02Jul/14
Female Wood Duck and her chicks – video

Female Wood Duck and her chicks – video

Just the other day I had a wonderful opportunity to observe a female Wood Duck and her chicks as they rested on a rock in the middle of the river. It was

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02Jul/14
Female Wood Duck and her chicks – video

Canard Branchu — cane et ses canetons – vidéo

L’autre jour j’ai eu la chance de photographier un canard branchu, une cane et ses canetons qui se reposaient sur une roche au milieu de la rivière. C’était bien de pouvoir les

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27Jun/14
Nesting Red-winged Blackbirds

Nesting Red-winged Blackbirds

First 2014 Red-winged Blackbirds to arrive Feels like just yesterday the first Red-winged Blackbirds had just arrived. I can still see them struggling to survive the last few frigid winter days as

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12Jun/14
Feeding White Bread to Wild Ducks and Geese is Killing Them

Feeding White Bread to Wild Ducks and Geese is Killing Them

Lately the local Canada Geese and ducks have been parading with their newly hatched offspring. In local nature parks, you can’t keep but notice people feeding them white bread. Bread they shouldn’t

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04Jun/14
Kabania – Nature Treehouse camping in a Cabanita

Kabania – Nature Treehouse camping in a Cabanita

Kabania is nestled in a cozy little wooded area in Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci, along the Ouareau Regional Forest Park (Parc régional de la Forêt Ouareau) in the Province of Quebec. Separating Kabania from the Ouareau Forest

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28May/14
Le Troglodyte des marais se fait entendre malgré sa petite taille

Le Troglodyte des marais se fait entendre malgré sa petite taille

Il n’y a que deux semaines le butor d’Amérique était bel et bien la grande vedette du marais. Sont chant ressemblant a un trombone résonant à travers le marais attirait bien l’attention des curieux

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22May/14
Nest Building American Redstart

Nest Building American Redstart

Nest Building American Redstart One of the great pleasures when spending time birding in nature, is watching birds build their nests. It’s purely amazing to watch how they braid piece by piece materials

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14May/14
Owl Chicks – Do you know what to do if you find one on the ground?

Owl Chicks – Do you know what to do if you find one on the ground?

Lately it seems I’ve been bumping into baby owls in a few different spots in and around the Montreal region. I wouldn’t have thought to much about it until a friend of

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13May/14
Black-crowned night herons have returned

Black-crowned night herons have returned

Last week, the Black-crowned night herons made their well awaited return. Black-crowned night heron Every year the Black-crowned night herons attract much of the attention from curious visitors to well seasoned residents who are

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10May/14
The Cooper’s Hawks are Mating in the Greater Montreal Region

Les éperviers de Cooper nichent dans la région métropolitaine de Montréal

Dans la dernière décennie, les Éperviers de Cooper ont fait leur présence de plus en plus visible dans toute la grande région de Montréal. Aucun autre épervier de Cooper n’est plus célèbre que Odin. Avec

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