Stagione della fauna, mese per mese nel mondo

L'attraversamento degli gnu, le gru, le farfalle monarca, i cuccioli sulla spiaggia, gli orsi al fiume: tutto scandito dalle piogge e dal cibo.

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Numero di destinazioni in cui la stagione è in corso in quel mese (stagione della fauna). I periodi si spostano un po' ogni anno.

Stagione della fauna in gennaio

  1. Morelia 🇲🇽 MessicoMonarch butterfly season · 10 nov – 15 mar (di solito)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.92
  2. Tampa 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov – 15 aprManatees 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 🇹🇿 TanzaniaWildebeest calving season · 20 gen – 15 mar (di solito)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. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaWildebeest calving · 15 gen – 15 mar (di solito)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 🇧🇷 BrasileDolphins in the bay · 1 gen – 31 dicSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.73
  6. Monterey 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 ott – 28 feb (di solito)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 Georgia del Sud e Isole Sandwich AustraliFur seal pupping · 15 nov – 15 gen (di solito)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 🇯🇵 GiapponeCranes winter at Izumi · 1 nov – 25 mar (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 dic – 31 mag (di solito)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. Parco nazionale d'Etosha 🇳🇦 NamibiaCalving and the zebra move · 15 nov – 28 feb (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaMonarch butterflies · 15 ott – 15 feb (di solito)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 Isole CocosReef fish spawning season · 1 dic – 28 feb (di solito)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 Isola di NataleRed crab migration · 15 ott – 15 gen (di solito)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. Area di conservazione di Ngorongoro 🇹🇿 TanzaniaCalving on the Ndutu plains · 1 gen – 15 mar (di solito)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. Cordigliera del Paine 🇨🇱 CileGuanaco birthing · 15 nov – 10 gen (di solito)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 🇯🇵 GiapponeSnow monkeys in the hot spring · 15 dic – 15 mar (di solito)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. Parco nazionale di Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWinter wolves in the Lamar · 20 dic – 10 mar (di solito)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. Parco nazionale del Grand Teton 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaElk on the National Elk Refuge · 1 dic – 31 mar (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 dic – 5 apr (di solito)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

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Stagione della fauna in febbraio

  1. Munnar 🇮🇳 IndiaEravikulam calving closure · 1 feb – 31 mar (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov – 15 aprManatees 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 🇲🇽 MessicoMonarch butterfly season · 10 nov – 15 mar (di solito)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.90
  4. Gibilterra GibilterraSpring raptor migration · 15 feb – 31 mag (di solito)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. Distretto di Chitwan 🇳🇵 NepalWildlife viewing on short grass · 1 feb – 15 apr (di solito)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 🇹🇿 TanzaniaWildebeest calving season · 20 gen – 15 mar (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 ott – 28 feb (di solito)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. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaWildebeest calving · 15 gen – 15 mar (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 dic – 31 mag (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaMonarch butterflies · 15 ott – 15 feb (di solito)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 🇧🇷 BrasileDolphins in the bay · 1 gen – 31 dicSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.71
  12. Kagoshima 🇯🇵 GiapponeCranes winter at Izumi · 1 nov – 25 mar (di solito)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. Parco nazionale d'Etosha 🇳🇦 NamibiaCalving and the zebra move · 15 nov – 28 feb (di solito)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 Isola di NataleBaby crabs come ashore · 20 nov – 20 feb (di solito)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 Isole CocosReef fish spawning season · 1 dic – 28 feb (di solito)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. Area di conservazione di Ngorongoro 🇹🇿 TanzaniaCalving on the Ndutu plains · 1 gen – 15 mar (di solito)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 🇯🇵 GiapponeSnow monkeys in the hot spring · 15 dic – 15 mar (di solito)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. Parco nazionale e riserva delle grandi dune di sabbia 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSandhill crane migration · 1 feb – 31 marTwenty 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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 dic – 5 apr (di solito)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. Parco nazionale di Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWinter wolves in the Lamar · 20 dic – 10 mar (di solito)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. Parco nazionale del Grand Teton 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaElk on the National Elk Refuge · 1 dic – 31 mar (di solito)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

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Stagione della fauna in marzo

  1. Austin 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaCongress Avenue bats · 20 mar – 1 nov (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov – 15 aprManatees 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 🇲🇽 MessicoMonarch butterfly season · 10 nov – 15 mar (di solito)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.88
  4. Munnar 🇮🇳 IndiaEravikulam calving closure · 1 feb – 31 mar (di solito)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. Gibilterra GibilterraSpring raptor migration · 15 feb – 31 mag (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 dic – 31 mag (di solito)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 🇯🇵 GiapponeCranes winter at Izumi · 1 nov – 25 mar (di solito)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. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaWildebeest calving · 15 gen – 15 mar (di solito)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 🇹🇿 TanzaniaWildebeest calving season · 20 gen – 15 mar (di solito)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. Distretto di Chitwan 🇳🇵 NepalWildlife viewing on short grass · 1 feb – 15 apr (di solito)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 🇧🇷 BrasileDolphins in the bay · 1 gen – 31 dicSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.68
  12. Nagano 🇯🇵 GiapponeSnow monkeys in the hot spring · 15 dic – 15 mar (di solito)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. Parco nazionale e riserva delle grandi dune di sabbia 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSandhill crane migration · 1 feb – 31 marTwenty 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. Area di conservazione di Ngorongoro 🇹🇿 TanzaniaCalving on the Ndutu plains · 1 gen – 15 mar (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 dic – 5 apr (di solito)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. Parco nazionale di Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWinter wolves in the Lamar · 20 dic – 10 mar (di solito)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. Parco nazionale del Grand Teton 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaElk on the National Elk Refuge · 1 dic – 31 mar (di solito)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

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Stagione della fauna in aprile

  1. Gibilterra GibilterraSpring raptor migration · 15 feb – 31 mag (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 dic – 31 mag (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaCongress Avenue bats · 20 mar – 1 nov (di solito)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.84
  4. Parco nazionale delle Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaBat flight programme · 1 apr – 31 ott (di solito)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. distretto di Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nuova ZelandaSeal pups in the streams · 1 apr – 30 set (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov – 15 aprManatees 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 🇹🇷 TurchiaPearl mullet spawning run · 15 apr – 15 lug (di solito)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 🇧🇷 BrasileDolphins in the bay · 1 gen – 31 dicSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.70
  9. Distretto di Chitwan 🇳🇵 NepalWildlife viewing on short grass · 1 feb – 15 apr (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 dic – 5 apr (di solito)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 🇨🇱 CilePuma tracking season · 15 apr – 30 set (di solito)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. Parco nazionale di Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSpring wildlife on the northern range · 15 apr – 15 giu (di solito)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. Parco nazionale della Kobuk Valley 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSpring caribou migration · 1 apr – 31 mag (di solito)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. Cordigliera del Paine 🇨🇱 CilePuma tracking season · 15 apr – 30 set (di solito)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

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Stagione della fauna in maggio

  1. Gibilterra GibilterraSpring raptor migration · 15 feb – 31 mag (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 dic – 31 mag (di solito)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 🇿🇦 SudafricaSardine run past Algoa Bay · 15 mag – 31 lug (di solito)Shoals move up the coast from late May with gannets diving on them and dolphins working from below.91
  4. Durban 🇿🇦 SudafricaSardine run · 25 mag – 20 lug (di solito)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 🇦🇺 AustraliaHumpback migration · 15 mag – 15 nov (di solito)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.83
  6. Anchorage 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSalmon runs · 15 mag – 15 set (di solito)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 🇹🇷 TurchiaPearl mullet spawning run · 15 apr – 15 lug (di solito)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. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaGrumeti River crossings · 15 mag – 10 lug (di solito)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 mag – 31 ott (di solito)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 🇷🇴 RomaniaBear watching season · 1 mag – 30 set (di solito)Licensed hides in the forests around the town take bookings from spring to early autumn, through guides rather than on the day.77
  11. Parco nazionale delle Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaBat flight programme · 1 apr – 31 ott (di solito)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. distretto di Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nuova ZelandaSeal pups in the streams · 1 apr – 30 set (di solito)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 🇧🇷 BrasileDolphins in the bay · 1 gen – 31 dicSpinner 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 mag – 15 ott (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaCongress Avenue bats · 20 mar – 1 nov (di solito)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.69
  16. Parco nazionale di Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSpring wildlife on the northern range · 15 apr – 15 giu (di solito)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. Parco nazionale e riserva di Katmai 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaCoastal bears in the sedge meadows · 25 mag – 15 lug (di solito)Before the salmon arrive, brown bears graze the coastal sedge meadows and dig clams at places like Hallo Bay.60
  18. Parco nazionale della Kobuk Valley 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSpring caribou migration · 1 apr – 31 mag (di solito)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 🇨🇱 CilePuma tracking season · 15 apr – 30 set (di solito)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. Cordigliera del Paine 🇨🇱 CilePuma tracking season · 15 apr – 30 set (di solito)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

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Stagione della fauna in giugno

  1. Durban 🇿🇦 SudafricaSardine run · 25 mag – 20 lug (di solito)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 🇹🇷 TurchiaPearl mullet spawning run · 15 apr – 15 lug (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSalmon at the Ballard Locks · 15 giu – 20 set (di solito)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 Port 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWhite shark season · 1 giu – 31 ott (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSalmon runs · 15 mag – 15 set (di solito)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 🇿🇦 SudafricaSardine run past Algoa Bay · 15 mag – 31 lug (di solito)Shoals move up the coast from late May with gannets diving on them and dolphins working from below.88
  7. Brașov 🇷🇴 RomaniaBear watching season · 1 mag – 30 set (di solito)Licensed hides in the forests around the town take bookings from spring to early autumn, through guides rather than on the day.85
  8. Rodi 🇬🇷 GreciaMoths at Petaloudes · 15 giu – 15 set (di solito)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. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaGrumeti River crossings · 15 mag – 10 lug (di solito)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 🇪🇨 EcuadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 giu – 15 dic (di solito)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 mag – 31 ott (di solito)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-Kamčatskij 🇷🇺 RussiaSalmon run · 15 giu – 15 set (di solito)Six species come up the rivers through the summer, in the largest run of wild Pacific salmon anywhere.78
  13. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliaHumpback migration · 15 mag – 15 nov (di solito)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 mag – 15 ott (di solito)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 🇧🇷 BrasileDolphins in the bay · 1 gen – 31 dicSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.74
  16. Parco nazionale e riserva di Katmai 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaCoastal bears in the sedge meadows · 25 mag – 15 lug (di solito)Before the salmon arrive, brown bears graze the coastal sedge meadows and dig clams at places like Hallo Bay.73
  17. Parco nazionale di Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSpring wildlife on the northern range · 15 apr – 15 giu (di solito)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. Parco nazionale delle Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaBat flight programme · 1 apr – 31 ott (di solito)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. distretto di Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nuova ZelandaSeal pups in the streams · 1 apr – 30 set (di solito)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. Parco nazionale e riserva di Lake Clark 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaBear viewing season · 1 giu – 15 set (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaCongress Avenue bats · 20 mar – 1 nov (di solito)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.59
  22. Sharm el-Sheikh 🇪🇬 EgittoSummer schooling at Ras Mohammed · 1 giu – 31 ago (di solito)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 🇨🇱 CilePuma tracking season · 15 apr – 30 set (di solito)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 giu – 31 agoThe forest department shuts the Bangladeshi Sundarbans to visitors and to fishing for the breeding season.37
  25. Cordigliera del Paine 🇨🇱 CilePuma tracking season · 15 apr – 30 set (di solito)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

Cosa c'è in programma nel mondo in giugno →

Stagione della fauna in luglio

  1. Seattle 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSalmon at the Ballard Locks · 15 giu – 20 set (di solito)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 lug – 31 ott (di solito)The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October.93
  3. Anchorage 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSalmon runs · 15 mag – 15 set (di solito)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 🇿🇦 SudafricaSardine run · 25 mag – 20 lug (di solito)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 🇿🇦 SudafricaSardine run past Algoa Bay · 15 mag – 31 lug (di solito)Shoals move up the coast from late May with gannets diving on them and dolphins working from below.88
  6. Van 🇹🇷 TurchiaPearl mullet spawning run · 15 apr – 15 lug (di solito)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 🇪🇨 EcuadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 giu – 15 dic (di solito)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-Kamčatskij 🇷🇺 RussiaSalmon run · 15 giu – 15 set (di solito)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 mag – 15 ott (di solito)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. Masai Mara 🇰🇪 KenyaMara River crossings · 1 lug – 31 ott (di solito)The herds arrive from July and the crossings run through to October, thickest in August and September.81
  11. Brașov 🇷🇴 RomaniaBear watching season · 1 mag – 30 set (di solito)Licensed hides in the forests around the town take bookings from spring to early autumn, through guides rather than on the day.80
  12. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaGrumeti River crossings · 15 mag – 10 lug (di solito)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 🇮🇩 IndonesiaKomodo dragon mating season · 1 lug – 31 ago (di solito)The one time of year the males fight, standing up against each other on the trails.80
  14. Juneau 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSalmon run and bears · 20 lug – 15 set (di solito)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 mag – 31 ott (di solito)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 Port 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWhite shark season · 1 giu – 31 ott (di solito)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 🇦🇺 AustraliaHumpback migration · 15 mag – 15 nov (di solito)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 lug – 1 ott (di solito)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. Rodi 🇬🇷 GreciaMoths at Petaloudes · 15 giu – 15 set (di solito)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 🇧🇷 BrasileDolphins in the bay · 1 gen – 31 dicSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.75
  21. Sigiriya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaThe Gathering at Minneriya · 15 lug – 30 set (di solito)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. Parco nazionale e riserva di Katmai 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaCoastal bears in the sedge meadows · 25 mag – 15 lug (di solito)Before the salmon arrive, brown bears graze the coastal sedge meadows and dig clams at places like Hallo Bay.71
  23. Parco nazionale delle Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaBat flight programme · 1 apr – 31 ott (di solito)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. Parco nazionale e riserva di Lake Clark 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaBear viewing season · 1 giu – 15 set (di solito)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. distretto di Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nuova ZelandaSeal pups in the streams · 1 apr – 30 set (di solito)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

…e altri 6 in luglio.

Cosa c'è in programma nel mondo in luglio →

Stagione della fauna in agosto

  1. Seattle 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSalmon at the Ballard Locks · 15 giu – 20 set (di solito)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 lug – 31 ott (di solito)The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October.94
  3. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 giu – 15 dic (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSalmon runs · 15 mag – 15 set (di solito)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 🇷🇴 RomaniaBear watching season · 1 mag – 30 set (di solito)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 🇮🇩 IndonesiaKomodo dragon mating season · 1 lug – 31 ago (di solito)The one time of year the males fight, standing up against each other on the trails.82
  7. Hyannis Port 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWhite shark season · 1 giu – 31 ott (di solito)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. Gibilterra GibilterraRaptor migration over the Strait · 20 ago – 31 ott (di solito)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 🇦🇺 AustraliaHumpback migration · 15 mag – 15 nov (di solito)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.81
  10. Pipa 🇧🇷 BrasileDolphins in the bay · 1 gen – 31 dicSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.81
  11. Masai Mara 🇰🇪 KenyaMara River crossings · 1 lug – 31 ott (di solito)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 mag – 15 ott (di solito)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 lug – 1 ott (di solito)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. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaMara River crossings · 1 lug – 31 ott (di solito)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 mag – 31 ott (di solito)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. Parco nazionale di Shenandoah 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaBlack bear season · 1 ago – 31 ott (di solito)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-Kamčatskij 🇷🇺 RussiaSalmon run · 15 giu – 15 set (di solito)Six species come up the rivers through the summer, in the largest run of wild Pacific salmon anywhere.75
  18. Sigiriya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaThe Gathering at Minneriya · 15 lug – 30 set (di solito)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 🇳🇿 Nuova ZelandaLambing at Cornwall Park · 1 ago – 10 set (di solito)The working farm around Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill) has new calves from mid-July and lambs from early August.73
  20. Rodi 🇬🇷 GreciaMoths at Petaloudes · 15 giu – 15 set (di solito)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. distretto di Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nuova ZelandaSeal pups in the streams · 1 apr – 30 set (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSalmon run and bears · 20 lug – 15 set (di solito)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. Parco nazionale delle Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaBat flight programme · 1 apr – 31 ott (di solito)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. Parco nazionale e riserva di Katmai 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaJuly salmon run at the falls · 25 giu – 5 ago (di solito)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. Parco nazionale della Kobuk Valley 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaCaribou cross at Onion Portage · 25 ago – 5 ott (di solito)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

…e altri 7 in agosto.

Cosa c'è in programma nel mondo in agosto →

Stagione della fauna in settembre

  1. Nairobi 🇰🇪 KenyaMara migration season · 1 lug – 31 ott (di solito)The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October.94
  2. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliaHumpback migration · 15 mag – 15 nov (di solito)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.89
  3. Seattle 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSalmon at the Ballard Locks · 15 giu – 20 set (di solito)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 🇪🇨 EcuadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 giu – 15 dic (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaGolden eagle migration · 15 set – 31 ott (di solito)The Bridger ridge carries the largest known golden eagle migration in the lower forty-eight, counted from the ski area every autumn.87
  6. Gibilterra GibilterraRaptor migration over the Strait · 20 ago – 31 ott (di solito)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 🇷🇴 RomaniaBear watching season · 1 mag – 30 set (di solito)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 Port 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWhite shark season · 1 giu – 31 ott (di solito)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 🇬🇧 Regno UnitoNew Forest deer rut · 20 set – 31 ott (di solito)The stags roar and fight through October on the heaths north of town, best at first light.82
  10. Rodi 🇬🇷 GreciaMoths at Petaloudes · 15 giu – 15 set (di solito)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 🇧🇷 BrasileDolphins in the bay · 1 gen – 31 dicSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.81
  12. Masai Mara 🇰🇪 KenyaMara River crossings · 1 lug – 31 ott (di solito)The herds arrive from July and the crossings run through to October, thickest in August and September.79
  13. distretto di Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nuova ZelandaSeal pups in the streams · 1 apr – 30 set (di solito)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 🇳🇿 Nuova ZelandaLambing at Cornwall Park · 1 ago – 10 set (di solito)The working farm around Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill) has new calves from mid-July and lambs from early August.77
  15. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaMara River crossings · 1 lug – 31 ott (di solito)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. Parco nazionale delle Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaBat flight programme · 1 apr – 31 ott (di solito)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. Parco nazionale di Shenandoah 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaBlack bear season · 1 ago – 31 ott (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSalmon runs · 15 mag – 15 set (di solito)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. Sigiriya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaThe Gathering at Minneriya · 15 lug – 30 set (di solito)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 lug – 1 ott (di solito)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 mag – 31 ott (di solito)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-Kamčatskij 🇷🇺 RussiaSalmon run · 15 giu – 15 set (di solito)Six species come up the rivers through the summer, in the largest run of wild Pacific salmon anywhere.70
  23. Jasper 🇨🇦 CanadaElk rut · 1 set – 10 ott (di solito)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 mag – 15 ott (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaCongress Avenue bats · 20 mar – 1 nov (di solito)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.66

…e altri 11 in settembre.

Cosa c'è in programma nel mondo in settembre →

Stagione della fauna in ottobre

  1. Monterey 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 ott – 28 feb (di solito)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 lug – 31 ott (di solito)The herds cross in from the Serengeti and the Mara River crossings run from late July into October.90
  3. Santa Cruz 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaMonarch butterflies · 15 ott – 15 feb (di solito)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 🇦🇺 AustraliaHumpback migration · 15 mag – 15 nov (di solito)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.88
  5. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 giu – 15 dic (di solito)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. Gibilterra GibilterraRaptor migration over the Strait · 20 ago – 31 ott (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaCongress Avenue bats · 20 mar – 1 nov (di solito)A million and a half Mexican free-tailed bats roost under the bridge from spring until they head south in the autumn.81
  8. Parco nazionale delle Carlsbad Caverns 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaBat flight programme · 1 apr – 31 ott (di solito)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 🇧🇷 BrasileDolphins in the bay · 1 gen – 31 dicSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.79
  10. Masai Mara 🇰🇪 KenyaMara River crossings · 1 lug – 31 ott (di solito)The herds arrive from July and the crossings run through to October, thickest in August and September.76
  11. Serengeti 🇹🇿 TanzaniaMara River crossings · 1 lug – 31 ott (di solito)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. Mar Morto 🇯🇴 GiordaniaRaptors over the Rift · 1 set – 25 ott (di solito)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 ott (di solito)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 🇪🇬 EgittoOceanic whitetips at Elphinstone · 1 ott – 31 dic (di solito)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 Isola di NataleRed crab migration · 15 ott – 15 gen (di solito)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 Port 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWhite shark season · 1 giu – 31 ott (di solito)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 🇬🇧 Regno UnitoNew Forest deer rut · 20 set – 31 ott (di solito)The stags roar and fight through October on the heaths north of town, best at first light.70
  18. Bozeman 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaGolden eagle migration · 15 set – 31 ott (di solito)The Bridger ridge carries the largest known golden eagle migration in the lower forty-eight, counted from the ski area every autumn.68
  19. Parco nazionale di Shenandoah 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaBlack bear season · 1 ago – 31 ott (di solito)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 ott – 10 nov (di solito)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. parco nazionale di Kenting 🇹🇼 TaiwanRaptor migration · 25 set – 25 ott (di solito)Something like a quarter of a million raptors funnel over the peninsula each autumn.60
  22. Kasane 🇧🇼 BotswanaDry-season elephant herds · 1 mag – 31 ott (di solito)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 lug – 1 ott (di solito)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 set – 10 ott (di solito)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 🇿🇲 ZambiaElephants at Mfuwe Lodge · 20 ott – 15 dic (di solito)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

…e altri 6 in ottobre.

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Stagione della fauna in novembre

  1. Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaSeal pupping at Cape Cross · 15 nov – 31 dic (di solito)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 🇲🇽 MessicoMonarch butterfly season · 10 nov – 15 mar (di solito)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.91
  3. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliaHumpback migration · 15 mag – 15 nov (di solito)Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September.87
  4. Austin 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaCongress Avenue bats · 20 mar – 1 nov (di solito)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 🇪🇨 EcuadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 giu – 15 dic (di solito)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 🇯🇵 GiapponeCranes winter at Izumi · 1 nov – 25 mar (di solito)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 🇪🇬 EgittoOceanic whitetips at Elphinstone · 1 ott – 31 dic (di solito)Late autumn is when the oceanic whitetips are most reliably out on the offshore reef, hanging under the boats between dives.84
  8. Tampa 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov – 15 aprManatees 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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 ott – 28 feb (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaMonarch butterflies · 15 ott – 15 feb (di solito)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 🇧🇷 BrasileDolphins in the bay · 1 gen – 31 dicSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.78
  12. Flying Fish Cove Isola di NataleRed crab migration · 15 ott – 15 gen (di solito)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 Georgia del Sud e Isole Sandwich AustraliFur seal pupping · 15 nov – 15 gen (di solito)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. Parco nazionale d'Etosha 🇳🇦 NamibiaCalving and the zebra move · 15 nov – 28 feb (di solito)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 🇿🇲 ZambiaElephants at Mfuwe Lodge · 20 ott – 15 dic (di solito)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 🇨🇷 Costa RicaRaptor migration over Kèköldi · 15 set – 15 nov (di solito)Millions of hawks, kites and vultures funnel along the Talamanca coast on their way south, peaking in October.53
  17. Vancouver 🇨🇦 CanadaSalmon run · 1 ott – 10 nov (di solito)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. Cordigliera del Paine 🇨🇱 CileGuanaco birthing · 15 nov – 10 gen (di solito)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 ott – 25 nov (di solito)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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Stagione della fauna in dicembre

  1. Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaSeal pupping at Cape Cross · 15 nov – 31 dic (di solito)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 🇪🇬 EgittoOceanic whitetips at Elphinstone · 1 ott – 31 dic (di solito)Late autumn is when the oceanic whitetips are most reliably out on the offshore reef, hanging under the boats between dives.92
  3. Morelia 🇲🇽 MessicoMonarch butterfly season · 10 nov – 15 mar (di solito)The overwintering colonies at El Rosario and Sierra Chincua sit two to three hours east of the city.91
  4. Tampa 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaManatee season at Big Bend · 1 nov – 15 aprManatees 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 🇪🇨 EcuadorTortoises in the highlands · 1 giu – 15 dic (di solito)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 🇧🇷 BrasileDolphins in the bay · 1 gen – 31 dicSpinner dolphins work the bay under the cliffs most mornings, close enough to watch from the sand.76
  7. Kagoshima 🇯🇵 GiapponeCranes winter at Izumi · 1 nov – 25 mar (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaMonarchs at Pacific Grove · 20 ott – 28 feb (di solito)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 Georgia del Sud e Isole Sandwich AustraliFur seal pupping · 15 nov – 15 gen (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaElephant seals at Piedras Blancas · 1 dic – 31 mag (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaMonarch butterflies · 15 ott – 15 feb (di solito)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 Isola di NataleRed crab migration · 15 ott – 15 gen (di solito)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 Isole CocosReef fish spawning season · 1 dic – 28 feb (di solito)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. Parco nazionale d'Etosha 🇳🇦 NamibiaCalving and the zebra move · 15 nov – 28 feb (di solito)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 🇯🇵 GiapponeSnow monkeys in the hot spring · 15 dic – 15 mar (di solito)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 🇿🇲 ZambiaElephants at Mfuwe Lodge · 20 ott – 15 dic (di solito)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. Cordigliera del Paine 🇨🇱 CileGuanaco birthing · 15 nov – 10 gen (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaElk on the National Elk Refuge · 15 dic – 5 apr (di solito)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. Parco nazionale di Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWinter wolves in the Lamar · 20 dic – 10 mar (di solito)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. Parco nazionale del Grand Teton 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaElk on the National Elk Refuge · 1 dic – 31 mar (di solito)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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