Gilligallou's Blog — Bird Behavior

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 […]