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Not so common for me...first time I have seen one...grab shot as he didn't stop for long and would not open his wings...taken in evening heat haze at Kinneil lagoon...camera settings were for B.I F!
This Common Yellowthroat popped up unexpectedly during our brief visit to Ohio last month. As we were walking through the park he popped up on a locust tree and gave us a brief look. I wonder if he may have been a migrant as I usually see Common Yellowthroats around water but as far as I could tell there was none around when this one showed up.
Geothlypis trichas
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Common Darter perching on a metal fence post at RHS Hyde Hall today! It may be common, but it's still beautiful!
Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) male bringing prey to the nest box.
Samiec pleszki (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) przynoszący zdobycz do budki lęgowej.
The Common Myna or Indian Myna (Acridotheres tristis) is a scourge in Australia as it is an invasive species which is displacing native birds. Nevertheless, it deserves to be photographed and recorded.
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Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) male perched on a branch.
Samiec szpaka (Sturnus vulgaris) siedzący na gałęzi.
Unfortunaterly Thursley Common is a very long way from me - and I'm not sure I fancy camping there with 100 other photographers during the plague luring poor old Colin in with mealworms. So has to be old school and walking round to work out where the males frequently call from - then spending a couple of hours hidden in the undergrowth next to one of maybe half a dozen possible trees on the off chance he shows up whilst being stung by nettles and bitten by mosquitos. But that is bird photography for you!
I was thrilled to get a visit from a common blue in my garden today, same Butterly, three backgrounds.
Common Wave (Cabera exanthemata)
3 July 2019
Cuttle Pool Nature Reserve, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, Temple Balsall
Back to nature today with a great walk at Huntley Meadows Park in Fairfax County, near Washington D.C. Plenty of Odes and a few birds too, but the trails over the wetlands are the standout. Libellula lydia
Alcedo atthis
This is a single shot, I crept up on the kingfisher and couldn't get any closer than this, it flew off as soon as it detected my presence. I hope to approach it with a hide in my next try.
Taken at Ratchaburi, Thailand
Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) male perched on a branch.
Samiec pleszki (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) siedzący na gałęzi.
Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) male perched on a branch.
Samiec szpaka (Sturnus vulgaris) siedzący na gałęzi.
Common Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, Raja Udang
The common kingfisher is widely distributed over Europe, Asia, and North Africa. In temperate regions, this kingfisher inhabits clear, slow-flowing streams and rivers, and lakes with well-vegetated banks. It frequents scrubs and bushes with overhanging branches close to shallow open water in which it hunts. This species is resident in areas where the climate is mild year-round, but must migrate after breeding from regions with prolonged freezing conditions in winter. Most birds winter within the southern parts of the breeding range, but smaller numbers cross the Mediterranean into Africa or travel over the mountains of Malaysia into Southeast Asia. Kingfishers migrate mainly at night, and some Siberian breeders must travel at least 3,000 km between the breeding sites and the wintering areas. The common kingfisher hunts from a perch 1–2 m above the water, on a branch, post or riverbank, bill pointing down as it searches for prey. It bobs its head when food is detected to gauge the distance, and plunges steeply down to seize its prey usually no deeper than 25 cm below the surface. The wings are opened under water and the open eyes are protected by the transparent third eyelid. The bird rises beak-first from the surface and flies back to its perch.
Wikipedia: Danaus genutia, the common tiger, is one of the common butterflies of India. It belongs to the "crows and tigers", that is, the Danainae group of the brush-footed butterflies family. The butterfly is also called striped tiger in India to differentiate it from the equally common plain tiger, Danaus chrysippus. D. genutia is distributed throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and extending to South-East Asia and Australia (except New Guinea).