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After getting a drink the warbler flew over to my buttonbush & was eating tiny insects off the branches.
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechial)
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Garland, Tx
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Fall migration is winding down, and I'll have to wait until next spring to see neotropical migrants again. It was a particularly good year for vireos and warblers. I hope they all have safe passage to their wintering grounds.
Photographed 24 September 2022, Morning Flight, Gooseberry Neck, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts
The annual migration of North America’s monarch butterfly is a unique and amazing phenomenon. The monarch is the only butterfly known to make a two-way migration as birds do. Unlike other butterflies that can overwinter as larvae, pupae, or even as adults in some species, monarchs cannot survive the cold winters of northern climates. Using environmental cues, the monarchs know when it is time to travel south for the winter. Monarchs use a combination of air currents and thermals to travel long distances. Some fly as far as 3,000 miles to reach their winter home!
When I saw the Virginia Rail last week, it was hanging out with some Soras. Which was also thrilling. Only my 2nd time to see Soras.
Sora (Porzana carolina)
White Rock Lake, Dallas Texas
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Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, AB, Canada
September 10, 2011
Last night, I posted the adult plumage, and tonight, I'm posting the juvenile Black-bellied Plover.
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, AB, Canada.
7D | 300/2.8L + 2x | 1/1250 sec., f/7.1, ISO 640; handheld.
Another flight shot from the archive. I always prefer to have some sort of background in my flight shots, not just against the sky or water, whenever possible. This image even has a hint of clouds in the sky.
Enjoy and have a great weekend!
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, AB, Canada.
7D | 300/2.8L + 2x | 1/1250 sec., f/7.1, ISO 640; handheld.
Similar to the Marbled Godwit shot I posted recently, this Willet also flew in at the same spot. More flight shots of Willet to come. I concentrated mostly on flying Willets this fall migration as I like their bold blacks and whites on their wings.
Enjoy and have a great week!
She stood on this perched, and after she determined that I was mostly harmless, she went back to her hunting. She was a jot to watch.
One of many palm warblers (Setophaga palmarum) observed at Northerly Island Nature Sanctuary during fall migration, 2018. This recently created sanctuary is located on a man-made island along the Lake Michigan shoreline near downtown Chicago. On the day of this photo, there were several hundred palm warblers covering every part of this small nature sanctuary.
From October 2019 , these came through during fall migration. Somehow missed them when editing others from that month. This is the female. My backyard in Montell, Uvalde County, Texas.
Well, I went because of the fall migration Warblers reported, and this is quite a big one who first greeted me!
These starlings are right on schedule albeit a month earlier than last year. Some dropped back to catch the next flight going out as they either weren't ready for this particular wave, spotted a predator, received a signal from another starling, remembered something they forgot to do or perhaps were overwhelmed or unhappy with their position in this murmuration. They all eventually leave for their engrained destination with the exception of a few brave, ill or injured ones, or those that just didn't have time and energy to consume enough bugs, etc... before their journey out. They are considered an invasive species in some circles.
A good background analysis on these starlings from Andrea Alfano, a Cornell University junior which also shows a video of starlings in action: www.allaboutbirds.org/how-do-starling-flocks-create-those...
During a recent trip to lake Constance (Bodensee) I managed to take a few pictures of this extremely rare visitor, a Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). While they do travel long distances during their fall migration, we're not exactly on their usual route, and this was only the 8th documented sighting for that species here in Austria, ever!
I'm absolutely stoked that I was there at the right time to experience this.
Lake Constance, Vorarlberg, Austria.
Immature blue-winged teal glides peacefully across a calm body of water. The ripples gently distort their reflections as they swim in unison!!
Photographed 24 September 2022, Morning Flight, Gooseberry Neck, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts
The American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a large aquatic soaring bird from the order Pelecaniformes. It breeds in interior North America, moving south and to the coasts, as far as Central America and South America, in winter. Wikipedia
The great egret, also known as the common egret, large egret or great white egret or great white heron is a large, widely distributed egret, with four subspecies found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe. Wikipedia
The tail flaring makes them easy to identify.
This is either a female or immature male.
They move quickly and it can be difficult getting a photo.
Setophaga ruticilla
Like the Painted Redstart and other “redstarts” of the Neotropics, the American Redstart flashes the bright patches in its tail and wings. This seems to startle insect prey and give the birds an opportunity to catch them. Though these birds share a common name, they are not closely related to each other. In fact, there are other unrelated birds around the world—such as the fantails of Australia and southeastern Asia, and other redstarts of Europe—that share the same foraging tricks.
source - Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
- Was a great finding on plantation preserve (Linear trail). this bird has been seeing in this location only six times
Plantation Preserve , Fl
Finding autumn colors can be challenging some years in DFW. We take them where we can find them. I think this qualifies.
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Rowlett Creek Nature Preserve, Garland Texas
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Photographed 24 September 2022, Morning Flight, Gooseberry Neck, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Elk Island National Park, AB, Canada
September 5, 2010
More of the Palm Warbler that I didn't realize I got that day.