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This opportunistic bird was looking for an easy meal. They were one of the few birds that we saw in the Four Corners area of the desert. They do some very interesting aerial flights sometimes soaring up very high.
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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 Nightingale / luscinia megarhynchos. Westleton Heath, Suffolk. 22/04/26.
The Nightingale sang from a very awkward position, low in a gorse thicket. This was probably the best view it gave of itself during the time I photographed.
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This Common muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) was eating something in the shallows of Galloway Creek as it becomes Lake Springfield at the Nature Center.
Common Tern as it heads off to fish at Ladies Island Lake Co.Wexford.
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Northern Michigan | Canon 40D | Canon 500mm f4 IS |
Taken on a Loons and Songbirds workshop I lead a few years ago. Hope to do it again sometime.
Common Moorhen / gallinula chloropus. Straws Bridge, Derbyshire. 21/11/25.
A Moorhen looking good in some nice light, as it picked along the local lakeside. Image made last November.
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Tagüita del Norte, Common Gallinule, Gallinula galeata.
Desembocadura del Lluta
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Región de Arica y Parinacota
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Common blue (Polyommatus icarus) female on a flower.
Samica modraszka ikara (Polyommatus icarus) na kwiatku,
Mostly ignored by photographers, including by yours truly, Common Grackles exhibit gorgeous dark iridescent plumage when observed up close under the right incident light. In the right light, the golden-eyed bird reveals a glossy purple head on a bronzy body. This is when the common becomes stunning when you take the time to observe so you can admire.
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Another day and a 2nd visit to WWT Slimbridge on the 10th February. The weather was much cloudier than forecast.
A close up of a female Common Mallard.
The female is mainly brown with an orange bill.
Mallards are Britain's most common surface feeding duck. It lives in a variety of habitats and many have become tame due to living near human populations.
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.
The Archives Revisited.
November 2018.
Another day and a another trip to WWT Slimbridge.
A male Common Mallard flying over the outer fields of Slimbridge in early morning light.
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Species: Buteo buteo.
Location: Greece.
One of the most common and most widespread of birds of prey.
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Common Moorhen / gallinula chloropus. Straws Bridge, Derbyshire. 10/09/21.
'THE PERFECT MODEL.'
There's something about a Moorhen's eye that, - for me anyway - makes photographing them obligatory! This confiding individual made the task easy as it perched on a rock in the shallow water margin.
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The common whitetail or long-tailed skimmer is a common dragonfly across much of North America, with a striking and unusual appearance. The male's chunky white body (about 5 cm or 2 inches long), combined with the brownish-black bands on its otherwise translucent wings, give it a checkered look. Females have a brown body and a different pattern of wing spots, closely resembling that of female twelve-spotted skimmer. Whitetail females can be distinguished by their smaller size, shorter bodies, and white zigzag abdominal stripes.
Gananoque, ON Canada (never the 51st state)