Thursday 10 May 2012

Road kill

Don't worry - no gross pictures for this one!

Spring brings out lots of lovely furry and feathered creatures, however not all are well suited to an urban environment and crazy Quebecois drivers.  (honking, speeding, using mobile phones and tail gating are mandatory here).

This morning I smelt, then saw a squashed skunk and this afternoon it was a poor little fisher like the one below.  This place is rough for wildlife!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ydery/5437907820/
Luckily our backyard is a little sanctuary for a variety of creatures but some of them are very hard to capture on film.  (Somewhat like children...)  We occasionally see a few of these beauties...  They're called Cardinals and sing beautifully.

http://animaldiscovery-chanel.blogspot.ca/2011/05/cardinal-bird-red-birds-of-american.html
We have quite a few of these birds - imaginatively called Red Winged Black birds!  They really look amazing when they spread their wings.

http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/terrestrial/migratory_birds/bird_conservation/bcr11_red-winged_blackbird.html
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