28Aug/15

The Hawk Moth Caterpillar and the Parasitic Wasp Eggs

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The vast majority of wasps are parasitoids. They practice the grisly art of body-snatching. They lay their eggs in the bodies of other living animals to provide their newly hatched larvae a fresh supply

04Aug/15

Cross Polarized Caterpillars – Macro PhotographY

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Last year I presented you pesto, my test model for cross polarization. I used my little feathered friend to adequately test and fine tune my flash setup. This year I did a bit of

08Apr/15

A bevy of Herons – A Great start to Spring

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 park-goers and photographers,

23Mar/15

Les CAMÉRAS WEB du nichoir des Faucon pèlerin de l’UdeM en ligne

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Faucon pèlerin en réhabilitation – Volerie des Aigles, Château de Kintzheim Visitez la page principale des faucons pèlerins de l’UDEM pour tous les détails concernant Roger, Spirirt et leurs petits: http://ornithologie.ca/

18Dec/14

The Barred Owl in the Snowy Forest

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

17Dec/14

The Scary Northern saw-whet owl

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

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

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

01Aug/14

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

24Jul/14

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

I subdued the light from above by installing a diffuser covering the subject. This also greatly eliminates the reflections of the sky on the caterpillar. I also installed a reflector to open up some shadows by reflecting natural light and that of one of the SB-R200 flashes of the Nikon Speedlight R1

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