#RescueChopper

#RescueChopper

In solidarity with people affected by climate change's effects:

Once the location has been determined as not accessible by land; Rescue-Chopper is always the best solution you can get in case of emergency evac.

:Relevant footage from last year's #TheDayAfter because yes, climate "is still" changing.

#NorthernCrow

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

#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.

#TurkeyBuzzard

I stumbled on this magnificent Urubu à Tête Rouge last evening. He was very far from me and the sundown was setting his way just in front of my leans so, not a 100% clear shot.

But here's to say… with the Northern climate around here forcing them to have more meat on their shoulders, these guys are larger in size than the neotropics one. They can easily weight up to 5 pounds given them a large wingspan of 70 inches which allows them to hoover for kilometers, even with no winds.

And wearing a war painted face mask with an impressive athletic stature like that, they can easily roam many territories.

#NorthernRaven

…with this persistent Winter that just finally starting to go away, while most wildlife have not much to eat, a little hand with a slice of fresh pork meat to feed the youngsters, cannot hurt.

Kids got to eat something to be quiet otherwise they will attract all kinds of predators snooping down the valley.

#SurvivalInstinct

…just a quick résumé over here guys while on my way to the Foresters cabin this morning; the Fox Squirrel is the largest native Squirrel species in the mountainous part of the Northern Hemisphere (Canada). And they are well known for being a group who proactively is prepared for all kind of emergencies situations, such as natural disasters. So they own a personal large instinct of survival.

And frequently Fox Squirrels will interbreed with Grey Squirrels to expand Squirrels population which will end up with little Black Squirrels offspring (they are black due to a unique gene from the Gray one). And that's how hybrid Squirrels are born. So far so good.

Now this is not a high quality video. It was early in the morning and they were approximately at 40' high on a dead spruce. But anyway.

So I caught on video this Black Squirrel copulating with a Fox Squirrel while the Black Squirrel is already the result from the Grey with the Fox one. And now I'm not too sure what kind of result we can expect here from this interbreeding session in a near future…

And good morning.