17Dec/14

The Scary Northern saw-whet owl

There we were in a little urban wooded area. The American Robins were acting in a bizarre way, sort of softly yodeling. All of a sudden they all took off. In the

21Oct/14

Snow Geese in Fall Migration – Réservoir Beaudet, Victoriaville

My Snow Geese image on a Billboard on Highway 20 in Quebec

You may have noticed the billboard on Highway 20. It features the fall Snow Geese Symposium in Victoriaville on October 25 and 26 at Reservoir Beaudet. Some of you have even recognized

16Oct/14

White-breasted Nuthatch – returning for Fall

The leaves are taking on their fall colors and many have already fallen to the ground. There are still plenty left in the trees to keep our forests less illuminated on these gloomy fall days. Warblers have already come and are almost all gone. They are slowly replaced by Kinglets, Junco and White-throated Sparrows. Our forest birds

10Oct/14

Double-crested Cormorants and other birds suffer because of our Trash

Portrait – Double-crested Cormorant We’ve all heard of these poor albatross chicks who perish on Midway Island with stomachs full of plastic waste. Clouds of micro-plastics in the center of the Pacific Ocean. One thing is certain, the plastic waste that pollutes the waters of the Pacific Ocean around Midway Island is not created by

08Sep/14

Pesto the Barred parakeet and Cross Polarization

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What better to do on a rainy day than to play with my best friend, Pesto the Barred Parakeet (A.K.A. Pesto the Pest). Together, we tested the new Nikon DSLR, the D810. Equipped with a Nikon AF-S VR Micro 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED Lens and the Speedlight R1 macro flash system, we tested cross polarization and Wildlife

29Aug/14

The Least sandpiper – Calidris minutilla

Here is a small shorebird that that I take great pleasure in photographing. With a bit of patience and respect, the Least Sandpiper adapts quite well to our presence . Maybe even

01Aug/14

Juvenile Cooper’s Hawks are out of the nest – video

At the beginning of May I published an article on the Cooper’s Hawks mating in the Greater Montreal Region : The Cooper’s Hawks are Mating in the Greater Montreal Region During July the young Cooper’s Hawks quietly started venturing out of

31Jul/14

Spotted Sandpipers in Action along the Saint Lawrence River

It seems like just yesterday we could see these little fluff balls scooting along the banks of the St. Lawrence River. Little Spotted Sandpipers barely visible in the tall grass. Spotted Sandpiper chick hiding in the tall grass In the blink of an eye they grew up. Suddenly, theses Spotted Sandpipers have invaded the

24Jul/14

The small green caterpillar and the Nikon R1 Speedlight Wireless Flash System

I subdued the light from above by installing a diffuser covering the subject. This also greatly eliminates the reflections of the sky on the caterpillar. I also installed a reflector to open up some shadows by reflecting natural light and that of one of the SB-R200 flashes of the Nikon Speedlight R1

22Jul/14

Little ladybug without little dots

Ladybug Here’s a ladybug that I found intriguing. She had no visible small dots. These days we see an increasing number of ladybugs with more and more little dots, however it’s the first time I see so many without their little dots.

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