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A Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) in the aspen woods east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
24 February, 2013.
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Our most well-known amphibian, the common frog is a regular visitor to garden ponds across the country, where they feast on slugs and snails. In winter, they hibernate in pond mud or under log piles.
Length: 8-13cm
Weight: 22g
Average lifespan: 5-10
Common. Protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981
February to October
Common frogs are amphibians, breeding in ponds during the spring and spending much of the rest of the year feeding in woodland, gardens, hedgerows and tussocky grassland. They are familiar inhabitants of garden ponds, where they lay their eggs in big 'rafts' of spawn. They feed on a variety of invertebrates and even smaller
The common frog varies in colour enormously, from green to brown and even red or yellow. It has smooth skin, a dark 'mask' behind the eye and long back legs, covered in dark bands. It hops and jumps rather than walks, and lays spawn in large jelly-like clumps.
I liked this one of the gallinules and did a photoshop treatment of mainly the water. I tried to maintain the integrity of the original and add something to spice up one of the most common species in my area.
Common Mormon butterfly
Papilio polytes, the common Mormon, is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia. This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous forms of its females which mimic inedible red-bodied swallowtails, such as the common rose and the crimson rose. (source : Wikipedia)
Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) female searching for food in the trees of the mixed woods on the edge Switzer Lake in the boreal forest north of Hinton, Alberta, Canada.
4 March, 2016.
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J'ai pu avoir une belle proximité avec ce mâle car son nid était près du sentier et il y faisait des allers-retours avec de la nourriture.
What a nice looking Warbler
One of the best days birding we had. So many different shore birds in one small area. The chicks were no more then a day or two old. They were so cute from afar. The wings look like little sticks popping out. It was very tough getting both birds in focus. The chicks were so small.
Bombay Hook Wildlife Refuge, DE
A Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) male going through its spring display in the hopes of attracting a mate on an urban pond in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
19 April, 2016.
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Papilio polytes, the common Mormon, is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia. This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous forms of its females which mimic inedible red-bodied swallowtails, such as the common rose and the crimson rose
A Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) roosting on the old cattail stalk in a marsh west of St. Albert., Alberta, Canada.
9 May, 2023.
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Common Tern - Sterna Hirundo
It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. Breeding adults have light grey upperparts, white to very light grey underparts, a black cap, orange-red legs, and a narrow pointed bill. Depending on the subspecies, the bill may be mostly red with a black tip or all black. There are a number of similar species, including the partly sympatric Arctic tern, which can be separated on plumage details, leg and bill colour, or vocalisations.
Breeding in a wider range of habitats than any of its relatives, the common tern nests on any flat, poorly vegetated surface close to water, including beaches and islands, and it readily adapts to artificial substrates such as floating rafts. The nest may be a bare scrape in sand or gravel, but it is often lined or edged with whatever debris is available. Up to three eggs may be laid, their dull colours and blotchy patterns providing camouflage on the open beach.
Population:
UK breeding:
12,000 pairs
Wikipedia: The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.
This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptations to enable it to see prey under water. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_kingfisher
Conservation status: Least Concern
One of the pair of bridled common murres show here has just arrived back on a ledge of the nesting cliff, so a little vocalizing, mutual pecking, and wing flapping was in order.
Another image from several years ago taken in Haliburton Ontario, finally getting around to organizing them.
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This first-year Common Yellowthroat was flitting through the understory in the hardwoods along Horsepen Bayou but came down to work the reeds, posing just long enough for one quick snap.
A Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) drake in the company of a female, maybe courting it, on a small urban pond in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
26 April, 2022.
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A Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) perched in the old cattails from last year in a marsh on the edge of St. Albert, Alberta, Canada.
9 May, 2023.
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This is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution. This 16 centimetres long bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile. Interestingly this bird has no song.
Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) male perched in the mixed woods of the boreal region north of Thorhild, Alberta, Canada.
21 February, 2013.
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Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) male perched on a wooden fence.
Samiec pleszki (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) siedzący na drewnianym płotku.
Each winter, we get inundated with Common Redpolls. They will flock to our feeders and eat many many seeds. This example is a male, which is told by its bright red head and chest.
To stay warm on winter's nights, the Redpoll will burrow into the snow for warmth. They have throat pouches to store seeds at the source and fly back to a warmer place to eat. In places where there are no bird feeders, they survive on birch seeds, eating over 40% of their body weight each day.
The Redpoll is found mostly in the the northern climates and an estimated to be tens of millions of them world wide.
Playing with the light circumstance
Common Linnet (Kneu) [female]
Location: Texel, the Netherlands
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Scientific name: Plathemis lydia
Length: 42 – 48 mm
Description: eyes and face dark brown, male with white or powder blue abdomen, each wing with wide black patch near wingtip and narrower black stripe at base, female and immature male have brown abdomen with white or yellow triangular spots along sides, female with three black spots on each wing.
**I went to this conservation green land to photography damselflies, didn't catch any good one. Just when I was leaving, there was this dragonfly came to my sight, resting in front of me, that I was able to catch a few shots. There you have it. My 1st time to see one. My lucky day. :-))