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A Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) from Galveston County, Texas.
The Texas Coast is experiencing the tail end of the great spring migration that fills our beaches with an incredible diversity of gulls, terns, sandpipers, plovers, and other shorebirds. This time of years, many tern species congregate and perform their elaborate courtship rituals in hopes of finding a mate for the coming breeding seasons. Due to the mass congregation of birds, it can be difficult to isolate an individual from the crowd. I liked this image, however, with a lovely Royal Tern and a background of its blurred conspecifics.
Lots of Upper Mississippi River Flyway fall migrators in this image including at least one of my absolute favorite duck species. The tiny Bufflehead, dwarfed by the Tundra Swan it's swimming in front of, near the lower middle-left center of the image. Photographed in Goose Island Park, La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
Bevor die Gnus sich endlich entscheiden, den Mara River auf ihrer jährlichen Wanderung durch die Serengeti zu überqueren, spielen sich am Ufer teilweise dramatische Situationen ab. Die möglichen Crossing-Points werden dabei immer wieder panisch gewechselt. Diese Situation kann sich über Stunden hinziehen. Hunderte Tiere sind somit ständig in Bewegung.
Before the wildebeest finally decide to cross the Mara River on their annual migration through the Serengeti, sometimes dramatic situations play out on the banks. The possible crossing points are changed again and again in panic. This situation can last for hours. Hundreds of animals are thus constantly on the move.
Kenia - Masai Mara
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Shorebirds are my favorite subjects to photograph. These two Sanderlings where just chilling on the beach. I am pretty good at identifying birds but shorebirds id is my biggest weakness. If any of you think they are not Sanderlings, don't hesitate to comment.
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The White-crowned Sparrow is another unusual/rare visitor during fall migration. The last week of October brought many juvenile's, but this was the only adult I saw. He was sitting in a small tree along the edge of the grasslands. Along with the White-throated Sparrow, this is my favorite winter sparrow.
Nikon D500 camera with Nikon 500mm f4 G VR lens and 1.4 converter.
1/1000 f5.6 ISO 500
Though I am lowly and despised,
I do not forget your precepts.
Your righteousness is everlasting
and your law is true.
Trouble and distress have come upon me,
but your commands give me delight.
Your statutes are always righteous;
give me understanding that I may live.
Psalm 119:141-144
The Blackpoll Warbler signals and end to migration as they move through. I can't believe how fast time goes......
I'm cleaning up my hard drive and find the one or the other treasure, who still slumbers there. This is a picture from a country before our time: I recorded this morning mood in September 2019 - when the birds started the journey home in the spring, we lived in another world (which the birds has less interested in)...
Last December I went to Bordeaux to watch cranes on migration. A rare opportunity to 'go full nerd', and it was truly amazing, a genuine natural spectacle not far from our shores. And if we can restore our countryside from its ecologically degraded state, they will come back here too.
I love capturing birds in their habitat. I think I prefer it than a close-up when the surrounding is suitable. This Palm Warbler looked really good in that tree with all the new buds. It sure feels like spring.
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The Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species.
The Barnacle Goose is a medium-sized goose, 55 - 70 cm long, with a wingspan of 130 - 145 cm and a weight of 1.2 - 2.2 kg. It has a white face and black head, neck, and upper breast. Its belly is white. The wings and its back are silver-gray with black-and-white bars that look like they are shining when the light reflects on it. It flies in packs and long lines, with a noisy chorus of barking or yapping sounds.
Barnacle geese feed on grasses and coastal plants found in salt marshes, grasslands near river estuaries or tidal mud flats.
The wintering population (130.000 birds) in the Netherlands breeds in Arctic Russia and the Baltic.
This picture was taken at the Lauwersmeer, a man-made lake in the north of the Netherlands, on the border of the provinces of Groningen and Friesland. The lake was formed on 1969, when the dike between the bay called Lauwerssea" and the Waddensea was closed. The Lauwersmeer is now one of the famoust birding areas in Western Europe. The area is famous for the huge numbers of birds. During the winter months the Lauwersmeer is famous for the huge numbers of geese. You will see thousands of Barnacle Geese, White Fronted Geese, Greylag Geese and also good numbers of Bean Geese, Brant, Tundra Swan and Whooper Swan.
De brandgans (Branta leucopsis) is een sterke ongeveer 60 cm grote gans, die weinig of geen last ondervindt van vriesweer, met geelachtige witte kop, waarvan de achterzijde zwart is, met een zwarte nek en bovenborst. Als deze gans tijdens de winter aan de Nederlandse kust opduikt, worden ze al vlug verraden door het wit van hun wangen dat fel afsteekt op het zwart van de kop en hals.
Hun broedgebied is het noordelijk deel van de Atlantische Oceaan, van de oostkust van Groenland tot Spitsbergen en het zuiden van Nova Zembla. Het wintergebied bevindt zich vooral aan de kusten van Ierland, de westkust van Schotland en de Noordzeekust van Duitsland en Nederland.
De Nederlandse overwinteraars komen vooral van Nova Zembla.
De laatste jaren blijven grote groepen brandganzen in Nederland en zijn dus het hele jaar door op Nederlandse graslanden te vinden.
Deze foto is genomen bij het Lauwersmeer, op de grens van Groningen en Friesland bij de Waddenzee. Jaarlijks met meer dan 100.000 vogels een van de grootste en belangrijkste overwinterengebieden voor brandganzen in Nederland.
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With the last three days of cold showery weather it brought down lots of migrating geese in our area. Sturgeon County Alberta
Wildebeest and zebras assemble on the savanna for their migration from Kenya's Maasai Mara to Tanzania's Serengeti.
A spectacular display of shorebirds at a North Pacific coast migration flyway. In the image you can see Western Sandpiper, Dunlin, Red Knot.
I wished I could have done a better job on this but it happened so fast! I waited for another half an hour hoping another group would follow but it never happened.
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Imagine running a relay race with your great grandparents, grandparents, parents, and grandchildren.
Each winter, high in the mountains west of Mexico City, tens of millions of Monarch’s from Canada, USA, and northern South America make the up-to 3,000 mile flight to this one spot on earth. Since Monarch’s live as little as 2 - 6 weeks, each generation has never made their contribution to the circle in their life. How do they know where to go?
Although locals would have known for ages of their annual arrival, the location wasn’t documented until 1975. It’s unfathomable the effort it would have taken to track their overwintering spot, as even today with horses it was challenging to reach 11,200 feet.
Kudos to the villagers of Angangueo, who realized their gift from the Gods and stopped mineral mining and tree removal in favour of ecotourism and silviculture. The result, a year-round, sustainable livelihood for people, and a welcoming habitat for these valuable, brave pollinators.