Gilligallou's Blog — Bird Behavior

As the days begin to get longer and the sun a little bit stronger, I begin to think of the migration of the ducks and geese coming back north. They are definitely on the move this month, and I love to take the time to watch as the rivers and lakes open to see who first will be flying in. Open water permitting you will see some of my favourite diving ducks like buffleheads, common mergansers, hooded mergansers, common goldeneye and the scaup family. These birds dive down to the fresh aqua plants for a food source and come back...

In addition to their calming song, these birds are often the topic of conversation either online or in our store. Given their unmistakable plumage during the summer months, birders of all walks of life will immediately notice their disappearance and come looking to us for the answers. It is here in which the answer to today’s question lies and what truly dictates just about everything this little bird does: food.

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.

If you live here in the Ottawa area, you have undoubtedly been touched in one way or another by the rash of extreme weather we experienced over the past week. Last weekend, Environment Canada confirmed that six different tornados touched down here in our fair city and the devastation was catastrophic in some cases. While […] The post How Extreme Weather Affects Our Birds and What We Can Do About It appeared first on The Gilligallou Bird Store | Eastern Ontario's Backyard Birding Specialty Store.