Common Kingfisher
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Common Loon prepping for flight. Landing gear down, propulsion engaged, and we have lift off. I was so excited because I’ve never seen a Common Loon so far from the ocean (over 100 miles).
I took this image from my kayak as a pair came swimming by fairly close to me. As long as I had no sudden movements, they really didn't seem to mind my presence.
August 2016
Common Shelduck.
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also called Eurasian Kingfisher
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martin-pêcheur d'Europe
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First sight for me and hard to photograph as I don/t have the right equipment but happy to see this cutie enjoying summer! :)
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) drake swimming in a small urban pond in southwest Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
16 April, 2016.
Slide # GWB_20160416_8261.CR2
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Backyard bird
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.
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
Wikipedia: Cirrochroa tyche, the common yeoman, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in forested areas of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia.
The wings of the common yeoman are tawny orange with black distal margin on the upperside. There are black post-discal spots on the hindwing. Both wings have a silvery white transverse band.
A short get-away to British Columbia earlier this summer started my love affair with these beautiful birds. This photo shows their summer breeding plumage. They have become my favorite to photograph and I love their haunting calls. You can listen to them below.
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Taken at Tucklesholme Nature Reserve
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Common/Moorland Hawker (male) checking out the intruder in his pond (me)
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The common blackbird (Turdus merula) is a species of true thrush. It is also called the Eurasian blackbird
Priestcliffe Lees, Derbyshire. This butterfly had settled down on a grass seed head as evening approached. I managed to move a couple of distracting grass stems without disturbing the butterfly. The sun then came out from behind a bank of cloud and roused the butterfly from its rest. a I was fortunate to get a few images of its outstretched wings before it flew away. I struggled to get the whole butterfly in focus unfortunately!