Hello! Welcome back to our Toronto backyard and slightly beyond. Spring is in full swing, migrating birds coming back to our region (or passing through, heading further north), and for some odd reason a winter species still remain here in early May. We just started a 2 week vacation so …
Living in Ontario, the first day of Spring is always welcomed to a birder, as it signifies that Spring Migration is just around the corner! But for me this year, the first day of Spring put my birding activities to a halt. A fall on the stairs at home gave …
Hello, welcome back to our neck of the woods in the west end of Toronto, Ontario… our backyard! It’s been confusing for everyone including the birds on just what season it really is out there. February gave us some record breaking warm temperatures which really brought out the song in …
It’s not very often that Rob and I go on a nature/birding walk with a target bird in mind. But on a grey, dreary Saturday in January we did just that, we went looking for Eastern Bluebirds. I still remember the first time I saw an Eastern Bluebird. We were …
Good day! Is it too late to wish you all a “Happy New Year”? Here we are in January 2017. The backyard so far for this year has been average, but let me tell you about how it ended in 2016. I guess the title gives it away though. Yes, …
This morning Rob and I took part in our first ever Christmas Bird Count for Bird Studies Canada. It was taking place at an area we have been birding for over a decade, The Humber Areboretum, and the organizers there, as well as from Bird Studies Canada were happy to …
Hello! And welcome back to the T.O. Backyard here in the Bird Canada Blog. This month I’d like to share something a little different, stepping entirely away from our backyard. I call this blog “Giving Back” because that is what it is about… giving back to the birds. My wife …
Thanksgiving weekend in Canada is just about a thing of the past, and now so is fall migration for 2016. The last couple weeks the birds have been passing through southern Ontario, heading on their journey south. It’s a treat for us to catch sights of any of these birds …
“Hot” is the only way to describe August, much like the whole summer of 2016 here in Toronto, Ontario. Just trying to keep cool and deal with it is what most of us are doing. While it has been rather quiet a few things of interest have happened around our …
Rob and I do not consider ourselves birding experts, but are always willing to share any knowledge we’ve gained over the last ten plus years of feeding the birds in our backyard. And when people ask my advice about attracting more birds to their backyard, I’m more than likely to respond …