13Jul/14
The Dorothy Benson Trophy and the Zoology Award

The Dorothy Benson Trophy and the Zoology Award

Last May I was honored to receive the Dorothy Benson Trophy and the Zoology award form the Montreal Camera Club. Both of these awards reflect the hard work I invest in documenting

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02Jul/14
Female Wood Duck and her chicks – video

Canard Branchu — cane et ses canetons – vidéo

L’autre jour j’ai eu la chance de photographier un canard branchu, une cane et ses canetons qui se reposaient sur une roche au milieu de la rivière. C’était bien de pouvoir les

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12Jun/14
Feeding White Bread to Wild Ducks and Geese is Killing Them

Feeding White Bread to Wild Ducks and Geese is Killing Them

Lately the local Canada Geese and ducks have been parading with their newly hatched offspring. In local nature parks, you can’t keep but notice people feeding them white bread. Bread they shouldn’t

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14May/14
Owl Chicks – Do you know what to do if you find one on the ground?

Owl Chicks – Do you know what to do if you find one on the ground?

Lately it seems I’ve been bumping into baby owls in a few different spots in and around the Montreal region. I wouldn’t have thought to much about it until a friend of

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13May/14
Black-crowned night herons have returned

Black-crowned night herons have returned

Last week, the Black-crowned night herons made their well awaited return. Black-crowned night heron Every year the Black-crowned night herons attract much of the attention from curious visitors to well seasoned residents who are

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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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22Apr/14
It’s Spring and the Wood Frogs are finally singing

It’s Spring and the Wood Frogs are finally singing

Spring has been having a hard time settling in the Greater Montreal Region. As of Sunday the 20th of April many ponds, lakes and marshes have yet to sink, remaining mostly iced

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01Apr/14
A Playful Mommy Red Fox

A Playful Mommy Red Fox

This female Red Fox caught me by surprise. She just kind of walked up to me, sat down, scratched a few fleas and took a nap. After about 15 minutes she just

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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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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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