bird identification
Fall Spotlight – The Evening Grosbeak
Adding a splash of colour to your bird feeders over the fall and winter months is a welcome treat. While...
Adding a splash of colour to your bird feeders over the fall and winter months is a welcome treat. While...
First established in the United Kingdom, a fatal parasitic disease known as trichomonosis made landfall on Canada’s shores back in...
Five years ago we set out to revolutionize the way everyday folks cared for the local population of birds. As...
As September draws to a close in Ottawa, birdwatchers are treated to the bustling activity of fall migration. Cardinals gather...
It was the January/February issue of Canadian Geographic Magazine in which Editor Aaron Kylie pointed out that our beautiful country...
This time of year can be bittersweet for many of us birders. As our favourite back yard birds prepare for...
As we are only a couple of weeks ahead of the official start of autumn, some of our local birds...
It’s a busy time of year for our back yard birds as well all begin to gear up for the...
As we wind out the summer, chances of spotting many warblers are growing smaller by the day as many of...
Acting on behalf of Canada, Great Britain implemented the convention for the protection of migratory birds in tandem with the...
With the primary focus of keeping bison fenced in, the Old Man on His Back conservation site is home to...
Twelve years ago Doug Snedden founded the Mississippi Cleanup Project (MCP) right here in Mississippi Mills. With the focus of...
Technology. It’s changing our lives and changing the environments and wild animals and places that surround us. In a recent...
As avid birders, nothing is more pleasing to our eyes than seeing our feeder(s) full of a variety of bird...
Justine Kummer, a University of Alberta researcher recently released a new study on how we can best avoid bird-window collisions,...
As we head into the mid-section of the month of August, many of our backyard birds are busy either departing...
Relatively easy to locate by listening for their telltale sound of their beak working its way through the bark on...
We spent a good 20 or some odd years ‘incubating’ the idea of the Gilligallou Bird Store before it finally...
Despite their relatively tiny appearance, brown creepers can often be found on some of the largest trees in the woods. ...
When it comes to visually identifying birds at your backyard feeders you’ve got it mastered, right? Even if something out...
As the nesting season is winding down, those of us lucky enough to witness, at least some of the process,...
It’s in our nature. To improve, test our limits and grow each and every day. For many of us, we...
Everybody loves a comeback, and for birders and wildlife conservationists, the return of a species in decline is cause for...
Now that July is upon us, the hazy days of summer are here and for some of us, that means...
In addition to their striking orange plumage, their mesmerizing whistling sound is why many of us love the sight or...