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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 19:01:49 GMT
We are directly under an annual gull migration route here...
One evening, just one, around the spring equinox, they pass overhead in their hundreds of thousands, to their breeding grounds...
The sky goes black with their numbers, and the air is completely filled with their cries...
One of the highlights of the year, and it just happened... they hit the equinox exactly this year... amazing...
Good stuff ð
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 19:10:14 GMT
That's it...
All done and gone for another year...
Clever buggers, they know exactly when to migrate when the days are the right length, and the weather is right for flying.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 19:13:49 GMT
I think that's the coolest thing ever!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 19:27:48 GMT
I think that's the coolest thing ever! OH that's nothing... We are where two estuaries meet here, which is a navigation point for them... Here's the thing... they are all going to the same summer breeding site... But, they come from different winter sites... How do they all know when to leave their different winter sites, to congregate overhead here, on a specific day of the year, in a space of just about three hours? |
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Post by Sulla on Mar 20, 2017 22:41:47 GMT
Seems like a good opportunity to shoot some photos.
Gullapalooza 2017
The Byrds
Wings
A Flock of Seagulls The Breeders
Gulldom Earring
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Post by CoolJGS⺠on Mar 20, 2017 22:43:57 GMT
That sounds like a whole lot of bird poop
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 22:43:59 GMT
You should take pictures of it some year!
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Mar 21, 2017 2:51:01 GMT
I think that's the coolest thing ever! OH that's nothing... We are where two estuaries meet here, which is a navigation point for them... Here's the thing... they are all going to the same summer breeding site... But, they come from different winter sites... How do they all know when to leave their different winter sites, to congregate overhead here, on a specific day of the year, in a space of just about three hours? That is amazing; it must feel almost magical.
A good friend of mine is a wildlife artist; she doesn't just paint wildlife, she knows a lot about the species she paints. She is also an environmentalist, and all of the global climate changes that are occurring make her so sad. Monarch butterflies are losing so many numbers that is has been speculated that they cannot survive because the mating butterflies aren't genetically diverse enough to keep the species strong. Their routes to winter and summer sites have been disturbed by civilization; there aren't enough milkweeds along the way.
You really should photograph this yearly event. It may not happen at some point in the future, sad to say.
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