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While I was at Bodega Bay I made my way to Bodega Head looking for Pigeon Guillemot, they were there but the big stir of excitement was the 'migrating whales'! As they passed the head the mother with her baby hung out on the surface. It appeared she was nursing and the baby did spend some time poking his head up out of the water. A very enjoyable afternoon.
We're leaving today heading up to Sierra Valley, guys golfing, girls birding!
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The 2nd of two uploads created at the side of the Leeds - Liverpool canal in the centre of Leeds, another composite image taken just before and just after dusk. It was touch and go whether I uploaded this one but thought I would for the Scottish Migrating Class 170 now with Northern and the couple of local nosey swans who came by to see what I was up to.
I wasn't paying much attention to the workings and I've subsequently tried to work out the likely diagram of this Class 170, the best I can do - but I'm not certain is the 1C56 15:12 York to Barrow-in-Furness, passing Leeds West Junction at 15:52 3/4 with the image taken at 15:53 - 28th December 2018.
Wintering on trees in Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. An icon, and one of the few butterflies the average person may know or recognize, this species is in serious decline.
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- View Large to See the Two Minnows in this Night Herons Bill -
'Rare visitors to West Yorkshire".
Night Herons are rare visitors to West Yorkshire...Two arrived with us here in West Yorkshire in early April 2023. This is a capture of Night Heron #1 fishing on the river Calder with its amazing skilful catch of two Minnows!
As its name suggests, 'Night Herons' become active in the late evening, it hunts for food at dusk and the early morning. It stands and waits for prey like frogs and fish to pass by and them snatches them up with its bill. It sometimes raids the nests of other herons and birds and steals the chicks. It also eats amphibians, crustaceans, insects and small mammals.
Let's hope Night Herons settle here in Yorkshire and start to breed along with our other Heron family birds that are now resident here...Our three Egrets Great White, Little, Cattle and the Little Bittern.
The Black-crowned Night-Heron, or Black-capped Night-Heron, commonly shortened to just Night Heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, including parts of Europe, Asia, and North and South America. The Black-crowned Night Heron is 23-28 inches tall (71 CM) and has a wingspan of almost four feet (1.2 mtrs)
Black-crowned Night-Heron Notes and Information:
Black-crowned Night-Herons are stocky birds compared to many of their long-limbed heron relatives. They’re most active at night or at dusk, when you may see their ghostly forms flapping out from daytime roosts to forage in wetlands. In the light of day adults are striking in gray-and-black plumage and long white head plumes. These social birds breed in colonies of stick nests usually built over water. They live in fresh, salt, and brackish wetlands and are the most widespread heron in the world.
Black-crowned Night-Herons are common in wetlands across North America—you just may have to look a little harder than you do for most Herons. True to their name, these birds do most of their feeding at night and spend much of the day hunched among leaves and branches at the water’s edge. Evening and dusk are good times to look for these rather stout, short-necked herons flying out to foraging grounds.
Interesting facts...
Scientists find it easy, if a bit smelly and messy, to study the diet of young Black-crowned Night-Herons—the nestlings often disgorge their stomach contents when approached.
Black-crowned Night Heron nest in groups that often include other species, including herons, egrets, and ibises.
A breeding Black-crowned Night-Heron will brood any chick that is placed in its nest. The herons apparently don’t distinguish between their own offspring and nestlings from other parents.
Young Black-crowned Night-Herons leave the nest at the age of 1 month but cannot fly until they are 6 weeks old. They move through the vegetation on foot, joining up in foraging flocks at night.
The familiar evening sight and sound of the Black-crowned Night-Heron was captured in this description from Arthur Bent’s Life Histories of North American Marsh Birds: “How often, in the gathering dusk of evening, have we heard its loud, choking squawk and, looking up, have seen its stocky form, dimly outlined against the gray sky and propelled by steady wing beats, as it wings its way high in the air toward its evening feeding place in some distant pond or marsh!”
The oldest Black-crowned Night-Heron on record was a female who was at least 21 years, 5 months old when she was found in California in 2012. She was banded there in 1992 Living with Birds notes.
More birds migrating. I put seed on the ground for them but it seems the birds just passing through.
The squirrels and doves make sure that the seed don't go to waste.
This little girl just flew across the Gulf of Mexico and crashed on the first perch she saw on Perdido Key, FL. Lots of lantana around, she will be able to fuel up and continue her journey north. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
This female Monarch flew past all of the many blooming flowers and landed on this plant which has gone to seed. She appears to be feeding. What's up with that? And, what is the plant she is on?
This is one from the past, on holiday on Orkney we were very lucky to see a stack where the Arctic Terns were nesting, we spent all day just watching them.
The narrow gauge network of the Tömörkény fish farm is (was) one of a kind. Next to the Fehér-tavi ("White-lake") network this was the last one with the sole purpose of serving the nearby lakes with tiny freight trains for feeding juvenile fishes, and transporting the harvested ones back to base.
Sadly, the fish farm's - and with that the special narrow gauge railway's - life has come to an end: the fisherman packed their stuff at the end of March, then the premises were taken over by Kiskunság National Park on the 15th of April, 2021.
In 2020 November, on a sunny but windy Saturday a couple of railway fanatics visited Tömörkény to see this very special place for themselves, and also try to capture some of the magic in the form of memories and pixels alike.
A huge thanks to the organisers, be sure to check out the amazing photo report by Endre Barta here.
During the time of the spring rains, migrating zebras (Equus quagga} with a colt move along a cliff top overlooking Lake Ndotu at sunrise, with Mt Lemakarot in the distance.
05/03/2018 www.allenfotowild.com
Encountered a flock of migrating Scissor-tailed Flycatchers this morning. They were extremely vocal. Long tail indicates a male. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Another shot of the Long-tailed duck that visited a small pond in Ohio. It dove down to feed and came up with some vegetation clinging to it (must be a vegan 😁). It's always nice to get a chance to see a new bird in the wild.
The Pintails (Anas acuta) are among the first ducks to migrate south in the fall and north in the spring. Over half of the pintail population in North America migrates through California. The majority of these birds winter in the Central Valley of California, but some continue south to the west coast of Mexico. Pintails using the Central Flyway winter in the Texas Panhandle and the Gulf Coast of Texas and western Louisiana. The majority of pintails use the Mississippi Flyway winter in Louisiana with smaller numbers wintering in Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama. They migrate in Large, high-flying flocks in a wide crescent. They are fast and graceful with speeds of 65 MPH. This Drake was photographed at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas.
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"The Sleeper Awakes"
The Migrator, born from the stars, carrier of all emotions, and harbors the dreams of all.
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NS 13R heads south through Charlottesville on a cool, shadowy, and gloomy Sunday afternoon as the train heads south toward warmer weather. A conductor in training is seen sitting in a red/orange vest in the cab.
Taken the day I posted it and this was the biggest day so far for migrating Monarchs passing through our yard on the way to their wintering grounds.
The Wadhwana wetlands, located in the central region of Gujarat, India - are home for a lot of migratory birds during winters. Located right at the crossroads of two major migratory routes, this place hosts over a thousand species every year!
Migrating through the Pacific Northwest. A portion of the migration will stay here through February before heading elsewhere.
This is taken from the tour bus when we went to northwestern China. It was the beginning of June and we were very lucky to see sheep migrating for the season. They were moving their way up to the mountains, and would come down to the fields sometime in Sept. Everybody on the tour bus was so excited accept the driver :) I managed to grab this shot through the windshield. Used Photoshop to clean off the reflection and finishing editing in HDRtist NX 2.
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Whimbrel WHIM (Numenius phaeopus)
Beach Near
Victoria Golf Club (Restricted Access)
Oak Bay
BC
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There has been a record number there this spring
Geoffrey had over 70 there one day
Wintering on trees in Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. An icon, and one of the few butterflies the average person may know or recognize, this species is in serious decline.
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An uncommon Fall visitor to the French Coast
Phalarope à bec large -
Phalaropus fulicarius -
Red Phalarope
Cap de la Hague, Cotentin, Normandy, France
A very late inclusion to Flickr Explore
On a wintery day a family of Snow Geese come in for a landing, their wings backlit by the setting sun. A vast field of white birds blending with the snow was an awesome site.Migrating from the artic regions, they winter in Delaware. Forming strong family ties they can live up to thirty years.
Léon Spilliaert - Landschap in rode avondgloed met trekvogels (potlood, oostindische inkt, penseel, pen aquarel en kleurpotlood, 1919)
A Monarch butterfly has stopped off along the Maumee River at the new Glass City Metropark. Toledo, OH 9/6/2021
Refueling on a Butterfly Bush. Afterward it flew off to the southwest - well every one of the handful that came by flew off to the southwest on their way to their wintering area.
Snow geese are migrating through the state of Idaho. Loved the layers of birds in this image and the color contrasts, such a beautiful blue sky we had.