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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.
Conservation status: Least Concern
he common gallinule is a bird in the family Rallidae. It was split from the common moorhen by the American Ornithologists' Union in July 2011. It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals, and other wetlands in the Americas. The species is not found in the polar regions or many tropical rainforests
I photographed this pair on an open storm water lake in a park in the city. Many of the storm water lakes and ponds are open much earlier than the outlying bodies of water and they provide suitable habitat and foraging opportunities for many species as they wait for their breeding grounds to open up.
Many of the species we see on this particular lake at this time of year are here for only a brief time before they move on. It gives us the opportunity to see species that breed farther north.
This lake and others like it also provide a breeding area for many waterfowl species such as Canada Geese, Mallards, Wigeons, Lesser scaups, and other common waterfowl, as well as Herons and some shorebirds.
Hermitage Park. Edmonton, Alberta.
Wikipedia: Vindula erota, the common cruiser, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in forested areas of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia distributed in the Western Ghats (India), Northern India to Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and southern China.
It is always with great hesitation that I post flight shots. There are so many of you who are so outstandingly good at freezing these guys in flight... here is my more "lukewarm" and humble contribution to the flight category :)
A Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) rests in the aspen woods along the shore of Islet Lake east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
24 February, 2018.
Slide # GWB_20180224_0867.CR2
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Nikon Z 9, Sigma 60-600mm Sports lens, 260mm, f/6.3, 1/800, ISO 500. Breeding male waterbird. View Large.
Common Tern - Sterna Hirundo
Juvenile
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
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
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
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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Taken at Tucklesholme Nature Reserve
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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.
Slide # GWB_20160419_8869.CR2
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