Sentences with phrase «annual fall migration»

The centerpiece was inspired by the annual fall migration of several birds and butterflies that pass through Texas on their way to Mexico.

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) use their internal clock and the sun to guide them 4,000 kilometers south on their annual fall migration from eastern North America to central Mexico.

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This program will reduce energy and help save migratory birds passing through the city during the annual spring and fall migration seasons.

After spending a relatively leisurely winter and early spring luxuriating in warm tropical climates, they migrate north for a brief but highly eventful summer in North America, during which they must complete three energetically demanding and time - consuming tasks: (1) they must build nests, lay eggs, and provide for their offspring until the young reach independence, (2) they must completely replace all the feathers in their plumage as part of the annual molt, and (3) they must prepare for the fall southward migration by eating prodigiously and storing the body fat that will fuel their long - distance flights.

Even with all these bird biology accomplishments, perhaps the GGRO's greatest achievement has been to fan the flames of a proud new tradition — the fall pilgrimage of people going up to Hawk Hill to see the annual migration.

Warrnambool is surrounded by rivers, with a short drive bringing visitors to the Hopkins Falls for the amazing annual migration from the Coral Sea of short - finned eels who negotiate the falls in their millFalls for the amazing annual migration from the Coral Sea of short - finned eels who negotiate the falls in their millfalls in their millions.

Their annual migration is one of the most awe - inspiring on Earth: Each fall, millions of these striking black - and - orange butterflies take flight on a 3,000 - mile journey across the U.S. and Canada to wintering grounds in Mexico's Sierra Madre mountains.