Gilligallou's Blog — birding events

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 […]  

It’s that time of year again and for many of us birders, we are looking forward to the possible return of some of our favourite finch species to the southern regions of Canada and specifically, Ontario. As consistent as the leaves changing each fall, Ron Pittaway releases his winter finch forecast each and every year […]  

This time of year can be bittersweet for many of us birders.  As our favourite back yard birds prepare for their long southward journey, we too prepare to say goodbye. As we are busy keeping our feeders and bird baths full, aiding our favourite species in their preparation for migration, this time of year is […]

Everybody loves a comeback, and for birders and wildlife conservationists, the return of a species in decline is cause for a celebration.  One such success story happened right here in eastern Ontario last month as a female Piping Plover successfully nested on the shores of Presqu’ile Provincial Park and has since hatched three young. Here […]