#NorthernCrow

#NorthernCrow

Nervous young Crow from the village, out of his territory, waiting the approval from the Ravens to feast on a roadkill down below.

#Jackrabbit

Seasonal colors almost acquired. Mountainous Parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

(old 55mm water stains lens)

@BenAdrienProulx May 10th, 2024.

#SproutCycle

Mountainous Parts of the Northern Hemisphere. April 25, 2023.

#MigratingBirds

In Canada, Disturbing Peace of Migrating Birds can be costly.

Daily I see many bloggers that photograph animals most of them, birds. Disturbing peace/habits of migrating birds can cost a lot in Canada.

Some bloggers are willing to go way too far to get very nice clichés of birds for their blog admirers. The ECCC who works to protect wild species in their habitats in Canada, and to make sure law is respected, have caught one of these photographers who was abusing of pre-recording bird’s song to attract them in front of his camera to get better photography. This kind of practice in Québec, Canada, is not tolerated. Birds who are resting in their nest are disturbed by the sound and at the same time are more expose to potentially predators.

This kind of bad behavior has been observed twice from that same photographer in two National Reserve Fauna Parks and the man, who plead guilty, has received a much more salty fine.

#TheWhiteJunco

His Leucistic color reflects the softness, the purity, the vitality…

Some people would say Albino but actually it is a Leucistic bird. And for people that are not familiar with this term, Leucism is a genetic condition in which there is a partial loss of pigmentation which causes the white, pale, or patchy coloration of the feathers; but not the eyes.

Our little friend here has arrived Yesterday morning with a flock of about 25 Dark-eyed Junco to have breakfast with us and still here today. I've seen in the past some partial decoloration on a few birds like on Pigeons and others but never a completely decolorated one under my eyes.

((I'm sure there is no need to say that we opened a directory in the computer and took over 50 pictures of it. Right?))

So according to experts Leucism occur at a rough estimate of 1 in 30,000 birds and to see one with a complete decoloration like the "Great White Raven" in Vancouver Island, is "RARE" and you need to be very lucky.

Good day folks!

#Dark-eyed Junco

As the end of April approaches, this beautiful blizzard of Snowbirds is about to leave our area to the Grand North regions. It still amazes me that for such a small and fragile species most of them choose to go to their winter range origin, in cold temperature, to breed.