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We have a large wintering population of bald eagles here in Winneshiek County, but now those numbers are being bolstered by additional bald eagles streaming in from the south in anticipation of the spring waterfowl migration season which is primed to bring myriad ducks and geese surging up the Mississippi River valley any day now.
A Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) stands on the frozen surface of a local pond with temperatures well bellow freezing over night in the area east of Tofield, Alberta, Canada. It caught many waterbird species off guard in the spring migration where they were forced to sit on the icy surfaces.
11 April, 2022.
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It's the time of the seasons change!
Here in Brazil we are spending the summer and soon we will be in the autumn season!
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This Philadelphia Warbler was giving some great looks this morning as it was feeding at the local metro park. There must have been a northerly wind last night because it seems like there was a really nice influx of migrants today.
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.
As always, I am always very late in posting my pics... ah well, better late than never... more editing to do!
Happy to have these little birds back in the garden, light was a bit better in between rain showers.
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.
Tom's Butterfly Garden earlier this morning. The silvery leaves of the Buddleja davidii (Butterfly Bush) look almost like butterflies in migration themselves.
Sandhill Crane.
Between 34 to 48 inches in length with a wingspan of nearly 7 feet. They are very tall with a long neck and long legs. Largely gray with a red forehead. Juveniles browner with no red on head. Plumage often appears a rusty color because of iron stains from water of ponds or marshes.
They inhabit large freshwater marshes, prairie ponds and marshy tundra. They are also on prairies and grain fields during migration and in winter.
They range from Siberia and Alaska east across arctic Canada to the Hudson Bay and south to western Ontario. There are isolated populations in the Rocky Mountians, northern prairies, and the Great Lakes region along with in Mississippi, Georgia and Florida. They winter in California's Central Valley and across the southern states from Arizona to Florida. They can also be found in Cuba.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
I took this a VERY VERY long way. I was in my Great Room window and they were at the bottom of the marsh and I am no judge of distance but it was definitely a long way using aperture priority.
Our lake was down for repair and is coming back in and is still really low. I have been taking duck feed, pond feed, and cracked corn directly down the hill from me where I can watch out my window. It has taken a few days, but I am starting to get results. I hope to keep it up and hope to see many kinds of ducks and water foul during spring migration. The blue heron are also coming in. By feeding fish pond food, I hope to draw in fish so they will linger here too which makes the heron and gull very happy. I have been seeing killdeer and gulls also.
Since definition was lacking at this distance, I used art filters to help bring out the detail.
Tundra Swans heading to northern Canada to their nesting grounds. We saw hundreds in that past week which is heartwarming as it is not so along ago thatvthey were endangered.
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The beginning of the annual Monarch Migration - Panama City Beach, Florida
Gland, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
"No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky."
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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
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I witnessed an awesome crossing of Wildebeest in Kenya a couple of years ago! While going through my photos I am again overwhelmed by the view of this spectacular event!
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