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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...

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White-breasted Nuthatch – returning for Fall

VERSION FRANÇAISE 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...

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My Snow Geese image on a Billboard on Highway 20

I want to extend a warm thank-you to the City of Victoriaville and the Arthabaska MRC for choosing my image among many to represent the fall Snow Geese gathering at Reservoir Beaudet in Victoriaville...

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

VERSION FRANÇAISE 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...

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Upgrade your Nikon Full Frame DSLR Viewfinder – DK-17m + DK-19

VERSION FRANÇAISE There seems to be one thing a DSLR never delivered. No matter if it’s a crop factor or full frame, I seem to have lost that immersive feel of looking through my old Nikon SLR. It felt...

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The Scary Northern saw-whet owl

VERSION FRANÇAISE 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 distance we could...

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The Barred Owl in the Snowy Forest

VERSION FRANÇAISE I like to explore remote areas in search of wildlife and a variety of Nature subjects. Finding a beautiful Owl can be very rewarding, especially when you get to spend some one on one...

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The American tree sparrow

Already the end of January and I ‘m only at my first blog of the year. 2015 started off with a huge workload. In addition I’m preparing a new conference for the end of February. For my first blog, I...

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Baited Barred Owl –Îles-de-Boucherville National Park

VERSION FRANÇAISE Since last November the Îles-de-Boucherville National Park has been home to at least one Barred Owl. Some claim as many as three, but I’ve only seen two at one time. Yesterday I was...

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A bevy of Herons – A Great start to Spring

FRENCH VERSION This weekend we got to witness some Great Blue Herons that had just arrived around the Greater Montreal area. The usual spots along the St Lawrence. Overly crowded with weekend...

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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 they...

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Little Green Grasshoppers

Little Green Grasshopper Tettigoniidae – (Tettigoniidae / Katydid) – Nuns’ Island It seems that no matter where you go on this planet you can find a grasshopper. Well, maybe not in Antarctica. What...

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Female Wood Duck and her chicks – video

Female Wood Duck and her chicks 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 a nice...

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Jumping Spiders, Too Cute!

Whatever the fear that one might have for spiders, the jumping spider is by far the least scary. Well, maybe a little cute to. Cute or not, it is a formidable and voracious hunter. It even turns to...

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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...

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

I was walking through the woods in search of subjects to photograph. Birds, mammals, insects, spiders, flowers or anything I could point my camera at. Under the dense deciduous forest I was sheltered...

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My Little Swiss Mushrooms in North America

Near the airfield in Écuvillens, Switzerland, there’s a small wooded area named Cornard Forest (Bois Cornard). There I found tiny little mushrooms growing within the moss along the fallen trees. At the...

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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...

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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...

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The Least sandpiper – Calidris minutilla

VERSION FRANÇAISE 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 a...

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Poutine the Snapping Turtle and the Penis Prolapse

VERSION FRANÇAISE For over a week the Chalet at the Ile de la Visitation Nature Park has been receiving reports of a Common Snapping Turtle with its intestines apparently hanging out from behind. In a...

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Rough Stink Bug on Sumac flower

VERSION FRANÇAISE Last week it seemed like summer had hit a brick wall. Temperatures fell drastically and we even had a morning of frost. My first thought, no more bugs for macro photography. Well...

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