stephane

26 uploads

Total photos: 26
Total videos: 0
Species photographed: 12
Most photographed species: Northern Gannet (See all)
Countries visited: 1
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Jun 10 2017
Close-up portrait of a gannet. They pick up just about anything and everything for the nest. Here, a small feather. Countless times I saw a gannet picking up a small feather such as this, meticulously place it at the edge of the nest, only to have it blow away in the ever present wind.
Jul 1 2017
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Jun 10 2017
Gannets engaging in typical gannet behaviour. From the Parc national de l'Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé, Gaspésie.

Males and females frequently engage in "fencing", where they knock their beaks together with their necks outstretched. It always happens in the minute after a mate arrives at the nest.
Jul 1 2017
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Jun 10 2017
Gannet from the Parc national de l'Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé, Gaspésie.

The male and female gannets are nearly identical, but I believe this may be a male arriving at the nest. Each and every time the male lands at the nest, he launches into an attack on the female's neck. Here, we appear to see the female, right below the landing bird, exposing her neck in submission, to diffuse the male gannet's aggression.
Jul 1 2017
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Jun 10 2017
Gannet from the Parc national de l'Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé, Gaspésie.

Rather difficult to NOT get birds in flight at the colony. The more wind at the colony, the more birds take flight!
Jul 1 2017
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Jun 10 2017
nest
View from a tower of the gannet colony at the Parc national de l'Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé, Gaspésie.


With this many birds - spend the day at the colony and you will be gifted with guano! I got hit the first day I visited straight across the back and legs (while laying down flat on the ground). The second visit I thought I was lucky, but got back to the cottage and noticed some new white spots across the back of my jacket!
Jul 1 2017
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Jun 10 2017
Closeup of the Northern Gannet.

Visited to the Bonaventure island in Gaspésie for a couple of days. This isn't a typical picture I'd usually make what with the shallow depth of field, but I'm rather liking the look.
Jun 23 2017
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Jun 10 2017
adult
Portrait of the Northern Gannet, parc national de l'Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé in Gaspésie.

Just started post processing the images from a recent trip, starting with the easiest to finish.
Jun 23 2017
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May 20 2017
male
From the Morgan Arboretum, my first clean image of this bird. I've often taken pictures of them, but in all cases, too far away or not critically sharp.


(disclamer: out of focus branch cloned out from the upper-left area).
May 30 2017
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May 20 2017
From the Morgan Arboretum
May 30 2017
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Jun 24 2016
adult
Caught this Wren image in June of last year at the Bois-de-l'Île-Bizard nature parc.
May 9 2017