This is a question we have faced in person in both of our Ottawa stores and online via our website, Facebook and Instagram profiles.  With winter officially arriving today, many are wondering where the throngs of birds we are accustomed to seeing at our feeders have disappeared to. While this statement might not apply to […]

Well, here we are.  A mere ten days ahead of Christmas and by all accounts, it certainly looks as if it is going to be a white (and cold) one. As many of us take to the brick and mortar and online stores to peruse for the very best in gifts for those we love […]

Each year that goes by we seem to experience more change in all areas of life and the birding world is no different .  With some of my recent speaking engagements I refer to it as the runway effect; where everything runs along fairly consistently, gaining momentum, then all of a sudden, lift off and […]

As (most) of our migrants have left us for the year, the shift has been steadily moving towards winter birding for us here in the Ottawa area. As temperatures continue to swing up and down and more snow starts to accumulate, we are fixated on the possibility of spotting some of our favourite birds of […]

For us and many of our valued customers, the true start to winter and suet season is when our good friend Dave Card drops off the first load of Fat Heads to our stores. These hand-crafted reclaimed wood creations are designed exclusively by Mr. Card not too far from our store in Almonte. Each Fat […]

While the early fall here in the Ottawa area was quite tumultuous when it came to weather, things have seemed to have calmed down quite a bit over the past couple of weeks. Entering into a more “seasonal” temperature bracket, our migrating birds have left us and we have been treated to additional sightings to […]

Each year, for many , many years Ron Pittaway has studied and produced the winter Finch forecast, the basis of his forecast is the boreal forest cone crops, as you will see here this year is a bumper crop. We all have noticed changes at our feeders this fall, the weather has played a roll for […]

Life in the wild and the life many of us are accustomed to are two very different variations on living.  While we certainly need to take care of a number of things to survive each and every day of our lives, we have evolved in a way that allows us to live a much more […]