Gilligallou's Blog — ticks

While spring certainly brings us green grass, flowers and warmer weather, with that comes a variety of less-desirable critters.  Annoyances such as mosquitoes, black flies and ticks are back on our radar and in many cases are more plentiful this year as opposed to others. Milder winters and earlier spring seasons (was it that early??)bring […]  

With the increase in deer populations over the past few years, we have also seen a corresponding increase in tick populations here in Eastern Ontario and the rest of North America. A little known fact is that research has shown that ticks are now being mobilized with the help of birds, not only in rural […]