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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29Jun/12
Killing Spree in Montreal’s Ile de la visitation Nature Park

Killing Spree in Montreal’s Ile de la visitation Nature Park

Pigeon found dead after Killing Spree Litter, trash, broken glass bottles, prostitution, used condoms and drug paraphernalia are all common sites in Montreal‘s Ile de la visitation Nature Park. (Photos: GALLERY1 – GALLERY2) What I wasn’t expecting was a killing spree in

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28May/11
Common Tern Mating / Accouplement de Sterne pierregarin

Common Tern Mating / Accouplement de Sterne pierregarin

Common Tern Mating / Accouplement de Sterne pierregarin – by Steve Troletti With Spring well on its way Mother nature has been less than cooperative. Bad weather causing havoc from the Midwest,

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27May/11
Is It A Plane? Is It A Bird? No..It’s….SUPERGROUNDHOG!

Is It A Plane? Is It A Bird? No..It’s….SUPERGROUNDHOG!

Is It A Plane? Is It A Bird? No..It’s….SUPERGROUNDHOG! by Steve Troletti …Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! (“Look!

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23May/11
Common Snapping Turtle / Tortue serpentine (Chelydra serpentina)

Dead and Living RATS are more and more common in all of Montreal’s Burroughs

Tortue serpentine / Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) – Photo by Steve Troletti This is by far the largest turtle I’ve seen in the wild in Canada, Its shell measured just over

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21May/11
Tree Swallow / Hirondelle bicolore

Tree Swallow / Hirondelle bicolore

Tree Swallow / Hirondelle bicolore by Steve Troletti Tree Swallow on the railing of the main Passerelle of the Parc-nature du Bois-de-l’Île–Bizard Nature Park

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