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I hope everyone had a great Christmas! One thing we really wanted to see in Mexico was the Monarch Butterfly migration. It took researchers over 40 years to figure out where the monarchs were going during the winter. For years, they tagged thousands of butterflies but they could never figure out where they went. Finally, they figured out they were going to central Mexico and by serendipidty the researcher found one of his tagged butterflies at this spot. What's even more amazing is that the first generation flies from Mexico to the US and lays their eggs. The next generation goes even further north into the US and Canada. The third generation then returns to Mexico and the whole cycle starts again. I don't know how these butterflies know where to go two generations removed!
For this shot, we had to hike up to the top of a steep hill since the butterflies only congregate at a specific altitude on one type of tree. It wasn't touristy at all - we only saw 2 other tourists the whole day! To really show how many butterflies there were, we decided to take a shot of Evelyn surrounded by the butterflies. They would move so fast that they blurred even at 1/1600th sec. But the blurred action kind of gave the shot a dreamy look.
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Warsaw, Poland
Spring
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Bison tracks through the geothermal runoff at the Grand Prismatic. The vibrant color is from thermophiles living in the hot geyser runoff. In the winter, the bison will hang out near the geothermal pools for warmth. Those are some brave soles ... or souls ... either way. Is it just me or are the tracks moving in different directions? Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, July 2017
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These Red Knots were just amazing to see in large numbers at Plum Island yesterday. Here they're pictured with turnstones as they continue their massive northward migration.
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Canon 7D | 400mm f/5.6L
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Red Knots and Ruddy Turnstones | Sandy Point, Plum Island, MA
This time of year thousands of monarch butterflies are stopping along the Gulf of Mexico at St. Marks, NWR as part of their migration pattern, which sends them along the eastern seaboard toward Mexico.
St. Marks NWR
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Snow and Ross geese, sandhill cranes and glossy faced ibis, fill the sky just days before their final migration north. A little bit of heaven. Thank you Donald, Mike and Alex.
Macaque monkeys migrating to greener pastures via the roof of First World Hotel Theme Park at Genting Highlands, Malaysia, at 1865m above sea level.
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Just specks in the sky, but what a wondrous thing to see. Common cranes which have overwintered in Spain start their journey over the Pyrenees back to their nesting sites . We were lucky enough to witness these migrations on a number of occasions .
France, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, département du Rhône, Lyon, Gerland, (le ciel au dessus de la chaîne des Alpes au loin)
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Après la période de reproduction, les grues se regroupent en nombre parfois imposant pour partir en migration et hiverner dans des zones plus accueillantes.
Ces mouvements ne passent pas inaperçus, les grues se faisant parfois entendre à plusieurs kilomètres.
Yearly migration takes these magnificent birds from northern Canada to the south and they very graciously have chosen to fly over our neighborhood. If you can call open ranch land a neighborhood. We did see several thousand in the air and on the ground. Amazing to see and amazing to listen to the conversations that are taking place in flight and on terra firm...
We look forward to their return next year.
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An invasion of caterpillars at the end of August 2011
Perfect warm night with rain so Stace and I went down to the Skaneateles Conservation Area to see if any Spotted Salamanders were crossing the roads on their annual migration to their breeding ponds. Sure enough the area was full of them. We helped over 15 salamanders and countless frogs across the road, hopefully ensuring the next generation of these amazing creatures. Happy Friday!