Gilligallou's Blog

As the snow continues to melt away, many of us are scratching our outdoor itch, eyeing out backyard spaces and gardens, ready to tackle spring maintenance and clean up ahead of what looks to be some consistently warmer weather. With our birds in mind, we wanted to touch on a few items that should be added (and checked off) you spring backyard list.

With spring on top of mind for everyone here in North America, many of us are switching gears and beginning to think about our spring gardening and the importance of keeping that growth healthy and sustainable. Unless this is your first experience with us here at the Gilligallou Bird, you are already well aware of how seriously we take native plants and grasses and we continue to push that narrative out into the mainstream.

To begin slightly off-topic, this week’s video and blog was brought to you entirely from our Facebook Group. We opened the group a few years ago now and today it serves as a place for birders from across North America to congregate, share pictures, ask questions or simply share their favourite joke of the moment. If you haven’t joined us already, we invite you to join us in the Friends of Gilligallou on Facebook and share your birding story.  As we stated above, this blog and the video below were derived from a question that spurred a conversation in the group about...

We always take the opportunity this time of year to highlight a few of our favourite visitors, where to find them and how to best identify them. This week, we want to take a closer look at the golden-crowned kinglet; a truly unique bird to behold and observe should you be offered the chance.