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This gorgeous Red-breasted Merganser stopped by for a week or so and gave us many opportunities. I always try to capture my subjects in fall colours when possible.
2012. The Fir Island Farms/Hayton Snow Goose Reserve.
Snow Geese by the thousands start arriving from the Arctic in early October. Typically 70,000 to 90,000 winter in North Puget Sound until late March or April.
Fraser-Skagit Population Dynamic. "Snow geese that over-winter in northwest Washington comprise a unique population of intercontinental travelers shared by three countries: the United States, Canada and Russia. These snow geese make an arduous, annual flight to Russia’s Chuckchi Sea, to breed on Wrangel Island off the north coast of Siberia. They are called the Fraser-Skagit population, because the same identification collaring/banding studies that disclosed details of their migration timing and itinerary, found that snow geese of this group had a high fidelity to one nesting site on Wrangel Island and to one wintering area, here. They stay apart from the other snow geese aggregations that nest separately on Wrangel and winter in California." wdfw.wa.gov
This blue grosbeak was with a larger flock of them feeding near Battery Worth at Ft. Pickens/Gulf Islands National Seashore. On closer inspection, it was eating a sand spur! I was not aware of this habit, but upon Googling it, found a couple of references of grosbeaks (and other seed eaters) that are know to eat sand spurs!
This is a small lake called Fort whyte alive in Winnipeg Manitoba lake that geese choose to start their migration
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.
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).
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
It IS the time for the Fall migration of the Monarch butterflies. It appears that their relatives, the buttercreams, are leaving as well.
a striking migratory waterbird found in Romania’s wetlands, especially the Danube Delta, where it breeds and passes through during seasonal migrations.
The black-necked grebe, also known as the eared grebe, thrives in shallow freshwater habitats such as marshes, lakes, and reed-fringed ponds. In Romania, its presence is most notable in the Danube Delta, a UNESCO World Heritage site renowned for its biodiversity. These birds prefer areas with dense aquatic vegetation, which provides both nesting cover and abundant food sources like insects, crustaceans, and small fish. During the breeding season, they display dramatic plumage: a black head and neck with golden fan-like tufts behind their eyes, chestnut flanks, and a white abdomen. Romania serves as both a breeding ground and a migratory waypoint for this species. While the black-necked grebe is widespread across Europe and parts of Asia, its Romanian populations are particularly important due to the country's extensive wetland systems. The species is classified as Least Concern globally, but its reliance on specific wetland habitats makes it vulnerable to habitat degradation.
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
In the late Autumn of 1952 American tourists jostled for a vantage point to witness the annual migration of nurses from Bruny Island to the mainland.
Taken in La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
The breeding habitat of Summer Tanager is open wooded areas, especially with oaks, across the southern United States, extending as far north as Iowa. These birds migrate to Mexico, Central America and northern South America. They are often out of sight, foraging high in trees, sometimes flying out to catch insects in flight.
Source: Wikipedia
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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.
My piece for the Migrations Exhibition, highlighting the plight of refugee children forced to migrate to safer places in the world. On display in Bratislava during Biennale next September, at #Bibiana (in collaboration with #IBBY and #ICPBS)
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.
Snow geese migrate in the fall, leaving their breeding grounds in September and October. The timing of migration depends on weather conditions such as the first snowfalls and formation of ice. Flocks begin arriving at wintering grounds in October and November. They spend the winter months in large concentrations, foraging in wetlands and agricultural fields across the southern US and Mexico. In early spring, as temperatures start to warm, the geese make the return trip north to their Arctic breeding areas. This northward migration generally happens March through May
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!!
Three-shot composite of the best frames I could muster after spending at least two hours in the 90 degree heat chasing these dragonflies out on the shores of lake Erie. These Green darners, along with the Monarch butterflies are migrating and there are so many dragonflies that they are showing-up on the weather radar. They move so quickly and erratically (and never seem to hover or land) that the only way I was able to get a somewhat clear shot was to manually focus on a spot about 10 feet away and track them as they came into range, firing away in burst mode. Taken in Avon Lake, Ohio.
la photo n'est pas de qualité , il faisait tellement gris, des centaines de grues dans les prés autour de chez moi, il m'a fallu marcher tout en me cachant pour ne pas les effrayer
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!