Save for most of the
very abundant Homo sapiens individuals, who are now confined to their
dwellings, living beings keep doing their thing, as they did back in older
times, as it was five weeks, five months, five centuries ago. It's March, the beginning of the boreal spring and the
austral autumn. This March of the year of somebody's lord of two thousand and
twenty, animals and plants are adjusting to the change of the seasons. In only a
few weeks of limited movement by humans,
the planet feels lighter and cleaner, the fields more open and available for
many animals.
Human migration has
now been suspended for a few weeks. But not the annual migration of birds,
mammals, insects, fish and other animals.
An example: a few
hundred American white pelicans (Pelecanus
erythrorhynchos) stopped at the human-created Eagle Bluffs Conservation
Area (March 6th, 2020). These are among the three largest birds in North
America. They keep doing their thing, migrating north to their breeding areas in the Northern plains.
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| Some white birds in central Missouri (click for larger image) |
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| Pelicans in central Missouri (click for larger image) |
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Closer look: Pelicans in central Missouri (click for larger image) |
Photos: Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area, Boone County, Missouri; March 6, 2020
