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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11Mar/14
The Long Awaited Arrival of the Song Sparrows

The Long Awaited Arrival of the Song Sparrows

This week marked a milestone in this Spring’s 2014 bird migration. The Song Sparrows arrived in the Montreal region. First making their way in wooded areas around the St Lawrence Seaway, they have

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28Feb/14
Rainbow Lorikeets mating on a vine added to the Photo Gallery

Rainbow Lorikeets mating on a vine added to the Photo Gallery

These Rainbow Lorikeets were some of the most curious and interactive birds I’ve ever encountered. We were surrounded by hundreds of them. One by one they tried to make their way into

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27Feb/14
Female Common Merganser in Lake Neuchâtel added to the Photo Gallery

Female Common Merganser in Lake Neuchâtel added to the Photo Gallery

Female Common Merganser swimming in Lake Neuchâtel. Image taken in the area of Font located between Estavayer-le-lac and Cheyres along La Grande Cariçaie, right below Châbles. (Canton de Fribourg, Switzerland) The Common Mergansers are

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10Nov/13
Stop Harassing Exhausted Snowy Owls

Stop Harassing Exhausted Snowy Owls

Overview: Please take note that the main point of this article is to create awareness regarding snowy owls exhaustion after a long migration into Southern Quebec. (Baiting is secondary) They need their

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01Nov/13
Harlequin Duck in Montreal’s Ile de la Visitation Nature Park

Harlequin Duck in Montreal’s Ile de la Visitation Nature Park

Late the other day, I was walking along the shore of the Montreal’s Back River in the Ile de la Visitaion Nature Park. In a small canal in front of the Moulin

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14Oct/13
Snow Geese in Fall Migration – Réservoir Beaudet, Victoriaville

Snow Geese in Fall Migration – Réservoir Beaudet, Victoriaville

  Snow Geese Symposium October 25 and 26 – Reservoir Beudet, Victiriaville   A little something new this year. The City of Victoriaville and the Arthabaska MRC have rented Billboard Space on

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06Oct/13
Double-crested Cormorants in Montreal’s Nature Parks

Double-crested Cormorants in Montreal’s Nature Parks

Double-crested Cormorant The Double-crested Cormorants is not a rare sight in and around the island of Montreal. There’s plenty of shoreline and habitat for these birds to strive as they migrate through the area or stay for

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12Sep/13
Mute Swans on lac Neuchatel in Switzerland

Mute Swans on lac Neuchatel in Switzerland

The Mute Swan is by far one of the most visible large birds on Lac Neuchatel. Some reside year round in more popular areas like Estavayer-le-lac where people tend to feed them

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