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Migration Stills … HBM!
I think this week I will make HBM – Happy Bird Monday!
This is a sample of some of the birds migrating back to Iowa for the Summer.
Most were taken with my 150-600 Tamron or my Canon 70/200 w 2x multiplier.
Most likely, F5.6, at 1/1250 or 1/1600sec speed, ISO 400 to 800 max
The birds are (left to right):
Row 1 – Rose Breasted Grosbeak (m), American Goldfinch (m), Harris Sparrow, Blue Jay
Row 2 – White Breasted Nuthatch, Red-headed Woodpecker, Baltimore Oriole (m), Baltimore Oriole (f)
Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, PA
According to the "Migration Update", I took a day off and went there before sunrise, because the birds will take off around the sunrise. When they took off, and passed me over head, and that was what they were, moon and geese. This was the only one they are in the perfect position, others were in either sides of the moon.
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Migration
Au grès des courants
Pour découvrir , le meilleurs temps
Les oiseaux se déplacent
En survolant de si grands espaces
Indifférent à notre présence
Ils filent vivre leur jolie romance
J' aime les observer
Avec le plus grand des respects
Domi
This grind of White Fronted Geese looked more like a swarm as they took to the air over the harvested rice fields of Butte County. Fall/Winter migration is underway along the Pacific Flyway with the White Fronted arriving in large numbers.
It is the only North American sandpiper whose breeding range extends southward into the tropics. This find this morning was a lifer for me. Isle Lake County of Parkland.
The butterfly migration is in full swing! The prairies and trees surrounding the prairies are full of butterflies as they rest before heading south for the winter.
Bartel Grassland.
Poznan, Poland
Sw. MArcin
Spring
Headign to the tram home yesterday I was inspired by the flood of people into the streets just after the storm had passed. I enjoy this low dof and the sense of movement i creates. I also often contemplate the idea of being "grounded" and often when I am not I tend to look at our connection to one another and the earth we walk on a bit more...like now.
After the intense migration activity of the last two weeks, fewer and fewer birds are showing up as it is time to shift attention to all the other wonderful aspects of nature that are just now beginning for the year! It's been a memorable Spring migration, filled with beautiful encounters, challenging weather, fun and craziness...I think I need a T shirt proclaiming 'I Survived Spring Migration 2016'...LOL
I'll be featuring the last of the migration shots all week...
Wildebeest and zebra cross a shallow lagoon, on their journey from central Serengeti to Ndutu. We viewed this spectacle enthralled at the sheer beauty and vastness of the Serengeti.
I'm a Semipalmated Plover who just flew into central Florida, thinking it was going to be warm. I'm freezing here in the 30s !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Missouri, USA, established in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife.
Unfortunately it was an overcast day. There were thousands of these creatures there today and they lined the waterways like pebbles on the shore. A fascinating sight to see.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas! One thing we really wanted to see in Mexico was the Monarch Butterfly migration. It took researchers over 40 years to figure out where the monarchs were going during the winter. For years, they tagged thousands of butterflies but they could never figure out where they went. Finally, they figured out they were going to central Mexico and by serendipidty the researcher found one of his tagged butterflies at this spot. What's even more amazing is that the first generation flies from Mexico to the US and lays their eggs. The next generation goes even further north into the US and Canada. The third generation then returns to Mexico and the whole cycle starts again. I don't know how these butterflies know where to go two generations removed!
For this shot, we had to hike up to the top of a steep hill since the butterflies only congregate at a specific altitude on one type of tree. It wasn't touristy at all - we only saw 2 other tourists the whole day! To really show how many butterflies there were, we decided to take a shot of Evelyn surrounded by the butterflies. They would move so fast that they blurred even at 1/1600th sec. But the blurred action kind of gave the shot a dreamy look.
Migration 205.365
Warsaw, Poland
Spring
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Goal was to use a slow shutter to blur out the whole photo and still keep the swans head some what sharp. with this photo I used a 1/25th shutter speed which for a 500 mm 4.0 lens is pretty slow. I used my tripod and panned the shot.
A flock of geese winging their way south over a wetland guided by the full moon in a star studded autumn sky.
Created from a photographic image using synthography, photoshop, topaz studios then an oil painting effect.
Bison tracks through the geothermal runoff at the Grand Prismatic. The vibrant color is from thermophiles living in the hot geyser runoff. In the winter, the bison will hang out near the geothermal pools for warmth. Those are some brave soles ... or souls ... either way. Is it just me or are the tracks moving in different directions? Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, July 2017
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These Red Knots were just amazing to see in large numbers at Plum Island yesterday. Here they're pictured with turnstones as they continue their massive northward migration.
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Canon 7D | 400mm f/5.6L
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Red Knots and Ruddy Turnstones | Sandy Point, Plum Island, MA