Gilligallou's Blog — Eating Habits

Each season of the year has its own unique draws for most of us in the birding world. While we all enjoy the spoils of birding year-round, spring, summer, fall and winter each have their own perks. In the spring, the colourful plumage and breeding rituals captivate us, the summer’s hummers keep us busy, fall […]  

Combining eggshells with your traditional bird feeding methods is a simple and economical solution for adding to the health of your backyard birds.  Utilizing eggshells from our own homes, and preparing and setting them out for our birds is a healthy practice for both your native birds and our environment.  As you will read below, […]  

The answer is yes, but only a few species take part in what is known as “caching”.  Caching is the activity of collecting and hiding food to be eaten at a later time by birds.  Although this activity is obviously very prevalent during the fall and winter, most birds that do store food, tend to […]