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Shoreline at Mountain View,
Santa Clara County, California
Female from this summer that came in amazingly close in the setting sun. This bird should've been further north breeding, but stayed for a while at Shoreline's famous lake. Wasn't even the best sighting of the day,
Wikipedia: The common flameback (Dinopium javanense), also referred to as the common goldenback, is a small (28–30 cm), three-toed woodpecker in the family Picidae, found throughout South and Southeast Asia. There are six subspecies currently recognized.
As shy and secretive birds, common flamebacks are unlikely to be found in urban areas. They live in a variety of habitats, ranging from moist open forests, to scrubs, and mangroves. Although they generally enjoy lowlands, they can reach altitudes of 1700m above sea level in India and in those cases prefer living in pine forests.
Their distribution ranges across Southeast Asia, from the Western Ghats in India to the Indochinese peninsula and several of the Greater Sunda Islands.
Conservation status: Least Concern
A walk above Todmorden...
My images are very 'cluttered' atm, I'm going to attempt to select some from different walks as I go along (for a while :-)
A Common Raven (Corvus corax) relaxing in the pine woods in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, U.S.A.
17 October, 2011.
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The Common Raven is the largest songbird in the world, and the individual in this image is vocalizing at a location along the Ingraham Trail (highway) that runs east of Yellowknife, the capital city of the Northwest Territories of Canada. Thanks to its size and resourcefulness, this species does very well even in the Arctic in wintertime. (It has a circumpolar distribution and is also found year-round in Greenland and northern Eurasia.). The Common Raven is the territorial bird of Yukon Territory, to the west of the NWT in the northern part of Canada.
I don't know much about this plant, but I do know that I was impressed with its tall and yellow/orange flower...
A tall wildflower growing by the lakeshore.
Her beauty is more subtle than the one of the male but a beauty none the less especially when observed in a Summery Decor like this one (IMHO) :).
In a birdscape mood
Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) male perched on a branch.
Samiec pleszki (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) siedzący na gałezi.
Common Gallinule incubating 3 eggs. Male and females share incubation responsibilities; this is the male taking his turn while the female was foraging for food. The nest is a particularly sturdy construction. Seen in the Cullinan Park Conservancy, Sugarland, Texas.
The pond/common slider (Trachemys scripta) is a species of common, medium-sized, semiaquatic turtle. Hatchling and juvenile pond sliders have a greenish upper shell (carapace), yellow bottom shell (plastron), and green and yellow stripes and markings on their skin. These patterns and colors in the skin and shell fade with age until the carapace is a muted olive green to orange brown or brown and the plastron is a dull yellow or darker.
Common Yellowthroat are always a bit of a challenge to get but sometimes they will come out to see what is making a phishing noise. But they don't stay out for long.
Common Terns can be quite abundant on the Forth Estuary with local breeding colonies at Leith Docks and Skinflats Ponds near Grangemouth (artificial rafts). In late summer and the autumn numbers build as more northern birds pass through on their southwards migration.
It is always impressive to see these fascinating birds hunting.
100% nature!
Location: Goeree Overflakkee, The Netherlands
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Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) male taking off a small urban wetland in southwest Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
16 April, 2016.
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Syringa vulgaris is a species of flowering plant, grown for its scented pink flowers in spring, this large shrub or small tree is widely cultivated and has been naturalized in parts of Europe and North America.
Loxia curvirostra
Taken at Hemsted Forest (Kent).
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Common Yellowthroats live in thick, tangled vegetation in a wide range of habitats—from wetlands to prairies to pine forests—across North America. They forage on or near the ground, eating insects and spiders from leaves, bark, branches, flowers, or fruit in low vegetation. Although it sometimes hides in the thickets, its low rough callnote will reveal its presence. The male often perches atop a tall stalk to rap out his distinctive song, wichity-wichity-wichity.
Common blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly sipping nectar from wild oregano (Origanum vulgare) flowers.
Modraszek ikar (Polyommatus icarus) spijający nektar z kwiatów lebiodki pospolitej (Origanum vulgare).
Male common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) perched on a wooden fence with a beak full of tasty insects.
Samiec pleszki (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) siedzący na parkanie z dziobem pełnym smakowitych owadów.
Like all lichens, Xanthoria parietina depends on symbiotic algae or other organisms living within the enclosing thallus of the fungus. The algae perform photosynthesis to produce sugars. In exchange the fungus provides nutrients and an amenable environment. In this case the Trebouxia algae are widespread and often free-living, inhabiting places like tree branches. The tough thallus conserves moisture and grows thicker in sunlight to protect the algae from intense solar radiation.
Common orange lichen doesn't disperse itself as easily as many lichens. It relies on mites that feed on it, then deposit fertile faecal pellets at new locations.
This species likes coastal habitats. In the Waterloo area, it often appears near rivers or streams. This one grows on an ash overshadowing Cedar Creek. Unlike many lichen it tolerates pollution and heavy metals. Its success over other lichens may indicate higher pollution levels.
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Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) perched on a broken branch.
Pleszka (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) siedząca na złamanej gałezi.
I never really get bored of finding these butterflies, they are amongst the favorites with swallowtails too : )
Chiang Mai Zoo
Wikipedia: The common ostrich (Struthio camelus) or simply ostrich, is a species of large flightless bird native to certain large areas of Africa. It is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus Struthio in the ratite order of birds. The other is the Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes), which was recognized as a distinct species by BirdLife International in 2014 having been previously considered a very distinctive subspecies of ostrich.