It would not be May in the Kawarthas without an abundance of photos of trilliums, loons, and herons — along with a few sunsets, sunrises, and coffee on the dock!
If you can survive the black flies of May (we did), then you are golden to get a good shot. Thanks again to all of our local photographers who bear all the little beasties to share these beautiful captures with us.
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We share photos from across our readership area, which is the five-county area surrounding Peterborough which includes Peterborough, Northumberland, City of Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Hastings (we sneak in the occasional Algonquin Park picture as well, particularly if it’s by a Kawarthas photographer).
To see our daily shares of photos, follow us on Instagram @kawarthanow and check out our feed’s highlight reels for recaps of every month in 2023.
#1. Yellow trillium at sunset at Millbrook Valley Trails by Kirk Hillsley @kirkhillsley
Posted May 12, 2023
#2. Common loon in Kawartha Lakes by Matt Parish @_mattparish
Posted May 9, 2023
#3. Great blue heron in Kawartha Lakes by Keith McGarrity @keithmcgarrity
Posted May 19, 2023
#4. Sun-kissed trees on Lower Buckhorn Lake by Memtyme @memtyme
Posted May 30, 2023
#5. Sunrise over Little Lake at the Peterborough Marina by Brian Parypa @bparypa73
Posted May 16, 2023
#6. Sunset at Eels Creek at Northey’s Bay Road in North Kawartha Township by Shirlanne Pawley-Boyd @gardengirl440
Posted May 18, 2023
#7. White trilliums at Millbrook Valley Trails by Kirk Hillsley @kirkhillsley
Posted May 17, 2023
#8. Common loon in Kawartha Lakes by Matt Parish @_mattparish
Posted May 20, 2023
#9. Sunrise over Chemong Lake in Bridgenorth by Erin Shannon @kawartha_girl
Posted May 27, 2023
