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The great migration of the gnu herds in Kenya and Tanzania, also called "Great Migration", is an impressive natural phenomenon. More than a million wildebeest, accompanied by hundreds of thousands of Thomson gazelles and zebras, make an annual trip to the Serengeti and the Masai Mara. Predators such as lions, cheetahs and hyenas are found near the herds. Crocodiles are waiting for the rivers, making a rich prey in a "river crossing".
I observed several Monarch butterflies feasting on these wild Asters in Coldwater Spring Park today—they are grouping in preparation for their fall migration to Mexico. They were difficult to photograph because it was very windy, but I managed to capture this male Monarch with his wings unfolded.
The male Monarch may be easily distinguished from the female by the two highly visible black spots on its hind wings and the thinner black webbing within the wings.
Tai Mo Shan (大帽山), the highest peak in Hong Kong, and also known to have the highest waterfall in Hong Kong.
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!
Hula Valley, Israel
Huleh Valley is an agricultural region in northern Israel with abundant fresh water. It is a major stopover for birds migrating along the Syrian-African Rift Valley between Africa, Europe, and Asia. The marshland around Lake Hula, a breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying malaria, was drained in the 1950s. A small section of the valley was later reflooded in an attempt to revive a nearly extinct ecosystem. An estimated 500 million migrating birds now pass through the Hula Lake Park every year.
This morning I visited both ends of the Matsqui Trail Park which borders the Fraser River. In both areas I found many Ruby-crowned Kinglets feeding and singing and moving up river.
Four birds arrived back on their breeding site just a day or so ago. This one was hawking up and down the river
Another bird to draw attention to plight of child refugees. They are migrating in their hundreds of thousands all over the world, through no fault of their own...
(exhibition will be in Bratislava in September).
Shot with Nikon FM2 on Kodak Gold 200 film.
Digitized with Epson V500 Scanner.
Mondorf-Les-Bains, Luxembourg
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Sincere congratulations to the awesome Flickr team for sorting out possibly one of the most gigantic website infrastructure migrations of all time.
A couple of whoopers were seen at Lake Thunderbird yesterday, so I took a drive out and dipped. Saw a raft of mostly Bonaparte's Gulls I estimated at 8-10 thousand. Taking flight here and headed south. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Second in my Snowy Owl series, this image shows the car roof that the owl chose as its perch. It is preening here and if you look closely, you can see several tiny bits of white feathers in the air surrounding the bird! I can see eight, actually. I usually clone out little 'blemishes' like that, but here I think it adds to the story. The subsequent images will not include the car...
The story behind this shot:
I always have my camera and wildlife lens in my car, and just before my lunch hour at 11am on October 21st, someone alerted me to the fact that a Snowy owl was sitting on a small car out in the parking lot across the street. Hoping it had not flown away, I grabbed my gear at the beginning of my half hour lunch, hurried across the street and there, preening and sitting calmly, was this gorgeous bird!
I aligned myself so there were trees in the background, fired off over 50 shots, then left the bird in peace and headed back to grab a bite to eat before returning to work.
Doing a bit of research, I found that more than 30 Snowies have arrived in this area in the last two weeks alone, signalling a larger-than-normal migration from the Arctic this season. The somewhat bizarre behavior of this owl being perched on a parked car, was explained by an area conservation biologist:
1-- they have just arrived exhausted by a migration of thousands of miles and, once landed, they need to rest and are reluctant to move
2-- they see no/few people in the Arctic, so they have little fear of humans
3-- they tend to hunt at night and rest in the daytime, therefore move very little in the day
This was not the only owl spotted in a city parking lot that day, so the situation was not as bizarre as it seemed.
Hopefully, this means we will be seeing many of these stunning birds this winter. This photographer will be ready!!
First base with the river on six regular baseplates (32 x 32) for the event MOC. Two more to go on both sides to make it an eighteen regular baseplate (32 x 32) footprint.
MTM's annual migration move from Jackson Street to Osceola throttles up after waiting for lights further west at Midway. Powering the train this year is MNTX SDP40 325 in GN paint, and MNTX SD9 6234 in BN paint
A 15,000 flock (not all in the picture) - Every year, semipalmated Sandpipers are leaving their breeding grounds in Northern Canada to migrate in South America for the winter which is a 7,000-kilometre journey.
They will stop in the Bay of Fundy to gain strength and double their weight in just a few weeks before going to fly non-stop to their final destination more than 3,000 kilometres away. They really need to feed and rest well for this final journey and this is where we can help by giving the birds their space on the beach.
According to biologists, their numbers have declined a great deal since 1976, their population has been cut in half. We all need to do our share to help and one is to be aware, educate and not disturb birds on the beach.
Their survival is much more important than a close-up photograph.
Ex West Yorkshire Lance having arrived from Leeds for eventual use in Cornwall, this was taken in the Ride depot (one of those occasions I turned up asked to look round and was allowed).
The yard was full of Lances, ex Hong Kong Darts which had come via PMT and Wales was certainly an interesting time, quite like the livery on this (Leeds City Link?) quite retro looking!
The Annual MTM Migration Train to Osceola, minus MNTX 325 is see here passing Maple Island on a hazy mid-May day