Gilligallou's Blog — Waterfowl

As the days begin to get longer and the sun a little bit stronger, I begin to think of the migration of the ducks and geese coming back north. They are definitely on the move this month, and I love to take the time to watch as the rivers and lakes open to see who first will be flying in. Open water permitting you will see some of my favourite diving ducks like buffleheads, common mergansers, hooded mergansers, common goldeneye and the scaup family. These birds dive down to the fresh aqua plants for a food source and come back...

It’s a magical time of year out there, birders.  As the temperatures continue to rise, we are again treated to snow and ice melt as well as some new arrivals from the skies. There have been some early reports of robins, red-winged blackbirds and many other of our spring and summer residents already this month […]