April 2 – I heard a Wilson’s Snipe quietly calling in the marshy area on the Parkway trail, east of Chemong, directly underneath the WalMart parking lot. Also, 3 Northern Leopard Frogs hopping along the new not-yet-opened road that skirts east of the airport as well as 3 Killdeer in the adjacent fields. Marilyn Freeman
Wilson’s Snipe – Greg Piasetzki
April 2 – Cottonwood Drive this morning, we heard a couple of Eastern Phoebes calling. It must be spring! Rob Moos
Eastern Phoebe (David Frank)
March 30 – Two Great Blue Herons flying over the Cavan Bog and another north of Whitby. John Fautley
March 30 – I saw my first Great Blue Heron today. It was flying north over the Otonabee River near Lakefield. Annamarie Beckel
Great Blue Heron – Wikimedia
About 64 third year Trent ecology students surveyed the Otonabee River from Lakefield to south of Lock 19, on March 24th. From 9:00 am to 10:30 am, they did 8 stations north of Trent and from 1 pm to 3 pm, 8 stations south of Trent. Susan Chow
Here are the results: Bufflehead 95, Canada Geese 141, Common Goldeneye 6, Common Merganser 8, Gadwall 1, Greater Scaup 1, Hooded Merganser 86, Lesser Scaup 7, Long-tailed Duck 5, Mallard 369, Wood Duck 3
Long-tailed-Duck – Mar.22 2014 – Little Lake – – DJ McPhail
Male Gadwall (photo from Wikimedia)
On March 17 and 18, there were 50 to 60 Bohemian Waxwings flying back and forth between the conifers along the Otonabee River and two Siberian crab apple trees. The birds were just north of the Ninth Line.
Susan Chow
Bohemian Waxwing – Cow Island – Jan. 24, 2015 – via Sylvia Cashmore
