06/01/2026
Amazing camouflage on rocky beaches — the Piping Plover! Durham County, Ontario. 31 May 2026.
Eastern Ontario Birding
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Guided birding tours throughout eastern Ontario, lead by Jon Ruddy Welcome to Eastern Ontario Birding! I specialize in birding tours throughout eastern Ontario.
My name is Jon, and I am an Ottawa-based professional birding guide and Kowa Sporting Optics brand ambassador. The year 2022 marks my seventh year as a professional bird guide, and I continue to fall more in love with birds by the day. A little bit about me: I am a real Bird Nerd at heart and enjoy reading older texts in search of fascinating tidbits about bird behaviour, migration, breeding biolo
06/01/2026
05/31/2026
We had the amazing opportunity of viewing a large flock of Black Terns foraging on recently emerged damselflies! The high wind was thrusting the damsels off the vegetation and into the hungry mouths of the terns. The ebb and flow and intricacy of the natural world!
05/28/2026
Last week we happened upon a rare weather phenomenon while touring in Traverse Woods, at Prince Edward Point NWA. A circumhorizontal arc! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumhorizontal_arc
05/26/2026
“Five Minute Wonder”
You just never know what you may see…
Upon arriving at a lagoon, we parked our cars and shared the parking space with…a breeding plumage American Golden-Plover!! A very rare sighting in spring in far-eastern Ontario. A delight to see.
Alfred, Ontario
26 May 2026
05/26/2026
Sunrise in Alfred, Ontario
Another day enjoying the birds with birding friends new and old. Still plenty left in the migration pipeline! Shorebirds, late season songbirds, rarities…
05/22/2026
What a treat it was to observe this breeding plumage Red Knot at Presqu’ile Provincial Park late this afternoon!
05/16/2026
We recently enjoyed an amazing view of a Red-headed Woodpecker at Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area. A beautiful bird!
05/12/2026
Rare Bird Alert:
I love finding, at certain times of the year common and expected, but, by the date, now rare, birds! A Cackling Goose — an expected March and April bird in southern Ontario — but, by May, during the Festival of Birds — ha! Good luck with that. Dare to Dream.
Well, I dream…
And my dream came true!
It had been 18 years (per eBird data) since a Cackler had been found during the Festival of Birds in the Point Pelee region. It was a pleasure to view one, especially the circumstance of watching three geese fly in from the lake, and one of them being so, so small…
Cackling Goose in the Hillman Marsh Area, May 11, 2026. 😍😍😍😍
05/12/2026
In early morning light, the continuing rarity, the Black-headed Gull, flew in with Bonaparte’s Gulls and landed close to shore. What a treat to view!
Hillman Marsh CA, May 11, 2026.
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