Well, here we are nearing the middle of the summer months.  With enough rain to drown a beaver, wildlife is abundant and active as ever as there is plenty of natural food available! With numerous sightings of deer fawns, bears and a variety of other critters flowing in from folks who visit us in the […]

It’s been about 10 years since the first documented case of trichomoniasis was recorded in Canada and officials in the eastern region of the country are saying the deadly infection is spreading rapidly. The infection initially affected pigeons, doves, and raptors exclusively but has since begun spreading into other species of passerines across North America.  […]

Life in the wild and the life many of us are accustomed to are two very different variations on living.  While we certainly need to take care of a number of things to survive each and every day of our lives, we have evolved in a way that allows us to live a much more […]

Image: jeffreyw, Flickr While we don’t traditionally enjoy talking about things that actually harm our birds, this particular subject was one we just couldn’t ignore.  From a scientific or biological viewpoint, the fact that researchers have found that praying mantid actually feed on small birds is just downright fascinating. While some data suggests this has been […]

Image:  Jim Bendon Flickr Music, a core human experience and an activity produced by humans dating way back to prehistoric human cultures.  The act of creating musical rhythmic beats with the help of percussive musical instruments such as wooden tools and drums has been a part of human nature for the tenure of our existence. Evolving […]

The colours of spring (now officially Summer) are vibrant and give us a renewed sense of being as we watch the ecosystem around us transform into lush vegetation and new life.  In addition to the green and myriad of colours found in wooded areas and our gardens, we are also treated to the spirited colouring […]

Those of you that know us are aware that we take habitat very seriously.  In terms of both destruction and creation, habitat is one of the biggest challenge our birds, and many other members of the animal kingdom face today. As bee populations across the globe decline at a rapid pace, scientists and researchers have […]

While we certainly do not like to discriminate against any bird species, there comes a time when watching your feed get devoured by flocks of hungry birds grows tiresome.  For those of us that enjoy sharing our seed with all the native and visiting bird species to us here in Ottawa, sometimes we just need […]