The animal kingdom is a wild place, filled with both predators and prey all working in the balance of a complete ecosystem.  As humans, the way we behave, distort and play with these types of ecosystems can have very big effects on the animals that inhabit them. As we drill it down to our feathered […]

While we certainly do not like to discriminate against any bird species, there comes a time when watching your feed get devoured by flocks of hungry birds grows tiresome.  For those of us that enjoy sharing our seed with all the native and visiting bird species to us here in Ottawa, sometimes we just need […]

Well, June has seemingly snuck up on us and after a tumultuous spring season, we are ready to take on all that this summer has to offer.  With the forecast full of more sunny days, some warmer weather and all the associated bird sightings that come with it, we are ready to get the summer […]

  Well, warbler season is here, folks as most of our busy little birds have arrived in the greater Ottawa area for the spring and summer season.  As the nesting season continues for some, it is ending for many others whose nests might still be full of chicks or just recently rid of them. None […]

Image: Scarlet Tanager via Flickr One of the first signs of spring to many of us is the calming chorus of songbirds belting out their familiar tunes from the treetops above. But what if suddenly some of those songs disappeared? According to a recent study by researchers from the Department of Ocean Sciences at Memorial […]

Just the same as it is often demonstrated in the human world, a recent study published by UC Berkley found strong conscientiousness among birds and other critters in the animal kingdom.  Characteristics such as cleanliness, pride in appearance and friendliness are undoubtedly admiral traits to find in any good friend or accomplice and apparently the […]

With such an exotic sounding name, many would expect this bird to be of Latin descent, hailing from the warm tropics of central or south America. While it does make its winter home throughout the Caribbean and parts of Mexico and Central America, this small warbler is anything but exotic in our neck of the […]

For some of us, the battle carries on from season to season as we work diligently in an attempt to deter squirrels and the like from invading our bird seed located in and around our feeders.  While to some birders, squirrels and other mammals are a welcome sight, and as a natural part of nature, […]