Ya get used to seeing certain breeds coming and going with the seasons. Here nuthatches stick around all winter and flee around the same time Common Flickers showup; and you can sorta gage how close Spring is by paying attention to the Migrations. By the Middle of April we have huge migrations of Eagles and Hawks that flow through the upper Red River Valley, but if they show up later it's because they know that Winter isn't quite over.
Better than the weather forecast on the nighlyl news, and more fun too!
Nearly 60% of the 305 species found in North America in winter are on the move, shifting their ranges northward by an average of 35 miles. Audubon scientists analyzed 40 years of citizen-science Christmas Bird Count data and their findings provide new and powerful evidence that global warming is having a serious impact on natural systems. Northward movement was detected among species of every type, including more than 70 percent of highly adaptable forest and feeder birds.
Only grassland species were an exception - with only 38 percent mirroring the northward trend. But far from being good news for species like Eastern Meadowlark and Henslow's Sparrow, this reflects the grim reality of severely-depleted grassland habitat and suggests that these species now face a double threat from the combined stresses of habitat loss and climate adaptation.
Living right on the border of the grasslands we don't see it as much, but do see it.
Click on a picture!
Still showing off I see,..
...the pictures seem to be getting as big as the head is I'm sure,...just dont let the quality of the pics go down,.....
Great pics as always.....
You know that I can't help but love these little guys!
And you and your new toys do them such justice! Great Job!
Nature creates the subject matter, I just take pictures.
It's a real tweet to get these images.
Wonderful pictures Mac and Thanks!
Are these recent pics? I know that we have Winter Wrens around here but I have yet to see one (I do like birding but no expert),,,very cool.
:~)
The Wren photos were taken on December 17.
Ya get used to seeing certain breeds coming and going with the seasons. Here nuthatches stick around all winter and flee around the same time Common Flickers showup; and you can sorta gage how close Spring is by paying attention to the Migrations. By the Middle of April we have huge migrations of Eagles and Hawks that flow through the upper Red River Valley, but if they show up later it's because they know that Winter isn't quite over.
Better than the weather forecast on the nighlyl news, and more fun too!
:~)
In recent years, the manifestations of climate change are the early flowering of certain plants and the appearance of certain insects.
I hear ya...
Living right on the border of the grasslands we don't see it as much, but do see it.