Gilligallou's Blog — Bird Protection

Discover expert tips on attracting and caring for birds in your backyard with Bob and Louise from Gilligallou Bird. Learn about the benefits, best practices, and how to create a bird-friendly environment. Perfect for bird enthusiasts and beginners alike!

Earlier this month, the great city of New York proposed ground-breaking legislation that would change the way we build our buildings but also how we protect our beloved birds. On December 10, 2019, the New York City Council approved Proposed Initiative 1482B – which to date, serves as the most broad-reaching bird-friendly building policy in North America.

Aside from placing window decals to prevent bird strikes, as an example, properly cleaning bird feeders is another way to easily protect our backyard birds. As one can imagine, feeders left outdoors are subject to the harsh elements such as rain, cold, wind, snow and a variety of other conditions. Just the same as we clean our dishes ahead of our next meal, we must take similar precautions with our bird feeders. While every feeder is different in design, each requires cleaning, although some more than others

No matter where you live, the battle between birder and squirrel has been brewing since the advent of backyard bird feeders. While there is certainly a large cohort of birders that welcome our bushy-tailed friends to their seed and feeders, there are definitely those that do not. A quick search on Google about ways to […]