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This time of year I see lots of migrating cattle egrets heading south. At night they they roost in flocks of many hundreds in the trees at a townhouse complex across the street from the city park where I shoot. It's pretty amazing to see flocks of large birds like this in the city.... See comment below for info on cattle egrets from wikipedia.
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Condi Nature Refuge Reservoir
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
The swans are migrating to the Arctic, with a stop at the Aylmer Wildlife Centre. The counts are about 1200 per day.
Migrating Herd | Pushkar
This herd of camels, entering Pushkar from the deserts far and beyond, for the famed Pushkar Camel Fair. This was a huge herd owned by a single person.
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They're still passing/migrating through here in Mid North Indiana.
Cropped loosely to include the Cucumber Beetle top right.
Despite the late April chill, a pixie makes her way northward for the summer season. Flying must have been rough this past week with the storms. Pixies follow similar migration routes as hummingbirds and are often mistaken for hummingbirds.
You have to be quick (and innocently child-like) to spot the pixies; most adults don’t believe in them, hence do not see them.
All ducks tend to return in fall and winter to the same marshes that they visited the previous year, but this trait is most pronounced in the American Black Duck. When tidal feeding areas have become frozen in New England, some American Black Ducks have starved rather than migrate farther south to unfamiliar ground.
Frank Lake, AB
On this day there were a pair of Bald Eagles at the lake constantly harassing the thousands of migrating Northern Pintails and putting them up in the air. On this flyover the Eagle is surveying meal options below. They were not successful during my time there.
Yesterday I counted 12 Bald Eagles of various age, which obviously would be migrating to other areas and stopping at this water fowl buffet on their way.
Spring migration not only attracts photographers!
I went to Bolsa Chica on Saturday with the goal in mind of photographing an Avocet. The shots I had taken previously were of them napping and I had hoped to get one of them wading. I was also hoping they were still at Bolsa Chica because I was told they migrate. (I now learned that they are a non-breeding resident.) Fortunately they were still there, but they were too far away for me to get a good shot. So I went to the other side of the lake hoping to get a closer shot even though the sun would be coming from to wrong direction. On my way I stumbled upon this one all by himself and got numerous shots. Most of my shots are back lit, but he turned briefly and I got this one.
(Dave, I know you love Avocets and I hope you like this shot!)
Geese high up in the sky passing under the ring around the sun. They were actually heading northwest to large farmer’s field to hang out in the evening. Eventually they will head south. Fortunately we have had a great relatively warm and dry September. But what’s happening up in the sky about 20,000 feet where thin cirrus clouds are holding millions of tiny ice crystals creating the halo. At some point in a few weeks we will have ice on the ground here in southeastern Ontario.
An uncommon visitor, on its way from Scandinavia to warmer places (My first one was off the Portuguese coast, at the western bottom of Europe)
Grand Labbe - Stercorarius skua - Great Skua
Urville Nacqueville, Cotentin, Normandy, France
Lots of these birds today. Some will stay here, others will migrate farther north to breed. Always fun sighting these beautiful little birds. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
The ongoing photo story;
The majority of capelin are three or four years old when they spawn.[2] The males migrate directly to the shallow water of fjords, where spawning will take place, while the females remain in deeper water until they are completely mature. Once the females are mature, they migrate to the spawning grounds and spawn.[5] This process usually takes place at night.[2] In the North European Atlantic spawning typically occurs over sand or gravel at depths of 2 to 100 m (7–328 ft),[6] but in the North Pacific and waters off Newfoundland most spawn on beaches, jumping as far up land as possible, with some managing to strand themselves in the process.[4][7] Although some other fish species leave their eggs in locations that dry out (a few, such as plainfin midshipman, may even remain on land with the eggs during low tide) or on plants above the water (splash tetras), jumping onto land en masse to spawn is unique to the capelin, grunions, and grass puffer.[8][9] After the female capelins have spawned, they immediately leave the spawning grounds and can spawn again in the following years if they survive. The males do not leave the spawning grounds and potentially spawn more than once throughout the season.[5] Male capelin are considered
to be semelparous because they die soon after the spawning season is over.[2 ][Wikapedia}
I have not been able to determine what happens to the masses of eggs on the beach. presumably they get taken out to sea at various stages depending on the tides
NOTE
The eggs are buried in the sand. They will hatch there in about four weeks and the larvae will wash out to sea.
Capelin tend to go in for the ménage-a-trois, with two males flopping about with each female. A hugely important forage fish feeding many predators, the population is prone to large fluctuations that are poorly understood. Thanks to To Hamel
Taken at Boundary Bay, BC, Canada - September 2016.
While birding last weekend at Boundary Bay, I spotted some golden plovers mixed in with the abundant Black-bellied Plovers. There were 4 Pacific Golden-Plovers and 2 American Golden-Plovers. Approaching plover flocks is usually extremely difficult, and the tide was also very high, which meant that if I was going to approach the birds, I would get soaking wet. I decided to go for it, since it is very rare to see such a large group of golden-plovers in this area. The water was about 5 inches deep, meaning I got soaking wet as a crawled towards the birds, holding my camera above the surface, keeping it dry. Thankfully, the mud was hard and there was no wind or waves, so I felt my gear was very safe. After a very slow approach for a long time, I found myself around 4 metres away from these beautiful birds. In the years I have photographed shorebirds at Boundary Bay I have had many amazing moments, but this was definitely one of my favorite ones ever. I got the shots I had hoped for of Pacific-Golden, American-Golden, and Black-bellied Plovers. I got soaking wet, but it was undoubtedly worth it! After some time with the birds I moved off, leaving them to their resting and feeding.
Sterna paradisea,
Over the beach near Old Creek,
Cayucos, California
This species migrates further offshore than the adjacent Common Tern so it is quite rare on the west coast, especially onshore. This bird was found by Tom Edell.
This bird has many miles to go, as it will fly to Antarctic or subantarctic waters for the next season after coming from the Arctic.
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.
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This was taken at Fort DeSoto Park earlier this year as the Red Knots were north bound. This Red Knot is starting to change color patterns to its beautiful red orange colors it gets during breeding season. Thanks for looking and see you on Friday !!
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wintering in Mexico.
I heard a story from a local, who said that because they fly so close to the water, they are occasionally snapped up by fish. True story? Or a fisherman's tale?
"The Sleeper Awakes"
The Migrator, born from the stars, carrier of all emotions, and harbors the dreams of all.
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Hundreds of migrating tundra swans covered a field east of Deshler, Ohio and were mostly just sitting in the corn stubble when I arrived. After watching them for a few minutes most of them suddenly decided to take flight. This is just a small portion of the huge mass off birds spread across the field. 2/22/2025
I had 6 of these guys in the backyard on various flowers yesterday and today. But no other kinds of butterflies to have a better mix of photos instead of one kind.
Recorded approaching the tram stop at Brno, Životského in April 2023, Tatra T6A5 units 1239 & 1240 were operating a DPMB Line 10 service to Ečerova. Delivered in 1996, these two units entered service with DP Praha as 8713 & 8699, respectively where they were in operation until their transfer to the Brno based fleet in 2020.
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