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Birds To Spot in April
Spring is in the air, and so are the migrating birds! Learn about our favourite birds to spot in April...
Bird Behavior
Spring Migration of Ducks
As the days begin to get longer and the sun a little bit stronger, I begin to think of the...
Fall Birding
Four Factors That Affect Fall Migration
Keeping your feeders filled and ensuring that our birds have reliable water sources are key during this pivotal season as...
Bird Behavior
5 Interesting Facts About the Indigo Bunting
After spending most of their time in Florida, the Caribbean and Central America during the winter months, they spread across...
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 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
An Introduction to Urban Birding
Spring is upon us and it has been absolutely stunning from both a birding perspective and of recently, from a...
bird identification
How to Identify Hawks and Other Raptors This Spring
While it might be hard to believe, we are heading into the last week of February very shortly. For those...
Bird Behavior
Making the Transition from Fall to Winter Birding
While the early fall here in the Ottawa area was quite tumultuous when it came to weather, things have seemed...
Bird Behavior
3 Ways Birds Physically Prepare for Fall Migration
Well, it is no secret that we here in the greater Ottawa area have been spoiled weather-wise this season. With...
Bird Protection
How Storms and Weather Have Affected Fall Migration
If you’ve been living on this continent for at least the last two months, it is no secret that the...
bird identification
Tips for Grouping Fall Warblers to Make Identification Easier
Just the same as the leaves way up high in our trees are transitioning into their fall foliage, the same...
Bird Behavior
Study Reveals That Some Seafaring Birds Use Their Sense of Smell to Navigate During Migration
Much has been written and studied regarding the world’s bird populations in an effort to identify how and why birds...
Bird Behavior
Late Summer Spotlight – The Northern Waterthrush
Small yet vocally proficient, the northern waterthrush is a unique and interesting bird to observe. Favouring dense cover, these birds...
Bird Behavior
The Gilligallou Mid-Summer Round Up
Well, here we are nearing the middle of the summer months. With enough rain to drown a beaver, wildlife is...
Bird Behavior
When Birds Choose to Conserve Energy Rather Than Expend It
Life in the wild and the life many of us are accustomed to are two very different variations on living. ...
American Goldfinch
Where Do All the American Goldfinch Go?
The colours of spring (now officially Summer) are vibrant and give us a renewed sense of being as we watch...
Bird Behavior
How Climate Change is Threatening Some of Our Favourite Spring Birds here in Canada
Image: Scarlet Tanager via Flickr One of the first signs of spring to many of us is the calming chorus...
bird identification
Spring Spotlight – The Northern Parula
With such an exotic sounding name, many would expect this bird to be of Latin descent, hailing from the warm...
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The Hummingbirds Are Here!
In addition to some leftover April showers, the month of May is looking to promise to bring us something else...
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3 Ways Your Backyard Birds Are Trying to Attract a Mate This Spring
Love is certainly in the air this time of the year for our backyard birds. As more and more...
bird identification
How to Spot a Fox Sparrow This Spring
A hearty sparrow that calls the northern portion of much of Canada and most of British Columbia home for the...
Bird Protection
Quebec Research Team Gets $60K in Funding for Rusty Blackbird Research
In the fall of 2015, we wrote a piece about the challenges facing what should be (and once was) one...