From now on

Beautiful eyes.

And this time I'm not talking about Dalexia's eyes but rather about the beautiful eyes I saw today when I went to Mt. Tremblant.

I was looking for something original to photograph so I made a quick search on the web to see what were the interesting tourist attractions of my region and this is how I found a Free-Flight Birdshow called "EVOLUTION...From Dinosaurs to Raptors". It was an amazing show featuring some of the nicest and impressive birds of prey. I had the chance to see, at arm length distance, many species like a bald eagle, a great horned owl or a Harris Hawk.

Some of them had to be kept leashed but other were able to fly freely and they often flew right above our heads or between the spectators. Well not all of them behaved so nicely, at one point, Napoleon an European Great Horned Owl has decided to go visit the surrounding forest!

Oops!...

Napoleon?



The young ladies presenting the show had to take their radar monitoring equipment to find the renegade. “Sorry, will be right back!” 20 minutes later Napoleon was back on the hand of his trainer and everyone felt relieved because he wouldn't have survived in the wilderness because he was born in captivity and he wouldn't be able to hunt properly.

Since the show was held on the top of the mountain, the background scenery was gorgeous but the only problems was the black flies. You have to come to the Laurentians, especially in the Mt. Tremblant region at the end of June to experience how bad it can get. The show's presenters were always interrupting themselves. “Kaf! Kaf! Sorry, I swallowed a fly!” And the Libyan tourists sited beside me didn't understand how anyone could bear this torture!
I think they emptied their whole can of insect repellent during the show!

I think you will understand more when you will see the constant presence of those nagging creatures on my photos. So here they are...








Many more pics here