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24 species of warbler were photodocumented during Spring migration in 2018 by yours truly. This was an exceptional year for birders as well as Flickrati who were afforded both the benefit of uncommon species and uncommonly close views. This concludes our "May is for Magee" series of warbler posts.
Scan vom Lithprint
München, Stadtmuseum, März 2022
Lego BB-8 (Star Wars)
PINHOLE Zero Image
Ilford FP4+, in Moersch efd entwickelt
printed on Agfa ?
Moersch SE5 (40A+40B+10D + 1 l H2O), 7 min 10 sec
Selen 1+25, 5 min
Gold MT 10, 3 min
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ODC No! But Yes!
Yes...Birds
I am not quite sure what these birds are. Maybe Cormorants but they are so far away it's hard to tell.
Feeling both lucky and perplexed about this shot. Got out of the car after driving across town and looked up, mainly to check out the clouds, which have been in flux all day. Saw this flock of big slow-flying birds, hardly moving their wings, floating across the sky, almost directly above. Managed to get the camera in a case in my pocket out in time.. got off a quick point and shoot without a viewfinder. I'd like to know why they were flying north.
Second shot of the white pelican migration flying north flocking like hawks kettling. It was overcast, and they were flying at a good clip and gone pretty quickly, alas, but fascinating to see.
the gift keeps on being given -
last night, just before sunset I climbed into the rocky shores near our beach to photograph the large congregation of birds still hanging out there.
Can anyone identify these white seabirds here??
among the many Pelicans.....
and the Seagulls.....
these smaller white sea birds I had never seen here before!
they have a black hood and very orange beaks and are very noisy!!!
See them in the large view (click on the image)
Maybe this is their stop-over on their flight to Alaska??
Could be (((:
P.S. I accidentally had deleted this post earlier.... with all your comments )))-:
therefore am re-posting it here.
UPDATE:
Thank you so much for the name of these birds, Isis0isis yes yes yes Arctic Terns.
I googled for them, also in images, they are the farthest migrating birds of the world!
Imagine all the way from the their breeding grounds in Greenland to their winter ground in the Antarctica..... and using Mexico's Bahia de Banderas as a one of the many stop-over on their flight back north again! For two days we had them here, making a racket, feeding for their long journey home!!
Musée des Confluences Lyon
Hema Upadhyay, Mute migration, 2008 (245 x 612,5 cm Matériaux composites, objets de récupération.
Die große Wanderung der Gnu-Herden in Kenia und Tansania, auch „Great Migration“ genannt, ist ein beeindruckendes Naturschauspiel. Mehr als eine Million Gnus, begleitet von Hunderttausenden Thomson Gazellen und Zebras, machen sich jährlich auf die große Reise durch die Serengeti und die Massai Mara. Raubtiere wie Löwen, Geparden und Hyänen finden sich in der Nähe der Herden ein. An den Flussläufen warten Krokodile, die bei einem „River Crossing“ fette Beute machen.
THE MIGRATION! One day, our group drove almost 100 miles to get in the midst of the migration. I think most people think of the migration as that time when the nature shows on tv highlight the wildebeest and zebras crossing the Mara River. But the migration is essentially year-round and the herds just follow the rains.
In this photo we're among thousands of animals. It's really quite impressive. The clouds helped, too.
So much movement on the beach, in the water and out.
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This is the time of year we will see this species on our beaches as they are ,staging, feeding up and preparing to continue to migrate to nesting grounds in Alaska and the Arctic.
Black Brant BLBR (Branta bernicla nigricans)
Island View Beach Park
Central Saanich BC
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IVB
I am always looking for something a little different when I am out photographing birds. A couple of time this juvenile red knot would stand on one leg and stretch itself.
Best viewed large :0)
Juvenile migrating Spoonbill not as colourful as it's Floridian cousins. Just a pity this guy came out to play just as the light was fluctuating and fading as the sun retreated toward the clouded horizon :0)
Not the camera settings I would have preferred but I suppose I have to console myself that it was a first encounter in the UK. Maybe next time I'll get the daddy :0)
This photo was taken with a high thin overcast... a lighting condition that I prefer over the usually bright direct NM sunlight. It allows more feathering detail to be captured (at the expense of less iridescence). I'm shooting from a step ladder at near the minimum distance allowed by this tele lens.
IMG_3975; Rufous Hummingbird
I like to keep a dated record of shots on spring migration !
Thank you very much for your kind comments, favorites and looking
Musée des Confluences Lyon
Hema Upadhyay, Mute migration, 2008 (245 x 612,5 cm Matériaux composites, objets de récupération.
I have already posted several pictures of the Semipalmated Sandpipers I captured in Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. These images were taken in the Bay of Fundy at Johnson's Mills, New Brunswick where I headed after Sackville, only a 30 minute drive. This is where you will find the greatest numbers of these shorebirds during their migration between mid-July to mid-August. I spent two days observing them and this is the biggest flock for me which was approximately 45,000. Much greater than in Grand Pré. In this case, the Peregrine Falcon flew over the flock at rest on the beach and picked one up. Needless to say the entire flock took off..... the view and sound cannot be described, just spectacular.