Just as any species on our beautiful earth, birds of all kinds range in many different sizes, are accustomed to eating different foods and partaking in different levels of activities in their daily lives. While to an untrained eye, a bird could look obese or ‘fat’, for most wild bird species, this is not the […]

To most of us here in the great white north, the summer heat is something we long for during our long, cold winters. As we head into the middle of July, the outdoor temperatures are sizzling, to say the least. As we hear warnings through television and media outlets of the affects of heat on […]

As with most members of the animal kingdom, our human curiosity peaks with regards to average lifespan of the living creatures we share our planet with. While most of us know that animals like our household dogs typically live between 8-15 years, depending on the breed or that some tortoises have reached beyond the age […]

The return of warm weather means birds, bugs, and other animals are searching out places to nest and raise their young. To them, your chimney is an attractive home. Birds, especially swifts, starlings, swallows, and even some ducks, commonly build nests inside chimneys. Birds that have mistakenly ended up in your fireplace or chimney can […]

Although, we have the best technology and the best technological advances in forecasting weather, a recent study has suggested that small songbirds are giving meteorologists a run for their money. The golden winged warbler has recently become well known in the world of weather predictions. This North American bird species only weighs as much as […]

Travelling in large flocks, these large sized birds with appetites to match can sometimes prove to be a worthy (and unbeatable) adversary to you and your backyard birds. Often thought of as bullies, these birds are not always a top choice as visitors to our feeders, and can clean up a pile of seed very […]

  Many of us at one point or another have likely heard the unwanted sound of one of our backyard birds hitting one of our windows on our home. While these collisions are not always fatal, many are and the others typically will endure pretty traumatic injuries after an unintended crash. There are three main […]

Bald Eagles are a majestic sight to behold and obviously carry a large amount of symbolism to our neighbours to the south. Despite their name, these eagles are not actually bald, but bear a resemblance to a bald head with their snow-white coloured head placed atop their chocolate coloured brown body and wings. After spotting […]