Offer
Provide additional details about the offer you're running.
FLASHSALE
Search our blog
This week we’re featuring the stunning Rough Legged Hawk. While this bird spends most of its time in the arctic...
One of the earliest mating seasons of all the birds here in North America, these birds have already begun the process of selecting a mate. While many birds are polygamous in their mate selection from year-to-year, common ravens are typically monogamous in nature, often selecting a mate for life. For this reason, common ravens will not actually breed until they are between two and four years of age, making this whole process even more amazing to behold.
In addition to our chickadees, nuthatches and winter finches, owls are an absolute favourite of ours and many others. This is a great time of year to grab a friend or two, head out into the field and organize your own owl prowl and see what kind of species you can find here in the greater Ottawa area.
With well over 100 different New World species to choose from here in North America, there is no shortage of opportunities to interact with these fascinating birds and if you ask us, you’d be hard-pressed to find another group as interesting.
But what is it that makes these birds so special…so unique? Well, there’s plenty!
With this in mind, let’s break down some common warbler characteristics that make them so special to us here at Gilligallou.
After spending most of their time in Florida, the Caribbean and Central America during the winter months, they spread across the eastern United States and portions of Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and some of the Canadian Maritimes during their breeding season.
With a recent influx of these sightings here in our area, we thought it to be fitting to compile a quick list of what makes these colourful birds truly unique.
Officially the smallest woodpecker in North America, these pint-sized birds are easy to attract and wonderful to have around the yard during all seasons of the year. In fact, they are the most likely of the woodpecker species to visit your feeder given their strong population numbers across the country.
Let’s be honest; there is certainly a cohort of folks out there who likely believe that the American crow and the common raven are one and the same. While they do share a number of similarities, the reality is that these are two quite different species of birds and they are both incredibly common here […]
Once you know them, catching a glimpse of a northern flicker in flight is almost unmistakable. When flying away from you, these medium-sized woodpeckers produce a panache all their own with their easy-to-identify and completely customized markings. As we stated above, these birds belong in the woodpecker family but don’t always play the part like […]