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Getting Kids Into Birding During School Closure
Finding yourself at home with the kids can be difficult especially when figuring out how to keep them busy. Given...
Finding yourself at home with the kids can be difficult especially when figuring out how to keep them busy. Given...
Without a terrible amount of snow on the ground and temperatures that are still quite bearable, now is a great...
Let’s say this; things are quite seasonal at the moment! As we round the corner into the mid-portion of...
There is nothing more unmistakable than the sighting or sounds of one of our native owls here in the Ottawa...
For those that keep up with us from week-to-week, you already know we have been lucky enough to have some...
Small in size, well-traveled and oddly fierce, the house wren is a regular fixture to the birding world here in...
With the spring season officially upon us, the birding community is (naturally) abuzz with excitement. Across our social media channels...
With one of the largest ranges of any songbird here in North America, the house wren marks its territory from...
Depending on what kind of wood duck box you have acquired or built, they are usually built using one type...
Walk into either of our stores and in addition to a plethora of the very best in bird seed and...
Yes, that’s right. It isn’t even Christmas yet and we are already talking about spring preparations! As most of us...
As the nesting season is winding down, those of us lucky enough to witness, at least some of the process,...
Let’s face it, when it comes to ducks, there are not many that can match the unique colouring and display...
While we certainly have an affinity for all of our feathered friends, there is something admittedly special about bluebirds, or...
It certainly seems like more and more folks are getting into wood duck placement, at least out here in our...
Despite the migration being a little ahead of schedule, we are still awaiting a large portion of returning migrants to...
It’s an exciting time, and despite the inconsistent weather we have been experiencing here in eastern Ontario, spring migration is...
Spring is in the air, keep an eye out for these tell-tale signs of courtship in your new avian arrivals....
The colourful wood duck is a beautiful sight to see, especially considering not too long ago these ducks were on...
Spring marks many things on the bird watchers calendar; the return of our migrant birds along with the courting, breeding...
Much like anything that brings us a great deal of joy, some of us can easily overdo it when it...
With the snowflakes beginning to fly (already!), we as birders are beginning to move quickly into cold-weather mode. Despite the...
Just as we mentioned in our earlier post on how to properly clean out your bird houses this time of...
An important activity, but one that often gets forgotten is the proper maintenance and cleaning of your backyard bird houses....
Usually a matter of preference, we often get asked the question; “should we be taking down our bird houses once...