Gilligallou's Blog — bird identification

Produced by the professionals at Wildlife Acoustics and world-renowned bird expert and illustrator David Sibley comes a revolutionary birding tool known as Song Sleuth. Much as the name suggests, this innovative new product has the ability to identify bird species using user-generated recordings of their songs.  As users record bird songs, the program will instantly […]  

Commonly referred to as the winter sparrow, the American Sparrow is a fixture to many winter bird feeders here in the greater Ottawa area consistently year over year.  These small sparrows, despite their name, are not particularly associated with trees as their traditional nesting sites are often found in the northern tundra, known for its […]

A rather rare sighting in our neck of the woods, the tufted titmouse has been spotted on a few separate occasions here in the greater Ottawa area.  Last week, numerous sightings were recorded and submitted to eBird from the Fitzroy Provincial Park area along the Ottawa River as well as a few sightings across the […]  

It’s a lovely time of year.  In addition to the wonderful white landscape and all the outdoor activities that come with it, it’s also about the time that our winter birds head to our region for a brief period of time. While Ron Pittaway is predicting a lower than usual number of finches in our […]