Macnamara Field Naturalists’ Club – Sightings – 3 April 2024
Mammals
Porcupine – Grant Smith Carp River Conservation Area – 1 April 2024
Coyote – Stephen Duff – MacCarty Road – 8 March 2024
Canada Lynx – Larry’s Trail Camera – c/o Stephen Duff – Between 8th & 9th Concessions North Pakenham – Off Waba Road – 27 March 2024 – Could it be a Bobcat?
Reptiles – Turtles
Painted Turtles – Stephen Duff – Carp River @ Kinburn – 28 March 2024
Amphibians – Frogs
Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) – Linda Sewell – Carp Road – North of Kinburn Side Road – 1 April 2024 — Note: Julian Romeskie heard Spring Peepers on 13 March 2024.
Birds
Red-winged Blackbird (Male, Female, Juvenile Male) – Judy and Murray Borer – Oak Grove, Admaston – 22 March 2024
Bufflehead (M+F)
Also, picture included Trumpeter Swans – Agnieszka Keough – Ottawa River – Goodwin Bay – 27 March 2024 – Note: Diving ducks are relatively heavy and have to run on the water to take-off.
Blue Goose is a morph of a Snow Goose – Ritchie Lawrence – Ottawa River – Dunrobin Shores – 14 March 2024
Snow Goose with Canada Geese – John Lawrence – Ottawa River – Dunrobin Shores – 11 March 2024
Northern Shrike – Stephen Duff – Ivy Acres Road – 31 March 2024
Northern Shrike (Juvenile – First Year) – Michael Runtz – Arnprior Airport – 14 March 2024
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Evening Grosbeak (M) (Gynandromorph) – Michael Runtz – Algonquin Park – 16 March 2024
Male side on its right.
Female side on its left.
One bird with Male and Female characteristics – split left and right.
Eastern Meadowlark – Michael Runtz – Clay Bank Nature Trail – 2 April 2024
Two males fighting.
Pileated Woodpecker – Michael Runtz – Braeside – 29 March 2024
In mating ritual.
Female Flies Away:
Migratory Bird Arrivals Earliest Sightings 2024
Trumpeter Swan – Grant Smith – 3 February 2024
Purple Finch – Grant Smith – 26 February 2024
Red-winged Blackbird – Murray and Judy Borer – 1 March 2024
Sandhill Crane – Sheena Baum – 3 March 2024
Canada Goose – Stephen Duff – 3 March 2024
Ring-billed Gull – John & Ritchie Lawrence – 4 March 2024
Common Grackle – Murray and Judy Borer – 4 March 2024
Snow Goose – John & Ritchie Lawrence – 11 March 2024
Hooded Merganser – John & Ritchie Lawrence – 12 March 2024
Blue Goose – John & Ritchie John Lawrence – 14 March 2024
American Kestrel – Murray and Judy Borer – 14 March 2024
Brown-headed Cowbird– Murray and Judy Borer – 14 March 2024
Song Sparrow – John & Ritchie Lawrence – 15 March 2024
Mallard – John & Ritchie Lawrence – 19 March 2024
Common Merganser – John & Ritchie Lawrence – 19 March 2024
Eastern Bluebird – Katharine Fletcher – 19 March 2024
Northern Harrier – Katharine Fletcher – 26 March 2024
Bufflehead – Agnieszka Keough – 27 March 2024
Common Goldeneye – John & Ritchie Lawrence – 27 March 2024