Saison de la faune, mois par mois dans le monde

La traversée des gnous, les grues, les monarques, les petits sur la plage, les ours à la rivière — au rythme des pluies et de la nourriture.

67 destinations sur SeasonMap, classées dans chaque mois selon le score de confort — car la question n’est pas seulement de savoir où la saison bat son plein, mais si la météo vaut le voyage pendant ce temps.

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Nombre de destinations concernées (saison de la faune) ce mois-là. Les périodes bougent un peu chaque année.

Saison de la faune en janvier

  1. Morelia 🇲🇽 MexiqueMonarch butterfly season · 10 nov. – 15 mars (en général)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.92
  2. Tampa 🇺🇸 États-UnisManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov. – 15 avr.Manatees crowd into the warm outflow of the Big Bend power station when the bay drops below about twenty degrees, and the free viewing centre beside it opens for exactly those dates.84
  3. Arusha 🇹🇿 TanzanieWildebeest calving season · 20 janv. – 15 mars (en général)The short grass plains around Ndutu and the southern Serengeti, reached on safari from Arusha, fill with newborn wildebeest calves and the predators that follow them; camps here book out well before the February peak.77
  4. Plaine du Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzanieWildebeest calving · 15 janv. – 15 mars (en général)Close to half a million calves drop in a three-week burst on the short-grass plains around Ndutu, and every predator in the ecosystem is there for it.75
  5. Pipa 🇧🇷 BrésilDolphins in the bay · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Spinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.73
  6. Monterey 🇺🇸 États-UnisMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 oct. – 28 févr. (en général)Monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus at the Pacific Grove sanctuary from late October to about the start of March, peaking around the turn of the year.72
  7. Grytviken Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du SudFur seal pupping · 15 nov. – 15 janv. (en général)Antarctic fur seals take over every workable beach to breed, and the bulls hold territory aggressively enough that landings get moved or dropped.72
  8. Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JaponCranes winter at Izumi · 1 nov. – 25 mars (en général)Well over ten thousand cranes from Siberia winter on the Izumi plain in the north of the prefecture, about an hour by shinkansen.70
  9. Big Sur 🇺🇸 États-UnisElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 déc. – 31 mai (en général)Thousands of northern elephant seals haul out on the beach at the south end of the coast road, pupping in January and moulting into spring.68
  10. Parc national d'Etosha 🇳🇦 NamibieCalving and the zebra move · 15 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)Zebra and springbok drop their young as the new grass comes up, the plains game shifts west, and the predators go with them.65
  11. Santa Cruz 🇺🇸 États-UnisMonarch butterflies · 15 oct. – 15 févr. (en général)Tens of thousands of monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus grove at Natural Bridges from mid-October, hanging in a shape that looks like dead leaves until the sun hits them.64
  12. West Island Îles CocosReef fish spawning season · 1 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)The islands' one dive operator times trips to the reef's summer breeding activity: giant triggerfish nesting at Canyons and bump-head parrotfish gathering to spawn at Cologne Gardens, both easiest to see across December to February.64
  13. Flying Fish Cove Île ChristmasRed crab migration · 15 oct. – 15 janv. (en général)Millions of crabs leave the forest with the first rain and walk to the sea, and the cove is one of the easiest places to stand in the middle of it.57
  14. Aire de conservation du Ngorongoro 🇹🇿 TanzanieCalving on the Ndutu plains · 1 janv. – 15 mars (en général)The herds drop most of their calves on the short-grass plains at Ndutu, in the conservation area's western corner, and the predators concentrate on them.54
  15. Massif del Paine 🇨🇱 ChiliGuanaco birthing · 15 nov. – 10 janv. (en général)Chulengos drop in the open country on the eastern side from late November, which is also why the pumas are working that ground in daylight.50
  16. Nagano 🇯🇵 JaponSnow monkeys in the hot spring · 15 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The macaques at Jigokudani sit in the pool all year, but the winter version with snow on their heads is the one people come for.47
  17. Parc national de Yellowstone 🇺🇸 États-UnisWinter wolves in the Lamar · 20 déc. – 10 mars (en général)The road from Gardiner through to Cooke City is the only one ploughed all winter, and the Lamar Valley in the snow is where the wolf watchers set their scopes at first light.31
  18. Parc national de Grand Teton 🇺🇸 États-UnisElk on the National Elk Refuge · 1 déc. – 31 mars (en général)Thousands of elk come down out of the high country to winter on the flats north of Jackson, and horse-drawn sleighs take people out among them.30
  19. Jackson 🇺🇸 États-UnisElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)Several thousand elk drop out of the high country onto the flats north of town for the winter, and horse-drawn sleighs run out among them from mid-December until the herd leaves in early April.29

Au programme dans le monde en janvier →

Saison de la faune en février

  1. Munnar 🇮🇳 IndeEravikulam calving closure · 1 févr. – 31 mars (en général)The national park above the town shuts for the Nilgiri tahr calving season, which takes the area's main draw out of an itinerary for about two months.94
  2. Tampa 🇺🇸 États-UnisManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov. – 15 avr.Manatees crowd into the warm outflow of the Big Bend power station when the bay drops below about twenty degrees, and the free viewing centre beside it opens for exactly those dates.90
  3. Morelia 🇲🇽 MexiqueMonarch butterfly season · 10 nov. – 15 mars (en général)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.90
  4. Gibraltar GibraltarSpring raptor migration · 15 févr. – 31 mai (en général)The northbound crossing is longer and thinner than the autumn one: black kites from late winter, then short-toed and booted eagles gaining height over the Rock before heading inland.84
  5. Chitwan 🇳🇵 NépalWildlife viewing on short grass · 1 févr. – 15 avr. (en général)With the tall grass cut and the waterholes shrinking, rhino and deer are visible across the floodplain instead of hidden in it.81
  6. Arusha 🇹🇿 TanzanieWildebeest calving season · 20 janv. – 15 mars (en général)The short grass plains around Ndutu and the southern Serengeti, reached on safari from Arusha, fill with newborn wildebeest calves and the predators that follow them; camps here book out well before the February peak.79
  7. Monterey 🇺🇸 États-UnisMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 oct. – 28 févr. (en général)Monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus at the Pacific Grove sanctuary from late October to about the start of March, peaking around the turn of the year.77
  8. Plaine du Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzanieWildebeest calving · 15 janv. – 15 mars (en général)Close to half a million calves drop in a three-week burst on the short-grass plains around Ndutu, and every predator in the ecosystem is there for it.76
  9. Big Sur 🇺🇸 États-UnisElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 déc. – 31 mai (en général)Thousands of northern elephant seals haul out on the beach at the south end of the coast road, pupping in January and moulting into spring.75
  10. Santa Cruz 🇺🇸 États-UnisMonarch butterflies · 15 oct. – 15 févr. (en général)Tens of thousands of monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus grove at Natural Bridges from mid-October, hanging in a shape that looks like dead leaves until the sun hits them.73
  11. Pipa 🇧🇷 BrésilDolphins in the bay · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Spinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.71
  12. Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JaponCranes winter at Izumi · 1 nov. – 25 mars (en général)Well over ten thousand cranes from Siberia winter on the Izumi plain in the north of the prefecture, about an hour by shinkansen.68
  13. Parc national d'Etosha 🇳🇦 NamibieCalving and the zebra move · 15 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)Zebra and springbok drop their young as the new grass comes up, the plains game shifts west, and the predators go with them.65
  14. Flying Fish Cove Île ChristmasBaby crabs come ashore · 20 nov. – 20 févr. (en général)About a month after spawning the young crabs come out of the sea and head inland in a red carpet a few centimetres deep.60
  15. West Island Îles CocosReef fish spawning season · 1 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)The islands' one dive operator times trips to the reef's summer breeding activity: giant triggerfish nesting at Canyons and bump-head parrotfish gathering to spawn at Cologne Gardens, both easiest to see across December to February.60
  16. Aire de conservation du Ngorongoro 🇹🇿 TanzanieCalving on the Ndutu plains · 1 janv. – 15 mars (en général)The herds drop most of their calves on the short-grass plains at Ndutu, in the conservation area's western corner, and the predators concentrate on them.57
  17. Nagano 🇯🇵 JaponSnow monkeys in the hot spring · 15 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The macaques at Jigokudani sit in the pool all year, but the winter version with snow on their heads is the one people come for.55
  18. Parc national et réserve des Great Sand Dunes 🇺🇸 États-UnisSandhill crane migration · 1 févr. – 31 marsTwenty thousand cranes stop over in the San Luis Valley on the way north, feeding in the fields by day and flying back to the wetlands at dusk.49
  19. Jackson 🇺🇸 États-UnisElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)Several thousand elk drop out of the high country onto the flats north of town for the winter, and horse-drawn sleighs run out among them from mid-December until the herd leaves in early April.35
  20. Parc national de Yellowstone 🇺🇸 États-UnisWinter wolves in the Lamar · 20 déc. – 10 mars (en général)The road from Gardiner through to Cooke City is the only one ploughed all winter, and the Lamar Valley in the snow is where the wolf watchers set their scopes at first light.33
  21. Parc national de Grand Teton 🇺🇸 États-UnisElk on the National Elk Refuge · 1 déc. – 31 mars (en général)Thousands of elk come down out of the high country to winter on the flats north of Jackson, and horse-drawn sleighs take people out among them.33

Au programme dans le monde en février →

Saison de la faune en mars

  1. Austin 🇺🇸 États-UnisCongress Avenue bats · 20 mars – 1 nov. (en général)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.90
  2. Tampa 🇺🇸 États-UnisManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov. – 15 avr.Manatees crowd into the warm outflow of the Big Bend power station when the bay drops below about twenty degrees, and the free viewing centre beside it opens for exactly those dates.89
  3. Morelia 🇲🇽 MexiqueMonarch butterfly season · 10 nov. – 15 mars (en général)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.88
  4. Munnar 🇮🇳 IndeEravikulam calving closure · 1 févr. – 31 mars (en général)The national park above the town shuts for the Nilgiri tahr calving season, which takes the area's main draw out of an itinerary for about two months.87
  5. Gibraltar GibraltarSpring raptor migration · 15 févr. – 31 mai (en général)The northbound crossing is longer and thinner than the autumn one: black kites from late winter, then short-toed and booted eagles gaining height over the Rock before heading inland.79
  6. Big Sur 🇺🇸 États-UnisElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 déc. – 31 mai (en général)Thousands of northern elephant seals haul out on the beach at the south end of the coast road, pupping in January and moulting into spring.75
  7. Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JaponCranes winter at Izumi · 1 nov. – 25 mars (en général)Well over ten thousand cranes from Siberia winter on the Izumi plain in the north of the prefecture, about an hour by shinkansen.74
  8. Plaine du Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzanieWildebeest calving · 15 janv. – 15 mars (en général)Close to half a million calves drop in a three-week burst on the short-grass plains around Ndutu, and every predator in the ecosystem is there for it.73
  9. Arusha 🇹🇿 TanzanieWildebeest calving season · 20 janv. – 15 mars (en général)The short grass plains around Ndutu and the southern Serengeti, reached on safari from Arusha, fill with newborn wildebeest calves and the predators that follow them; camps here book out well before the February peak.72
  10. Chitwan 🇳🇵 NépalWildlife viewing on short grass · 1 févr. – 15 avr. (en général)With the tall grass cut and the waterholes shrinking, rhino and deer are visible across the floodplain instead of hidden in it.69
  11. Pipa 🇧🇷 BrésilDolphins in the bay · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Spinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.68
  12. Nagano 🇯🇵 JaponSnow monkeys in the hot spring · 15 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The macaques at Jigokudani sit in the pool all year, but the winter version with snow on their heads is the one people come for.66
  13. Parc national et réserve des Great Sand Dunes 🇺🇸 États-UnisSandhill crane migration · 1 févr. – 31 marsTwenty thousand cranes stop over in the San Luis Valley on the way north, feeding in the fields by day and flying back to the wetlands at dusk.59
  14. Aire de conservation du Ngorongoro 🇹🇿 TanzanieCalving on the Ndutu plains · 1 janv. – 15 mars (en général)The herds drop most of their calves on the short-grass plains at Ndutu, in the conservation area's western corner, and the predators concentrate on them.58
  15. Jackson 🇺🇸 États-UnisElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)Several thousand elk drop out of the high country onto the flats north of town for the winter, and horse-drawn sleighs run out among them from mid-December until the herd leaves in early April.46
  16. Parc national de Yellowstone 🇺🇸 États-UnisWinter wolves in the Lamar · 20 déc. – 10 mars (en général)The road from Gardiner through to Cooke City is the only one ploughed all winter, and the Lamar Valley in the snow is where the wolf watchers set their scopes at first light.44
  17. Parc national de Grand Teton 🇺🇸 États-UnisElk on the National Elk Refuge · 1 déc. – 31 mars (en général)Thousands of elk come down out of the high country to winter on the flats north of Jackson, and horse-drawn sleighs take people out among them.44

Au programme dans le monde en mars →

Saison de la faune en avril

  1. Gibraltar GibraltarSpring raptor migration · 15 févr. – 31 mai (en général)The northbound crossing is longer and thinner than the autumn one: black kites from late winter, then short-toed and booted eagles gaining height over the Rock before heading inland.90
  2. Big Sur 🇺🇸 États-UnisElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 déc. – 31 mai (en général)Thousands of northern elephant seals haul out on the beach at the south end of the coast road, pupping in January and moulting into spring.87
  3. Austin 🇺🇸 États-UnisCongress Avenue bats · 20 mars – 1 nov. (en général)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.84
  4. Parc national des grottes de Carlsbad 🇺🇸 États-UnisBat flight programme · 1 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats spiral out of the natural entrance at dusk while a ranger talks; phones and cameras have to be off.80
  5. Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSeal pups in the streams · 1 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)Fur seal pups leave the colony through the colder months and swim up the streams north of town to play in the pools under the waterfalls.80
  6. Tampa 🇺🇸 États-UnisManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov. – 15 avr.Manatees crowd into the warm outflow of the Big Bend power station when the bay drops below about twenty degrees, and the free viewing centre beside it opens for exactly those dates.78
  7. Van 🇹🇷 TurquiePearl mullet spawning run · 15 avr. – 15 juil. (en général)Inci kefali, a fish found nowhere outside Lake Van, swim up to 24km up the rivers that feed the lake to spawn each spring, and fishing is banned lakewide for the run.74
  8. Pipa 🇧🇷 BrésilDolphins in the bay · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Spinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.70
  9. Chitwan 🇳🇵 NépalWildlife viewing on short grass · 1 févr. – 15 avr. (en général)With the tall grass cut and the waterholes shrinking, rhino and deer are visible across the floodplain instead of hidden in it.62
  10. Jackson 🇺🇸 États-UnisElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)Several thousand elk drop out of the high country onto the flats north of town for the winter, and horse-drawn sleighs run out among them from mid-December until the herd leaves in early April.57
  11. Puerto Natales 🇨🇱 ChiliPuma tracking season · 15 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)Trackers work the eastern side of the park through the cold months, when the grass is short, the guanacos are bunched and the cats hunt in daylight.57
  12. Parc national de Yellowstone 🇺🇸 États-UnisSpring wildlife on the northern range · 15 avr. – 15 juin (en général)Bison calves in the Lamar Valley from late April, bears out of the den on the lower slopes, and wolves visible against the last snow.51
  13. Parc national de Kobuk Valley 🇺🇸 États-UnisSpring caribou migration · 1 avr. – 31 mai (en général)The Western Arctic herd heads north through the valley toward its calving grounds while the river is still frozen, so any viewing is by ski plane and timing depends on the herd.44
  14. Massif del Paine 🇨🇱 ChiliPuma tracking season · 15 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)The cold months are when trackers find them: fewer visitors, snow that holds a print, and long low light at both ends of the day.37

Au programme dans le monde en avril →

Saison de la faune en mai

  1. Gibraltar GibraltarSpring raptor migration · 15 févr. – 31 mai (en général)The northbound crossing is longer and thinner than the autumn one: black kites from late winter, then short-toed and booted eagles gaining height over the Rock before heading inland.93
  2. Big Sur 🇺🇸 États-UnisElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 déc. – 31 mai (en général)Thousands of northern elephant seals haul out on the beach at the south end of the coast road, pupping in January and moulting into spring.92
  3. Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudSardine run past Algoa Bay · 15 mai – 31 juil. (en général)Shoals move up the coast from late May with gannets diving on them and dolphins working from below.91
  4. Durban 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudSardine run · 25 mai – 20 juil. (en général)Cold water pushes shoals of sardines up from the Eastern Cape with gannets, dolphins and sharks behind them, most reliably in the last two weeks of June.84
  5. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustralieHumpback migration · 15 mai – 15 nov. (en général)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.83
  6. Anchorage 🇺🇸 États-UnisSalmon runs · 15 mai – 15 sept. (en général)Kings push into Ship Creek from mid-May, silvers take over from late July, and you can watch it from a car park in the middle of the city.81
  7. Van 🇹🇷 TurquiePearl mullet spawning run · 15 avr. – 15 juil. (en général)Inci kefali, a fish found nowhere outside Lake Van, swim up to 24km up the rivers that feed the lake to spawn each spring, and fishing is banned lakewide for the run.81
  8. Plaine du Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzanieGrumeti River crossings · 15 mai – 10 juil. (en général)Before the famous Mara crossings the herds push north-west through the corridor and over the Grumeti, where the crocodiles are the largest in the park.79
  9. Kasane 🇧🇼 BotswanaDry-season elephant herds · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)As interior pans dry up, elephants pull out of the bush and concentrate along the Chobe riverfront, with herds of a thousand or more common by September and October.78
  10. Brașov 🇷🇴 RoumanieBear watching season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)Licensed hides in the forests around the town take bookings from spring to early autumn, through guides rather than on the day.77
  11. Parc national des grottes de Carlsbad 🇺🇸 États-UnisBat flight programme · 1 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats spiral out of the natural entrance at dusk while a ranger talks; phones and cameras have to be off.77
  12. Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSeal pups in the streams · 1 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)Fur seal pups leave the colony through the colder months and swim up the streams north of town to play in the pools under the waterfalls.74
  13. Pipa 🇧🇷 BrésilDolphins in the bay · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Spinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.71
  14. Whistler 🇨🇦 CanadaBlack bears on the mountain · 20 mai – 15 oct. (en général)Sixty-odd bears live on the two mountains and are visible from the lifts and the golf courses from the melt onward, most obviously in spring on the new grass and in autumn on the berries.70
  15. Austin 🇺🇸 États-UnisCongress Avenue bats · 20 mars – 1 nov. (en général)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.69
  16. Parc national de Yellowstone 🇺🇸 États-UnisSpring wildlife on the northern range · 15 avr. – 15 juin (en général)Bison calves in the Lamar Valley from late April, bears out of the den on the lower slopes, and wolves visible against the last snow.61
  17. Parc national et réserve de Katmai 🇺🇸 États-UnisCoastal bears in the sedge meadows · 25 mai – 15 juil. (en général)Before the salmon arrive, brown bears graze the coastal sedge meadows and dig clams at places like Hallo Bay.60
  18. Parc national de Kobuk Valley 🇺🇸 États-UnisSpring caribou migration · 1 avr. – 31 mai (en général)The Western Arctic herd heads north through the valley toward its calving grounds while the river is still frozen, so any viewing is by ski plane and timing depends on the herd.60
  19. Puerto Natales 🇨🇱 ChiliPuma tracking season · 15 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)Trackers work the eastern side of the park through the cold months, when the grass is short, the guanacos are bunched and the cats hunt in daylight.50
  20. Massif del Paine 🇨🇱 ChiliPuma tracking season · 15 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)The cold months are when trackers find them: fewer visitors, snow that holds a print, and long low light at both ends of the day.31

Au programme dans le monde en mai →

Saison de la faune en juin

  1. Durban 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudSardine run · 25 mai – 20 juil. (en général)Cold water pushes shoals of sardines up from the Eastern Cape with gannets, dolphins and sharks behind them, most reliably in the last two weeks of June.93
  2. Van 🇹🇷 TurquiePearl mullet spawning run · 15 avr. – 15 juil. (en général)Inci kefali, a fish found nowhere outside Lake Van, swim up to 24km up the rivers that feed the lake to spawn each spring, and fishing is banned lakewide for the run.93
  3. Seattle 🇺🇸 États-UnisSalmon at the Ballard Locks · 15 juin – 20 sept. (en général)Sockeye run through the fish ladder in early summer, chinook and coho into September, and the viewing windows below the locks are free and busy.92
  4. Hyannis Transportation Center 🇺🇸 États-UnisWhite shark season · 1 juin – 31 oct. (en général)White sharks follow the grey seals into Cape waters from early summer and are gone by late autumn, with the tagged detections peaking in August and September.91
  5. Anchorage 🇺🇸 États-UnisSalmon runs · 15 mai – 15 sept. (en général)Kings push into Ship Creek from mid-May, silvers take over from late July, and you can watch it from a car park in the middle of the city.90
  6. Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudSardine run past Algoa Bay · 15 mai – 31 juil. (en général)Shoals move up the coast from late May with gannets diving on them and dolphins working from below.88
  7. Brașov 🇷🇴 RoumanieBear watching season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)Licensed hides in the forests around the town take bookings from spring to early autumn, through guides rather than on the day.85
  8. Rhodes 🇬🇷 GrèceMoths at Petaloudes · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)Jersey tiger moths gather in their thousands in the shaded valley at Petaloudes for the dry months, and the site is closed to visitors outside them.83
  9. Plaine du Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzanieGrumeti River crossings · 15 mai – 10 juil. (en général)Before the famous Mara crossings the herds push north-west through the corridor and over the Grumeti, where the crocodiles are the largest in the park.80
  10. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 ÉquateurTortoises in the highlands · 1 juin – 15 déc. (en général)Santa Cruz's wild tortoises spend the cool grey months up in the wet pastures, which is when the ranches on the road to Santa Rosa are thick with them.80
  11. Kasane 🇧🇼 BotswanaDry-season elephant herds · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)As interior pans dry up, elephants pull out of the bush and concentrate along the Chobe riverfront, with herds of a thousand or more common by September and October.80
  12. Petropavlovsk-Kamtchatski 🇷🇺 RussieSalmon run · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)Six species come up the rivers through the summer, in the largest run of wild Pacific salmon anywhere.78
  13. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustralieHumpback migration · 15 mai – 15 nov. (en général)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.77
  14. Whistler 🇨🇦 CanadaBlack bears on the mountain · 20 mai – 15 oct. (en général)Sixty-odd bears live on the two mountains and are visible from the lifts and the golf courses from the melt onward, most obviously in spring on the new grass and in autumn on the berries.74
  15. Pipa 🇧🇷 BrésilDolphins in the bay · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Spinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.74
  16. Parc national et réserve de Katmai 🇺🇸 États-UnisCoastal bears in the sedge meadows · 25 mai – 15 juil. (en général)Before the salmon arrive, brown bears graze the coastal sedge meadows and dig clams at places like Hallo Bay.73
  17. Parc national de Yellowstone 🇺🇸 États-UnisSpring wildlife on the northern range · 15 avr. – 15 juin (en général)Bison calves in the Lamar Valley from late April, bears out of the den on the lower slopes, and wolves visible against the last snow.69
  18. Parc national des grottes de Carlsbad 🇺🇸 États-UnisBat flight programme · 1 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats spiral out of the natural entrance at dusk while a ranger talks; phones and cameras have to be off.69
  19. Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSeal pups in the streams · 1 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)Fur seal pups leave the colony through the colder months and swim up the streams north of town to play in the pools under the waterfalls.68
  20. Parc national et réserve de Lake Clark 🇺🇸 États-UnisBear viewing season · 1 juin – 15 sept. (en général)Brown bears graze the coastal sedge meadows and dig clams early in the summer, then move to the salmon streams at Silver Salmon Creek and Crescent Lake later on.63
  21. Austin 🇺🇸 États-UnisCongress Avenue bats · 20 mars – 1 nov. (en général)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.59
  22. Charm el-Cheikh 🇪🇬 ÉgypteSummer schooling at Ras Mohammed · 1 juin – 31 août (en général)High summer is when the snapper and barracuda gather in numbers off the point, which is the one thing here worth putting up with the heat for.54
  23. Puerto Natales 🇨🇱 ChiliPuma tracking season · 15 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)Trackers work the eastern side of the park through the cold months, when the grass is short, the guanacos are bunched and the cats hunt in daylight.40
  24. Sundarbans 🇧🇩 BangladeshThree-month breeding closure · 1 juin – 31 aoûtThe forest department shuts the Bangladeshi Sundarbans to visitors and to fishing for the breeding season.37
  25. Massif del Paine 🇨🇱 ChiliPuma tracking season · 15 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)The cold months are when trackers find them: fewer visitors, snow that holds a print, and long low light at both ends of the day.27

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Saison de la faune en juillet

  1. Seattle 🇺🇸 États-UnisSalmon at the Ballard Locks · 15 juin – 20 sept. (en général)Sockeye run through the fish ladder in early summer, chinook and coho into September, and the viewing windows below the locks are free and busy.97
  2. Nairobi 🇰🇪 KenyaMara migration season · 1 juil. – 31 oct. (en général)The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October.93
  3. Anchorage 🇺🇸 États-UnisSalmon runs · 15 mai – 15 sept. (en général)Kings push into Ship Creek from mid-May, silvers take over from late July, and you can watch it from a car park in the middle of the city.93
  4. Durban 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudSardine run · 25 mai – 20 juil. (en général)Cold water pushes shoals of sardines up from the Eastern Cape with gannets, dolphins and sharks behind them, most reliably in the last two weeks of June.91
  5. Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudSardine run past Algoa Bay · 15 mai – 31 juil. (en général)Shoals move up the coast from late May with gannets diving on them and dolphins working from below.88
  6. Van 🇹🇷 TurquiePearl mullet spawning run · 15 avr. – 15 juil. (en général)Inci kefali, a fish found nowhere outside Lake Van, swim up to 24km up the rivers that feed the lake to spawn each spring, and fishing is banned lakewide for the run.88
  7. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 ÉquateurTortoises in the highlands · 1 juin – 15 déc. (en général)Santa Cruz's wild tortoises spend the cool grey months up in the wet pastures, which is when the ranches on the road to Santa Rosa are thick with them.83
  8. Petropavlovsk-Kamtchatski 🇷🇺 RussieSalmon run · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)Six species come up the rivers through the summer, in the largest run of wild Pacific salmon anywhere.83
  9. Whistler 🇨🇦 CanadaBlack bears on the mountain · 20 mai – 15 oct. (en général)Sixty-odd bears live on the two mountains and are visible from the lifts and the golf courses from the melt onward, most obviously in spring on the new grass and in autumn on the berries.81
  10. Réserve nationale du Masai Mara 🇰🇪 KenyaMara River crossings · 1 juil. – 31 oct. (en général)The herds arrive from July and the crossings run through to October, thickest in August and September.81
  11. Brașov 🇷🇴 RoumanieBear watching season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)Licensed hides in the forests around the town take bookings from spring to early autumn, through guides rather than on the day.80
  12. Plaine du Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzanieGrumeti River crossings · 15 mai – 10 juil. (en général)Before the famous Mara crossings the herds push north-west through the corridor and over the Grumeti, where the crocodiles are the largest in the park.80
  13. Labuan Bajo 🇮🇩 IndonésieKomodo dragon mating season · 1 juil. – 31 août (en général)The one time of year the males fight, standing up against each other on the trails.80
  14. Juneau 🇺🇸 États-UnisSalmon run and bears · 20 juil. – 15 sept. (en général)Sockeye run up Steep Creek beside the Mendenhall visitor centre from late July, coho behind them into autumn, and the black bears fish it from below a public boardwalk.80
  15. Kasane 🇧🇼 BotswanaDry-season elephant herds · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)As interior pans dry up, elephants pull out of the bush and concentrate along the Chobe riverfront, with herds of a thousand or more common by September and October.79
  16. Hyannis Transportation Center 🇺🇸 États-UnisWhite shark season · 1 juin – 31 oct. (en général)White sharks follow the grey seals into Cape waters from early summer and are gone by late autumn, with the tagged detections peaking in August and September.79
  17. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustralieHumpback migration · 15 mai – 15 nov. (en général)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.78
  18. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaBear-season trail closures · 15 juil. – 1 oct. (en général)When the buffaloberry ripens the grizzlies drop to the valley trails and Parks Canada closes them, or restricts them to tight groups of four, at a day's notice.75
  19. Rhodes 🇬🇷 GrèceMoths at Petaloudes · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)Jersey tiger moths gather in their thousands in the shaded valley at Petaloudes for the dry months, and the site is closed to visitors outside them.75
  20. Pipa 🇧🇷 BrésilDolphins in the bay · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Spinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.75
  21. Sigirîya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaThe Gathering at Minneriya · 15 juil. – 30 sept. (en général)As the tank shrinks, hundreds of elephants come out onto the grass on the exposed bed — the largest gathering of wild Asian elephants anywhere.73
  22. Parc national et réserve de Katmai 🇺🇸 États-UnisCoastal bears in the sedge meadows · 25 mai – 15 juil. (en général)Before the salmon arrive, brown bears graze the coastal sedge meadows and dig clams at places like Hallo Bay.71
  23. Parc national des grottes de Carlsbad 🇺🇸 États-UnisBat flight programme · 1 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats spiral out of the natural entrance at dusk while a ranger talks; phones and cameras have to be off.68
  24. Parc national et réserve de Lake Clark 🇺🇸 États-UnisBear viewing season · 1 juin – 15 sept. (en général)Brown bears graze the coastal sedge meadows and dig clams early in the summer, then move to the salmon streams at Silver Salmon Creek and Crescent Lake later on.68
  25. Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSeal pups in the streams · 1 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)Fur seal pups leave the colony through the colder months and swim up the streams north of town to play in the pools under the waterfalls.66

…et 6 de plus en juillet.

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Saison de la faune en août

  1. Seattle 🇺🇸 États-UnisSalmon at the Ballard Locks · 15 juin – 20 sept. (en général)Sockeye run through the fish ladder in early summer, chinook and coho into September, and the viewing windows below the locks are free and busy.95
  2. Nairobi 🇰🇪 KenyaMara migration season · 1 juil. – 31 oct. (en général)The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October.94
  3. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 ÉquateurTortoises in the highlands · 1 juin – 15 déc. (en général)Santa Cruz's wild tortoises spend the cool grey months up in the wet pastures, which is when the ranches on the road to Santa Rosa are thick with them.87
  4. Anchorage 🇺🇸 États-UnisSalmon runs · 15 mai – 15 sept. (en général)Kings push into Ship Creek from mid-May, silvers take over from late July, and you can watch it from a car park in the middle of the city.83
  5. Brașov 🇷🇴 RoumanieBear watching season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)Licensed hides in the forests around the town take bookings from spring to early autumn, through guides rather than on the day.82
  6. Labuan Bajo 🇮🇩 IndonésieKomodo dragon mating season · 1 juil. – 31 août (en général)The one time of year the males fight, standing up against each other on the trails.82
  7. Hyannis Transportation Center 🇺🇸 États-UnisWhite shark season · 1 juin – 31 oct. (en général)White sharks follow the grey seals into Cape waters from early summer and are gone by late autumn, with the tagged detections peaking in August and September.82
  8. Gibraltar GibraltarRaptor migration over the Strait · 20 août – 31 oct. (en général)Storks, honey buzzards and eagles funnel over the Strait in autumn to make the shortest crossing to Africa, and on a good easterly morning they pass low over the Upper Rock in thousands.82
  9. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustralieHumpback migration · 15 mai – 15 nov. (en général)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.81
  10. Pipa 🇧🇷 BrésilDolphins in the bay · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Spinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.81
  11. Réserve nationale du Masai Mara 🇰🇪 KenyaMara River crossings · 1 juil. – 31 oct. (en général)The herds arrive from July and the crossings run through to October, thickest in August and September.80
  12. Whistler 🇨🇦 CanadaBlack bears on the mountain · 20 mai – 15 oct. (en général)Sixty-odd bears live on the two mountains and are visible from the lifts and the golf courses from the melt onward, most obviously in spring on the new grass and in autumn on the berries.79
  13. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaBear-season trail closures · 15 juil. – 1 oct. (en général)When the buffaloberry ripens the grizzlies drop to the valley trails and Parks Canada closes them, or restricts them to tight groups of four, at a day's notice.78
  14. Plaine du Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzanieMara River crossings · 1 juil. – 31 oct. (en général)The herds bank up on the south side and go over in a rush that may happen twice in a morning or not at all that week.78
  15. Kasane 🇧🇼 BotswanaDry-season elephant herds · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)As interior pans dry up, elephants pull out of the bush and concentrate along the Chobe riverfront, with herds of a thousand or more common by September and October.76
  16. Parc national de Shenandoah 🇺🇸 États-UnisBlack bear season · 1 août – 31 oct. (en général)Bears feed hard on acorns and berries through late summer and autumn, and this is the stretch you actually see them from the Drive.75
  17. Petropavlovsk-Kamtchatski 🇷🇺 RussieSalmon run · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)Six species come up the rivers through the summer, in the largest run of wild Pacific salmon anywhere.75
  18. Sigirîya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaThe Gathering at Minneriya · 15 juil. – 30 sept. (en général)As the tank shrinks, hundreds of elephants come out onto the grass on the exposed bed — the largest gathering of wild Asian elephants anywhere.74
  19. Auckland 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeLambing at Cornwall Park · 1 août – 10 sept. (en général)The working farm around Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill) has new calves from mid-July and lambs from early August.73
  20. Rhodes 🇬🇷 GrèceMoths at Petaloudes · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)Jersey tiger moths gather in their thousands in the shaded valley at Petaloudes for the dry months, and the site is closed to visitors outside them.73
  21. Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSeal pups in the streams · 1 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)Fur seal pups leave the colony through the colder months and swim up the streams north of town to play in the pools under the waterfalls.73
  22. Juneau 🇺🇸 États-UnisSalmon run and bears · 20 juil. – 15 sept. (en général)Sockeye run up Steep Creek beside the Mendenhall visitor centre from late July, coho behind them into autumn, and the black bears fish it from below a public boardwalk.73
  23. Parc national des grottes de Carlsbad 🇺🇸 États-UnisBat flight programme · 1 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats spiral out of the natural entrance at dusk while a ranger talks; phones and cameras have to be off.67
  24. Parc national et réserve de Katmai 🇺🇸 États-UnisJuly salmon run at the falls · 25 juin – 5 août (en général)Sockeye stack up below Brooks Falls and the bears stand in the lip catching them mid-air, which is the picture everyone has seen.67
  25. Parc national de Kobuk Valley 🇺🇸 États-UnisCaribou cross at Onion Portage · 25 août – 5 oct. (en général)In autumn the Western Arctic herd swims the Kobuk River at Paatitaaq, a crossing used for more than eight thousand years and still the season's subsistence hunt for Inupiat families.65

…et 7 de plus en août.

Au programme dans le monde en août →

Saison de la faune en septembre

  1. Nairobi 🇰🇪 KenyaMara migration season · 1 juil. – 31 oct. (en général)The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October.94
  2. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustralieHumpback migration · 15 mai – 15 nov. (en général)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.89
  3. Seattle 🇺🇸 États-UnisSalmon at the Ballard Locks · 15 juin – 20 sept. (en général)Sockeye run through the fish ladder in early summer, chinook and coho into September, and the viewing windows below the locks are free and busy.89
  4. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 ÉquateurTortoises in the highlands · 1 juin – 15 déc. (en général)Santa Cruz's wild tortoises spend the cool grey months up in the wet pastures, which is when the ranches on the road to Santa Rosa are thick with them.88
  5. Bozeman 🇺🇸 États-UnisGolden eagle migration · 15 sept. – 31 oct. (en général)The Bridger ridge carries the largest known golden eagle migration in the lower forty-eight, counted from the ski area every autumn.87
  6. Gibraltar GibraltarRaptor migration over the Strait · 20 août – 31 oct. (en général)Storks, honey buzzards and eagles funnel over the Strait in autumn to make the shortest crossing to Africa, and on a good easterly morning they pass low over the Upper Rock in thousands.87
  7. Brașov 🇷🇴 RoumanieBear watching season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)Licensed hides in the forests around the town take bookings from spring to early autumn, through guides rather than on the day.86
  8. Hyannis Transportation Center 🇺🇸 États-UnisWhite shark season · 1 juin – 31 oct. (en général)White sharks follow the grey seals into Cape waters from early summer and are gone by late autumn, with the tagged detections peaking in August and September.86
  9. Bournemouth 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniNew Forest deer rut · 20 sept. – 31 oct. (en général)The stags roar and fight through October on the heaths north of town, best at first light.82
  10. Rhodes 🇬🇷 GrèceMoths at Petaloudes · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)Jersey tiger moths gather in their thousands in the shaded valley at Petaloudes for the dry months, and the site is closed to visitors outside them.81
  11. Pipa 🇧🇷 BrésilDolphins in the bay · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Spinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.81
  12. Réserve nationale du Masai Mara 🇰🇪 KenyaMara River crossings · 1 juil. – 31 oct. (en général)The herds arrive from July and the crossings run through to October, thickest in August and September.79
  13. Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSeal pups in the streams · 1 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)Fur seal pups leave the colony through the colder months and swim up the streams north of town to play in the pools under the waterfalls.78
  14. Auckland 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeLambing at Cornwall Park · 1 août – 10 sept. (en général)The working farm around Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill) has new calves from mid-July and lambs from early August.77
  15. Plaine du Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzanieMara River crossings · 1 juil. – 31 oct. (en général)The herds bank up on the south side and go over in a rush that may happen twice in a morning or not at all that week.77
  16. Parc national des grottes de Carlsbad 🇺🇸 États-UnisBat flight programme · 1 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats spiral out of the natural entrance at dusk while a ranger talks; phones and cameras have to be off.76
  17. Parc national de Shenandoah 🇺🇸 États-UnisBlack bear season · 1 août – 31 oct. (en général)Bears feed hard on acorns and berries through late summer and autumn, and this is the stretch you actually see them from the Drive.74
  18. Anchorage 🇺🇸 États-UnisSalmon runs · 15 mai – 15 sept. (en général)Kings push into Ship Creek from mid-May, silvers take over from late July, and you can watch it from a car park in the middle of the city.73
  19. Sigirîya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaThe Gathering at Minneriya · 15 juil. – 30 sept. (en général)As the tank shrinks, hundreds of elephants come out onto the grass on the exposed bed — the largest gathering of wild Asian elephants anywhere.72
  20. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaBear-season trail closures · 15 juil. – 1 oct. (en général)When the buffaloberry ripens the grizzlies drop to the valley trails and Parks Canada closes them, or restricts them to tight groups of four, at a day's notice.71
  21. Kasane 🇧🇼 BotswanaDry-season elephant herds · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)As interior pans dry up, elephants pull out of the bush and concentrate along the Chobe riverfront, with herds of a thousand or more common by September and October.70
  22. Petropavlovsk-Kamtchatski 🇷🇺 RussieSalmon run · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)Six species come up the rivers through the summer, in the largest run of wild Pacific salmon anywhere.70
  23. Jasper 🇨🇦 CanadaElk rut · 1 sept. – 10 oct. (en général)Bulls bugle from the golf course and the verges around the townsite through September, and they are genuinely dangerous at close range.69
  24. Whistler 🇨🇦 CanadaBlack bears on the mountain · 20 mai – 15 oct. (en général)Sixty-odd bears live on the two mountains and are visible from the lifts and the golf courses from the melt onward, most obviously in spring on the new grass and in autumn on the berries.66
  25. Austin 🇺🇸 États-UnisCongress Avenue bats · 20 mars – 1 nov. (en général)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.66

…et 11 de plus en septembre.

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Saison de la faune en octobre

  1. Monterey 🇺🇸 États-UnisMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 oct. – 28 févr. (en général)Monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus at the Pacific Grove sanctuary from late October to about the start of March, peaking around the turn of the year.92
  2. Nairobi 🇰🇪 KenyaMara migration season · 1 juil. – 31 oct. (en général)The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October.90
  3. Santa Cruz 🇺🇸 États-UnisMonarch butterflies · 15 oct. – 15 févr. (en général)Tens of thousands of monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus grove at Natural Bridges from mid-October, hanging in a shape that looks like dead leaves until the sun hits them.90
  4. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustralieHumpback migration · 15 mai – 15 nov. (en général)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.88
  5. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 ÉquateurTortoises in the highlands · 1 juin – 15 déc. (en général)Santa Cruz's wild tortoises spend the cool grey months up in the wet pastures, which is when the ranches on the road to Santa Rosa are thick with them.87
  6. Gibraltar GibraltarRaptor migration over the Strait · 20 août – 31 oct. (en général)Storks, honey buzzards and eagles funnel over the Strait in autumn to make the shortest crossing to Africa, and on a good easterly morning they pass low over the Upper Rock in thousands.87
  7. Austin 🇺🇸 États-UnisCongress Avenue bats · 20 mars – 1 nov. (en général)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.81
  8. Parc national des grottes de Carlsbad 🇺🇸 États-UnisBat flight programme · 1 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats spiral out of the natural entrance at dusk while a ranger talks; phones and cameras have to be off.81
  9. Pipa 🇧🇷 BrésilDolphins in the bay · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Spinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.79
  10. Réserve nationale du Masai Mara 🇰🇪 KenyaMara River crossings · 1 juil. – 31 oct. (en général)The herds arrive from July and the crossings run through to October, thickest in August and September.76
  11. Plaine du Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzanieMara River crossings · 1 juil. – 31 oct. (en général)The herds bank up on the south side and go over in a rush that may happen twice in a morning or not at all that week.75
  12. Mer Morte 🇯🇴 JordanieRaptors over the Rift · 1 sept. – 25 oct. (en général)The Jordan Valley is the funnel for the eastern flyway, and on an autumn morning the thermals carry streams of honey buzzards and storks down the length of it.75
  13. Savai'i 🇼🇸 SamoaThe palolo rising · 5–31 oct. (en général)For one or two nights in October, seven days after the full moon, the reef worms spawn and every village is in the shallows after dark with nets and lamps.75
  14. Marsa Alam 🇪🇬 ÉgypteOceanic whitetips at Elphinstone · 1 oct. – 31 déc. (en général)Late autumn is when the oceanic whitetips are most reliably out on the offshore reef, hanging under the boats between dives.74
  15. Flying Fish Cove Île ChristmasRed crab migration · 15 oct. – 15 janv. (en général)Millions of crabs leave the forest with the first rain and walk to the sea, and the cove is one of the easiest places to stand in the middle of it.73
  16. Hyannis Transportation Center 🇺🇸 États-UnisWhite shark season · 1 juin – 31 oct. (en général)White sharks follow the grey seals into Cape waters from early summer and are gone by late autumn, with the tagged detections peaking in August and September.71
  17. Bournemouth 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniNew Forest deer rut · 20 sept. – 31 oct. (en général)The stags roar and fight through October on the heaths north of town, best at first light.70
  18. Bozeman 🇺🇸 États-UnisGolden eagle migration · 15 sept. – 31 oct. (en général)The Bridger ridge carries the largest known golden eagle migration in the lower forty-eight, counted from the ski area every autumn.68
  19. Parc national de Shenandoah 🇺🇸 États-UnisBlack bear season · 1 août – 31 oct. (en général)Bears feed hard on acorns and berries through late summer and autumn, and this is the stretch you actually see them from the Drive.66
  20. Vancouver 🇨🇦 CanadaSalmon run · 1 oct. – 10 nov. (en général)Spawning salmon come up the Capilano and the Adams River east of the city through October, strongest in the years the cycle peaks.65
  21. Parc national de Kenting 🇹🇼 TaïwanRaptor migration · 25 sept. – 25 oct. (en général)Something like a quarter of a million raptors funnel over the peninsula each autumn.60
  22. Kasane 🇧🇼 BotswanaDry-season elephant herds · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)As interior pans dry up, elephants pull out of the bush and concentrate along the Chobe riverfront, with herds of a thousand or more common by September and October.59
  23. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaBear-season trail closures · 15 juil. – 1 oct. (en général)When the buffaloberry ripens the grizzlies drop to the valley trails and Parks Canada closes them, or restricts them to tight groups of four, at a day's notice.57
  24. Jasper 🇨🇦 CanadaElk rut · 1 sept. – 10 oct. (en général)Bulls bugle from the golf course and the verges around the townsite through September, and they are genuinely dangerous at close range.55
  25. Mfuwe 🇿🇲 ZambieElephants at Mfuwe Lodge · 20 oct. – 15 déc. (en général)A resident elephant family walks straight through Mfuwe Lodge's reception each year to reach an old wild mango tree fruiting in the courtyard, a route the same matriarchal line has used for at least three generations.53

…et 6 de plus en octobre.

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Saison de la faune en novembre

  1. Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibieSeal pupping at Cape Cross · 15 nov. – 31 déc. (en général)The colony ninety minutes up the Skeleton Coast pups in November and December and swells to a couple of hundred thousand animals.97
  2. Morelia 🇲🇽 MexiqueMonarch butterfly season · 10 nov. – 15 mars (en général)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.91
  3. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustralieHumpback migration · 15 mai – 15 nov. (en général)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.87
  4. Austin 🇺🇸 États-UnisCongress Avenue bats · 20 mars – 1 nov. (en général)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.87
  5. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 ÉquateurTortoises in the highlands · 1 juin – 15 déc. (en général)Santa Cruz's wild tortoises spend the cool grey months up in the wet pastures, which is when the ranches on the road to Santa Rosa are thick with them.86
  6. Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JaponCranes winter at Izumi · 1 nov. – 25 mars (en général)Well over ten thousand cranes from Siberia winter on the Izumi plain in the north of the prefecture, about an hour by shinkansen.84
  7. Marsa Alam 🇪🇬 ÉgypteOceanic whitetips at Elphinstone · 1 oct. – 31 déc. (en général)Late autumn is when the oceanic whitetips are most reliably out on the offshore reef, hanging under the boats between dives.84
  8. Tampa 🇺🇸 États-UnisManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov. – 15 avr.Manatees crowd into the warm outflow of the Big Bend power station when the bay drops below about twenty degrees, and the free viewing centre beside it opens for exactly those dates.82
  9. Monterey 🇺🇸 États-UnisMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 oct. – 28 févr. (en général)Monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus at the Pacific Grove sanctuary from late October to about the start of March, peaking around the turn of the year.82
  10. Santa Cruz 🇺🇸 États-UnisMonarch butterflies · 15 oct. – 15 févr. (en général)Tens of thousands of monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus grove at Natural Bridges from mid-October, hanging in a shape that looks like dead leaves until the sun hits them.79
  11. Pipa 🇧🇷 BrésilDolphins in the bay · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Spinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.78
  12. Flying Fish Cove Île ChristmasRed crab migration · 15 oct. – 15 janv. (en général)Millions of crabs leave the forest with the first rain and walk to the sea, and the cove is one of the easiest places to stand in the middle of it.66
  13. Grytviken Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du SudFur seal pupping · 15 nov. – 15 janv. (en général)Antarctic fur seals take over every workable beach to breed, and the bulls hold territory aggressively enough that landings get moved or dropped.66
  14. Parc national d'Etosha 🇳🇦 NamibieCalving and the zebra move · 15 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)Zebra and springbok drop their young as the new grass comes up, the plains game shifts west, and the predators go with them.64
  15. Mfuwe 🇿🇲 ZambieElephants at Mfuwe Lodge · 20 oct. – 15 déc. (en général)A resident elephant family walks straight through Mfuwe Lodge's reception each year to reach an old wild mango tree fruiting in the courtyard, a route the same matriarchal line has used for at least three generations.54
  16. Puerto Viejo de Talamanca 🇨🇷 Costa RicaRaptor migration over Kèköldi · 15 sept. – 15 nov. (en général)Millions of hawks, kites and vultures funnel along the Talamanca coast on their way south, peaking in October.53
  17. Vancouver 🇨🇦 CanadaSalmon run · 1 oct. – 10 nov. (en général)Spawning salmon come up the Capilano and the Adams River east of the city through October, strongest in the years the cycle peaks.49
  18. Massif del Paine 🇨🇱 ChiliGuanaco birthing · 15 nov. – 10 janv. (en général)Chulengos drop in the open country on the eastern side from late November, which is also why the pumas are working that ground in daylight.44
  19. Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaPolar bear season · 1 oct. – 25 nov. (en général)Around a thousand bears gather on the coast waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze, and the last week of October into mid-November is when they are most concentrated.29

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  1. Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibieSeal pupping at Cape Cross · 15 nov. – 31 déc. (en général)The colony ninety minutes up the Skeleton Coast pups in November and December and swells to a couple of hundred thousand animals.96
  2. Marsa Alam 🇪🇬 ÉgypteOceanic whitetips at Elphinstone · 1 oct. – 31 déc. (en général)Late autumn is when the oceanic whitetips are most reliably out on the offshore reef, hanging under the boats between dives.92
  3. Morelia 🇲🇽 MexiqueMonarch butterfly season · 10 nov. – 15 mars (en général)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.91
  4. Tampa 🇺🇸 États-UnisManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov. – 15 avr.Manatees crowd into the warm outflow of the Big Bend power station when the bay drops below about twenty degrees, and the free viewing centre beside it opens for exactly those dates.87
  5. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 ÉquateurTortoises in the highlands · 1 juin – 15 déc. (en général)Santa Cruz's wild tortoises spend the cool grey months up in the wet pastures, which is when the ranches on the road to Santa Rosa are thick with them.81
  6. Pipa 🇧🇷 BrésilDolphins in the bay · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Spinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.76
  7. Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JaponCranes winter at Izumi · 1 nov. – 25 mars (en général)Well over ten thousand cranes from Siberia winter on the Izumi plain in the north of the prefecture, about an hour by shinkansen.75
  8. Monterey 🇺🇸 États-UnisMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 oct. – 28 févr. (en général)Monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus at the Pacific Grove sanctuary from late October to about the start of March, peaking around the turn of the year.73
  9. Grytviken Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du SudFur seal pupping · 15 nov. – 15 janv. (en général)Antarctic fur seals take over every workable beach to breed, and the bulls hold territory aggressively enough that landings get moved or dropped.71
  10. Big Sur 🇺🇸 États-UnisElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 déc. – 31 mai (en général)Thousands of northern elephant seals haul out on the beach at the south end of the coast road, pupping in January and moulting into spring.70
  11. Santa Cruz 🇺🇸 États-UnisMonarch butterflies · 15 oct. – 15 févr. (en général)Tens of thousands of monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus grove at Natural Bridges from mid-October, hanging in a shape that looks like dead leaves until the sun hits them.66
  12. Flying Fish Cove Île ChristmasRed crab migration · 15 oct. – 15 janv. (en général)Millions of crabs leave the forest with the first rain and walk to the sea, and the cove is one of the easiest places to stand in the middle of it.64
  13. West Island Îles CocosReef fish spawning season · 1 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)The islands' one dive operator times trips to the reef's summer breeding activity: giant triggerfish nesting at Canyons and bump-head parrotfish gathering to spawn at Cologne Gardens, both easiest to see across December to February.64
  14. Parc national d'Etosha 🇳🇦 NamibieCalving and the zebra move · 15 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)Zebra and springbok drop their young as the new grass comes up, the plains game shifts west, and the predators go with them.63
  15. Nagano 🇯🇵 JaponSnow monkeys in the hot spring · 15 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The macaques at Jigokudani sit in the pool all year, but the winter version with snow on their heads is the one people come for.53
  16. Mfuwe 🇿🇲 ZambieElephants at Mfuwe Lodge · 20 oct. – 15 déc. (en général)A resident elephant family walks straight through Mfuwe Lodge's reception each year to reach an old wild mango tree fruiting in the courtyard, a route the same matriarchal line has used for at least three generations.51
  17. Massif del Paine 🇨🇱 ChiliGuanaco birthing · 15 nov. – 10 janv. (en général)Chulengos drop in the open country on the eastern side from late November, which is also why the pumas are working that ground in daylight.47
  18. Jackson 🇺🇸 États-UnisElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)Several thousand elk drop out of the high country onto the flats north of town for the winter, and horse-drawn sleighs run out among them from mid-December until the herd leaves in early April.32
  19. Parc national de Yellowstone 🇺🇸 États-UnisWinter wolves in the Lamar · 20 déc. – 10 mars (en général)The road from Gardiner through to Cooke City is the only one ploughed all winter, and the Lamar Valley in the snow is where the wolf watchers set their scopes at first light.28
  20. Parc national de Grand Teton 🇺🇸 États-UnisElk on the National Elk Refuge · 1 déc. – 31 mars (en général)Thousands of elk come down out of the high country to winter on the flats north of Jackson, and horse-drawn sleighs take people out among them.27

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