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When photographing birds, I try to get a profile shot so the shape of the beak can be seen; even more so with a bird like this Rose-Breasted Grosbeak. Her enormous bill is quite imposing, but I liked this head on shot for a different look. Her expression seemed so sweet.
Snow Geese fly overhead as the marshy lake at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge freezes during this sunrise shot. The mix of the fog and haze in the low areas mixed with the partly cloudy skies and partially frozen marsh lake made for a very interesting reflection of the birds and trees.
Encore plusieurs groupes en l'espace de 30mn environ.
Je croyais que c'était fini. Est-ce que cela sent le froid arriver ?
Passage 16h40
As always, I am always very late in posting my pics... ah well, better late than never... more editing to do!
We have gone at least 3 years without a sighting.
Today we were rewarded.
Such a sight and sound.
We had some good cover while they were coming and going.
They are on the way back home from likely the northern states.
Sandhill Cranes
It's that time of year and the geese are headed south...
This was captured a couple years ago on a cold January day, so these geese may have been part of a small flock that sometimes stays in our city during the winter.
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
The only completely red bird in North America, the strawberry-colored male Summer Tanager is an eye-catching sight against the green leaves of the forest canopy.
The mustard-yellow female is harder to spot, though both sexes have a very distinctive chuckling call note. Fairly common during the summer, these birds migrate as far as the middle of South America each winter.
A surprise visitor last night on the beach. Migration is starting. Isle Lake Alberta. Looking for bugs and all he had to do is look up :-))
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The beginning of the annual Monarch Migration - Panama City Beach, Florida
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Tom's Butterfly Garden earlier this morning. The silvery leaves of the Buddleja davidii (Butterfly Bush) look almost like butterflies in migration themselves.
Gland, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
"No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky."
Bob Dylan
Baird's Sandpiper at Blacks Creek Reservoir near Boise, Idaho
"The migration of the Baird's Sandpiper is long but rapid. After departing high-arctic breeding grounds and staging in southern Canada and the northern United States, most individuals travel 6,000 kilometers (3,700 miles) or more directly to northern South America, some going on as far as Tierra del Fuego. Many individuals complete the entire 15,000 kilometer (9,300 mile) journey in as few as 5 weeks."
Home now from the most amazing trip to Kenya and South Africa. The Great Migration in the Maasi Mara was certainly the highlight. Memories to last a life time!!!
Hello everyone, I have been back for a week now but still very busy catching up with the multitude of tasks. Currently I am away for a few days in Bendigo where there are matters to attend to.
I had an enjoyable trip in both Madagascar and Kenya, took heaps of photos and I am happy to spot the big five but a bit disappointed not to witness a migration crossing the Mara River!
Will catch up when time permits.
Happy Travel Tuesday
A refueling stop for a monarch butterfly on its way to Mexico. I've seen a fair number of monarchs passing though Wichita this fall on a regular basis, but typically just one at a time and not in any big bunches.