Do you have any nature sightings that you would like to share?
Have you spotted any unusual wildlife that might be noteworthy?
Please drop us a line with details of your sighting and any observations that you feel are significant. Please include the time and location of your sighting and the reason you feel this is of interest and worth sharing.
On Friday morning, June 1, 2018 I discovered a dead yellow-beck cuckoo on my patio. It must have flown into the window. Beautiful bird, I have never seen one before. Are they common in southern Ontario?
I photographed a bird at my feeder (in Brampton) a few years ago and still don’t have a positive ID on it. Can someone tell me what it is? 🙂 (click on image to enlarge)
Don Scallen identified this as a female yellow headed blackbird
Hello I believe it is Fimail Yello black cow Birt, I’M form Mexico and you see thin by the thousands peterboes68@gmail.com
Hi,
My husband and I are birders and are planning to spend January 8th and 9th in Ontario birding. I came across your website and thought you might be able to help u.
Do you have any pointers for where we might spot any of the birds on this list below? (They’d all be lifers for us.)
Gyrfalcon
King Eider
Northern Goshawk
Northern Shrike
Pine Grosbeak
Evening Grosbeak
Eastern Screech Owl
Saw whet Owl
Great Grey Owl
Hope you’re having a wonderful holiday!
Thanks!
Several years ago, I spotted an unknown bird at my feeders. After making inquiries, I was able to identify it as a Juvenal Red-Headed Woodpecker. He was captured in this video clip. Juvenal Red-Headed Woodpecker
He was around for a couple of weeks, and I was thrilled to find this threatened species at my feeder and hoped I might someday see an adult at my feeder.
Several years later, while monitoring my Bluebirds, I had the pleasure of seeing an adult Red-Headed Woodpecker at my feeder. I couldn’t help but wonder if this was the same bird.
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Red-headed Woodpecker seen several times at my backyard feeder at 7:30 this morning. A first for my backyard, and only the second sighting for me! I have a couple of not very good pics.
Ian
Birding at two sites yesterday. The first location was Hamilton’s Olympic woods for my second attempt to spot a pair of Tufted Titmice, successful this time.
I was able to see them both eventually, along with a variety of other birds, Rusty Blackbirds, Fox Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows, Northern Harrier and many more.
The second location was Sedgwick Park in Oakville to see some other rarities – a Blue-headed Vireo, Palm Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Also spotted a Rough-legged Hawk, lots of Robins and some of the more common species. Did not spot the Orange-crowned Warbler which has been reported there.