The Owen Sound Field Naturalists welcome you to submit observations on birds - local sightings, questions, comments and tips on bird identification. The Bruce Birding Club’s bimonthly trip sightings will posted here. Please direct contributions to birding@owensoundfieldnaturalists.ca. OSFN’s area of interest extends from Collingwood up to the tip of the Bruce Peninsula and south to Grand Bend. Postings and comments will be made on an ongoing basis.

The species of the day was definitely the numerous Lapland Longspurs that were found on …    | Read the full article ››

In the frozen rivers and water front of the Bruce, we managed to find 11 species of waterfowl today, thanks to   | Read the full article ››

The Bruce birding Club went out today focussing on winter time Snowy Owls and Raptors and had some pleasant additional surprises.     | Read the full article ››

The focus of the outing was on waterfowl.     | Read the full article ››

A late migrating Northern Parula Warbler was active    | Read the full article ››

You couldn’t have asked for a more spectacular day for the “Birding the Bay” of Owen Sound with Peter Middleton leading.  The bay was like glass and the light was perfect for observation. Most of the species seen were close in and gave excellent looks.   | Read the full article ››

The birding club focussed on the Thornbury to Collingwood area.

Locations visited: Thornbury Harbour, Glendenan Dam - Thornbury, Craigleith Provincial Park, Princeton Shores, Collingwood Harbour, Strongville Road.   | Read the full article ››

A pair of Tufted Mouse were seen on  October 29 near the vicinity of 4th Street West on private property at a feeder.

Greater White-Fronted and Cackling Geese have been reported daily on the south shore of Owen Sound’s Bay.  They can be generally be seen at Painter’s Bay or at Leith.  The best time to look for them is mid day.