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Monarch butterfly
Sea Rim State Park, Texas
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Monarch butterflies cluster at Lighthouse Field State Beach in Santa Cruz, California. The annual migration of North America’s monarch butterfly is a unique and amazing phenomenon. The monarch is the only butterfly known to make a two-way migration as birds do. Unlike other butterflies that can overwinter as larvae, pupae, or even as adults in some species, monarchs cannot survive the cold winters of northern climates. Using environmental cues, the monarchs know when it is time to travel south for the winter. Monarchs use a combination of air currents and thermals to travel long distances. Some fly as far as 3,000 miles to reach their winter home!
This area is home to one of the largest monarch butterfly over-wintering sites in California. These butterflies migrate here each autumn from an area in southern Idaho near Boise.. The monarchs cluster in rings of trees, intertwining their legs to avoid being dislodged from their companions by the wind and rain. With their tan undersides, the clusters resemble clumps of dead leaves. The monarchs cluster together to stay warm. Tens of thousands of them can cluster on a single tree. Although monarchs alone weigh less than a gram, tens of thousands can weigh a lot. In California, along the Pacific Coast near Santa Cruz, the monarchs roost in eucalyptus, Monterey pines , and Monterey cypress trees that are generally able to support the clustering butterflies.
Unfortunately, the number of female monarchs are currently in a steep and steady decline. A new analysis shows that they have dropped from 53% of total population in the eastern U.S. to 43% in the past decade. Why this is happening remains a mystery.....there are several possibilities: one is global climate change (the cold temperature cues that monarchs rely on to know its time to migrate are missing); another might be a protozoan parasite called Ophryocystis elektroscirrha that kills females faster than males. The third stems from an increase in numbers of tropical milkweed plants in the U.S., especially in the South. Unlike native milkweeds, in which monarchs have evolved to lay their eggs, the tropical variety do not die back in the winter and may lure the females to stop migrating and lay their eggs.
wildebeest working themselves into a frenzy and jumping down a cliff before crossing the mara river on their migration south across the serengeti
Bari, via Piccinni...
..and that's why it's still a mystery to me
Why some people live like they do
So many nice things happenin' out there
They never even seen the clues...
The season has changed (not that you'd notice from this photo!) and along with this change comes another - new cyclists. They are easily spotted on gleaming bicycles and new equipment. Come the autumn they'll all disappear - apparently they migrate to the dry climate of garages and sheds.
It wasn't that long ago that I saw no other cyclists on my commute ("when I was young girl this was all fields", etc).
The snow geese migration happens around March of each year. It was nice to get a photo of snow geese birds from a unique angle as shown in this photo.
He has fled from a country in war. He and his family have crossed the Mediterranean Sea, travelled across Europe to seek asylum in northern parts. He goes to school and has found friends in his new country.
What message does the government send to him today? They say: "We understand that it can be a problem to you that people shoot at you in your old country and that your family's house is being bombed. Unfortunately, people like you may be a security risk and if we have to care for too many migrants, it also effects negatively the living standards of our rich people. So we may choose to send you back now to the first European country you entered."
This is the same government that one year ago proudly announced that the UN Child Convention shall be made national law. Among other things this declaration says that WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CHILD SHALL ALWAYS BE CONSIDERED IN ALL DECISIONS REGARDING CHILDREN.
Sometimes it's a long way between proud declarations and practised politics...
The whale has been in Baltimore way too long, and is going to be migrating on very soon. It's origins can be found here: whalemigration.blogspot.com/.
The artist, Neil Harman, is here www.flickr.com/people/duckets/
This particular whale was last seen at www.flickr.com/photos/artgirlbailey/4648970228/
Sandhill Cranes in Kearney Nebraska during their annual migration from New Mexico, Texas to Canda
This is how they come in, big flocks to nearby fields and then to River band
A lot of the birds that spend the Summer here in Southeastern, Connecticut are here. Here is a Night Heron, and a Great Egret.
Byte-Code Wallpaper / poster Study.
Migration - Improve your business moving to open environments.
Mixed Media Vector + postproduction.
The Sandhill Cranes are coming in for the night. They are nesting all along the river and they are landing for the night after a days flying.
César Pérez, owner of a farm and shaman of the community, owns a plot of curative plants such as ayahuasca.
Photo by Marlon del Aguila Guerrero/CIFOR
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17 January 2020
Lunch Migration Ministerial Meeting
OECD Headquarters, Paris, France
Photo: OECD/Andrew Wheeler
Minister Faith Muthambi interacts with community during digital migration awareness Imbizo, Kwaggafontein (Photo GCIS)
Minister Faith Muthambi interacts with community during digital migration awareness Imbizo, Kwaggafontein (Photo GCIS)
This is just one of many flocks of migrating geese Ive seen in the past couple weeks. They travel by the 100's, maybe 1000's. And this shot was the tail end of the flock!! I couldn't find a spot to pull over any sooner. Just amazing!
Migration
Nicolas Poillot
printed in february 2011
first edition : 100 copies
handnumbered edition
20 pages + poster, black and white printed - 14 x 20 cm
printed on cyclus paper
about the artist:
Nicolas Poillot (born 1978) lives and works in Paris.
He is one of the co founder of JSBJ - Je Suis une Bande de Jeunes - a portfolio based website which now includes personal and collective zines, and larger photographic publications.
about the book:
This picture serie was taken at Vincennes zoo (Paris) on Sunday 30 November 2008, the next day, this place closed for several years due to renovation.
The 2015 season for counting and tagging monarchs at St. Marks NWR came to an end in November. Over this season (Oct. 17 – Nov. 28), which included seven Saturdays and one Friday, we counted 1,376 monarchs and tagged 1,112.
Photo by Jeff Ward
From mid-September.
I count six in this frame.
In the moment, I was overwhelmed with delight, fascination, wonder. I wasn't concentrating on my camera settings, hence the blurriness.
I was in the moment. That was indeed more than enough.
A once in my lifetime event. Hundreds of Monarch butterflies on the migration move. Spectacular.
Bird migration forecast maps show predicted nocturnal migration 3 hours after local sunset and are updated every 6 hours. Colorado State University and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology currently produce these forecasts.
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Lots of birds in the air tonight, although migration will be interrupted by a large band of thunderstorms.