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By far the most migrating birds we see here are starlings, unfortunately an invasive species..... This was a small flock of them at Chisholm Creek Park - I see much larger flocks near my house.
Sandhill Cranes begin to gather before migrating south for the winter at the Horicon Marsh. Numbers will increase in the next few weeks, as they build up energy, feeding in farmers fields.
Horicon Marsh, Waupun, Wisconsin
The Monarch Butterflies are currently migrating in our area and I caught this young woman taking them all in yesterday.
A Ringed Salamander (Ambystoma annulatum) undergoes its annual fall migration in the Ouachita Mountains of eastern Oklahoma.
Cigogne noire
Ciconia nigra - Black Stork
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Swainson's Thrush, Oct 14, 2019, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.
Catharus ustulatus
Territorial disputes between males often take the form of singing duels, with song volume and frequency escalating until the combatants’ physical exertions are clearly evident. During these contests, rivals very occasionally invert their customary melody so that it spirals downward in pitch. A sing-off can lead to a chase and even occasionally to physical attack
Dartford Warbler - Sylvia Undata
Suffolk
The Dartford warbler (Sylvia undata) is a typical warbler from the warmer parts of western Europe and northwestern Africa. It is a small warbler with a long thin tail and a thin pointed bill. The adult male has grey-brown upperparts and is dull reddish-brown below except for the centre of the belly which has a dirty white patch. It has light speckles on the throat and a red eye-ring. The sexes are similar but the adult female is usually less grey above and paler below.
Its breeding range lies west of a line from southern England to the heel of Italy (southern Apulia). The Dartford warbler is usually resident all year in its breeding range, but there is some limited migration.
The Dartford warbler was first described by the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant from two specimens that were shot in April 1773 on Bexley Heath near Dartford in Kent.
The species is naturally rare. The largest European populations of Sylvia undata are in the Iberian peninsula, others in much of France, in Italy and southern England and south Wales. In Africa it can be found only in small areas in the north, wintering in northern Morocco and northern Algeria.
In southern England the birds breed on heathlands, sometimes near the coast, and nest in either common gorse (Ulex europaeus) or common heather (Calluna
Dartford warblers are named for Dartford Heath in north west Kent, where the population became extinct in the early twentieth century. They almost died out in the United Kingdom in the severe winter of 1962/1963 when the national population dropped to just ten pairs. Sylvia undata is also sensitive to drought affecting breeding success or producing heath fires, as occurred during 1975 and 1976 in England when virtually all juveniles failed to survive their first year.
However, this species can recover well in good quality habitat with favourable temperatures and rainfall, thanks to repeated nesting and a high survival rate for the young. Indeed, they recovered in some areas of the UK, but numbers are once again on the decline in other regions of their natural range.
The range of the Dartford warbler is restricted to western and southern Europe. The total population in 2012 was estimated at 1.1–2.5 million breeding pairs. The largest numbers occur in Spain where there were believed to be 983,000–1,750,000 pairs. For reasons that probably include loss of suitable habitat, the Spanish population appears to be declining. The species is therefore classed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being Near threatened.
A period of climatic warming since 1963 has seen the UK population increase to "more than 2,500 pairs in 2006 (Wotton et al. 2009). Expansion into patches of structurally suitable habitat (up to an altitude of 400m), more northerly areas and away from the core of the range, from Dorset and Hampshire to Derbyshire and Suffolk, is likely to have been facilitated by milder winter weather (Wotton et al. 2009, Bradbury et al. 2011)... The Dartford warbler population in the UK is expected to continue to increase. However, future climate-based projections for the European range indicate that by 2080, more than 60% of the current European range may no longer be suitable (Huntley et al 2007). There is evidence that this is happening already, with severe declines in Spain and France (Green 2017). For this reason, the species is classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Global Red List. If the declines in southern Europe continue, the UK will become increasingly important for global conservation of this species".
Population:
UK breeding:
3,200 pairs
Enjoying my migration visitors while I can, caught this Ruby investigating the Mandevilla bloom. Archilochus colubris
Flying low just above Lake Michigan, these Cormorants were migratating northward on May 1st, 2025.
They often fly by in flocks of a hundred or more!
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We stayed at a lovely place on the water just south of Sidney, on Vancouver Island, BC. We had lovely sunrises and a large flock of geese that swan south every day.
I love this sparrow with his bold black and white head. These are passing during migration and we can only see them for a short period of time.
Plusieurs familles de Bernache du Canada font escale sur le lac Laberge à Ste-Foy. Ici, le guide du groupe annonce le départ pour possiblement aller se nourrir vers des terres agricoles...
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the migration is such a frenzy of activity.....eagles have learned this is a feeding opportunity and tend to follow migration...a lot of wind this morning and not enough stabilization on the camera...
A pretty bird in her own right. The grosbeaks only pass through here on their migrations. I wish they would stay though! Have a blessed Sabbath day everyone!
Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui
The Painted Lady is a long-distance migrant, which causes the most spectacular butterfly migrations observed in Britain and Ireland.
Each year, it spreads northwards from the desert fringes of North Africa, the Middle East, and central Asia, recolonising mainland Europe and reaching Britain and Ireland. In some years it is an abundant butterfly, frequenting gardens and other flowery places in late summer.
Migration - small part of a large flock of swallows migrating, or preparing to migrate, at Bombay Hook NWR.
I scanned the flocks looking for less common swallows but these appear to be only Tree Swallows.
There are out of focus rafts of ducks in the background including pintails, wigeon, scaup and gadwalls
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Either a female or immature male magnolia warbler. They are coming through WNC at a fast and furious pace now. Taken at the Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC.
Red-Bellied Woodpecker (female).
10 inches in length. Barred black and white above, pale buff below and on face. Sexes similar except that male has red crown and nape while female has red nape only. Reddish patch on lower abdomen seldom visible in the field.
Its habitat includes open and swampy woodlands. It also comes into parks during migration and feeders in winter.
It breeds from South Dakota, Great Lakes and southern New England south to the Gulf Coast and Florida. Northern most birds sometimes migrate south for the winter.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
For warbler hunters, this is the best time of the year I if you experience the right conditions. This spring in north Florida there have several periods of strong west winds and rain at night. Not wanting to be pushed out over the Atlantic too far with lots of rain and clouds, the migrating flocks put down along the coast. I wish that wouldn't happen to them and they could continue on, but it is amazing to see so many birds all at once feeding in the trees. Yellow-rumped Warblers were everywhere and this is the first time I had seen a male in his finest breeding colors. This is the Myrtle or eastern race with its white throat and black mask. The yellow crown patch is visible and distinctive.
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