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We enjoyed the sight of Common Loons swimming close to shore at Sandy Lake in Prince Albert National Park. What beautiful symmetry.
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The Common Kestrel is a falcon found in India. It was fun to spot and photograph these guys! I needed a nice off road drive around the mountains to get to them!
Common Tern as it heads off to fish at Ladies Island Lake Co.Wexford.
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Found this little beauty in my garden. It was in a resting state for quite some time and then started to flex its wings and that's when I seized the opportunity to try and capture the butterfly with open wings.
Tagüita del Norte, Common Gallinule, Gallinula galeata.
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Common Green Shieldbug / palomena prasina. Garden, Derbyshire. 11/10/24.
A welcome garden find this autumn were several Common Green Shieldbugs. They favoured the foliage of a south facing Wild Clematis, though when the sun was out, they crawled onto an adjacent folded garden chair. There they could enjoy the warmth of the heated fabric!
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
Common Greenshank / tringa nebularia. Morston Quay, Norfolk. 12/03/22.
'THERE'S SAFETY IN NUMBERS.'
A solitary Greenshank captured sleeping at the edge of a tidal creek, unfazed by the close proximity of c30 Brent Geese. It was possibly using them as a security cover. The ever alert geese would be sure to sound the alarm in the event of any threat.
The Common Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) is an evergreen shrub belonging to the family Malvaceae. A garden favorite due to the variety of shapes, colours and sizes of its beautiful flowers, the cultivated plant familiar to us in gardens all around the world almost doesn’t resemble natural species. The history of the common hibiscus is one of uncertain origins and much hybridization. While its exact origin is unknown, it has historically been cultivated in China, India, Japan and the Pacific Islands. The plant has a rich history and important cultural meanings in The Pacific Islands, nowhere more so than in the Hawaiian Islands. Hawai’i has its own native species of hibiscus, and these were crossed with imports from other locations to make many of the spectacular plants and flowers that we are familiar with today.
Image caption: Close-up of the flower of the common Hibiscus. Trinidad and Tobago.
December 2024: The Common Green Magpie, my nemesis bird, finally seen and photographed. It is absolutely stunning and is described aptly by eBird: A neon-colored, noisy, highly social bird of lowland and mid-altitude subtropical forests. Surprisingly difficult to spot as it glides from tree to tree in the middle and upper levels of the forest. Memorable if seen well: bright green with chestnut-tipped wings, a black mask, and a coral-red bill - Sattal, Uttarakhand, India 🇮🇳
For those who don’t chase birds A “nemesis bird” is known as follows : “it keeps you going back and remains tantalizingly out-of-reach. It's a species that eludes you after multiple attempts, especially if the bird was or should have been there”. I have been chasing this bird on multiple occasions on visits to Thailand…now I need to find a new nemesis bird!