Gilligallou's Blog

By now we are all aware of the importance of keeping our bird feeders clean throughout the year, but we often field both questions on how to best clean feeders as well as suggestions from local birders on how they clean their feeders. Although it may not seem like a terribly difficult task (it isn’t!), […]  

Given the time of year, we turn to a migrating species that will soon become highly visible in most of southern Canada and the northern United States. The Northern Shrike is a highly predatory songbird, often killing more prey, when possible, than it can immediately eat or feed to their young. These birds will, however, […]  

For those of us living outside the Arctic Tundra, one of our favourite sights during the winter months is that of the Snowy Owl. We have been treated to some of the very best Snowy Owl activity in recent years and we have heard countless tales of sightings from our region in here eastern Ontario […]  

While there remains much debate as to which bird in Canada’s national avian symbol, our provinces and territories each have assigned a provincial or territorial bird along with a myriad of other symbols. In addition to provincial symbols such as trees, flowers and coat of arms, each province and territory has selected a species of […]