#WhiteHeadedEagle

#WhiteHeadedEagle

... also with a White-headed Eagle at more than a thousand feet above us.

#We'llCrossThatBridgeWhenWeGetThere

Winnipeg... where the earth is flat and the roads are straight.

#LeGrandHéronBleu

Frequently seen near the shores of open water but most of all in the wetlands of the Northern Hemisphere. They are so permanently anchored around here that it would be very easy for me to write an updated book about them instead of all these outdated information found on the web.

#TheDayAfter

...yes, climate change.

Lanaudière, Québec, Canada. May 25th, 2022.

#NoOneEscapeTime

Many birds come and go in feeding stations but when you notice that one hanging alone for several hours to one to two days, then you know that something's wrong. Particularly when this one is overweight which means that he's less active.

You can also observe that his heart is beating faster and that he seems not to care anymore about what is happening around him.

It only means one thing; our friend here is old and about to let go of his life. A similar situation happened last year and the bird was found later laying dead far under our terrace. We buried him later that day.

Most wildlife being know when the end is near and what they do is retire themselves in a secluded area and wait for the moment to come. It is sad because none on Earth (humans or animals) should be left alone for the departure of life.

There's nothing to do except to enjoy their presence while they are here with us.

#IdleNoMore

... speaking of terms last evening with friends and a few others at the café Bistro, was very interesting. We stumbled on one specifically which is the "Indians" term that some people still use publicly toward the First Nations. We were laughing with each other saying that Native people are not coming from India and that this term was also widely regarded as old-fashioned and very inappropriate.

Indigenous people are most likely called, The Original (AbOriginal), Native people or as well as First Nations. But not erroneously referred as "Indians" like the first Europeans people when they mistakenly thought they had reached India in the fifteenth century. First Nations people have lived in the Northern Hemisphere for thousands of years and inhabited the area long enough before Europeans people "discovered" it.

(Absolutely no offense at all to the European's folks here)

Then starting to enumerate the most common North Faces groups in Canada: The Iroquois, Mohawk, The Cherokee, Sioux, Shawnee, Ojibwe, Light Skinned Cree (the largest indigenous tribe in Canada), Cheyenne, Mi'kmaq, among others.

To finally introduce myself to a few new friends in the café Bistro by saying; Hey btw, I'm Mohawk, but please call me Ben or Adrien. Cheers!