bird feeding
Hot Pepper Bird Seed and its Negative Effects
No matter where you live, the battle between birder and squirrel has been brewing since the advent of backyard bird...
bird identification
Raven or Crow? Here’s How to Know
Let’s be honest; there is certainly a cohort of folks out there who likely believe that the American crow and...
Bird Baths
Getting Ready for Winter: Nesting Box and Bird Bath Maintenance
Let’s say this; things are quite seasonal at the moment! As we round the corner into the mid-portion of...
Bird Protection
A Brief History of the Evening Grosbeak
As we settle into the month of November and temperatures continue to decline into a more wintery range, we are...
Bird Protection
Prevent Window Strikes This Fall
If you’ve been paying any attention to us this fall, you are more than aware that we are dialed in...
bird feeding
What to Feed Winter Finches
While many of us look forward to the spring months when our summer birds return from their tropical locales, this...
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Fall Spotlight – The Pine Siskin
Keeping with our October focus on finch species, this week we’ll be talking about the often-gregarious pine siskin. Usually traveling...
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Fall Spotlight: The Common Redpoll
For those of us residing here in the Ottawa area, fall is certainly upon us, despite the last efforts of...
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The 2018-19 Winter Finch Forecast
As we creep our way into October, any avid birder can tell you that nothing excites us quite as much...
Bird Behavior
How Extreme Weather Affects Our Birds and What We Can Do About It
If you live here in the Ottawa area, you have undoubtedly been touched in one way or another by the...
bird identification
Tips for Identifying Northern Flickers
Once you know them, catching a glimpse of a northern flicker in flight is almost unmistakable. When flying away from...
Bird Habitat
How to Install a Barred Owl Nesting Box
There is nothing more unmistakable than the sighting or sounds of one of our native owls here in the Ottawa...
Bird Watching Trips
A Visit to Morris Island Conservation Area
As many of you know, we specialize in backyard birding and the entire experience through wellness it can provide each...
bird feeding
How to Choose the Right Bird Feeder
One of the largest cohorts of birders we proudly service in our store is those that have recently decided to...
Bird Behavior
Late Summer Hummingbird Check In
If you are anything like us, you are likely surprised by each and every time you have a glance at...
Bird watching
Preparing for Fall Migration
We know many of you read that title thinking that we might be getting a wee bit ahead of ourselves...
bird feeding
Summer Spotlight: The American Goldfinch
From the perspective of striking plumage, not much can compare to the colourful enjoyment that is an encounter with an...
Bird Habitat
A Trip to the Historic Mill of Kintail
Nearly seven years ago we “built our nest” in beautiful Almonte, Ontario – town with a rich history of former...
bird feeding
How to Choose the Right Bird Seed
Birding or bird watching – it’s good for the soul. With millions of birders here in North America alone, it...
Bird Habitat
Why Native Grasses and Gardens Matter
If you stop and take a look around at the splendor that is Mother Nature, you can quickly become humbled...
Bird Nests
House Wren Fledgling Fun
For those that keep up with us from week-to-week, you already know we have been lucky enough to have some...
bird identification
The Peculiar Ways of the House Wren
Small in size, well-traveled and oddly fierce, the house wren is a regular fixture to the birding world here in...
Bird Protection
Summer Hummingbirds: Feeders & Maintenance
Here in the Northern Hemisphere, today marks the first day of summer for the 2018 season. As such, we wanted...
Bird watching
Birders on Bikes 2018
With June upon us once again, it is officially Mississippi Mills Bike Month here in the Almonte area. As avid...
Bird Photography
Position, Focus and Other Bird Watching Photography Tips
As part of our series with our good friend and all-around awesome photographer Justine McNeely, we were once again able...