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Masai Mara National Park
Kenya
East Africa
Part of the great migration of millions of animals from Tanzania to Kenya and back again. You can see a giraffe on the far horizon.
In what is one of the world’s most quintessential wildlife experiences, the annual Great Migration in Africa is an event like no other. Millions of Zebras, Wildebeest, and other antelope species make this incredible journey across Tanzania and Kenya every year, facing Crocodile- infested waters and terrestrial predators (Lions, Leopards, etc) along the way.
Consisting of millions of animals, East Africa’s Great Migration is the largest terrestrial mammal migration in the world. Its stage encompasses some of the most breathtaking ecosystems on Earth, including the most well-known reserve on the continent, Serengeti National Park.
The migration is an endless circuit in which the circle of life is showcased in its purest form. Like the hands on a clock, a seemingly never- ending stream of fauna make their way across Africa’s landscape in search of food and water, never knowing how much time they may have left.
The Great Migration is a famously treacherous journey in which the animals must not only find food to sustain themselves, but also give birth to the future generations that will keep the annual migration alive. It’s a classic game of survival of the fittest, and its contenders are some of the most majestic and resilient creatures Africa has to offer. – Internet
The circle of life caught up to these poor little mayflies snared in a web in Lakewood Park in Tecumseh, Ontario
Nature knows how to balance the books - the Great Horned Owls will be nesting this time of the year and for them and for their offspring to survive they must find food sources. Hope they have a good season this year ahead and we get to see some owlets in a few months. I have had this photo for a number of years and was hesitant on posting as I know seeing a kill is sometimes difficult for some individuals. Circle of life and nature can look cruel but has a purpose.
A Pied-billed Grebe and its fresh caught breakfast fish.
See more info about this image on the blog at: edrosack.com/2021/11/14/a-wonderful-time-of-year/
It was a day just like any other day as we stopped for a break at the rest stop. A visitors approached us and talked about a dead bison. It was September 11 and rut season was still in action. June through September is Rut Season (dating and mating) for the bison. Often the males (bulls) fight for females (cows). Sometimes the males get hurt, which was the case on Slough Creek. As we arrived, we could see the carcass in the creek. The area became the “Go-to-Destination” for thousands of guests. There were bison, wolves, coyotes, bald eagles, golden eagles, and magpies. Rangers had created a viewing area with cones and tape. At times the crowd was silent. Other times, when an animal came into the area, one could hear the camera thunder! All hoped to capture the perfect picture.
This is an Alfa wolf in the area of Slough Creek In Yellowstone National Park. The leaders (dominate male & female) are collared so the park service can trace their location.
I have always had the oddest affinity with the Mackinac Bridge which connects the two halves of Michigan. I remember as a very little girl, crossing that bridge in my parents '59 Chevy station wagon (the one with the winged tail lights). My mother and father chatted on about the amazing Mac that had opened up a few years before this family trip from the suburbs of Chicago to the UP. They talked about the 5 men who had died building that bridge and how it was the longest suspension bridge in the world...at the time. Little did I know that many years later I would be living in Michigan and get to know a man who's father was one of those 5 who lost their lives.
On the way back home from that trip we were in a serious accident when a man plowed into the back of that Chevy wagon. I remember being in the hospital and little else that day. Fortunately no one was killed, but the poor Chevy was written off. We moved to Africa not long afterward, but I never forgot the Mackinac bridge and listening to that conversation, as little as I was at the time. It was a strange moment in 2021 when I stood looking at that bridge again for the first time since that day. I wondered how that it stands unchanged and even the price of crossing has only risen 75 cents since the bridge opened, yet so much of life has passed since then. Standing there I felt I had come full circle (for now at least).
Please enjoy the sunset details in Large. Thank you so much for your visit!
This old barn down the road is about to return to the ground, completing the wonderful circle of natural materials. If only our buildings today would follow the cycle.
Jelling Church / Jelling / Jutland / Denmark
Album of Denmark: www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157712208...
On the path unwinding
In the circle of life
The Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly
Shasta Daisy
Along the garden path ~
Captured w/Canon EOS Rebel T6
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Merlin took into the sky with the meal-to-be: a little sanderling and flew off to find a quieter place to proceed with her dinner... @ Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
The grand staircase with the ceiling fresco " The Circle Of Life" by Hans Canon
Hans Canon was the pseudonym of Johann Baptist Strašiřipka
Offensive...? if this offends anyone please let me know....I wasn't sure to share or not....it's nature....trying to stay on the light side...."put your left leg in....put right left leg out"...no????
RKO_2925. A group of about 22 lions feasting on a prey at Masai Mara, Kenya.
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Perhaps it should be Koi -1. I saw this Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) land in the maple tree and went to a different window to investigate. Well the koi was still flapping its tail but the battle was over. The hawk decided to transport the meal away for consumption. Somehow, I'd rather share the pond's koi with a hawk than a great blue heron but the result will be the same.
"Are you in or out?" asked the Great Egret. "Do I have a choice?" answered with the question of its own side-blotched lizard... :-) @ Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve