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I am honored that this capture has won the second place in the November 2021 Photo Contest in Flickrology.
In 2006 I had two times the opportunity to migrate into the valley of the Havasupai Indians and see this magnificent waterfall and take pictures of course. Unfortunately, destroyed a flood in 2008 a part of the beautiful lime sinter terraces .
The Havasupai Indians are also called "the people of the blue-green water". Blue-green has been the water the day before. In the night, however, it had rained heavily in the mountains, so that in the early morning a red-brown muddy broth rolled into the valley, probably a not-often-seen drama.
Unfortunately, a strong wind blew, so a fine spray of dirty water dyed everything including the camera.
In 2006 hatte ich zweimal die Gelegenheit, in das Tal der Havasupai Indianer zu wandern und diesen großartigen Wasserfall zu sehen und natürlich zu fotografieren. Leider zerstörte eine Flut im Jahr 2008 einen Teil der schönen Kalk-Sinter-Terrassen.
Die Havasupai Indianer werden auch "die Leute vom blaugrünen Wasser" genannt. Blau-grün ist das Wasser auch am Tag vorher gewesen. In der Nacht hatte es jedoch in den Bergen stark geregnet, so dass sich am frühen Morgen überraschend eine rot-braune schlammige Brühe in das Tal wälzte, vermutlich ein nicht oft gesehenes Schauspiel.
Leider wehte ein starker Wind, weshalb sich ein feiner Sprühnebel des schmutzigen Wassers auf alles einschliesslich der Kamera legte.
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Migrating Plover, This one was hiding among the rocks and wood at the shoreline as a Merlin had just made his presence known.
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge is best known for migratory waterfowl. Waterfowl are present September through April and numbers regularly peak at over 500,000 ducks and 250,000 geese. Sacramento NWR is an important wintering grounds for the Tule Greater White-fronted Geese. We spotted hundreds of these beauties as we traveled the Auto Tour route. This pair caught our eye as they huddled together reflecting on the moment.
We knew it was time to go to Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge as the birds are in the middle of migrating. We realized we were not the only ones with this thought as the Auto Tour had more cars than normal, and it was a weekday. There were thousands of snow geese everywhere in the preserve. So we concentrated on getting just the right picture at just the right time.
A song bird makes a brief stop near the Lake Erie shoreline on his journey north during the spring migration. (Explore # 292)
The red -winged balckbirds come wave after wave this time of year, hundreds and thousands at a time....
Heading south… One of three migrating Whinchats seen around gorse bushes on Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire, this afternoon. These birds winter in central and southern Africa.
My favourite shot a Vireo from earlier this spring. This shot was taken through some low vegetation which is why parts of the bird are slightly blurred, I love the colours and level of detail in this shot!
Was a scramble taking off the ND filter and changing settings to take this capture of the geese ... but was able to do so before they were out of the frame :)
I don't have a dedicated macro lens at this point (and it shows), so it's the cheaper route for now. But I've enjoyed and been inspired by so much of Peter Miles' work (www.flickr.com/photos/forumcz) that I still want to try my hand and just experiment a bit nonetheless. Here we have a small colored glass figurine from my china cabinet, with a fiery border to punch the orange and red tones.
Created for KP April 2019 Contest 71.
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i got an "ear-full" and ran with the telephoto, i managed to catch a "museum" of waxwings through the trees, they have been passing through our garden for a few weeks now .
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This migrating yellow-rumped warbler stopped by Vernon Springs this evening to chow down on all the caddisflies that were emerging from the Turkey River there. From the looks of it, this one is all fueled up to continue flying north toward Canada's boreal forests for the summer nesting season.
I was in the right place at the right time this morning. While walking along the waterfront and looking for birds I saw 13 Avocets flying around for a few minutes before landing on the shore of the beach. I have seen them here before but never this many at one time.
Birds migrating through the South Llano River State Park must think they've found fast food heaven with four different, well-supplied blinds to choose from. This Spotted Towhee picked the Agarita blind. At least for its morning snack.
She sat on the limb; so timid and watched all alone as the other birds were eating. I saw her sitting there and jumped up and found some fresh sunflower seeds and filled up the feeder to give them all easy access. I was sitting in my chair watching and soon she was right there on the feeder with the home birds eating happily. That was two days ago. I haven't seen her since. Happy Travels little bird.
Six inches of wet snow fell the morning where we went looking for waterfowl and Sandhill Cranes. This couple was strutting a pure white field in the marsh. Made for a great high key scene with the natural minimalism landscape.
Yes - I nearly got stuck - but experienced in driving in snow.
We get large flocks of three kind of migrants this time of year, red-winged blackbirds, grackles and starlings. These are the grackles.
Migrating Cormorants fly above stormy seas...
I live next to Lake Michigan and though it can get very rough and resemble the water above, this was a composite image. The Cormorants were captured by me a couple days ago as they were passing northward by the thousands. The waves were added from my favorite online editor, picmonkey.com...
While Lake Michigan is considered the most dangerous of the five Great Lakes due to the most loss of life through the years, the highest waves ever recorded were on Lake Superior on October 24, 2017, and they were 29 feet high!
Still, Lake Michigan is often very rough and 23 foot high waves were recorded in September of 2011.
The Lake is incredibly beautiful, but it can be terribly dangerous and must be respected.
First saw Black-bellied Whistling Ducks in the Rio Grande Valley, at the very south of Texas, three years ago. Today they are in large numbers in many colonies throughout my suburb of Houston, 3.5 degrees farther north in latitude, about 385 kilometers (240 miles). Global warming? This shot was taken on my morning walk about Double Lake, Sugar Land, Texas. Notice an Egyptian Goose in the background, also a new migrant, hanging out with the ducks.
♂️ Piranga rubra (Summer tanager / Piranga abejera)
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
The only completely red bird in North America, the strawberry-colored male Summer Tanager is an eye-catching sight against the green leaves of the forest canopy.
The mustard-yellow female is harder to spot, though both sexes have a very distinctive chuckling call note. Fairly common during the summer, these birds migrate as far as the middle of South America each winter.
No nothing spectacular about this capture except I arrived at the lake thirty minutes before sunrise and everything was still when I started hearing faint noises and low and behold I watched literally thousands of birds far overhead flying North in V formations! It was a steady stream until sunrise. Spring indeed has arrived! ~
Love the way these vibrant, little Bittersweet berries seem to be flying. Yes, they're invasive but they truly are beautiful in the Fall & Winter landscapes. (Don't you agree, Carol?) :)
Some of these migrate but these stay local!
I left the image with context because I love them lifting over the trees. To see their lovely detail - just enlarge.
It would have been impossible to count the number of wildebeests in this line. They were running one at a time across the road, much to the annoyance of the motorists opposite. It was not quite migration time but they were perhaps practising. It was quite a sight. Serengeti
27/02 Migrating birds flying over a fishing lake in the outskirts of Tata
Komarom-Esztergom county, Hungary
It was late in the afternoon when light was at a premium. This male Summer Tanager had been lurking in the shadows. Suddenly he moved into this studio like lighting provided by nature.
The male Summer Tanager who thought he was a Nuthatch. I have never caught one in this particular tree pose before.
Wetlands of Cape May are a major rest stop on the migration of the monarchs. These colorful, fragile-looking butterflies migrate thousands of miles from all over the Eastern North America to wintering sites in central Mexico. Prevailing winds make the Delaware Bay a major obstacle on their way. They come to Cape May, the southernmost point of New Jersey, to wait for the wind that would carry them across the bay, and to eat and gain strength in the meantime. This year, apparently, they did not have a lot of butterflies there (and I also did not make it there this year). But generally, they are plentiful and arrive in big waves over a period of several weeks. There is an annual effort by conservationists at Cape May to tag them and help track the migration.
This very widely distributed member of the "Flycatcher" family can be spotted in a variety of habitats that supply open spaces and are near water. They are considered monogamous and mated pairs will return to the same territory in succeeding years. They are highly territorial and do possess an aggressive nature and will not hesitate to release that aggression on even large birds like crows and hawks.
On their breeding grounds they construct a nest made of weeds, twigs and grasses lined with fine root fibers, hair and fur usually located in a stump, fence post or elm where a mated pair will incubate 2 - 5 eggs for 14 - 18 days. They do have the ability to recognize and will remove parasitized eggs laid in their nest by other species.
While feeding they like to perch on an elevated limb where they can dart out and capture flying insects but will also glean insects from green foliage.
Filmic Piano: Migrating Birds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHQhg0tlsdM
Liebe Freunde, von der Reise bin ich zurückgekehrt mit Covid-19 und stehe nun erstmal unter Quarantäne.
Dear friends, I returned from the trip with Covid-19 and am now under quarantine.