What happens when you stop feeding the birds?
What happens when you remove a bird feeding station after 20 years?
Natural bird feeders: Good alternative to expensive store-bought feeders
Natural bird feeders are nn excellent alternative to expensive store-bought feeders.
Attract birds all winter with DIY heated birdbath
Providing a reliable winter water source for backyard birds begins with an electric water heater. But it does not have to end there. Check out the DIY outdoor photo studio and reflection pond that birds are flocking to as winter approaches.
A fallen tree transforms the woodland garden
A fallen tree has transformed the woodland garden encouraging a greater variety of fauna – from wild turkeys to owls.
Garden mister is cool addition to your wildlife garden
A recent heat wave put the focus on ways we can help our garden visitors through these difficult times and a mister is the perfect choice.
Rabbits in the woodland garden
Rabbits are a reality in any garden. They are sweet little beings that need a safe place to call home and why not make it our woodland gardens.
How to attract screech owls to your woodland wildlife gardens
Screech owls are popular visitors to suburban woodland gardens and are beginning to increase their numbers in Canada, in part, because more homeowners are installing nesting boxes on their properties. Screech owls are among the smallest in North America but they eat more than their share of mice and rats making them a favourite for woodland gardeners.
Why we need Possums in our garden
Having a possum in your garden is a blessing not only because they are sweet little animals but they are North America’s only marsupial and, most importantly, they eat more ticks than you could ever imagine.
How to attract the Hummingbird Clearwing and Hawk Moths to your garden
Hummingbird moths are fascinating creatures that mimic both the look and flight patterns of our native hummingbirds.
Tips to attract Cardinals to your gardens
Cardinals are one of our favourite birds to have around the garden. It’s no surprise considering their beautiful colors and their cheery songs.
Five of the best backyard birding books
Winter is approaching an time for woodland gardeners to change focus from their gardens to backyard birds and wildlife. Here are five outstanding books that will help birders get the most out of their backyard feeders by attracting the greatest number and variety of birds to their backyard.
Why Blue Jays and Cardinals go bald
Both Blue Jays and Cardinals are often seen with bald heads in late spring or early summer when the birds are molting their feathers.
How long do hummingbirds live in the wild
Wondering how long that little hummingbird that visits your yard every year will be returning. If everything goes well, you might be surprised how long the hummers might be returning to your yard.
Where do hummingbirds go in winter?
Ever wonder where the heck our hummingbirds go during the winter. You’ll find out all about their incredible journeys and where they spend their winters here.
How to attract Blue Jays and are they mean birds?
They’re boisterous, bullies that add a hit of colour to our backyards. Blue Jays are one of the most beloved birds in our gardens, but it was not long ago when they were threatened by a deadly virus that wiped out hundreds of thousands of birds.
Best native ground covers for shade, and how to get the most out of them
Here are a few of the top native ground covers for shady locations.
Grow Butterfly Weed for more than just butterflies
Butterfly weed, a member of the milkweed family, is both attractive to butterflies as well as a host plant for monarch butterflies. You want it in your garden.
Create a hummingbird hangout in your garden
Creating a hangout in your garden just for hummingbirds involves providing them with their favourite things and then sitting back and enjoying the fun they have.
A weekend of warblers in the woodland garden
It was an unforgettable weekend of warblers in the woodland garden. Here’s how it happened and how it can happen to you if you create the right habitat.
Wildscape: Learning to embrace our gardens
Learning to embrace nature in our gardens is an important step to discovering the beauty of our gardens and the wildlife that call it home.