In the still of the night / Dans le calme de la nuit

            En ce belle et chaude journée ensoleillée de novembre j'ai marché pendant plus de huit heures à la recherche d'une Buse à queue rousse qui était régulièrement vue au Jardin botanique de Montréal. J'ai arpenté le jardin ainsi qu le parc adjacent (Parc Maisonneuve) à sa recherche sans succès. J'en étais alors à ma troisième tentative. Je rencontrai la Buse à épaulette qui m'offrit un merveilleux spectacle de chasse. À la toute fin de la journée je me dirigeai vers la cavité du Petit-duc maculé qui brillait de sa présence et commençait à se réveiller pour entreprendre sa longue nuit de chasse. Le soleil se couchait. J'ai capté cette scène tout juste après le coucher du soleil alors que ce Petit duc mâle de couleur brun roussâtre (merci à Sylvain pour les précisions de ses couleurs) baignait dans de belles teintes rosées dont vous pouvez observer les réflexions dans ses yeux en agrandissant cette image.

On this beautiful, warm and sunny November day I walked for more than eight hours looking for a Red-tailed Hawk which was regularly seen at the Montreal Botanical Garden. I wandered the garden as well as the adjacent park (Parc Maisonneuve) looking for the Hawk without success. I was then on my third attempt. I met the Red-shouldered Hawk which offered me a wonderful hunting spectacle. At the very end of the day I headed towards the cavity of the Eastern Screech Owl. The sun was setting. I captured this scene just after sunset while this reddish-brown male Eastern Screech Owl (thanks Sylvain for the details of his colors) was bathing in beautiful pink hues of which you will be able to observe the reflections in his eyes by zooming in this image.

Petit-duc maculé - mâle
Eastern Screech Owl - male
Megascops asio

Merci pour votre passage, vos favoris et commentaires. Je lis chaque commentaire attentivement et ils me font grandement plaisir! 

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Taken on: November 16, 2024

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