Gilligallou's Blog

With Christmas behind us and the New Year front and center, many of us have accepted the inevitable fact that winter is here to stay…at least until the spring. That being said, for most of us, winter is not all that bad.  As outdoor recreationists we all enjoy skiing, hiking, hockey and snowshoeing in Canada’s […]  

Administered by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Feederwatch is celebrating its 30th anniversary after being launched right here in Ontario back in the mid-1970’s.  With an original enrollment of just 4,000 people across North America, today’s project is operational across the United States and Canada with an estimated 20,000 participants. What is Project Feederwatch? Operating […]

It looks as if it is most definitely going to be a white Christmas, at least here in our neck of the woods.  With that in mind, many of us have gotten an early start on some of our favourite winter pastimes, whether it is skiing and snowboarding, playing hockey, skating or tobogganing. Winter is […]  

One of the largest members of the finch family, the wonderful plumage of the male pine grosbeak is a welcome sight to any winter scene.