Like the Northern Cardinal, the House Finch thrives in the villages and cities to the south, but we seldom see it here. In fact we've seen it here only twice before. It superficially resembles the Purple Finch.
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The following list includes the date first sighted for birds seen within a 80 and 24 km circles, centred at Juniper Island. The species in green were seen without the aid of a motorized vehicle, in keeping with the BIGBY initiative.
2009
Black-capped Chickadee (01.01)
Hairy Woodpecker (01.01)
Downy Woodpecker (01.01)
American Goldfinch (01.01)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (02.01)
Northern Hawk Owl (02.01)
Blue Jay (02.01)
Wild Turkey (02.01)
European Starling (02.01)
Common Raven (02.01)
American Crow (02.01)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (02.01)
American Tree Sparrow (02.01)
White-breasted Nuthatch (02.01)
Pileated Woodpecker(03.01)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (03.01)
Rock Pigeon (29.01)
Mourning Dove (04.01)
Ruffed Grouse (04.01)
Common Redpoll (05.01)
Bohemian Waxwing (07.01)
Pine Siskin (08.01)
Gray Jay (08.01)
Cedar Waxwing (10.01)
Rough-legged Hawk (10.01)
Evening Grosbeak (14.01)
Dark-eyed Junco (16.01)
Pine Grosbeak (17.01)
Mallard (19.01)
Black Duck (19.01)
Canada Goose (30.01)
White-winged Crossbill (01.02)
Snow Bunting (01.02)
Brown Creeper (02.03)
Red-winged Blackbird (05.03)
Ring-billed Gull (15.03)
Common Grackle (15.03)
Bufflehead (15.03)
Northern Flicker (16.03)
Chipping Sparrow (18.03)
Ring-necked Duck (25.03)
Turkey Vulture (25.03)
Red-shouldered Hawk (25.03)
Song Sparrow (25.03)
American Wigeon (26.03)
Bald Eagle (26.03)
Pied-billed Grebe (27.03)
Brown-headed Cowbird (28.03)
American Robin (02.04)
Purple Finch (02.04)
Scaup sp. (02.04)
Rusty Blackbird (03.04)
Wood Duck (04.04)
Common Goldeneye (05.04)
Hooded Merganser (05.04)
Common Merganser (05.04)
American Woodcock (05.04)
Eastern Phoebe (05.04)
Fox Sparrow (06.04)
Hoary Redpoll (08.04)
Common Loon (13.04)
Great Horned Owl (13.04)
Belted Kingfisher (14.04)
Green-winged Teal (15.04)
Great Blue Heron (16.04)
Osprey (17.04)
Barred Owl (17.04)
American Bittern (18.04)
Brown Thrasher (22.04)
Double-crested Cormorant (06.05)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (06.05)
Least Flycatcher (06.05)
Great Crested Flycatcher (06.05)
House Wren (06.05)
Winter Wren (06.05)
Wood Thrush (06.05)
Black and White Warbler (06.05)
Nashville Warbler (06.05)
Black-throated Green Warbler (06.05)
Ovenbird (06.05)
Northern Waterthrush (06.05)
White-throated Sparrow (06.05)
Merlin (07.05)
Pine Warbler (07.05)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (07.05)
Tree Swallow (10.05)
Herring Gull(10.05)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (11.05)
White-crowned Sparrow (11.05)
Field Sparrow (12.05)
Broad-winged Hawk (12.05)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (12.05)
Cerulean Warbler (12.05)
American Redstart (12.05)
Red-eyed Vireo (12.05)
Yellow-throated Vireo (12.05)
Scarlet Tanager (12.05)
Baltimore Oriole (12.05)
Gray Catbird (13.05)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (13.05)
Yellow Warbler (14.05)
Eastern Meadowlark (14.05)
House Sparrow (14.05)
Caspian Tern (15.05)
Swamp Sparrow (15.05)
Common Yellowthoat (16.05)
Sandhill Crane (18.05)
Eastern Towhee (18.05)
Eastern Kingbird (18.05)
Red-headed Woodpecker (18.05)
Philadelphia Vireo (18.05)
Blue-winged Warbler (18.05)
Golden-winged Warbler (18.05)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (18.05)
Killdeer (18.05)
Magnolia Warbler (19.05)
Warbling Vireo (19.05)
Black-billed Cuckoo (21.05)
Indigo Bunting (21.05)
Eastern Bluebird (22.05)
Spotted Sandpiper (22.05)
Clay-colored Sparrow (29.05)
Canada Warbler (29.05)
Blackpoll Warbler (29.05)
Bay-breasted Warbler (29.05)
Savannah Sparrow (29.05)
Bobolink (29.05)
Mourning Warbler(29.05)
Upland Sandpiper (03.06)
Blue-winged Teal (03.06)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (03.06)
Black Tern (03.06)
Blackburnian Warbler (03.06)
American Avocet (12.06)
Blue-headed Vireo (14.06)
Alder Flycatcher (14.06)
Stony Lake birds
Stony Lake lies on the Trent-Severn Waterway, in Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada. Of the many possible ways to celebrate the changing seasons, we've chosen to chronicle the birds we see around, and often from the windows of, our home on Stony Lake. Click on images to enlarge.
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Blog Archive
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April
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- Pine Siskins and new warblers
- Caspian Terns
- Prospecting Wood Ducks
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Norhern Flicker
- Loons return
- Buffleheads moving through
- House Finch
- Arriving sparrows
- The big kahuna
- American Woodcock
- More sparrows
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Wood Duck at bird feeder
- First ever Northern Cardinal
- Cat vs Turkey
- Snow Bunting
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April
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Cumulative bird list
The following list includes the date first sighted for birds seen within a 80 and 24 km circles, centred at Juniper Island. The species in green were seen without the aid of a motorized vehicle, in keeping with the BIGBY initiative.
2009
Black-capped Chickadee (01.01)
Hairy Woodpecker (01.01)
Downy Woodpecker (01.01)
American Goldfinch (01.01)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (02.01)
Northern Hawk Owl (02.01)
Blue Jay (02.01)
Wild Turkey (02.01)
European Starling (02.01)
Common Raven (02.01)
American Crow (02.01)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (02.01)
American Tree Sparrow (02.01)
White-breasted Nuthatch (02.01)
Pileated Woodpecker(03.01)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (03.01)
Rock Pigeon (29.01)
Mourning Dove (04.01)
Ruffed Grouse (04.01)
Common Redpoll (05.01)
Bohemian Waxwing (07.01)
Pine Siskin (08.01)
Gray Jay (08.01)
Cedar Waxwing (10.01)
Rough-legged Hawk (10.01)
Evening Grosbeak (14.01)
Dark-eyed Junco (16.01)
Pine Grosbeak (17.01)
Mallard (19.01)
Black Duck (19.01)
Canada Goose (30.01)
White-winged Crossbill (01.02)
Snow Bunting (01.02)
Brown Creeper (02.03)
Red-winged Blackbird (05.03)
Ring-billed Gull (15.03)
Common Grackle (15.03)
Bufflehead (15.03)
Northern Flicker (16.03)
Chipping Sparrow (18.03)
Ring-necked Duck (25.03)
Turkey Vulture (25.03)
Red-shouldered Hawk (25.03)
Song Sparrow (25.03)
American Wigeon (26.03)
Bald Eagle (26.03)
Pied-billed Grebe (27.03)
Brown-headed Cowbird (28.03)
American Robin (02.04)
Purple Finch (02.04)
Scaup sp. (02.04)
Rusty Blackbird (03.04)
Wood Duck (04.04)
Common Goldeneye (05.04)
Hooded Merganser (05.04)
Common Merganser (05.04)
American Woodcock (05.04)
Eastern Phoebe (05.04)
Fox Sparrow (06.04)
Hoary Redpoll (08.04)
Common Loon (13.04)
Great Horned Owl (13.04)
Belted Kingfisher (14.04)
Green-winged Teal (15.04)
Great Blue Heron (16.04)
Osprey (17.04)
Barred Owl (17.04)
American Bittern (18.04)
Brown Thrasher (22.04)
Double-crested Cormorant (06.05)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (06.05)
Least Flycatcher (06.05)
Great Crested Flycatcher (06.05)
House Wren (06.05)
Winter Wren (06.05)
Wood Thrush (06.05)
Black and White Warbler (06.05)
Nashville Warbler (06.05)
Black-throated Green Warbler (06.05)
Ovenbird (06.05)
Northern Waterthrush (06.05)
White-throated Sparrow (06.05)
Merlin (07.05)
Pine Warbler (07.05)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (07.05)
Tree Swallow (10.05)
Herring Gull(10.05)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (11.05)
White-crowned Sparrow (11.05)
Field Sparrow (12.05)
Broad-winged Hawk (12.05)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (12.05)
Cerulean Warbler (12.05)
American Redstart (12.05)
Red-eyed Vireo (12.05)
Yellow-throated Vireo (12.05)
Scarlet Tanager (12.05)
Baltimore Oriole (12.05)
Gray Catbird (13.05)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (13.05)
Yellow Warbler (14.05)
Eastern Meadowlark (14.05)
House Sparrow (14.05)
Caspian Tern (15.05)
Swamp Sparrow (15.05)
Common Yellowthoat (16.05)
Sandhill Crane (18.05)
Eastern Towhee (18.05)
Eastern Kingbird (18.05)
Red-headed Woodpecker (18.05)
Philadelphia Vireo (18.05)
Blue-winged Warbler (18.05)
Golden-winged Warbler (18.05)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (18.05)
Killdeer (18.05)
Magnolia Warbler (19.05)
Warbling Vireo (19.05)
Black-billed Cuckoo (21.05)
Indigo Bunting (21.05)
Eastern Bluebird (22.05)
Spotted Sandpiper (22.05)
Clay-colored Sparrow (29.05)
Canada Warbler (29.05)
Blackpoll Warbler (29.05)
Bay-breasted Warbler (29.05)
Savannah Sparrow (29.05)
Bobolink (29.05)
Mourning Warbler(29.05)
Upland Sandpiper (03.06)
Blue-winged Teal (03.06)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (03.06)
Black Tern (03.06)
Blackburnian Warbler (03.06)
American Avocet (12.06)
Blue-headed Vireo (14.06)
Alder Flycatcher (14.06)
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