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...
Spring Spotlight: The Eastern Meadowlark
Well, spring is officially upon us, there are more and more birds singing out there and we have reports of starlings, robins...
Changing Your Perception of Traditional Gardening Part Two – With the Wild Yam!
One of the most fulfilling parts about being able to do what we do not only at store but on...
Three Reasons to Change Your Perception on Traditional Gardening
For most of you, this isn’t the first time you have heard us talk about the importance of native gardening in your...
Spring Preview – What’s to Come in March
We realize we keep telling everyone that spring is on the way, all the while, Mother Nature seemingly has other plans. While...
Tune Up Your Ears for Spring Birding
While we certainly love the winter months and the birding opportunities it presents (hello, finches!), at Gilligallou, we are always instituting...
Environment
Wild Parsnip and How to Safely Eradicate It Without Herbicides
Over the past few years, we have been increasingly made aware of the threats that invasive species of plants, animals...
bird identification
Winter Spotlight – The Downy Woodpecker
Officially the smallest woodpecker in North America, these pint-sized birds are easy to attract and wonderful to have around the...
Some of Ontario’s Rare Woodpecker Species
If you’ve spent any time at all paying attention to hollowed-out tree trunks, seemingly unstoppable hammering or the activity...
What to Feed Woodpeckers During the Winter
We began talking about the always-striking pileated woodpecker and in this instalment, will chat about what kind of food you...
Winter Spotlight – The Pileated Woodpecker
Unmistakable in many ways and easily one of our favourite suet visitors is the pileated woodpecker. Unmistakable in size, shape,...
Protecting Habitat Through Responsible Logging
If you know us at all or have watched or read any of our content on our website or YouTube...
A Merry Christmas and Reflection of 2018
As if passing us by in the blink of an eye, we are rounding the corner into Christmas and eventually,...
The Different Variations of Dark-Eyed Juncos
One of our favourite winter birds, an unknown truth to many is that these birds actually come in a variety...
The Safest and Most Effective Squirrel Solutions
In somewhat of a follow-up to last week’s wildly popular topic, we thought we would, once again, touch on...
bird feeding
Hot Pepper Bird Seed and its Negative Effects
No matter where you live, the battle between birder and squirrel has been brewing since the advent of backyard bird...
bird identification
Raven or Crow? Here’s How to Know
Let’s be honest; there is certainly a cohort of folks out there who likely believe that the American crow and...
Bird Baths
Getting Ready for Winter: Nesting Box and Bird Bath Maintenance
Let’s say this; things are quite seasonal at the moment! As we round the corner into the mid-portion of...
Bird Protection
A Brief History of the Evening Grosbeak
As we settle into the month of November and temperatures continue to decline into a more wintery range, we are...
Bird Protection
Prevent Window Strikes This Fall
If you’ve been paying any attention to us this fall, you are more than aware that we are dialed in...
bird feeding
What to Feed Winter Finches
While many of us look forward to the spring months when our summer birds return from their tropical locales, this...
blog
Fall Spotlight – The Pine Siskin
Keeping with our October focus on finch species, this week we’ll be talking about the often-gregarious pine siskin. Usually traveling...
blog
Fall Spotlight: The Common Redpoll
For those of us residing here in the Ottawa area, fall is certainly upon us, despite the last efforts of...
blog
The 2018-19 Winter Finch Forecast
As we creep our way into October, any avid birder can tell you that nothing excites us quite as much...
Bird Behavior
How Extreme Weather Affects Our Birds and What We Can Do About It
If you live here in the Ottawa area, you have undoubtedly been touched in one way or another by the...