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Spring Migratory Backyard Birds
Did you Know that your Yard may be an Important Rest Stop for Migrating Birds? Every spring in Ottawa, there are two birds that I…
Downy Woodpeckers: Four Foods and Four Facts!
Downy woodpeckers are the smallest woodpeckers in North America. Their size puts them just a bit larger than a nuthatch, and they can be identified…
How birds are vulnerable to cats
We usually think of birds as soaring across the sky way over our heads. But many species of birds spend more time on or near…
The Best (and Worst) of Both Worlds
I’m a cat-lady-turned-bird-person. For the past ten years, I’ve volunteered in animal shelters and I spent the majority of that time with abandoned, injured, and…