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“They did what human beings looking for freedom, throughout history, have often done. They left.”
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Isabel Wilkerson is an American journalist and the author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. She is the first woman of African-American heritage to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism.
DSC_3163. From the archives!
How awesome to being able to watch and photograph such a phenomenal event! A real spectacle! Awesome and awful at the same time and carved in my memory forever!
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Kranichzüge über unserem Haus am Sonntag, den 22.11.2015 in Richtung Süden, nachdem die Stürme hier in Norddeutschland aufgehört hatten.
Crane migration over our house on Sunday, the 22.11.2015 towards the South, after the storms had stopped here in North Germany.
Sandhill Crane with a camouflaged photographer in the background.
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.
The Sandhill Cranes are still migrating through the area on their way to their winter home. I am guess probably Bosque Del Apache in New Mexico. I took this here in March but saw several hundred here yesterday.
A Junco on a junket. These little winter birds, will be headed up north, and safe travels. See you next year.
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Every spring the Snow Geese move from their wintering grounds to their arctic nesting areas throughout the Midwest along with thousands of other waterfowl.
I have never seen so many. Amazing sight!
At this time of the year most of our bird species gather to continue their nomadic life in warmer conditions.
These golden plovers come from the North. They stop down here for some food and rest before proceeding with the journey.
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"The great Elephant Migration Display" is happening now at the Rhode Island Cliff Walk and Newport Mansions.
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Monarchs start to awaken as the morning sun touches them in Point Pelee National Park. We were very lucky to catch them that morning. A few minutes later their numbers dwindled as they flew off to continue their migration to their winter grounds in Mexico.
elles passent chaque jour près de chez moi il y a quelques jours des centaines posées dans les champs de maïs, un bruit assourdissant mais quel spectacle
A more artistic take on the typical Snow Geese blast-off shot. What do you think?
I had a great time photographing these birds in Richmond, BC recently. I took around 2500 shots over a couple hours. Every so often they would blast off in response to an eagle flying over. It was ar really neat experience to be right in the middle of the chaos!
Another talented songster here. Regardless of wandering the certain damp, deciduous woods all summer long, listening to a Veery singing his beautiful melodies, I have not been lucky enough to capture a decent photo of him. Ugh. So, I am posting a photo of a Veery I captured a year ago, hah!
Veery is a plain, brown and white bird, a bit smaller than a Wood Thrush (another magical singer I have not been able to adequately photograph regardless of multiple attempts). The enchanting, ethereal and spiraling notes of a Veery are truly heavenly sounds in a quiet summer forest with shaded streams and wildflowers. It's like listening to someone playing a flute!
Veerys spend their winters in central and southern Brazil. When migrating, radio telemetry shows these little birds fly 285 km (160 mi) in one night, and that they can fly at altitudes above 2,000 m (1.2 mi). Right now, in mid-August, they have begun their fall migration from Wisconsin to southern South America.
This either juvenile or female Yellow-rumped warbler was also enjoying the backyard birdbath. Spring migration and warm weather here ... they all love the water features. Sorry, but you're going to have to endure a lot of these Spring birds with me!!! I practically home bound so when they come to my yard, WooHoo!