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Cliffside Lane, The Ridge, Fair Oaks / Sacramento County, California
Among the butterfly activity that was visiting the flowering plants on the south side of the swimming pool at my gated community was this Common Buckeye.
A Common Murre couple show their affection for each other, while a disinterested neighbour keeps busy by cleaning his feathers. Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland.
The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), is a small passerine bird which is best known for its powerful and beautiful song. An Old World flycatcher, it belongs to a group of more terrestrial species, often called chats. Its range partly overlaps with that of the more northerly thrush nightingale (Luscinia luscinia), a closely related species with which hybrids have occurred
I discovered this old image of a common buckeye had not been uploaded properly so here she is! Though not my most favorite butterfly, the common buckeye is one of the prettiest.
These guys tend to gather nectar anywhere. By that I mean that they are perfectly content to visit weeds, clover and hard for me to get at places such as a flower patch inside a woods or the blooms on a tree. I like it when they land waist high because I can better sneak up on them and get a nice dorsal shot like this one. I have crawled on my knees to attempt shots on the ground flowers.
I posted shots of both male and female Common Goldeneye this evening.
The Common Goldeneye is the first migratory duck to arrive at Hawrelak Park lake. As soon as the ice recedes a few feet from the shoreline, the males arrive and lay claim to their strip of open water hoping to entice females, and vigorously driving away other males. I hope to get shots of this action over the next few days.
William Hawrelak Park. Edmonton, Alberta.
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Early start this morning to try and capture the Damselflies before they woke up.
They were still covered in some dew but were still active. This one sat long enough for a 34 image stack. Its mouth moved during the sequence hence it's a bit off in that area.
While out paddling today, I came across this beautiful male, Common Merganser. It was a wonderful surprise! He must be a little confused about his migration..usually we don't have these ducks here in the summer.
Long Lake, Dundee, Wisconsin
Common Bronzewing (male)
Phaps chalcoptera
January 21st, 2024
Launching Place, Victoria, Australia
Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 600mm f4L IS III USM lens
Canon EF 1.4x III Extender
I'm quite fortunate to have these wonderful Common Bronzewings as residents on my property. It can be easy to overlook the species seen regularly, however I never do with these birds as I just love the array of colours they exhibit. From the eye catching rainbow of the iridescent feathers on the wings, to the understated pastel greys, browns & maroons of their plumage. And of course that pale-yellow crown & white stripe of the male!
The common waxbill (Estrilda astrild), also known as the St Helena waxbill, is a small passerine bird belonging to the estrildid finch family. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa but has been introduced to many other regions of the world and now has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2. It is popular and easy to keep in captivity.
Common rosefinches (also known as the scarlet rosefinch) are sparrow-sized birds, mottled brown above with a streaked breast, pale belly and forked tail. Males, older than one year, have scarlet head, breast and rump. Females, juveniles and first year males have streaked brown heads and somewhat resemble small corn buntings. The species breeds across much of northern Asia and parts of eastern and central Europe and migrate south-east in winter
All the other common tansey along the dike are dormant. This one failed to get the message, I guess. There is even a springtail for Marie.
Common Gull / larus canus. Straws Bridge, Derbyshire. 07/01/21.
*1st winter/2nd calendar year
This Common Gull is only seven days into it's 2nd calendar year. Already most of the scapular feathers have been replaced by grey ones but a few bleached, 1st generation scaps remain and can be seen if viewed large.
All it's brown wing coverts, tertial, secondary and primary feathers remain intact. A closer look shows how well worn and bleached they have become.
Legs and feet are an obvious bright, flesh-pink tone. There is a suggestion of colour change however, where the very top of each leg looks grey.
The black beak tip contrasts strongly with the pink basal section, which will soon start to turn blue-grey.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
Gavia immer
The state bird of my home state of Minnesota, the Loon has always been at the heart of any north woods wilderness experience for me. They are called "common" loons, but in the United States, are only common in Minnesota, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Alaska, with scattered populations in other northern states. In Canada, however, they are common enough that they appear on the Canadian dollar coin (the looney).
We were watching a pair from the canoe on Rock Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park when this one suddenly surfaced near the canoe.
Those who know loons will recognize that this was taken on an overcast day; in the sun, the head is an iridescent greenish-black. The red eyes are supposedly good for seeing underwater, where these birds spend a good deal of their time catching fish.