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Uchhali Lake is one of those lakes where migratory birds from Syberia land and stay till their departure time. It's a worth seeing opportunity.
Every year a flock of a few hundred thousand Purple Martins gather in a small clump of trees in Austin as they prepare for their migration to Brazil. We went to see them last night - it was amazing. This year they're in Round Rock at the La Frontera shopping center.
A countless number of snow geese in North Dakota gather to rest during their migration flight to the north tundra feeding/breeding grounds.
The remarkable Painted Lady. The pigments in the underside of this particular beautiful butterfly have aged, oxidised and bleached. Normally ‘migration’ is not a word one would associate with butterflies, but knowledge of the migratory habits of the Painted lady have advanced considerably during the recent years. The annual migration to Britain occurs if conditions in northern Africa become to hostile and they take advantage of the cooler conditions in Europe where they feed on thistles, breeding as they progress. As autumn days shorten they migrate southwards again. Little was known about this southerly migration until, with the aid of radar, it was discovered that the butterflies were using suitable high air flow to assist their flight south. Groups of these butterflies ascend to test the suitability of the air before departing. How amazing is that!
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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The Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It is a medium-sized warbler with a brown, streaked back and wings and a distinct pale supercilium. Sedge Warblers are migratory, crossing the Sahara to get from their European and Asian breeding grounds to spend winter in Africa. The male's song is composed of random chattering phrases and can include mimicry of other species. The Sedge Warbler is mostly insectivorous.
The song is varied, rushed and chattering, with sweeter phrases and some mimicry, typical of the Acrocephalus warblers. It is composed of phrases in random order, so that it is never the same. Male Sedge Warblers which have the widest repertoire mate with the largest number of females.
All Sedge Warblers spend winter in sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east, and as far south as the eastern Cape Province of South Africa and northern Namibia. The route taken on the southward migration, and eventual wintering grounds, correspond to the birds' breeding grounds. Birds ringed in the United Kingdom and Netherlands are later found from south-west Iberia to Italy; birds from Sweden are recovered in central Europe and Italy; while Finnish birds are found in north-east Italy and Malta east to the Aegean region. Sedge Warblers from the former Soviet Union take routes via the eastern Mediterranean Sea and Middle East. Loss of wetland areas for feeding on migration, and the expansion of the Sahara desert, pose threats to the Sedge Warbler's breeding population. Birds begin leaving Africa in late February, fatten up at wetlands before and probably after crossing the Sahara, and arrive in Europe from March onwards. (wikipedia)
The reed beds and surrounding hedgerows in the East Coast Nature Reserve, Wicklow, were full of Sedge Warbler. Fantastic to see and hear so many. Taken from the south-facing hide.
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National Geographic calls the annual migration of sandhill cranes one of North American's greatest wildlife phenomena. My son and I visited Grand Island from March 22 to 25, to witness the crane migration there.
Sandhill cranes on their way south congregate on the field behind the center pivot irrigator.
Climax, Michigan.
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) feeding on a small wetland in western Saskatchewan prior to its southward migration. This wetland was located west of Kindersley, Saskatchewan, Canada.
25 September, 2014.
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The largest animal migration in Kenya is known as The Great Migration, a year-long journey by millions of wildebeest, zebras, and other herbivores through the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem for food and water. The spectacle culminates in the Masai Mara in Kenya, where huge numbers of animals cross from Tanzania, making it one of the world's greatest wildlife-watching.
In a break from bird photos a few older shots from one my favourite all time projects. Loved trying to get to know the habits of these amazing creatures. I spent weeks studying water levels and waiting for the light to hit the waterfall in the right way. One I will re visit.
Unfortunately I have injured my foot and have to rest it, so may not get out for a few days :-(
Catching up when I can
The toads' spring migration has begun. This can be a hazardous and highly fatal activity when trying to cross roads. There are man-made tunnels under the road, but many take their chances crossing between traffic on the tarmac.
Migration of Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady) (B00268, AM00001)
Goodbye 2019. Welcome 2020. Happy New Year, my friends!
Video taken in Amaghu, Vayots’ Dzor, Armenia by Apple iPhone XS Max on May 31, 2019
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2011. Fir Island. 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
Birds heading for Africa from Israel over Mediterranean December 2007 I did not see the pattern until processing.
The snow geese are on the move and the two best times to see them are early morning and sunset. Here in California they travel over the diminished wetlands in the Deltas of the Sacramento River and in lakes and ponds near rice fields. Some of the farmland is bought up to help them survive their thousand mile flight from northern Canada to northern California, the Midwest and eastern flyways as well. They make a symphony of honks and quacks that is a wonder to behold.
Canon EOS 1DX, EF 500mm f/4L IS USM
ISO 800, f8@1/1600s
(hand held, RAW conversion into B&W)
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Southern Ontario is the place to be for hawk migration, offering the greatest number of birds, and an impressive amount of available watches for spectators to view them from. Generally speaking, the best-watching sites are situated along the Great Lakes, as most hawks will exit Ontario across the Detroit River just south of Windsor.