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I've enjoyed watching the practice flights of Operation Migration, in which the Whooping Cranes are being trained to fly with the ultra-light planes. Soon, Operation Migration leaves on the long migration to Florida!
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These are why my mind made me run quickly!
It wasn't the light that was leaving, the birds were!
FICCI, in collaboration with the ILO and IOM, plans a conference on Migration and the SDGs focussing on indicators applicable for the Indian context. Participants will be from the Government of India (NITI Aayog, and relevant ministries.
Spring migration at Point Pelee. Only saw a few passing Warblers. This one was kind enough to stay still long enough for a quick shot. Apparently, the story goes the best time to visit the Point is either just before or just after you've been no matter when you go. I have to agree! Oh well it was a lovely day for a walk in the woods.
Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) in migration at the Fort Worth(TX) Nature Center and Refuge - Spring 2018. The first I've seen in the wild.
The Montagu's Harrier is a migratory bird of prey. Adult males are characterised by their overall pale grey plumage contrasting with black wingtips. Adult females have mostly pale yellow-brown underparts, the belly with longitudinal stripes and spotted wing coverts. The upper-parts are uniform dark brown except for the white upper tail coverts ("rump"), and the sightly paler central wing coverts. The juvenile birds resemble the females, but their belly and underwing coverts are not spotted, but uniformly red-brown in colour.
Montagu's Harriers breed in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Birds from Eurasia spend the winter in sub-Saharan Africa, while those from the eastern part of the range migrate to the Indian subcontinent. In Europe, they travel over a broad front, crossing the Mediterranean at various points, and only a small number are observed at migration choke points. Western birds don't go further south than the gulf of Guinea, but some eastern birds travel as far as South Africa. Montagu's Harriers nest mostly in broad river valleys, plains, and levels bordering lakes and the sea. They can breed in wetlands and also utilise heaths, dunes, moors, and can be found in the steppe. They adapt to shrub-lands in gorse or heather and to areas planted with young conifers. When no other suitable habitat is available these birds will nest in agricultural farmlands. For breeding, Montagu's Harriers require a large open area, with sufficiently tall ground vegetation.
Montagu's Harriers can be both solitary and gregarious at times, both during the breeding season and in winter quarters. They are diurnal and hunt by day. As these birds have a wide distribution, they will take whatever prey is available in the area where they are. Prey is caught while flying along fixed routes at low heights and constant low speeds. Their flight is considered lighter and more dexterous than other harriers enabling them to take more agile prey. When possible Montagu's Harriers often follow the edges of various vegetation to catch their prey by surprise. This is taken after a short stoop, though fast running animals and flying birds can be chased over a short distance. Montagu’s Harriers are generally silent birds, but during the breeding season and near the nests, they become noisy.
Montagu's Harriers are carnivores. They feed mainly on small rodents, small birds, bird eggs, reptiles (including small snakes) and large insects like Dragonflies and Damselflies.
The main threats to Montagu's Harriers include the massive use of agricultural pesticides such as DDT and other environmental poisons, as well as rarefying their prey, in particular large insects. The modification of agricultural practices, with an evolution towards more intensive farming, also puts pressure on Montagu's Harriers; many nests are destroyed by harvesting machines because the harvesting of crop fields is done during the breeding season. In some countries, Montagu's Harriers are still illegally killed during migration.
These winter visitors are really worth seeing. I was pleased with these shots taken as they approached a site for the night. Taken quite a while ago.
International Migration Conference on 17-18 March 2017 at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg.
Migrationspolitik auf Kanadisch. 😉
Die Gänse suchten sich für Brut und Aufzucht ihrer Kinderschar ausgerechnet den Cruise Ship Terminal aus. Sorgsam wurde daraufhin ein Zaun drumherum aufgestellt, sowie Schilder.
Mama und Papa Gans betrachteten das impovisierte Asylheim schnell als ihr Reich und verteidigten es lautstark, sobald sich jemand dem Zaun näherte.
(Leider sind die Küken im Schatten unter Mama/Papa Gans nicht scharf geworden.)
8 October 2020, Kiambu County, Kenya - 25-year-old Hilda Njeri Njuguna, a member of FAO trained group of youth Limuru Central Agribusiness inspects and cleans her pigs farmyard at a farm in Kiambu, Kiambu County, Kenya on October 8, 2020.
FAO Kenya has designed the project “Rural Youth
Migration, Social Protection & Local Value Chain Development” to address the root causes of rural youth out-migration by creating more and improved employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in agri-business. The project, which is being implemented in Kiambu County, focuses on creating alternatives to migration for youth by strengthening their entrepreneurial skills and promoting adopting of good agricultural practices for increased productivity and profitability; while also harnessing the potential of migration and social protection for value chains and agriculture development through remittances and productive investments in
agriculture.
Illustration Department:
Tobias Hickey, Andy R Davies, Stephen Fowler, Becky Palmer, Piet Grobler
MIGRATIONS is an international postcard project featuring artwork from illustrators all over the world. Each of these shows a migrating bird, ‘flying’ or ‘perching’.
MIGRATIONS hopes to draw attention to the plight of thousands of children and their families who are, as a result of oppressive regimes, violence or poverty, forced to migrate to safer places in the world. As visual storytellers and communicators, we can continue to pose questions and challenge indifference through our work, at the same time highlighting the positive impact that the migration of peoples, cultures and ideas has had across the globe.
The MIGRATIONS exhibition hatched in Slovakia, before travelling to South Africa and then on to South Korea where it is currently being shown. 120
Wildebeest Migration takes place every July, August and September, where by Wildebeest move from Serengeti in Tanzania into Maasai Mara in Kenya and vice verse happen in October and November.
Each year in late winter, the great migration northward of birds takes place. These are Snow Geese and Canadian Geese near Kearney, Nebraska. They will soon be followed by Sandhill Cranes.
I took this Oct 10 this fall during the height of monarch migration time. Saved it for a cold winter day and this feels like a good time to upload and share it. The sight of bright sunlight on the butterfly and flowers cheers me up and hopefully does for you too.
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
SUNSET / BLOOD FLOWER Scarlet Milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica)
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