Mastodawn

##phototrouvée #vintagephoto #collectingphotography #photo #tiere #vogelzug #birdmigration #migrationdesoiseaux #oiseaux

Julie Dec 24

I was very relieved on dog walk this morning to see more than one bin chicken (white ibis) on the golf course. There has been a single one here for a few weeks and I was worried it might have been injured and left behind when the others passed through. It could fly and was eating ok. But today, there were a few others. So maybe it was the advance guard checking the route. They come through twice a year and rest up at the golf course for a few weeks each time. #binchicken #whiteibis #BirdMigration

Mathrubhumi English Dec 15

Stunning murmurations of Rosy Starlings fill the skies of Thoothukudi as winter migration season reaches its peak. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/rosy-starlings-birds-thoothukudi-migration-fybmpgxg?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #RosyStarling #BirdMigration #Thoothukudi #TamilNadu #WinterMigration

Sarah Dal Dec 1

Kane Brides posts about an incredible Swan U-Turn on migration, from Aberdeen to the Washes, back again.. and then back to the Washes, most likely as they were too dry the first time round.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7401345303062196224/

"This one swan didn’t just clock phenomenal mileage - it tested a habitat, moved on when it failed, then returned when conditions improved. That’s nature performing its own understated but unmistakable site assessment."

#BirdMigration #ornithology #ecology #WhooperSwans

🌊 This time, the washes were ready! A few weeks ago I shared the story of a swan that flew ~570km north back to Aberdeenshire, a wetland U-turn we believe was triggered by critically low water… | Kane Brides

🌊 This time, the washes were ready! A few weeks ago I shared the story of a swan that flew ~570km north back to Aberdeenshire, a wetland U-turn we believe was triggered by critically low water levels at the Ouse Washes. Now for the sequel: that same bird has migrated south again, and this time it arrived to a very different reception - water in the washes, and higher wetland levels waiting for it. 🦢✅ It’s a reassuring update. But it also reinforces the deeper point of the original story: for migratory birds, wetland conditions aren’t scenery - they’re destiny. The Ouse Washes is one of the UK’s most important floodplain washlands, providing essential habitat for huge numbers of wintering and breeding waterbirds, including Whooper swans. But its ecological balance is fragile. Water levels, when they rise, when they fall, and for how long, determine whether migrating birds stop and stay, or reroute until they find conditions that work. This one swan didn’t just clock phenomenal mileage - it tested a habitat, moved on when it failed, then returned when conditions improved. That’s nature performing its own understated but unmistakable site assessment. What this journey still tells us: 🌍 If wetlands are not right, birds don’t pause, they fly on to find the right conditions (sometimes hundreds of kilometres). 📉 Wetland decline doesn’t stay local, it alters entire migratory routes and life cycles. 🔁 The “audition → leave → return” migration loop shows how tightly bird behaviour tracks habitat quality. 🛠️ Critical reserves like the Ouse Washes need ongoing, adaptive water and land management, especially under increasing pressures from changing rainfall, agriculture, and climate uncertainty.

draNgNon Nov 20

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/115583220949041538

Hey everybodyyyyy urge your Senator to cosponsor this bill if they aren't already!

#astronomy #BirdMigration #uspol

Deborah Edwards-Oñoro Nov 15

Glad I made it out to Detroit River Hawk Watch today. November weather has not been kind for hawk migration or the observers doing the daily counts.

From today's summary:

"Apparently, the Weather Gods could only sustain their November cruelty for so long before their conscience began to play on them.

We were granted a one-day reprieve from the strong adverse winds that have been the main entrée on the weather menu this month."

https://hawkcount.org/day_summary.php?rsite=285&ryear=2025&rmonth=11&rday=14

#HawkCount #BirdMigration #Michigan

Vanessa Rojas Nov 9

Annual outing with students to Malone, New York to see thousands of Snow Geese during their migration south from the Arctic. (Also thousands of Canada Geese and a chance to see Cackling and Ross’s Geese as well). Such a blast!
(p.s. this is not a silent video, the geese are quite loud for immersive experience)
#birding #birdmigration #geese #SnowGeese #NewYork #Adirondacks

Historic Concrete Nov 7

Light to moderate SSE winds produced some excellent movements of wildfowl and waders off Thorpeness,Suffolk, in the last two days as birds move from Northern Europe / Russian breeding grounds to wintering areas in eastern / southern Uk and the French channel coast. Movements logged on Trektellan, a website used across Europe for logging migration patterns. Screenshot of today’s count. #birdmigration #birdwatching #nature #seabirds #seawtching