Earlier today (30 November 2018) I was very surprised to find this leucistic female-type Long-tailed Duck at Sandbanks Provincial Park. I was viewing the raft of Long-tails from County Road 12, approx 150 m E of Hyatt Ln. Continue reading Leucistic Long-tailed Duck at Sandbanks Park →

So, you have a birder in the family? Someone always asking you to pull over to the side of the road so that they can photograph a bird? Watching NetFlix all alone while your spouse reads his/her Sibley Guide? Sounds to me as though it is time to send them on a birding tour! Continue reading Gift Certificates with Eastern Ontario Birding →

Since the fall of 2015, I have visited the Ottawa Valley Waste Recovery Centre, near Pembroke, ON, and studied gulls. In total, I have paid the site ten visits during the fall/early-winter birding season. Continue reading Gulls at the Ottawa Valley Waste Recovery Centre →