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

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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

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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

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08Oct/14

The Gray tree frog – Hyla versicolor

With fall hitting us like a lighting bolt, it feels like we’re closer to winter than the summer we’ve just left behind. Amphibians and reptiles of all kinds are becoming increasingly scarce. I was quite surprised to find this gray tree frog near the bottom of

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25Sep/14

Poutine the Snapping Turtle and the Penis Prolapse

The appendage trailing behind the turtle was not his intestines, but his penis. The poor Snapping Turtle suffered from a prolapsed penis. U

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08Sep/14

Pesto the Barred parakeet and Cross Polarization

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

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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

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21Aug/14
Le paradis des araignées géantes — Dolomedes tenebrosus

The Giant Fishing Spider Paradise – Dolomedes tenebrosus

Giant spiders that match weight with tarantulas? Yes, just like in Europe, the Dolomedes spiders are also found in North America. In Quebec, at the beginning of August, Dolomedes tenebrosus (Dark Fishing Spider) invade the banks of rivers with their egg sacks. Dark fishing Spider – Dolomedes tenebrosus with her egg sac

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01Aug/14
Juvenile Cooper’s Hawks are out of the nest – video

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

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31Jul/14
Spotted Sandpipers in Action along the Saint Lawrence River

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

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