
Bird Behavior
How Flooding Affects Our Birds
While many local residents are still rebuilding and re-calibrating after this month’s historic flooding here in the Ottawa area, much...
While many local residents are still rebuilding and re-calibrating after this month’s historic flooding here in the Ottawa area, much...
In addition to some leftover April showers, the month of May is looking to promise to bring us something else...
Love is certainly in the air this time of the year for our backyard birds. As more and more...
A hearty sparrow that calls the northern portion of much of Canada and most of British Columbia home for the...
Image: Flikr Small, nimble and fast are some of the words we often use to describe our cute little hummingbirds...
Spring is a magical time of year here in the Ottawa area as our landscape begins to transform into the...
The consistent hum of a ruby-throated hummingbird for most of us is a sure sign of warm weather and the...
Despite a little hiccup last week, we are very much moving toward spring. With April on the very near horizon,...
With the 2017 spring season officially underway, we figured it to be best to feature one of our favourite spring...
As we round out what we certainly hope will be this winter’s last cold snap of winter weather, many of...
We love talking habitat and with good reason! As humans, we inevitably have left and will continue to leave a...
One of the most archetypal signs of spring is the sighting of the American Robin, at least to many of...
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...
A common misinterpretation among birders and other nature lovers is that the female of the species is the sole care-taker...
Wait. What? That’s right, we’ve blinked and suddenly we are approaching midway through the month of June. The excitement of...
At this point most of the 700-or-so species of birds here in North America have built their nests, found a...
At this time of year, many of our backyard birds have been paired up, built their nests and are likely...
Since we are about midway through the month of May, a topic of interest among birders right now is the...
While we certainly have an affinity for all of our feathered friends, there is something admittedly special about bluebirds, or...
While spring certainly brings us green grass, flowers and warmer weather, with that comes a variety of less-desirable critters. Annoyances...
As swifts continue to head our way for the spring and summer months, now is as great a time as...
There has been a lot of talk lately about hummingbirds as many customers, friends and family have been asking us...
While we look forward to the return of all of our migrants, hummingbirds definitely hold a special place in every...
Well now is as good a time as ever to spot nests already built or to keep an eye out...