The flow of migratory soaring #Birds continues and with careful positioning we have been right in the flow of this migration party!
Experiencing thousands of soaring Egyptian #Vultures, Booted and Short-toed #Eagles, European Honey #Buzzards, Montagu´s and Marsh #Harriers, Black Kites and Black and White #Storks all coming together overhead to make the challenging crossing of The #Straits.
Awesome #FlywayBirding!
Our guests have been enjoying some magical #FlywayBirding here at the epicentre of migration in The #Straits !
A near constant flow of European Honey #Buzzards, shadowed by the ever flowing Black #Kites, increasing numbers of Booted and Short-toed #Eagles, Egyptian #Vultures, Montagu’s #Harriers, Black #Storks with dazzling arrays of White Storks in their thousands !
This IS the #migration party to be at !
Here a migrating Booted Eagle takes a swerve to check us out ☺️
Yesterday the flow of migrating #Birds was near constant !
3,483 Black #Kites headed the pack and filled The #Straits joined by 122 Short-toed #Eagles, a handful of Booted Eagles, European Honey Buzzards, Egyptian Vultures, Marsh and Montagu’s #Harriers, thousands of mesmerising White Storks and 3 Black #Storks.
Going the opposite way several returning Griffon #Vultures crossed north into Europe and were accompanied by an immature (untagged) 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄-𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐕𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 !
We got ourselves in the flow of migrating soaring #Birds yesterday with 12 European Honey #Buzzards, 915 Black #Kites, 79 Booted and 75 Short-toed #Eagles, Black #Storks, Montagu´s and Marsh #Harriers, Egyptian #Vulture and returning Griffon #Vultures !
Meanwhile downtown a gorgeous and unexpected male 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 joined the migration party! Normally breeding across Eastern Europe it is a welcome vagrant!
(Thanks to #amigo Ricky Owen for news on the Flycatcher!)
After the stormy conditions subsided it was a great arrival day for our students from Bangor University !
Here to study the #migration, they were directly in the magical flow of soaring migratory #Birds !
715 Black #Kites, 683 Booted Eagles, 202 Short-toed #Eagles, 93 Griffon Vultures, 2 Egyptian #Vultures, Eurasian #Sparrowhawks, #Osprey, Marsh #Harriers, and both Black and White #Storks!
Our private boat trip brought us delightful encounters with migratory Fin #Whale plus Bottle-nosed, Striped & Common #Dolphins as masses of Atlantic #Puffins poured through
In the Los #Alcornocales - Common #Firecrest, Short-toed #Treecreepers, Crested Tits, #Iberian Chiff-chaffs, Western Bonelli’s #Warbler & Eurasian Golden #Oriole
An hours session at our chosen watchpoint in the flow of 872 Booted & 122 Short-toed #Eagles, Black #Kites, 2 Ospreys, Marsh #Harriers and Eurasian #Sparrowhawks
A Northern Harrier hovers above a field at the Parker River NWR on Plum Island, Mass.
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #harriers #PlumIslandMA
A Northern Harrier seen today at the Parker River NWR on Plum Island, Mass.
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #harriers #raptors #PlumIslandMA
A Northern Harrier perched atop a cedar at the Parker River NWR on Plum Island, Mass. this afternoon.
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #harriers #PlumIslandMA
Just watching this. Noticed a couple of things like it's the #mexican independence day. The other more interesting thing is that if you ever found your self near this thing say behind it for example. And let's say you happened to be it's enemy and you had an old #shotgun. You could just shoot it down. Just aim at its wings or the electronics. Heck even the tires, you can shoot that and it wouldn't be able to land properly. #harriers were just a dumb idea.
https://youtube.com/shorts/K541Nn5R0GM?si=GfoGibdKwKZDj0nO
Great #FlywayBirding action for our guests yesterday among the flow of #Migration for guests from @YCNature !
907 White #Storks, 941 Black #Kites, 121 European Honey Buzzards, 70 Short-toed Eagles, 94 Booted #Eagles, 6 Montagu’s #Harriers, 1,008 European Bee-eaters and more !
With the wind lessening to a moderate to strong #levante we saw the #migratory flood gates open!
5,087 White #Stork, 4,381 Black #Kites dominated the skies with the gaps full of Egyptian Vultures, Booted & Short-toed #Eagles, European Honey #Buzzards, Montagu´s #Harriers, Black Storks, European Bee-eaters and more!
However many more did not cross - tomorrow more!
Going the other way this vagrant House Bunting came in from The #Straits and spent a couple minutes hanging at our watchpoint!
The glorious migratory dance continues here in The #Straits today !
This mornings westerly wind gradually shifted to easterly by this afternoon changing the position of migratory flow along the coast.
4,557 Black #Kites, 904 White #Storks, 122 Booted #Eagles, 115 Short-toed Eagles, Montagu’s and Marsh #Harriers, Alpine, Pallid and Common #Swifts and groups of European Bee-eaters all crossing to #Africa !
The river of migratory soaring #Birds continues over our guests heads !
Today 4,851 Black #Kites, 1,027 White #Storks, 96 Booted Eagles, 142 Short-toed #Eagles, 4 Montagu’s #Harriers and 2 Egyptian #Vultures crossed The #Straits from our chosen watchpoint. Also a juvenile #Lanner #Falcon ripped through our watchpoint. As the wind shifted more Black Kites pushed through the Eastern section of The Straits…..
Britain is not ready for reintroduction of lynx and wolves, says Ray Mears | Rewilding | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/08/britain-not-ready-reintroduction-lynx-wolves-broadcaster-ray-mears-warns
#Rewilding
#Lynx
#Wolves
#Eagles
#Harriers
#HenHarriers
#GoldenEagles
#RayMears
#Poisoning
MONTREAL MADHOUSE
📍 Foufounes Electriques
📅 Friday, 17 February (18:00)
MTLHC Collective présente MONTRÉAL MADHOUSE
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VENDREDI 17 FÉVRIER/FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17TH
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FAZE [https://11pmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/content]
DESECRATE [https://desecrate514.bandcamp.com]
DEADBOLT [https://deadbolt514.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2022]
SERPENT CORPSE [https://serpentcorpse.bandcamp.com/album/demo]
SCARAMANGA [https://linktr.ee/scaramangahc]
GLOWING ORB [https://glowingorb.bandcamp.com/album/demo]
CLONED APPARITION
DOORS: 17h30, MUSICL 18h30
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SAMEDI 18 FÉVRIER/SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18TH
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PROWL [https://linktr.ee/prowlmtl]
HARRIERS [https://harriersmtl.bandcamp.com/music] (LAST SHOW)
This photo is a northern harrier. I was lucky enough to find one eating a rabbit. It was too large for it to fly away with, which I am sure would have been it’s choice to do, as harriers are usually very elusive, but it stayed with it instead, allowing me to take a series of shots as it ate its prey. #photo #photography #wildlife #birds #BirdPhotography #nature #NaturePhotogaphy #wildlife #wildlifephotography #prey #harriers #northernharrier #birdsofprey
