18Jun/14
I CAN SEE YOU – Damselfly

I CAN SEE YOU – Damselfly

I CAN SEE YOU – Damselfly Here’s an image I was happy to get. You don’t always find a Damselfly ready to cooperate and pose for you. Cooperate is a big word, I was

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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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24May/14
Amarican Robin – Feeding chicks in nest – Video

Amarican Robin – Feeding chicks in nest – Video

American Robin feeding chicks in nest With the arrival of Spring leaves it becomes increasingly difficult to find and appreciate a occupied bird nest with chicks. So when given the chance we

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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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27Apr/14
The Cooper’s Hawks are Mating in the Greater Montreal Region

The Cooper’s Hawks are Mating in the Greater Montreal Region

In the last decade, Cooper’s Hawks have been making their presence more and more seen throughout the Greater Montreal area. No other Cooper’s Hawk is more notorious than Odin, nesting for nine consecutive

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24Apr/14
Sap flows in Spring and the Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers are in town

Sap flows in Spring and the Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers are in town

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, sucking sap An wonderful sign of Spring in the North Eastern states and Eastern Canada is the flowing sap. For many this may mean Maple Syrup and the Sugar Shack.

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10Apr/14
Montreal Birding – 2014 Spring Bird Migration Update

Montreal Birding – 2014 Spring Bird Migration Update

A late start for the 2014 Spring Bird Migration. It’s been just over a week since Canada geese have started pouring in large flocks. This is almost a month later than previous years

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01Apr/14
A Playful Mommy Red Fox

A Playful Mommy Red Fox

This female Red Fox caught me by surprise. She just kind of walked up to me, sat down, scratched a few fleas and took a nap. After about 15 minutes she just

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