The last lake along Highway 60 to become free of ice,
Opeongo (Algonquin's largest lake), opened up on April 7.
This was the earliest date ever for Opeongo in 47 years,
beating the previous earliest on 12 April 1981. Only rare
snow patches in extremely deep shade remain. Wood
Frogs and Spring Peepe
The past week could not fail to satisfy the most demanding of birders at
Presqu'ile Provincial Park. Both land birds and water birds have been
abundant and to list all of the new arrivals from Friday onwards would
take too much space and would probably bore people who know that these
birds sho
Hi, again,
By late afternoon the winds had dropped, but so had bird song. The one
consistent singer was a single male Pine Warbler easily visible as it fed in
the upper branches of deciduous trees toward the north/centre part of the
woods. Several Yellow-rumps were singing snatches of song as
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Hello Ontbirders
This afternoon I observed 1 adult Red-headed Woodpecker at the "Old Burn site"
at Constance Bay. This is the 9th consecutive year for the woodpecker at this
site and the earliest date. Last year, 1 was observed on April 23rd which,
then, was the earliest date. Normally they arr
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east.
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Birding was relatively slow at the Sanctuary this afternoon, due to the wind
and brisk conditions on the St. Lawrence. Very little in the way of waterfowl,
with a few pairs of COMMON MERGANSERS and GREEN-WINGED TEALS, along with
numerous CANADA GEESE. The highlight of the afternoon was what I
Rain and wind have limited birding the last few days but the Easter weekend
produced some interesting sightings. While cycling on Good Friday I heard
numerous Easter(n) Phoebes and Easter(n) Meadowlarks singing between Bradford
and Beeton but my best bird was an early VESPER SPARROW. It flushe
The following were seen between 1:15 and 2:15 today at Taylor Woods.
Canada Goose 2
Wild Turkey 13 (2 Toms, 2 Jakes +)
Turkey Vulture 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 2 (pair mating)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 (male)
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Hi All,
Seven TRUMPETER SWANS and a male EURASIAN WIGEON were highlights of a walk
into Bellow's Bay in Westmeath Provincial Park yesterday. As well there
were SANDHILL CRANES calling along the Ottawa River, a BALD EAGLE, NORTHERN
PINTAIL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, GREATER SCAUP, LESSER SCAUP, MALLARD,
On Saturday Apr. 3rd around 1pm my wife and I saw a Common Raven flying
southwards over Hwy 407 in Oakville between Tremaine Rd. and Appleby Line.
Judging from past reports they turn up in Hamilton area not too
infrequently, but I'd never seen one in this neck of the woods before.
Gravenhurst, ON
Last evening at about 6:30 I had a rufous-sided towhee, a veery and a fox
sparrow all at the same time and within close proximity of each other,
feeding on the ground in my backyard under a feeder and below some bushes.
My yard backs onto Pringle Creek in Whitby. The rufous sided towhee is
actively
Hi,
Despite a cold wind and frequent showers, there was plenty of song in
Thickson's Woods this morning, including the first Yellow-rumped Warblers I
have heard singing this spring. Other songsters included Winter Wrens, Juncos
and Chipping and Fox Sparrows.
With a cold front arriving, most
Hello Ontbirders
Spent most of yesterday birding various areas on Amherst Island before the rain
started in the afternoon. The Owl Woods had a small variety of land birds
including 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 1 Brown Thrasher, 1 Field Sparrow and 2
Hermit Thrush, all singing. At the East Point (KFN
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