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Spring Spotlight - The Rough-Legged Hawk
This week we’re featuring the stunning Rough Legged Hawk. While this bird spends most of its time in the...
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The Unmistakable Courtship Displays of the Common Raven
One of the earliest mating seasons of all the birds here in North America, these birds have already begun the...
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Fall Spotlight – The Barred Owl
In addition to our chickadees, nuthatches and winter finches, owls are an absolute favourite of ours and many others. This...
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Why We Love Warblers (and you should too!)
With well over 100 different New World species to choose from here in North America, there is no shortage of...
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Bird Behavior
5 Interesting Facts About the Indigo Bunting
After spending most of their time in Florida, the Caribbean and Central America during the winter months, they spread across...
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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...
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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...
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Tips for Identifying Northern Flickers
Once you know them, catching a glimpse of a northern flicker in flight is almost unmistakable. When flying away from...
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Bird Habitat
How to Install a Barred Owl Nesting Box
There is nothing more unmistakable than the sighting or sounds of one of our native owls here in the Ottawa...
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The Peculiar Ways of the House Wren
Small in size, well-traveled and oddly fierce, the house wren is a regular fixture to the birding world here in...
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Choosing the Right Camera Lens for Bird Photography
Catching the bird watching bug is one thing, adding a camera to the mix is a whole other rabbit hole...
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Ice-Out Ducks – A Guide to Spotting Early Spring Waterfowl
It’s a magical time of year out there, birders. As the temperatures continue to rise, we are again treated to...
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Spring Spotlight – The House Wren
With one of the largest ranges of any songbird here in North America, the house wren marks its territory from...
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How to Identify Hawks and Other Raptors This Spring
While it might be hard to believe, we are heading into the last week of February very shortly. For those...
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Bird Counts
Learning the Rules of the Great Backyard Bird Count
Excitement is building as we make our way through the month of February here in the wonderful world of birding....
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Prepare for the Songs of Spring – How to Identify Birds by Song
It will only be another few months before the snow melts away and temperatures rise. In what is the most...
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Cooper’s Hawk or Sharp-Shinned? Here’s How to Tell
Even the most seasoned birder gets stumped every now and again when it comes to identifying their favourite birds. Whether...
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Bird Counts
How & Why You Should Join in a Christmas Bird Count This Year
Each year that goes by we seem to experience more change in all areas of life and the birding world...
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Bird Behavior
Snowy Owls Set to Invade in Record Numbers Again This Winter
As (most) of our migrants have left us for the year, the shift has been steadily moving towards winter birding...
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Tips for Grouping Fall Warblers to Make Identification Easier
Just the same as the leaves way up high in our trees are transitioning into their fall foliage, the same...
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Bird Behavior
Late Summer Spotlight – The Northern Waterthrush
Small yet vocally proficient, the northern waterthrush is a unique and interesting bird to observe. Favouring dense cover, these birds...
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Pakenham’s Bullock’s Oriole Makes Her Way Home
Image: Kaaren Perry Two years ago, the local birding community was in awe when a local birder spotted a severely misplaced...
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Bird Behavior
Summer Spotlight – The Red-Eyed Vireo
Developing at the end of the bird’s first winter season, the red iris is what gives this small songbird its...
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Bob’s Tips for Spotting Warblers in the Field this Spring and Summer
Well, warbler season is here, folks as most of our busy little birds have arrived in the greater Ottawa...
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Spring Spotlight – The Northern Parula
With such an exotic sounding name, many would expect this bird to be of Latin descent, hailing from the warm...
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