Gilligallou's Blog — winter birding

Rendered safely and made from a number of healthy ingredients, our suet options are seemingly endless and so is the enjoyment they offer any bird watching enthusiast. With temperatures below the freezing mark, it is no secret that our small songbirds, woodpeckers, blue jays and the like are in need of reliable food sources. As Bob always says, “birds eat to create heat!”

In tandem with this year’s annual finch forecast, we thought it would be timely to touch on a few helpful hints and tips that can prepare your yard for a possible visit from a finch or two. There is definitely a lot that goes into our chances of spotting house finches, purple finches, redpolls and the like. Let’s break down this year’s potential as well as what you can do to increase your chances of spotting these wonderful birds of winter.

With a little over a week until the official start to the fall season, it is a wonderful time of year to get outdoors, clean up the yard and keep those feeders filled. When it comes to fall and winter birding, there is perhaps one species that gets more attention than most (heck, it’s in our logo!) and that bird is the Northern Cardinal.

  Let’s say this; things are quite seasonal at the moment! As we round the corner into the mid-portion of the month of November, temperatures are consistently below the freezing mark, our summer birds are long gone and we already have a number of our winter birds here in the Ottawa area. With the transition […]