Gilligallou's Blog

It’s been a long winter awaiting the arrival of some of our winter birds such as finches.  For most of us, sightings of species such as redpolls, pine siskins and the like were few and far between, despite the fact that our feeders were ready and waiting. That all being said, there is some positive […]  

A rather rare sighting in our neck of the woods, the tufted titmouse has been spotted on a few separate occasions here in the greater Ottawa area.  Last week, numerous sightings were recorded and submitted to eBird from the Fitzroy Provincial Park area along the Ottawa River as well as a few sightings across the […]  

While the zoom function on our cameras, spotting scopes, and binoculars can do the job, not much else will get your as close to your birds as one of our window feeding solutions.  Designed using tough and durable materials and clever engineering, these unique feeders combined with one of our seed blends guarantees to get […]

Take a look in any bag of seed, ours included, and you are very likely to find a great deal of corn included in the ingredients.  Maize, or corn, is a very popular agricultural crop enjoyed by many species of animals that roam or fly here in North America and is extremely high in carbohydrates […]