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Woodcock, Crawford County, PA. I observed this migratory warbler feasting on insect larvae. Thanks for looking and your comments or feedback.
Monarch butterfly migration through Oklahoma City, September 28, 2018. The monarchs had spent the day feeding on butterfly bushes, native sunflowers, and other flowers that they could find.
I spotted this bird foraging with a few white-crowned sparrows on the 'temporarily closed' green meadow @SCBG. Didn't know the ID until I zoomed in. Wish it was closer but a first for me, so I 'll take it.
Pallid Harriers breed from the northern shores of the Black Sea all the way to Lake Baikal and from their breeding grounds most of them migrate to Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent, with few staying closer to the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf. They are rare visitors to Central Europe too, on their way to their wintering grounds.
In the Semi-desert of Mangghystau we saw many of them migrating and hunting Chukars and smaller birds as well as mammals especially in the mornings when their prey came close to a water hole.
While the english name Pallid Harrier is a reference to the pale look of the adult male, the German name translates as Steppe Harrier, referencing the habitat in which they are often found. The bird in the picture is a juvenile and the prominent distinctive feature vs the similar looking juvenile Montagu‘s Harrier is the just visible cream-white collar, which Montagu‘s lack.
Shore birds, in this case a Lesser Yellowlegs, are amazing in their ability to find their very small prey through murky water and often within the mud substrate of shallow waters. In watching them, I found that when they strike, they seldom come up empty.
These birds breed in the steppes and salt marshes of Central Asia, including the northern shores of the Caspian Sea or Lake. Found it just 100km south of its breeding range, where some of these gulls overwinter (although most of them migrate further south to the Indian subcontinent). Rare vagrants in Western Europe.
My favorite whatbird.com website is down for upgrade so I'm hoping my ID friend on here will help me. I'm pretty sure what I think it is. In my front yard on the remaining Bottlebrush tree on October 5, 2022 (just getting to these shots). All the shots of this yard life bird (me thinks) are through my double pane front hurricane door so they are all awful like this one. Aarrgghhh ... Still I'm humble and have done the best I can with what I had. Thanks for your help.
PS: Without whatbird.com, I resorted to two tech ID solutions, my iPhone and the Seek app! And YEAH! That’s what I thought. A Cape May Warbler! Thank You, Jesus! It’s a yard life bird for sure, and I will have to search my records but I don’t think I have ever formally counted it as a life bird and a photo to prove it! WooHoo! Life bird it is. Unless I have one on Facebook ...
Any flight shots I get of warblers are just a by-product of being in the field and photographing them. They are never planned and most are blurred but occasionally I get one I really like. Maybe some day I will be more purposeful in trying to get these. You need good light and a fast enough shutter speed (this one is on the slow side for an acceptable warbler flight shot) and a favorable direction of launch.
I was hoping to get the opportunity to photograph the White Pelicans along the west coast of Florida this fall once they showed up during southbound migration. I was fortunate to hit it right one afternoon and get to observe over 500 of them at close range until near sunset. At one point they all took off at once and it was somewhat reminiscent of Sno0w Ge3se taking flight in masses. Quite a show it was!
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Photographed 19 November 2023, Westborough Wildlife Management Area, Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts
The birdflu threatens the cranes on their migration this year - the reports are devastating. Let's hope that enough will make it back next year!
Kraniche verlassen nach Sonnenaufgang ihren Ãœbernachtungsplatz in der Diepholzer Moorniederung.
Wegen H5N1 steht ihnen eine sehr gefährliche Migration bevor - drücken wir die Daumen, dass es viele schaffen werden!
A distinctive large flycatcher of the boreal and western coniferous forests, the Olive-sided Flycatcher gives its "quick-three-beers" song from the tops of tall snags. It makes dashing flights from its high perch to catch flying insects, then returns to the same perch.
Source:Allaboutbirds.org
Woodcock Creek Dam, Crawford County, PA. I originally misidentified this bird. It is an immature female Hooded Warbler, not a Wilson's. The white undertail feathers and tail edges (more visible on another photo) are diagnostic. A closer look also reveals that the olive on the head forms more of a hood than a cap. Thanks for looking and any comments or feedback.
I've seen a "straggler" bird passing through over the past couple of days (but no photo!), but these are photos of the last few birds left in the garden earlier this month... Fall migration continues... (ruby-throat hummingbirds flying south).
Not the best picture, but it captures the furtive, flighty habit of this little fall migrant. I heard him/her before I saw him and was so glad to catch a glimpse!
Looking north from the cliff top near Point Traverse, we found a sheltered raft numbering a couple thousand Greater Scaup. Later the raft was flushed by the Golden Eagles we had seen earlier, and it split into smaller groups across the Lake. But at this point, early in the morning, the raft floated lazily in the bay, out of the wind and rising waves. I had never seen a raft before. It was pretty neat. Obviously a third or more of the raft is out of the frame.
It's been a few days since I've last spotted a "little bird" (ruby-throat hummingbird) in the garden, as they leave for the annual fall migration heading south (Mexico) for the winter. (not a bad idea).
Photographed 19 November 2023, Westborough Wildlife Management Area, Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Mostly white morphs with three juveniles and two blue morphs. Looking closely, the one blue morph in the middle of the frame has an interesting eye, some kind of hybrid perhaps.
The birdflu threatens the cranes on their migration this year - the reports are devastating. Let's hope that enough will make it back next year!
Kraniche nach Sonnenuntergang auf dem Weg zu ihrem Ãœbernachtungsplatz in der Diepholzer Moorniederung.
Wegen H5N1 steht ihnen eine harte und gefährliche Migration bevor - drücken wir die Daumen, dass es viele schaffen werden!