
Spring Spotlight – The Golden-Crowned Kinglet
We always take the opportunity this time of year to highlight a few of our favourite visitors, where to find...
We always take the opportunity this time of year to highlight a few of our favourite visitors, where to find...
Well, spring is officially upon us, there are more and more birds singing out there and we have reports of starlings, robins...
One of the most fulfilling parts about being able to do what we do not only at store but on...
For most of you, this isn’t the first time you have heard us talk about the importance of native gardening in your...
We realize we keep telling everyone that spring is on the way, all the while, Mother Nature seemingly has other plans. While...
While we certainly love the winter months and the birding opportunities it presents (hello, finches!), at Gilligallou, we are always instituting...
Over the past few years, we have been increasingly made aware of the threats that invasive species of plants, animals...
Officially the smallest woodpecker in North America, these pint-sized birds are easy to attract and wonderful to have around the...
If you’ve spent any time at all paying attention to hollowed-out tree trunks, seemingly unstoppable hammering or the activity...
We began talking about the always-striking pileated woodpecker and in this instalment, will chat about what kind of food you...
Unmistakable in many ways and easily one of our favourite suet visitors is the pileated woodpecker. Unmistakable in size, shape,...
If you know us at all or have watched or read any of our content on our website or YouTube...
As if passing us by in the blink of an eye, we are rounding the corner into Christmas and eventually,...
One of our favourite winter birds, an unknown truth to many is that these birds actually come in a variety...
In somewhat of a follow-up to last week’s wildly popular topic, we thought we would, once again, touch on...
No matter where you live, the battle between birder and squirrel has been brewing since the advent of backyard bird...
Let’s be honest; there is certainly a cohort of folks out there who likely believe that the American crow and...
Let’s say this; things are quite seasonal at the moment! As we round the corner into the mid-portion of...
As we settle into the month of November and temperatures continue to decline into a more wintery range, we are...
If you’ve been paying any attention to us this fall, you are more than aware that we are dialed in...
While many of us look forward to the spring months when our summer birds return from their tropical locales, this...
Keeping with our October focus on finch species, this week we’ll be talking about the often-gregarious pine siskin. Usually traveling...
For those of us residing here in the Ottawa area, fall is certainly upon us, despite the last efforts of...
As we creep our way into October, any avid birder can tell you that nothing excites us quite as much...
If you live here in the Ottawa area, you have undoubtedly been touched in one way or another by the...