, my wife observed a flock of several hundred Bohemian Waxwings sitting in a tree along the Parkway Trail behind Walmart. Perhaps if we don’t look out our windows, we can imagine spring has arrived! Location: Parkway Trail, east of Read more…

The mild, misty conditions this morning seemed very conducive to bird song. I heard my largest chorus yet this winter of House Finches, Dark-eyed Juncos and a single Mourning Dove. There seemed to be much more bird activity than usual. Read more…

This morning, a Cooper’s Hawk was perched in a maple surveying the bird feeders but there was no activity and it left without catching anything. This morning around 7 when the doves were just starting to come down from the Read more…

This afternoon (0 C), I actually saw a robin pull a full-size earthworm out of the ground on the front lawn of a south-facing house. A first for February! I’ve noticed, too, that many of the crows I’m seeing these Read more…

Robins continue to be very common in the city this winter. Today, I saw a flock of about 12 American Robins eating mountain-ash berries along Weller Street, west of Wallis Drive. Ring-billed Gulls have been fairly common throughout the city Read more…