Chris

2025 uploads
Birding since the late 1980s...mid 40s birder. Being out in nature and hearing the morning chorus, seeing how birds interact with their surroundings and go about their lives provides me a greater understanding of the natural environment we live in. With bird photography, every photo is different, which makes seeing the same and different species exciting.

Total photos: 2025
Total videos: 5
Species photographed: 1010
Most photographed species: Snowy Owl (See all)
Countries visited: 48
hybrid, captive
Gyrfalcon X Peregrine Hybrid seen at Dorval beside the runway 24 left. This bird has a tracking device and is used by the falconer as a means of scaring away ducks and geese from the runways. The bird can soar up to and above the "ceiling" which is the base of the clouds, however with only a hand wave it will return. It was fed a bird upon return. There are also 2 hawks the falconer uses.
Jun 14 2009
34
hybrid, captive
Gyrfalcon X Peregrine Hybrid seen at Dorval beside the runway 24 left. This bird has a tracking device and is used by the falconer as a means of scaring away ducks and geese from the runways. The bird can soar up to and above the "ceiling" which is the base of the clouds, however with only a hand wave it will return. It was fed a bird upon return. There are also 2 hawks the falconer uses.
Jun 14 2009
32
hybrid, captive
Gyrfalcon x Peregrine hybrid seen at Dorval beside the runway 24 left. This bird has a tracking device and is used by the falconer as a means of scaring away ducks and geese from the runways. The bird can soar up to and above the "ceiling" which is the base of the clouds, however with only a hand wave it will return. It was fed a bird upon return. There are also 2 hawks the falconer uses.
Jun 14 2009
38
First species photo badge
First photo badge
May 30 2009
adult
Take at Summit Park in Westmount on May 30, 2009
May 31 2009
32
First photo badge
female
Taken in Hudson on May 31, 2009
May 31 2009
23
male
Taken in Hudson on May 31, 2009
May 31 2009
22
female
Taken in Hudson on May 31, 2009
May 31 2009
35
May 2 2009
Singing at Mirabel Airport on the morning of May 2, 2009 as it tries to drown out a DC-8, DC-9 and even a DC-10 passing by the fence!
May 22 2009
18
May 2 2009
Singing at Mirabel Airport on the morning of May 2, 2009 as it tries to drown out a DC-8, DC-9 and even a DC-10 passing by the fence!
May 22 2009
27
First photo badge
May 9 2009
winter plummage
Snow Bunting at the town of Kuujjuaq, Quebec on May 9, 2009.
May 10 2009
22
First photo badge