🐣CRITTERS

These are the critters we find out and about!

• 🦉Barred Owls are singing from time-to-time.
• 🐻 BEAR WATCH – Meantime: the bear is around!
• FISHER – I thought I saw one in the backyard in May.
• 🐣HOUSE WREN 
• 😼PEPPER cat – Visiting Cat
• 🐣PHOEBE – two nests, shed and deck. 
• 🐣ROBINS under the top deck.
• 🕷TICKS
• 🐦Wood ducks arrived in April. New nest May 18.

I found a bird tracker, Hawk Mountain,  including Muskoka.

2022

• Baltimore orioles visited briefly.
• Crows 🐦 were here in a trio.
• 🐝HORNETS
• 🦋MONARCHS
• The first 🐣ROBIN was here as of Feb. 1st!  
• 😼OREGANO
• 🐻 SNUGGLE Bears
• 🐸 Tree frogs

2021

Wood ducks arrived in April. They have a nest, April 17.

🐣PHOEBE  hatches May 22.

I think the Crows 🐦 hatch May 24-ish.

The 🐣ROBIN began laying, May 20.

• 🐛LDD Moths

2019

Wood ducks: First signs of the wood ducks. All are gone.
Phoebe!
Flicker nest
House wren

My birding list

May 16 – Wood duck boxes 2018

Both nesting boxes have protected 20 eggs (11 and 9), and they have flown.

PHOEBE 2018

Phoebe's 5 have flown, as well.

Submit your data online and contribute to Canada's national nest records database! There are lots of citizen science sites.

Cedar waxwing built a nest in the pine tree in 2015: Cedar waxwing tales. Gathering nesting materials📹!

CHIPPING SPARROW

Tuesday, May 15th, in the veggie garden

I've reported a fair number!

YEAR	2013 – Eastern Phoebe hatchlings: a photo story of their development
2014	Eastern Phoebe Phoebe #1 Phoebe hatchling progress - they've flown the coop!
	Eastern Phoebe
	Wood duck on the nest
2015	Wood Duck Wood #2
	Wood Duck Wood duck #1 Wood duck nesting boxes: they flew the coop!
2016	Barred Owl Update on the phoebe nest
	Wood Duck Nest box #1
2017	American Robin robin: shed
	Barred Owl Barred owl in tree
	Eastern Phoebe: Phoebe nesting progress
	Wood duck nesting progress
2018	Chipping Sparrow veggie garden
	Eastern Phoebe Shed
	Wood Duck Wood Duck #3
	Wood Duck Wood Duck #2
	Wood Duck wood duck #1