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Hummingbirds this time of year are packing on the grams, getting ready for migration. It seems fitting that it occurs around the start of football season, because they look sort of like little feathered flying footballs to me.
Molting Black-bellied Plover raising its wing and exposing the unmistakable field mark, black armpit. This black spot helps to identify these birds in-flight.
Photograph captured with a Canon EOS 1DX mark II camera paired with a Canon 600mm f/4 IS II lens and 1.4x extender, at 840mm
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As winter approaches, witness one of nature's most spectacular shows: the arrival of snow geese to Texas!
These Arctic travelers journey thousands of miles from their northern breeding grounds, filling the skies with massive white flocks and their signature high-pitched calls. Huge V-formations glide over wetlands and fields, often landing in the thousands, turning the landscape into a swirling sea of feathers.
It's pure magic—especially along the Gulf Coast and in places like Anahuac or Hagerman Refuge.
Our beautifull world, pass it on.
In autumn,the Monarch Butterflies follow the shoreline and congregate in numbers before crossing the Great Lakes on their way to wintering grounds in Mexico.
There here. First warbler for the fall migration. She would not let me get a clear shot of her till she disappeared. Isle Lake Alberta
In autumn,Monarch butterflies congregate on the shores of Lake Ontario before migrating south.
Presquile provincial Park,Ontario
The birds were moving so fast today as they hunted through the canopy. I saw some Ruby-crowned Kinglets as well. Hoping for better pictures tomorrow.
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.
There is a little game trail I love that is surrounded with thickets of heavy growth that provides shelter and food for lots of little migratory birds. This time there was a beautiful Nashville warbler who stayed in the open sunlight trying to decide which berry to eat.
Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
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White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) - Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia
After seeing this species last time I was down in Florida, it was a bit surreal to see it in Nova Scotia today. It is an uncommon migrant here.
It sure stood out when it emerged from the alders. Those brilliant bright eyes staring out from the increasingly sparse branches.
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Morning visitors to Paradise Pond, earlier today, a flock of Canada Geese. We see and hear these tourists from the north in the early Spring and then, again, in the Fall as they migrate up and down the eastern coast of the U.S. We heard the wind rushing over the wings of this group as they prepared to land well before we saw them. Such a beautiful sight.
The monarchs gather each fall at the Peninsula Point State Park in Stonington (Upper Peninsula of Michigan). They wait there along the shores of Lake Michigan for a north wind or favorable flying conditions. When the time is right, they fly en masse over Lake Michigan and continue on their long journey to Mexico.
A series of 5 images, all of the same bird. they show the strength and weakness of the D6 when it comes to warbler photography. When you can get close to the bird, the D6 is wonderful (see images I posted railer). From near by, you get beautiful detail and superb low moise at high ISO (all images were shot at ISO6400, 1/2500, f5.6 with spot metering). the strength? full frame, 14ffps and a super sticky autofocus captures an entire sequence of a jumping warbler, every frame a keeper. the weakness? cropping a full frame 21mp Chip leaves lots of detail to the imagination. I would love a DX version of the D6, or a D6 with a low noise 36mp chip...Note the bird must be well fed since it ignores a katydid nymph and a cricket.
I love seeing migrating warblers come to my yard. This one came to get a drink.
Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
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EXPLORE #82 ON 11-28-12
A small population of Sandhill Cranes make Kensington Metropark their summer home. This one trumpeted my arrival to all who could hear within the one mile that it's call might travel. At the time of this picture (early October), he would be about to begin migration to a more hospitable winter home.
He faces the strong morning sunlight that makes his cheeks look transluscent, as the light passes through the thin layer of skin.
Photographed 24 September 2022, Morning Flight, Gooseberry Neck, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts
American Redstart, female stationary for just a moment. Lots of them around now in South Florida.
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Finally I captured it with wings spread wide and saw what the issue was. It had a hole torn in the wing. Still, he was going strong & I was glad he stopped by for refreshments.
Male Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
SUNSET / BLOOD FLOWER Scarlet Milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica)
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(Cistothorus palustris) -- Marsh Wren
The pugnacious Marsh Wren clings to wetland vegetation, tail cocked and legs splayed, often with each foot wrapped around a different stalk. This rusty-brown wren has black-and-white streaks down its back and a white eyebrow. It sings a rapid-fire gurgling, trilling, and buzzy song from the depths of the marsh where its secretive life unfolds. Under the cover of reeds, males build multiple nests and breed with more than one female. They also destroy eggs and nestlings of other Marsh Wrens and marsh-nesting birds.
Read more at: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Marsh_Wren/overview
Canada geese fly in front of Mount St. Helens, an active volcano in the Cascade Range. Image from Sauvie Island Oregon near Portland looking northeast into Washington state. Published 12/2011 in The Smithsonian!
Here's a link to the photo gallery:
www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonianmag/galleries/7215762840...
And a link to the related story:
www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/evotourism/Mount-St-Helens-...
I love fall migration time. You never know who you might run into. Here today, gone tomorrow.
Juvenile White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
White Rock Lake, Dallas Texas
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Hundreds of Sandhill Cranes literally dropped from the sky about an hour before sunset when I was watching some other birds. The sight, the sound and the controlled chaos was unbelievably magical and memorable!
These birds are part of the Eastern Population of sandhill cranes, and they had just flown at least 300 miles during their fall migration on the way to Florida for their wintering grounds. They looked exhausted, their feathers were shaggy and as soon as they landed on the water they drank and kept drinking from the pond.
Migrating cranes need an open place to safely roost overnight, and nearby cornfields also provide them with another necessary food supply in which to forage and gather the carbohydrates to store as energy for these long migration flights.
The cranes will ideally wait for a sunny day with north winds to continue their journey south, but they will fly in any weather though. Depending on the winds they will fly 250-500 miles (400-800 km) a day! They are strong fliers, and their average speed is 25-35 mph (40-56 kmh).
And then they do this all over again during the spring migration in March and April when they return back north.
Migration is the most dangerous time for all the birds. Majority of those dangers are manmade.