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February 13, 2026 | Myrna Pearman, Chin Ridge Seeds
Each February, for four days, the world comes together for the love of birds through the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). This year, the GBBC will be held February 13th to 16th.
January 23, 2026 | Myrna Pearman, Chin Ridge Seeds
How do overwintering birds survive our tough prairie winters? Finding sufficient food is the most important task of all overwintering birds; species that aren’t able to survive on a sparse winter menu of frozen berries and insects, seeds, live prey and carrion must migrate south to warmer climes.
November 21, 2025 | Myrna Pearman, Chin Ridge Seeds
By November, our resident birds have established the boundaries of their winter territories. The smartest and most dominant individuals will have long ago scouted out multiple food sources within that territory, including your bird feeding stations, and will have made decisions about where they will spend the next few cold, rainy winter months.
October 10, 2025 | Myrna Pearman, Chin Ridge Seeds
Offering supplemental food to our backyard birds is a win-win situation: the birds benefit from having a stable and steady supply of food while their human admirers get to enjoy their presence. Birds, like all wildlife, require four habitat components to survive: space within which they can find food, water and shelter.
September 02, 2025 | Myrna Pearman, Chin Ridge Seeds
Summer provides a cornucopia of food for birds. As the season slowly transitions to fall, however, there is a decline in the once-abundant source of flowers, fruit, nectar and insects. Late summer and early fall is an especially interesting time on the prairies, as northern nesting birds, especially warblers, pass through on their migration south.
July 02, 2025 | Myrna Pearman, Chin Ridge Seeds
Offering supplemental food to wild birds is of benefit to both the birds and their human admirers. The birds benefit by being able to access nutrients with minimum effort while bird feeding stations bring birds in for close for us to observe and enjoy them. Summer is especially interesting for backyard bird feeding since feeders will not only attract the local residents but also migrants that are in the region for the breeding season.
May 08, 2025 | Myrna Pearman, Chin Ridge Seeds
People who feed backyard birds tend to be interested in nature, care about the environment, and often take personal action to make this world a better place. Hence, I thought I’d devote this article to a “big picture” synopsis of what is happening to overall bird populations in Canada.
April 25, 2025 | Kelly Barany, Chin Ridge Seeds
There is much to celebrate in April! The days are warmer and longer, which provides a welcome relief from the long, cold prairie winter. An added bonus is that a few of the earliest and hardiest arrivals—European Starlings and American Crows—are proof that spring is just around the corner. While a few wintering Common Redpolls might still be hanging around feeding stations, most leave for their northern nesting grounds.
February 19, 2025 | Myrna Pearman, Chin Ridge Seeds
February across the prairies can be challenging for both humans and wildlife. While the days are getting noticeably longer, most still remain in the clutches of winter’s icy grip. For many folks, one bright spot in the month is Valentine’s Day. What better way to dispel gloom than with kisses, wine, chocolate and roses!
January 13, 2025 | Myrna Pearman, Chin Ridge Seeds
Project FeederWatch is a North American citizen science initiative that started at the Long Point Bird Observatory in Ontario, in 1976, with the Ontario Bird Feeder Survey. In 1987, Cornell Lab of Ornithology expanded the program across the entire continent. Named Project FeederWatch, the program is a joint venture between Cornell and Birds Canada and boasts over 20,000 participants who systematically survey about 100 species of birds.
