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My first capture of this species, which I only see occasionally when they are flying through the air.
The common tailorbird is a songbird found across tropical Asia. Popular for its nest made of leaves "sewn" together and immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in his Jungle Book, it is a common resident in urban gardens.
Scientific name: Orthotomus sutorius
Phylum: Chordata
Higher classification: Tailorbird
Found some fairly cooperative damselflies on the boardwalk at RSPB Leighton Moss. You do get a few 'looks' when laying down taking these shots!
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum) worker on Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
29 May 2018, Priory Fields Nature Reserve, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, Solihull/Birmingham
Common orange lichen (Xanthoria parietina) on a tree bark, with other lichens around.
Złotorost ścienny (Xanthoria parietina) na korze drzewa, otoczony innymi porostami.
These birds often swim on the surface with their heads submerged, trolling for fish - when they surface, they eject surplus water.
Common orange lichen (Xanthoria parietina) growing on a branch.
Złotorost ścienny (Xanthoria parietina) rosnący na gałązce.
Common Chuckwallas are found in eastern California, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada south to Baja California and Sonora. We usually see them soaking up the warm sunshine on the red rock of northern Arizona.
Wrapping up the Arizona portion of my year in review series with this big lizard enjoying the spring sun near Page, AZ.
I've seen more common goldeneye ducks this winter than in previous years. They tend to be skittish around humans, but I did manage to get a shot of a female of the species for the first time for my prairie wildlife species set collection.
Some species info: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Goldeneye/id
Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis) were indeed a common sight on our 9 day cruise around the Hebrides. On a number of occasions we spotted them distantly and they headed straight for our boat in order to bow-ride. For some reason they seem to enjoy swimming on the pressure wave in front of boats, even though our boat only travelled at a stately 8 knots. They were very difficult to photograph well when they were bow-riding as you were looking straight down on them, but it was a great experience as they were so close I could hear them making a wonderful clicking noise like you hear in Flipper films. Although Flipper was a Bottlenose Dolphin so presumably had a different sound.