Gilligallou's Blog — winter birding

After a quick stroll outside, it is easy to determine that old man winter is very much on his way for most of us, including our feathered friends.  When the temperatures drop, our winter birds need to maintain a high level of calorie intake to aid them in building up the proper body heat they […]  

With the snowflakes beginning to fly (already!), we as birders are beginning to move quickly into cold-weather mode. Despite the fact that year-round residents or short-distance migrant birds are “built” for winter, mortality rates can climb among winter bird species when the temperatures drop considerably. Birders have long kept this thought in mind and over […]