03May/17

Shooting Infrared with the Opteka 6.5mm f/3.5 Fisheye Lens

For the last year I’ve been playing with the 2016 update of the Opteka 6.5mm f/3.5 Manual Focus Aspherical Circular Fisheye Lens. Once manufactured side by side with the Samyang and Rockinon fisheye lenses

28Jun/14

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.

27Apr/14

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

04/27/2014ENGLISH, Nature and Wildlife Photography"canadian wildlife photographer", "european wildlife photographer", "fotografo naturalista italiano", "italian wildlife photographer", 2014 Bird Migration Montreal Quebec Canada North America, america, animal, animalier, avian, becurious, bird, birders, birding, Birds, Bois-de-Liesse Nature Park, canada, chicks, Des Rapides Park, Discover, fauna, First Nations Garden / Le Jardin des Premières-Nations, jardins botanique de montreal, Lasalle, Leslie Hancock Garden, loveyourplanet, manfrotto, mating, migrants, migration, montreal, Montreal Biodome / Biodôme de Montréal, montreal botanical garden, montreal nature park, montreal nature parks, montreal urban nature, National Geographic, Nature, nikkor, nikon, North America, ornitho, ornithology, Par Jean-Drapeau, parc de l'ile de la visitation, parc de la pointe aux prairies, Parc des Rapides de Lachine, parc nature - bois-de-l'île-bizard - nature park, Parc-nature, Photo, photographe animalier quebecois, photography, predators, prey, quebec, sex, south, spring, stefano, stefano troletti, steve, steve troletti, The Chinese Garden, The Japanese Garden and Pavilon, troletti, United States of America, Urban Nature, urban travels, usa, videos, West Island, wilderness, wildlife, wildlife photographySteve Troletti

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

13Aug/13

Argiope aurantia Spider – Your Common Black and Yellow Garden Spider

08/13/2013ENGLISH, Nature and Wildlife Photographyamerica, Arachnid, Argiope, Argiope aurantia, aurantia, becurious, black, Black and Yellow Garden Spider, Bokeh, Bugs, california, canada, central, Central America, common, Discover, éco, ecology, ecosystem, environment, European garden spider, fauna, feeding, female, garden, loveyourplanet, Macrophotography, media type, Nature, nikkor, nikon, Nikon D300s, north, North America, orb, Photo, photograph, photography, prey, south, spider, Spider web, stefano, steve, troletti, United States of America, united states of america - usa, Urban Nature, urban travels, usa, weave, web, wilderness, wildlife, YellowSteve Troletti

Female Argiope aurantia Spider Last Friday I received almost 400 visits from searches regarding yellow and black spiders with Zig Zag patterns in their web. With that in mind Ive updated this

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

14Sep/11

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk; Autumn Bird of Prey Migration

09/14/2011ENGLISH, Nature and Wildlife Photographybird, bird of prey, Birds, Buse, Buse à queue rousse, Buteo, Buteo borealis, Buteo jamaicensis, canada, Discover, éco, ecology, ecosystem, environment, falcom, Falconiformes, fauna, feed, feeding, female, Gallery 3, hawk, jardins botanique de montreal, juvenile, light, media type, montreal, montreal urban nature, National Geographic, Nature, Nikon D300s, North America, of prey, oiseau, oiseau de proie, pale, Photo, photograph, photography, predator, prey, quebec, queue rousse, rapace, red-tailed, red-tailed hawk, squirrel, United States of America, UQROP, Urban Nature, urban travels, wilderness, wildlife, wordpressSteve Troletti

Juvenile Female Red-tailed Hawk Lately if you look up in the South Western Montreal Sky you can observe Birds of Prey in larger numbers than usual. It`s time for the Autumn Migration and although Montreal is not

23Aug/11

UQROP – l’Union Québécoise de Réhabilitation des Oiseaux de Proie

08/23/2011ENGLISH, Nature and Wildlife Photographyanimator, aviary, bird, Birds, canada, Discover, eagle, falcon, fauna, hawk, injured, medical, Nature, North America, owl, Photo, photography, predator, preservation, prey, quebec, rehabilitation, rescue, United States of America, UQROP, veterinarian, wildlifeSteve Troletti

UQROP – Noémie with Hawk – Photo by Steve Troletti I recently had the pleasure of visiting UQROP (Union Québécoise de Réhabilitation des Oiseaux de Proie), North America’s leader in the rehabilitation and the preservation of

12Jul/11

VIDEO: Juvenile Cooper’s Hawk Feeding

07/12/2011ENGLISH, Nature and Wildlife Photography2x, 300, america, animal, avian, becurious, bird, Birds, canada, cooper, Discover, éco, ecology, ecosystem, environment, fauna, faune, hawk, jardins botanique de montreal, kenko, loveyourplanet, media type, montreal, montreal botanical garden, montreal urban nature, National Geographic, Nature, nikkor, nikon, North America, oiseaux, ornithologie, ornithology, ornitologie, photography, predator, prey, pro, quebec, south, stefano, steve, teleplus, troletti, United States of America, urbain, Urban Nature, usa, video, videos, wilderness, wildlifeSteve Troletti

Here’s Clip of a Juvenile Cooper’s Hawk Feeding on a tree days after leaving the nest. I was testing out the ability to capture video using my Nikon D300s, Nikkor 70-300

27May/11

Is It A Plane? Is It A Bird? No..It’s….SUPERGROUNDHOG!

05/27/2011ENGLISH, Nature and Wildlife Photographyamerica, animal, aux, baby, becurious, boulder, canada, cubs, Discover, éco, ecology, ecosystem, environment, fauna, female, forest, fox, ground, hog, juvenile, kits, leaves, loveyourplanet, Mammal, mammals, marmota, mom, montreal, montreal nature park, montreal urban nature, motreal, Nature, nature park, nikkor, nikon, North America, Parc-nature, Photo, pointe, pointe-aux-prairies, prairies, predator, prey, quebec, red, rock, rodent, south, stefano, steve, trees, troletti, United States of America, Urban Nature, usa, vegetation, vulpe, wilderness, wildlifeSteve Troletti

Is It A Plane? Is It A Bird? No..It’s….SUPERGROUNDHOG! by Steve Troletti …Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! (“Look!

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