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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!

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 […]  

Let’s be honest; there is certainly a cohort of folks out there who likely believe that the American crow and the common raven are one and the same. While they do share a number of similarities, the reality is that these are two quite different species of birds and they are both incredibly common here […]  

  Let’s say this; things are quite seasonal at the moment! As we round the corner into the mid-portion of the month of November, temperatures are consistently below the freezing mark, our summer birds are long gone and we already have a number of our winter birds here in the Ottawa area. With the transition […]