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Title: "RE/ settlements"
Creators: OPEN: Victoria Yong-Hing, Robyn Robertson, Mark Sin, Brad Pickard and April Hiebert
The fall migration of Monarch Butterflies came through in mid-September. I had just enough time to get a few shots before they were gone. Sadly, these were the only Monarchs I saw all summer.
Some of this clutter has been in the basement for more than a decade. Only now, after years of hibernation does it come up to overwhelm the normally quite confines of the "living room".
Migrating shorebirds flood the skies at Bucktoe Creek Preserve, May 31, 2011
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
A spectacular phenomena over the skies of the Pennsylvania Piedmont.
These shorebirds are heading to their breeding grounds in the far reaches of the north. We believe they have departed earlier this evening from the Delaware Bay shores.
We migrate because of war, insecurity, and natural disasters. We escape our homes where peace and human rights do not exist. We carry all our belongings in just a few bags to find another place, another life. We have no choice but to move until our rights are restored. We are always moving.
-Mohammed, 26
#ArtistsinMotion #art4change #refugeeswelcome #withrefugees
The Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is perhaps the best known of all North American lepidoptera. The Monarchs migrate south each year to return northward in the summer. Its wingspan ranges from 3 1/2 to 4 inches. The upper side of the wings are tawny-orange with black veins and margins. Within the black margins are two series of small white spots.
In North America, the Monarch ranges from southern Canada to northern South America. Monarchs are noted for their lengthy annual migration starting in August until the first frost. A northward migration takes place in the spring. The monarch is the only butterfly that migrates both north and south as the birds do on a regular basis but no single individual butterfly makes the entire round trip. Female monarchs deposit eggs for the next generation during these migrations. The length of these journeys exceeds the normal lifespan of most monarchs which is usually less than two months for butterflies born in early summer. It is the second, third and fourth generations that finally return to their northern locations in the spring. How the species manage to return to the same overwintering spots over a gap of several generation is unknown and still a subject of research.
Went home from Riga Photo Show, was wonderfull sunny autumn afternoon and the most important - I had camera with me :). Shot autumn in Rigas cenral park - Bastejhill
Most Ladybirds are carnivorous on the larva Aphids (Hemiptera, Homoptera, Aphididae) both as adults and as larvae. Four of the 42 British species are all vegetarians; the Orange Ladybird (Halzia 16-guttata), the 24 Spot Ladybird (Subcoccinella 24-punctata, the 22 Spot Ladybird (Phyllobora 22-punctata) and the 16 Spot Ladybird (Tytthaspis 16-punctata). Some species are generalists, feeding on a wide variety of aphids and are easy to find i.e. the 2 Spot Ladybird (Adalia 2-punctata). Other species such as the Pine Ladybird (Exochomus 4-pustulatus) which is restricted to pines by its food source, the Hieroglyphic Ladybird (Coccinella hieroglyphica) and the Heather Ladybird (Chilocorus 2-pustulatus) which are restricted to heathlands, as well as the 13 Spot Ladybird (Hippodamia 13-punctata) and the Water Ladybird (Anisosticta 19-punctata) which are restricted to damp marshy places, are scarcer and more difficult to find.
(source : earthlife.net)
Well, actually, they're sitting around thinking about migrating. But they'll get off the dime before the snow gets much deeper.
When the butterfly opens its wings, I realize it is a male. Males have two round black dots on each side near the abdomen. These are scent glands that release pheromones to attract females for mating purposes. No need for me to go look for butterfly eggs after his visit.
Male Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
SUNSET / BLOOD FLOWER Scarlet Milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica)
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Ever wonder where peeps come from? They migrate. And they're back, just in time -- today is their day. Happy Easter!
In the bus from Southern-center Sudan to Eastern Sudan. We seat near a nice family. Father, Mother and two small kids. After a while and exchanges of smiles, we start to talk. -"where are you going to? I asked -to Port Sudan... -and where are you from? -we are from the West. -From where in the West? -from Darfour. -ah... -We are migrating. -...
I don't know what to say. We have seen and read so many things about Darfur. Violences, crimes, exactions, fears. But they seem "normal", they are even smiling. Far from the picture of mentaly destroyed refugees. I'm facing my own contradictions and my own mercy, digesting the "clichés" that doesn't fit to the pieces of realities I see. I smile to the kid. "A real Darfurian, like in the newspapers"! and such a nice kid like thousands and millions of kids.
We are all heading to migration: "I'm an human being with feet, to move. I'm not a plant, I don't have roots, told me an anthropologist in Khartoum. Therefore, I'm not interested in roots of culture, etc. but how people moving (re)create themselves"!
Shot this autumn in my home town Talsi, Latvia with my DIY TS (tilt shift) lens made from Mamiya-Sekor C 80mm f/2.8
I'll write about the new year later -- I have people to hang out with now.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! BYE, 2013!
With canvas back and ring necked ducks @ Fernald Nature Preserve, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 26, 2020.
This was my 2nd try shooting long exposure night photos and this time the milky way. Found a nice place for foreground in my home town Talsi - an old refurbished mill. With help of PlanIt! for Photographers app found the location where the milky way will be at concrete time and pushing my old 5D to its limits (ISO 3200) shot several shots with help of Triggertrap remote and mobile app. At the end, this turned out the best from them all.