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Her freckles migrated with the north winds
too cold this time of year for skin kisses,
near-misses
grey eyed girls can't wait too long
blushed cheeks extinguish themselves in a rush of ice cold reality
this is not the time for backward glances,
second chances
grey-eyed girls can't wait too long
Monarch migration I was excited to be a party of as the were in my backyard north of Springfield. So cool/
The migration on the first of April at Freezout Lake Montana is incredible. This isn't a great shot since it was a ways across the pond, and when they take off you have no chance of focusing on one particular bird, you just point and shoot. This is also cropped to get a closer view.
Grosbeak on the lichen branch. Its been a very busy bird morning at the house. The cold front last night brought lots in. Many grosbeaks, the catbirds are back, and a variety of warblers could be heard calling in the tree tops. Hopefully these guys stay around for a little bit and recharge from migration.
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".