Gilligallou's Blog — Bird Counts

Well, another Great Backyard Bird Count has come and gone and the 2017 installment was more successful than ever.  Shattering records, this year’s count was the biggest count on record, as birders submitted more checklists and counted more species than ever before recorded in the 20-year history of the count. Getting its start in the […]  

It’s that very special time of the year again, and while we are all undoubtedly feeling the love today, make sure you do the same for our beloved birds this coming weekend. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) officially kicks off this Friday, February 17th and runs until Monday, February 20th […]  

Administered by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Feederwatch is celebrating its 30th anniversary after being launched right here in Ontario back in the mid-1970’s.  With an original enrollment of just 4,000 people across North America, today’s project is operational across the United States and Canada with an estimated 20,000 participants. What is Project Feederwatch? Operating […]

Well it is that time of year again; hot cocoa, shopping, warm jackets, jingle bells and bird counts.  Each and every year for the last 117 years, the National Audubon Society holds its annual citizen-driven Christmas Bird Counts in the weeks leading up to Christmas and into the month of January. Kicked off back in […]