27Jun/14

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

12Jun/14

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

22May/14

Nest Building American Redstart

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Nest Building American Redstart One of the great pleasures when spending time birding in nature, is watching birds build their nests. It’s purely amazing to watch how they braid piece by piece materials

13May/14

Black-crowned night herons have returned

05/13/2014ENGLISH, Nature and Wildlife Photography"canadian wildlife photographer", "european wildlife photographer", "italian wildlife photographer", 2014 Bird Migration Montreal Quebec Canada North America, avian, bird, birders, birding, Birding with Joel Coutu, Birds, Black-crowned Night Heron, canada, Discover, éco, ecology, ecosystem, fauna, feeding, fish, Fishing, ivière-des-prairies, manfrotto, montreal, montreal nature park, montreal urban nature, National Geographic, Nature, nikkor, nikon, North America, ornithology, Outings & Workshops, parc de l'ile de la visitation, Photo, photographe animalier quebecois, photography, quebec, River, stefano troletti, steve troletti, United States of America, Urban Nature, urban travels, wilderness, wildlife, wildlife photography, wordpressSteve Troletti

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

27Apr/14

The Cooper’s Hawks are Mating in the Greater Montreal Region

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In the last decade, Cooper’s Hawks have been making their presence more and more seen throughout the Greater Montreal area. No other Cooper’s Hawk is more notorious than Odin, nesting for nine consecutive

10Apr/14

Montreal Birding – 2014 Spring Bird Migration Update

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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

01Nov/13

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

11/01/2013ENGLISH, Nature and Wildlife Photographyamerica, avian, becurious, bird, Birds, canada, Cité du Havre, Discover, éco, ecology, ecosystem, environment, fauna, female, Harlequin Duck, hydro, ile de la visitation, juvenile, loveyourplanet, male, montreal, Moulin, Nature, nikkor, nikon, North America, parc de l'ile de la visitation, Photo, photographer troletti, quebec, River, south, stefano, steve, troletti, United States of America, Urban Nature, usa, videos, water, wilderness, wildlifeSteve Troletti

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

29Jun/12

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

06/29/2012ENGLISH, Environmental Photographyamerica, becurious, bird, canada, Discover, ile de la visitation, loveyourplanet, montreal, montreal botanical garden, montreal nature park, montreal urban nature, nature park, nikkor, nikon, North America, parc de l'ile de la visitation, park, park nature, photography, quebec, south, stefano, steve, troletti, United States of America, usaSteve Troletti

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

04Oct/11

Backlit Photography – The Translucent Feathers of Birds

10/04/2011ENGLISH, Nature and Wildlife Photographyamerica, animal, Art, Arts, avian, Backlight, becurious, bird, Bird flight, Birds, Bokeh, california, canada, Digital photography, Discover, éco, ecology, ecosystem, environment, europe, fauna, faune, fragile, Gull, ipod, italy, long beach, los angeles, loveyourplanet, milano, montreal, montreal botanical garden, Nature, nikkor, nikon, North America, oiseaux, ornithologie, ornithologiste, ornithology, ornitologie, ornitologue, parc de l'ile de la visitation, park, Photo, photographe, photographer, photography, picture, preservation, pro, professional, quebec, Recreation, red-tailed hawk, Ring-billed Gull, south, stefano, steve, steve troletti, troletti, trolettiphoto.com, United States, United States of America, united states of america - usa, urbain, Urban Nature, usa, varese, wilderness, wildlife, wildlife photographySteve Troletti

Ring-billed Gull In-Flight – Backlit With the advent of Digital Photography there seems to be a madness in Nature and Wildlife Photography to capture the perfect, flawless, tight cropped image. This is especially true in North America and greatly contrasts with our European counterparts.

28Sep/11

Treehog? Groundhog in a Tree?

09/28/2011Uncategorizedamerica, animal, becurious, Biology, burrow, canada, conservation, Coyote, de, den, Discover, éco, ecology, ecosystem, environment, fauna, food, Gallery 3, grand, ground, Groundhog, Groundhog Day, habitat, hog, ile, iMobile, la, los angeles, loveyourplanet, Mammal, mammals, marmota, marmotte, Marmotte Commune, media type, Mobile Web, monax, montreal, montreal nature park, montreal urban nature, National Geographic, Nature, nikkor, nikon, Nikon D300s, North America, parc, parc de l'ile de la visitation, park, Photo, photography, predator, prey, quebec, red fox, red-tailed hawk, roadside, rodent, south, stefano, steve, steve troletti, tree, troletti, United States of America, urban, Urban Nature, usa, visitation, wilderness, wildlife, wordpressSteve Troletti

Treehog or Groundhog in a Tree? – by Steve Troletti This one got me by surprise. Although it wasn’t the first time I’d seen a groundhog in a tree, I sure wasn’t expecting to find

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