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Migratory waterfowl are gathering at our local refuge, gearing up for their southern journeys. This weekend included the Sandhill Crane Festival. Plenty of photographers around with lenses big and small.
Photographed 24 September 2022, Morning Flight, Gooseberry Neck, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, AB, Canada.
7D | 300/2.8L + 2x | 1/1600 sec., f/7.1, ISO 640; on tripod.
Hoydens Hill
Fairfield, CT
Very rare in Fairfield in the fall. A personal first at this time of year.
Fall migration feels much more subdued than spring migration. The birds are around, but they don't make much noise in the fall. They're on a mission to fuel up for the long voyage to their wintering grounds, so singing to establish territory or to find a mate isn't necessary. This is a species I didn't get good looks at in the spring despite hearing them numerous times. I stumbled upon this one the other day, and it was nice enough to hold still long enough to allow me to capture a few images.
Swamp sparrow, Close up of Neck Feathers, Washington D.C., Fall or spring 2012, died striking building downtown, collected by lightsoutdc with permits
Very happy he turned his head & the light caught the red. We get 2 species of hummingbirds here & most of the time you don't know which one they are unless the light catches the color under the throat just right. Either red or purple. This guy is ruby red for sure. Both species just look like a black throat when not in the light.
Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Garland, Tx
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Birds regularly collide with buildings. In many instances building collisions can be decreased by turning lights off at night and using non-reflective glass. Sadly both these measures rarely happen. In major cities groups pick up birds that have struck buildings, here is a set of "blue" birds that hit buildings in Downtown Washington D.C. and were picked up by the Lights out DC group this fall. This is a composite picture of 3 macro shots and the resulting picture is amost 5000x5000 pixels and can be printed out to likely several feet on a side without losing clarity.
Oh yes, the birds in the picture are Belted Kingfisher, Blue Jay, Indigo Bunting, Black-throated Blue Warbler (3)
The monarchs gather each fall at the Peninsula Point State Park in Stonington (Upper Peninsula of Michigan). They wait there along the shores of Lake Michigan for a north wind or favorable flying conditions. When the time is right, they fly en masse over Lake Michigan and continue on their long journey to Mexico.
grus canadensis
A Sandhill Crane in a farmers field, about 50 km east of Sault Ste. Marie, during fall migration.
AF-S VR Nikkor 500mm f/4G ED + Nikon D300S
The colder weather and north winds have brought a new wave of warblers through - mostly Yellow-rumped this time.
This is the only shot I got of the sora out in the open. It was running back into the cover of the dense rushes. Sometimes you just take what you can get. And they have very cute tushes which they show off with that tail high in the air.
Sora (Porzana carolina)
White Rock Lake, Dallas Texas
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A Pied-billed Grebe swims gracefully on a body of water, creating rippling reflections. The water's surface shimmers with blue and green hues, adding a tranquil atmosphere to the scene.
The monarchs gather each fall at the Peninsula Point State Park in Stonington (Upper Peninsula of Michigan). They wait there along the shores of Lake Michigan for a north wind or favorable flying conditions. When the time is right, they fly en masse over Lake Michigan and continue on their long journey to Mexico.
Every fall the artic swans, both Tundra and Trumpeter Swans, along thousands of other waterfowl migrate south along the Mississippi River. Here in the shallows between islands in the river, they find a place to rest and refuel during their long journey. Taken in Brownsville, Minnesota on Dec. 5, 2015.
It was raining when I got up, went back to bed. As I was making breakfast, I noticed an apparition in the living room. I didn't know what it was, but it made me happy. I googled it, it was the sun! I jumped in a cab, and off to the forest I went.
Not sure what this is, but I'm pretty sure it's a Birdie. There were a couple, three more which I couldn't make out.
I thought it might be a female Black-throated Blue, but there seems to be too much white on the wing. Usually just a tick.
Kingston, Ontario Canada.
A female Tennessee warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) pauses in its fall migration as it forages through an autumn-colored berry bush.
Photographed 24 September 2022, Morning Flight, Gooseberry Neck, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts
The colder weather and north winds have brought a new wave of warblers through - mostly Yellow-rumped this time.
I don't know how to explain this bird other than to guess he is illuminated from the inside. Prothonotary warbler at Laffite's Cove, Galveston Island, Texas.