4 June 2015 – Today, along the N shore of Crow Lake in Central Frontenac, I observed a female Pine Warbler foraging along a rocky slope, collecting caterpillars to feed to its young. Continue reading Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) – Crow Lake →

Throughout the month of June, I will be helping Dan Derbyshire of Frontenac Bird Studies conduct breeding bird surveys throughout Frontenac Provincial Park, just North of Sydenham, Ontario. Continue reading Frontenac Bird Studies (FBS) →

Our first sparrow run of the year. We will be visiting a consistently productive sparrow area just outside of Ottawa: Burnt Lands Provincial Park. Continue reading Sparrow Outing – June 5 →

From the third week of May – mid July 2015, I will be conducting breeding bird surveys throughout eastern Ontario; primarily, Ottawa, Lanark, Frontenac, and Leeds and Grenville Counties. Continue reading Conducting Breeding Surveys →

Learning birdsong can be quite a challenge! For some, mnemonics work quite well, i.e. the familiar “sweet-sweet-shredded wheat!” of a Yellow Warbler singing from a roadside thicket. For others (myself included) visualisation is perhaps the key element to learning each song and getting ’em glued into the memory bank. Continue reading “Looking” at Similar Songs →