Gilligallou's Blog — Bird watching

Image: Kaaren Perry Two years ago, the local birding community was in awe when a local birder spotted a severely misplaced bird not far from our flagship store in picturesque Pakenham, Ontario.  About a 15-minute drive from our Almonte location, local birder Ray Holland first spotted the bird in late November of 2015.  His original thought […]  

Developing at the end of the bird’s first winter season, the red iris is what gives this small songbird its name.  Although sometimes difficult to decipher unless you are intimately close to the bird, it is their song that has the ability of not only entrancing birders from all walks of life but also makes […]  

While the name might elicit stretches of white sand beaches, sunburnt tourists and palm trees, the fact remains that this unique warbler species is one of the northernmost breeding of all warbler species.  Only one other species of warbler nests further north than the palm and that is the blackpoll warbler who can be found […]  

Well, here we are nearing the middle of the summer months.  With enough rain to drown a beaver, wildlife is abundant and active as ever as there is plenty of natural food available! With numerous sightings of deer fawns, bears and a variety of other critters flowing in from folks who visit us in the […]