Sound the Drums, It's the 20th Anniversary of The Magic of Lanterns at the Montreal Botanical Garden! The tradition lives on in 2012 at the Chinese Garden of the Montreal Botanical Garden with this year's Chinese Lantern display themed; "The Celestial Banquet". Join Xi Wang Mu, Queen Mother of the West, as she hosts the "Feast of Peaches". The Jade Emperor and his wife Xi Wangmu (Queen Mother of the West) ensured the deities' everlasting existence by feasting them with the peaches of immortality.

The Celestial Banquet "Feast of Peaches"

The immortals residing in the palace of Xi Wangmu were said to celebrate an extravagant banquet called the "Feast of Peaches" (蟠桃會 Pántáo Huì, or 蟠桃勝會 Pántáo Shènghuì). The immortals waited six thousand years before gathering for this magnificent feast; the peach tree put forth leaves once every thousand years and it required another three thousand years for the fruit to ripen. Statues depicting Xi Wangmu's attendants often held three peaches. And the Eight Immortals crossing the seas to attend the banquet is a popular subject in paintings.

Aki, Fall in the Japanese Garden

Aki, Fall in the Japanese Garden

This year features some new and interesting attractions in the neighboring water garden and the Japanese Garden!  Aki, Fall in the Japanese Garden is sure to marvel visitors of all ages as the Japanese Garden comes to life in a magical show of light and music. Although I had a chance to preview this wonderful new event I'm not going to tell you too much nor show you to many images. Not only is it a surprise, it's brand new and believe me you have to experience it for yourself. I had the oppurtunity to stand alone in front of the pine forest and experience it without any distraction from other visitors. The experience was absolutely magical!

Schedule:

The event Gardens of light will be held from September 7 to November 4, 2012 and the Botanical Garden will remain open daily until 9 P.M. for the occasion.

Guided tours of the Lanterns - Daily at 6:30 p.m. (30 min) from 7 septembre au 4 novembre 2012. Come join the Celestial Banquet and learn about the fascinating story of this celebration.

Jingju: Peking Opera - September 7 and 8, 2012 at Henry Teuscher Auditorium 7 and 8:15 p.m. (free)

Chinese percussion - Tuesday from 7 septembre au 4 novembre 2012 at 6, 6:45, 7:30 and 8:15 p.m. (except October 9 and 16)

Melodies on the erhu, the Chinese two-stringed violin - September 15, 22 and 29, 2012 6:30 to 9 p.m. (October: Saturday and Sunday)

Montréal Botanical Garden 4101, rue Sherbrooke Est Montréal (Québec) Canada, H1X 2B2 Phone: 514 872-1400 Fax: 514 872-4917

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In the last few weeks I've been seeing wood ducks of greatly varied ages. Some especially young for this time of year. Sure you'd expect to see the juveniles that are almost fully grown but I've been seeing them just a couple weeks old in mid August. Below are a few recent images of these young Wood Duck Chicks.  For more images of ducks I invite you visit my nature and wildlife photo gallery dedicated to ducks.

I'm sure Key Media Pty ltd has a few dollars to spare for an image!

Image Stolen by Keymedia's / KMIMedia's Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine

I woke up this morning to find out that a magazine has stolen one of my images for their online page on an article entitled: "CIBC: the sky is not falling, investors". The picture is of a Canada Goose staring up at the Sky.

The image was originally used in one of my Blogs: The sky is falling! and can be found on my Photo Gallery @ www.trolettiphoto.com

Although I find the image very fitting I'm appalled that it's being used for commercial purposes by an entity that appears to be able to pay for images. This is not a blogger, they are a true commercial entity printing and selling magazines. From the website it appears that (Australian Company Key Media Pty ltd) KMIMEDIA kmimedia.ca and KEYMEDIA keymedia.com.au are the driving force behind the magazine. No one from Key Media, KMI Media or Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine ever attempted to contact me regarding the commercial use of this image.

I emailed everyone on the contact list and naturally no answer. I believe they won't take responsibility for their actions. They will simply change the picture, maybe even steal a new picture. They will then proceed by erasing my comments and ignoring me as if nothing ever happened. If this is the case I would be extremely weary of anything being published by (Key Media Pty ltd) KEYMEDIA and KMIMEDIA.

UPDATE: Friday August 24 2012 8:30 AM PST - Key Media Pty ltd has since replaced the image to that of a woman, then deleted the article and republished it with today's date, new link URL and a third image appearing to be an editorial CIBC image. Just has I had predicted they've just ignored me and acted as if they did nothing wrong. The article had been read 468 times and shared through Facebook along with the image by numerous individuals. TRUTH IS I BELIEVE THEY ARE UNSCRUPULOUS THIEVES AND COWARDS.

Since the image was used for commercial use to promote Real Estate Wealth I'm asking for a little token of gratitude, $12,500 USD. I believe that would be a fare price to pay for use of my image on their front page, article and Facebook Page. They also copied and stored the image on their local server.

According to the Web Site these are the two individuals who seem to be responsible in approving theft of images for their online content.

Editorial Editor: Nila Sweeney Email: nila.sweeney@keymedia.com.au Associate Online Editor: Vernon Clement Jones Email: vernon.jones@kmimedia.ca

I'll take a look and make sure they're not printing the image.

Image Stolen by Keymedia’s / KMIMedia’s Canadian Real Estate

I ENCOURAGE ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS TO GO THROUGH WEBSITES OWNED BY KEYMEDIA AND KMIMEDIA (Key Media Pty ltd) AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT USING YOUR IMAGES ILLEGALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION.

YOU CAN ALSO USE GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH TO COMPARE YOUR IMAGES TO OTHER ONLINE IMAGES

This week I had the pleasure to come across a whole bevy of Killdeer and a few different Sanderling on the outskirts of Bolsa Chica Nature Preserve right here in Socal! Although the mid-day light was harsh and less favorable I had an absolute blast photographing these birds for a couple of hours. Like all good things the opportunity came to an end when one of the Killdeers took panic and the whole lot evacuated.

Keep an eye on my Plover Photo Gallery: http://www.trolettiphoto.com/wildlife_photography_birds_plover_pluvier_charadriidae_limicoles as I'll be posting a few more photos in the coming week.

Don't forget you can keep track of all the posted images by following my TWITTER, FACEBOOK and GOOGLE+

Cette semaine, j'ai eu le plaisir de rencontrer une bande entière de Pluvier kildir et de Bécasseaux sanderlings à la périphérie de Bolsa Chica Nature Preserve ici à Socal! Bien que la lumière de mi-journée était dur et moins favorable j'ai eu un moment absolument génial avec ces oiseaux pendant quelques heures. Comme toutes les bonnes choses l'occasion s'est terminer quand un Pluvier pris panique et l'ensemble du lot a évacués.

Gardez un oeil sur ma galerie photo de Pluvier : http://www.trolettiphoto.com/wildlife_photography_birds_plover_pluvier_charadriidae_limicoles que je vais poster quelques photos de plus dans la semaine à venir. N'oubliez pas que vous pouvez garder une trace de toutes les images postées par la suite de mon Twitter, Facebook et Google +

Right now, Parliament is pushing through a bill to weaken many of the country's most important environmental protection measures and silence the voices of all Canadians who seek to defend nature. Today it's our voice; tomorrow it could be yours.

Here are the top five reasons to Speak Out:

1. Charities are being targeted. The government is adding $8 million in new funding for the Canada Revenue Agency to audit charities like environmental groups in spite of the fact they have simply exercised their legal right to advocate for things like laws to fight global warming. This will have a chilling effect on democratic debate. What's more, under these new laws, citizen groups will likely be shut out of environmental reviews of big projects like oil pipelines. Key government agencies with expertise will also have less input. Well-funded backroom lobbyists and political operatives will have greater influence.
2. Canadians' participation in Parliament is being disrespected. Instead of following the established process for making sweeping changes, which allows for thorough public debate, these changes are being shoehorned into a massive budget law. This drastically reduces the amount of consultation on a whole variety of topics. These changes will have serious consequences for all Canadians and our voices are not being heard.
3. Nature is being put at serious risk. The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act is being replaced with a totally new law. Under it, Ottawa will play a much smaller role in protecting people from harmful projects, while retaining the right to basically rubber-stamp big projects that powerful oil interests want. And the new weaker rules are being applied to review processes that are already underway–so projects like the Enbridge Northern Gateway tankers and pipeline project could get an easier ride.
4. Too much power is in the hands of too few. The National Energy Board will no longer be able to say "no" to oil pipeline projects that are not in the public interest. Politicians in Cabinet will be able to overrule the expert energy regulator if powerful oil interests don't like its decision. Permits that allow the destruction of habitat for fish and threatened or endangered species will now be issued behind closed doors without public scrutiny, if they are required at all.
5. Trusted advisors to government that provide high-quality analysis for balanced policy are being ignored. The 2012 budget eliminates the funding for the last remaining government advisory body – the National Roundtable on the Environment and Economy (NRTEE). The NRTEE provides analysis and advice on how to meet our international commitments to reducing greenhouse gas pollution. Many lakes, rivers and streams that provide habitat to fish will be at greater risk of destruction because of changes to the Fisheries Act contained within the budget implementation bill. Healthy fish habitat is important for fish and for the people and businesses that depend on them.

For more information, please download a list of the TOP 10 items of environmental concern in the 2012 budget bill (Bill C-38).

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The American Bittern is an elusive and timid bird that is rarely seen in proximity of humans. They are also experts at camouflage in marshes and wetlands regardless of their larger size. The only thing that will give away the presence of this medium sized member of the Heron family is its distinctive bellowing call. Almost everyone who visits marshes as part of a nature walk during the mating season is sure to hear this low billowy sound engulf the marsh. At first not everyone identifies the sound but once you know it you won't forget it!

Yesterday I took the time to visit a Marsh encompassed in a large natural preserve, a Nature Park! I hadn't been to this particular Marsh in nearly a year and wanted to investigate the early spring arrivals. To my surprise both the female and male American Bittern had been active for most of the morning. Spectators to the morning show witnessed two attempts by the male to court and mate with the female. Although his effort seemed valiant to humans the female maintained a distance and the mating never took place.

Throughout the day the male could be heard calling out in the distance. Luckily he gave us one last little show before sunset. I took the time to take some videos and put them together for those of you who have never had the fortune of running into this magnificent bird.

For more Photos of the American Bittern and other members of the Heron Family please visit our Heron Photo Gallery. Many of our images are available for instant purchase online as Prints, Framed Art, Commercial and Editorial Photographic licenses for online and print use.

1. Heron Gallery : http://www.trolettiphoto.com/herons-bitterns-egrets-butor-aigrettes-blongios
2. Main Photo Gallery : http://www.trolettiphoto.com/

"O Turkey Lurkey!" says Goose Loose " the sky is falling"

Photographing a Canada Goose can get very mundane for a wildlife photographer. By the end of Spring the abundant numbers of these large and vocal birds make photography less than challenging. We can however not resist the temptation as we get excited to see them arrive early Spring year after year. Although I try hard not to publish too many photos of Canada Geese, I found this one way too amusing to keep for myself.

MORE CANADA GOOSE PHOTOS ON WWW.TROLETTIPHOTO.COM

I observed her on her nest staring into the heavens with what seemed to be a look of worry. The Chicken Little story, claiming the Sky is falling, immediately came to mind. When I proofed my photos the result was better than I had expected. I quickly searched for the phrase "The Sky is Falling" and found plenty of renditions of the old fable including a little fact I had not known. The Story of Chicken Little, A.K.A. Henny Penny, A.K.A. Chicken Licken as featured in a 1943 Disney Cartoon is a little disturbing compared to the modern day computer animated Disney Feature. In 1943 Foxy Loxy cunningly uses a number of psychological tricks to lure the farm animals into a cave and eat them all.

Here's the oldest printed version of the Story I could find : http://archive.org/details/remarkablestoryo00bostiala

CHICKEN LITTLE SERIES. 

BOSTON : 

DEGEN, ESTES & CO,, 

Did you ever hear of Chicken Little, hew she 

disturbed a whole neighborhood by her foolish 

alarm? 

Well, Chicken Little was running about in a
gentleman's garden, where she had no business to
be : she ran under a rose-bush, and a leaf fell on her
tail ; so she was dreadfully frightened, and ran away
to Hen Pen. 

" O Hen Pen," said she, " the sky is falling ! "
u Why, Chicken Little, how do you know it ? "
" O, I heard it with my ears, I saw it with my eyes,
and part of it fell on my tail." " Come, then," says 

Hen Pen, " let us run as fast as we can."
3 

So they ran till they came to Duck Luck. " O
Duck Luck," says Hen Pen, " the sky is falling ! "
" Why, how do you know it ? " says Duck Luck.
14 Chicken Little told me." " Chicken Little, how
do you know it ? " "I heard it with my ears, I
saw it with my eyes, and part of it feD on my tail "
" O, let us run ! " says Duck Luck. 

And they went on till they came to Goose Loose.
" O Goose Loose ! " says Duck Luck, " the sky is
falling." " Why, Duck Luck," says Goose Loose,
" how do you know it ? " Says Duck Luck, " Hen
Pen told me." " Hen Pen, how do you know it ? "
" Chicken Little told me." " Chicken Little, how
do you know it ? " " O, I heard it with my ears, I
saw it with my eyes, and part of it fell on my tail ! "
u Run, run ! as fast as you can," says Goose Loose*
And away they went till they came to 

Turkey Lurkey. " O Turkey Lurkey ! " says
Goose Loose, " the sky is falling ! " " Why," says
Turkey Lurkey, " Goose Loose, how do you know
it ? " Says Goose Loose, " Duck Luck told me."
" Duck Luck, how do you know it ? " Says Duck
Luck, " Hen Pen told me." " Hen Pen, how do
you know it ? " Says Hen Pen, " Chicken Little
told me." " Chicken Little, how do you know it ? "
" How can I help knowing it ? " says Chicken Lit-
tle ; "I heard it with my ears, I saw it with my eyes,
and part of it fell on my tail ! " " O, come, let us
run ! " says Turkey Lurkey. And away they all
went till they met with
6 

Fox Lox. " O Fox Lox ! " says Turkey Lur-
key, "the sky is falling!" "Who told you?"
says Fox Lox. Says Turkey" Lur key, "Goose
Loose told me." " Goose Loose, who told you?"
" Duck Luck told me." " Duck Luck, who told
you?" "Hen Pen told me." "Hen Pen, who
told you ? " " Chicken Little told me." " Chick-
en Little, how do you know it ? " " O, I heard it
with my ears, 1 saw it with my eyes, and part of it
fell on my tail ! " " Make haste ! " says Fox Lox,
" and all come into my den "
7 

Fox Lox opened the door, and in went Turkey
Lurkey. As she went in, Fox Lox bit off her
head, threw it one way, and the body another.
Then went in Goose Loose. Fox Lox cut off her
head, and threw her in. Then came Duck Luck.
Fox Lox did the same by her. Then came Hen
Pen. Fox Lox bit off her head, and threw it one
way, and the body the other. Then came Chicken
Little. Fox Lox caught hold of her, and eat her
all up, and then finished his supper with the rest,
and all this from the foolish fright of Chicken
Little. 

8

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Nous sommes heureux de vous inviter à notre "Souper Bénéfice" 2012 de l'UQROP, qui se tiendra le 25 mai à partir de 18h, au Centre communautaire Rosalie-Papineau à Saint-Hyacinthe. Une belle occasion de passer une soirée en compagnie de passionnés et de nos oiseaux que nous aurons le plaisir de vous présenter.

Nous espérons pouvoir vous voir en grand nombre, afin de soutenir notre organisme et les oiseaux de proie.

Pour toutes réservations contacter le 450 773 8521 poste 8545.

Valeur du billet 60$.

 http://www.uqrop.qc.ca/www-officiel/fr/nouvelle.php

Sur le site de Chouette a voir le 3 mars 2012

L’UQROP, Union québécoise de réhabilitation des oiseaux de proie a le plaisir de vous annoncer la tenue de la journée Harfang des neiges le 3 mars 2012 sur le site d’interprétation de Chouette à voir!

Nous espérons vous voir en grand nombre !

Journée Harfang des neiges à l'UQROP

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• Le site web de l’UQROP

About The Author : Steve Troletti Steve Troletti is a Location Scout, Adventurer, Blogger, Wildlife and Nature Photographer. Steve Troletti has decades of photographic experience ranging from Landscapes,Wildlife, World Conflicts and International Law Enforcement.

like Day and Night! February 16 to April 29, 2012

From February 16 to April 29, 2012, the Main Exhibition Greenhouse and the Ferns Greenhouse of the Montreal Botanical Garden host the 15th edition of Butterflies Go Free. That’s right the 2012 edition of Butterflies go free will be featured in two separate greenhouses this year. Visitors to this special edition of Butterflies Go Free will discover species of butterflies with day or night behavior. Come admire over 2,000 butterflies and moths flying about in the two Botanical Garden greenhouses (the Main Exhibition Greenhouse and the Fern Greenhouse).

Pictures from our Gallery Featuring Butterflies from 2011

Bug Bites Butterflies Go Free*

In a greenhouse filled with tropical butterflies… a short presentation arrives just in time to answer the most frequent questions that pop to mind when observing these amazing insects. Don’t miss it! Main Greenhouse at the Botanical Garden 10:00 & 11:00 a.m., noon, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 & 4:00 p.m Duration : 5 minutes

* Bug Bites are presented in English on request, following the French presentation

Butterflies and Moths Go Free 2012

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday to Sunday
Open Mondays :
February 27, March 5 and April 9
Open during Easter weekend

Montréal Botanical Garden
4101, rue Sherbrooke Est
Montréal (Québec)
Canada, H1X 2B2
Pie-IX Metro station
Telephone: 514 872-1400

About The Author : Steve Troletti Steve Troletti is a Location Scout, Adventurer, Blogger, Wildlife and Nature Photographer. Steve Troletti has decades of photographic experience ranging from Landscapes,Wildlife, World Conflicts and International Law Enforcement.

Déjà vu in Montreal after Michael Jackson's Death!

Montreal’s North American location may not make the scene all that much different from that infamous Berlin hotel window. Well after his death Michael Jackson can still be seen repeating this horrible travesty as he dangles his baby from the third story of a Montreal building.

This is the spectacle locals and tourists are greeted to as they walk on St-Laurence Boulevard by the EVA B Café-Boutique.

This strange place is home to a Bistro Bar, Costume Boutique and organizes Special Events such as Halloween Parties.

Checkout the web site @ http://eva-b.ca/en/contact.php

When in Montreal you can visit in person :

EVA B.

2015, ST. LAURENT BLVD.
MONTREAL, QC

TEL.: 514 849 8246
EMAIL: BOUTIQUEEVAB@HOTMAIL.COM

You can now buy prints , Stock Photography, digital media, Editorial and Commercial licensing directly online on our new Photo Gallery http://www.trolettiphoto.com/trolettiphoto-gallery

About The Author : Steve Troletti Steve Troletti is a Location Scout, Adventurer, Blogger, Wildlife and Nature Photographer. Steve Troletti has decades of photographic experience ranging from Landscapes,Wildlife, World Conflicts and International Law Enforcement.

The Ecoological Solar House - CNA Newsworld

PHOTO: CNA Newsworld - Cover No.37 January 2012

January 2012 marked the Chinese New Year, year of the Dragon! Just in time to celebrate the Chinese New Year was my January 2012 copy of CNA Newsworld’s Global Central Magazine from Taiwan. What’s special about this specific issue? The January 2012 edition of CNA Newsworld’s Global Central Magazine features one of my images! The published image is of the “Ecoological Solar House” located in Park Jean Drapeau in Montreal on  Île Sainte-Hélène. It stands in the shadows of the Biosphere, once home to the USA Pavilion during Expo 67. Yes it’s spelled “Ecoological”!

I originally took this particular photo to accompany an article I wrote featuring the Ecoological Solar House which will be open for public visits until 2013 : http://trolettiphoto.com/ecoological-solar-house-biosphere/

The Central News Agency, CNA Newsworld’s Global Central Magazine is published in Cooperation with The British Council, CNN, National Geographic and Lonely Planet. You can visit CNA Newsworld online by visiting : http://newsworld.cna.com.tw/post/2012e5b9b4e5b081e99da2.aspx

This is both a great start to our traditional New Year and the Chinese New Year, Year of the Dragon, for Steve Troletti Photography! Once again a big Thank You and a Happy Chinese New Year to to ShuLing and the entire team at the Central News Agency –  CNA Newsworld’s Global Central Magazine.

PHOTO: The Ecoological Solar House - CNA Newsworld Taiwan by Steve Troletti

About The Author : Steve Troletti Steve Troletti is a Location Scout, Adventurer, Blogger, Wildlife and Nature Photographer. Steve Troletti has decades of photographic experience ranging from Landscapes,Wildlife, World Conflicts and International Law Enforcement.

Stop Internet Censorship - Protect Freedom of Speech!

STOP SOPA!

Steve Troletti Photography has gone dark today in protest of the U.S. Stop On-Line Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect-IP Act (PIPA).

The web has given everyone a platform to share their ideas and creative works with the world. The language of these bills creates too many liabilities for websites to allow you that freedom.

These bills also institute the same systems for censorship previously reserved for authoritarian regimes. These systems should never be established regardless of intent.

The companies that controlled your access to media before the Internet are the same ones trying to change the Internet now. They are spending a lot of money to influence your representatives in Congress and the Senate.

If you hope to maintain a free and open Internet, without government censorship, please contact your representative in Congress and tell them you oppose SOPA and PIPA.

Contact your representative in Congress and say NO to SOPA.

Call your Senator and say NO to PIPA.

Latest HuffingtonPost article on the matter.

Overview of SOPA and PIPA

How PIPA and SOPA Violate White House Principles Supporting Free Speech and Innovation

What’s On the Blacklist? Three Sites That SOPA Could Put at Risk

SOPA: Hollywood Finally Gets A Chance to Break the Internet

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About The Author : Steve Troletti Steve Troletti is a Location Scout, Adventurer, Blogger, Wildlife and Nature Photographer. Steve Troletti has decades of photographic experience ranging from Landscapes,Wildlife, World Conflicts and International Law Enforcement.

March 3rd 2012 on the "Chouette a voir!" site in St Jude!

L’UQROP, “Union québécoise de réhabilitation des oiseaux de proie” is proud to announce the presentation of Snowy Owl Day wich will be held on Saturday March 3rd, 2012 on the interpretaion site, home of ” Chouette à voir!”

In case of bad weather the event will be postponed to the next weekend on March 10th, 2012.

Admission:

• $4 for Adults
• $2 for Children (5-12 years of age)
• Free for Children age 4 and under

DAY Activities – 10:30 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. - Bring your Lunch!

(Activities animated in French)

Nocturnal Safari (From 7:00 P.M.)

We hope to see you all on Snowy Owl Day!

PHOTO: Snowy Owl Day @ L'UQROP March 3rd 2012

About The Author : Steve Troletti Steve Troletti is a Location Scout, Adventurer, Blogger, Wildlife and Nature Photographer. Steve Troletti has decades of photographic experience ranging from Landscapes,Wildlife, World Conflicts and International Law Enforcement.

lettre du comité hibou blanc

La Société d'ornithologie de Lanaudière (SOL)

HARFANGS et DÉRANGEMENT :

Bonjour, Les observateurs circulant dans le Sud québécois ont probablement remarqué que les Harfang des neiges ont déjà établis leurs territoires de chasse hivernale dans plusieurs régions. La région «sud-est» de Lanaudièren’échappe pas à cette «belle invasion» pas plus,malheureusement, qu’elle n’échappe à la horde de photographes qui envahissent les terres privées des municipalités de St-Barthélemy/St-Cuthbert, souris et appareils-photos en mains. Depuis la fin décembre,des affiches dénonçant ces comportements ont été posées à divers endroits en espérant que les messages qu’elles véhiculent puissent atteindre l’ensemble de la communauté.

Depuis quelques jours, nous constatons une recrudescence de photographes utilisant la méthode dite «d’appâtage» qui,en plus de ternir l’image des adeptes de la photographie, témoigne de l’irrespect des moeurs du Harfang et/ou des autres espèces de Strigidés. Nous gardons espoir que les affiches sauront sensibiliser la population aux méfaits potentiels de ces méthodes mais nous croyons que l’apport des observateurs québécois et de tous ceux qui fréquenteront les lieux pendant l’hiver aideraient grandement à cette sensibilisation.

Merci du support que les membres de ce Forum apporteront à cette démarche et bonnes observations de Harfangs dans toutes les régions du Québec..

Société d’Ornithologie de Lanaudière (SOL)

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COLLABORATION SPÉCIALE, JACQUES SAMSON: Le Soleil

Je vous invite a lire l’article de Jacques Samson, Le Soleil. << Interdit de nourrir les harfangs  >> Publié le 07 janvier 2012 à 05h00

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Les deux panneaux interdisant de nourrir les harfangs sont bien en vue le long de la montée de la Station, à Saint-Vallier. Collaboration spéciale, Jacques Samson Photo: Le Soleil

(Québec) La petite municipalité de Saint-Vallier, dans Bellechasse, a décidé de passer à l’action et d’interdire aux «paparazzis» de nourrir les harfangs des neiges. Au cours des dernières semaines, deux panneaux interdisant cette pratique décriée par tout ornithologue qui se respecte sont apparus sur la montée de la Station, route transversale qui mène du village vers l’autoroute 20.

Lire l’article complet en ligne, cyberpresse.ca (Le Soleil) : http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/maison/oiseaux-et-cie/201201/06/01-4483580-interdit-de-nourrir-les-harfangs.php

Autres articles de Jacques Samson concernant l’appâtage des harfangs :

1. Des souris pour les harfangs
2. Des souris pour les harfangs (2)

About The Author : Steve Troletti Steve Troletti is a Location Scout, Adventurer, Blogger, Wildlife and Nature Photographer. Steve Troletti has decades of photographic experience ranging from Landscapes,Wildlife, World Conflicts and International Law Enforcement.

Trois nouvelles images d’un renard roux mâle ont récemment ètè ajoutées à la galerie Mammifères. L’une d’elles  montre une scène de poursuite dans laquelle le renard roux chasse un écureuil gris. Ce renard est nouveau dans la région. Son regard n’est comme aucun autre, très sérieux et perçant. C’est un chasseur hors pair qui partage actuellement ce territoire avec une femelle. Si nous sommes chanceux, nous pourrons voir des renardeaux cette année!

Lien à la galerie Mammifères :  http://www.trolettiphoto.com/mammals-mammiferes

About The Author : Steve Troletti Steve Troletti is a Location Scout, Adventurer, Blogger, Wildlife and Nature Photographer. Steve Troletti has decades of photographic experience ranging from Landscapes,Wildlife, World Conflicts and International Law Enforcement.