#Selfie

#Selfie

I decided to liberate a morning selfie to say personally "Hi" to many good people surfing frequently Tumblr with the immense courtesy to stop on this blog leaving their respects on few publications of mine.

Because after all, we are still humans, right?

@BenAdrienProulx June 11th, 2024.

@BenAdrienProulx June 23rd, 2024.

#LifeCycle

A progression through a series of differing stages of development.

#WindowWithAView

Wildfires Observatory, in the Mountainous Parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

@BenAdrienProulx June 21, 2024.

#LunaMoth

For the second time, I just found a rare Luna Moth last night, at 11:43pm when I got home, right under my porch waiting to get photographed.

Am I very lucky or what?

#LunaMoth

Beautiful Extremely Rare Nocturnal Endangered Luna Moth. Also called the American Moon Moth. Apparently If you have seen one of these live Luna Moths, you should consider yourself very lucky.

They are the largest of Moths in North America with a wingspan of 4.5 inches and can exceed 7.

@BenAdrienProulx June 23rd, 2024.

#BarnSwallow

Barn Swallow over water. Mountainous Parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

#HuntedUntilExtermination

Northern Raven...

I am extremely pissed off today of our "changing and depending on which region of Canada we are living in", because laws are flexible and can change at any time.

Example: Nearly all native birds in Canada are protected, even if they don't migrate. But this law concerns only the category of small birds. Which is terribly weird for me because these small birds are here in abundance, like thousands and more of them. But for most native species as birds of prey, they are excluded from being protected, like; Hawks, Owls, Eagles, Falcons, Kingfishers, Ravens, Crows, Jays, as for three other species in the blackbird family, like; Rusty Blackbirds, Common Grackles, and Brown‐Headed Cowbirds. Unbelievable if we think about the White Headed Eagles who can have only one clutch of 1-3 eggs per year, (and the first born, the strongest one, can kill the other two to have more food for him, which mother Eagle will also let him do) and can be hunted? As for the rarely seen, Royal Eagle, who is always moving further to North for fear of human. Weird right!

Regarding to the BC Wildlife Act, "Ravens are Schedule C Wildlife, meaning they can be hunted any time, but you do need a hunting licence, unless !!! "you are hunting them on your property or they are damaging your property." Ravens are protected under the, Wildlife Act, except !!! in those regions of the province that have a hunting season for them. Ravens can trigger a wide range of human reactions. It may be disgust for some people to see them feeding on roadkills.Or to see them from your bedroom window can be annoyingly diligent at letting you know that it is 4 o'clock a.m. For Native people, Ravens are still honoured in many First Nations’ cultures while for ranchers can be horrified at them to find the eyes of newborn beef calves pecked out." -bcmag

Ravens, foxes, wolves,… they only try to survive like any other wild animals. It is called, the food chain… hello??? Maybe we should exterminate Roosters too?

So to say, Ravens are protected by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act in Canada but, don't have anymore any form of legal protection today.

It is like cannabis; it is against the law to grow marijuana in Québec but if you "live" in Canada, it is legal and you can!

What kind of Canadian bullshit law is this. Ravens have been hunted, trapped, poisoned, etc… for so many years until practically extermination. Ravens even teach their siblings to stay away from human as far as possible for all these reasons, but for some people, it is not enough.

So yes, I am right now fucking pissed off at our country. Ravens can now be hunted "again" because of some people that are disgusted by them.

@BenAdrienProulx May 15th, 2024