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Though 'Common' is part of its name, that doesn't mean that this dragonfly isn't beautiful and full of amazing details and color.

This one is clinging to the seeds of our Yellow Loosestrife plant and is posing perfectly for me :)

Best seen when enlarged...

Common blue by Marc Haegeman

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The ravishing blue of this little gem matches well with the yellow flower. Referring to its scientific name, Icarus still loves to be close to the sun, albeit a flower.

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Common blue (Polyommatus icarus).

Common Merganser Drake (Mergus merganser) by Don Delaney

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Hermiatage Park. Edmonton, Alberta.

Common Privet by Peter Stenzel

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Gewöhnlicher Liguster - ligustrum vulgare

Sony A7RIII with FE 90mm F2.8 Macro

Common Rose by Jeff Stoltzfus

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Pachliopta aristolochiae, the common rose, is a swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus Pachliopta, the roses, or red-bodied swallowtails. It is a common butterfly which is extensively distributed across south and southeast Asia.

Common Kestrel - Turmfalke by Paul Gsell

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Common Yellowthroat (m) by Kris Petersen

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Leonabelle and Turnbull Nature Center, Port Aransas, Nueces County, Texas

Common darter by Deanne Wildsmith

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Taken at Tucklesholme Nature Reserve

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Common Dandelion by Bineth Shalika

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Common Merganser - Drakes by Bernie Duhamel

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Common Buzzard. by Roy Peacock

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Scientific name: Buteo buteo.

Feeding: Buzzards are big birds, more than capable of taking sizeable birds and animals but, more often than not, they will target smaller prey. Rabbits are an important food source, and the birds suffered during the height of myxomatosis, but they will also take smaller mammals. Compared to all other raptors, Buzzard’s digestive systems are able to deal with a poor-quality diet and, in winter when other prey is hard to find, they are able to feed mostly on earthworms, beetles and other small invertebrates. These will be hunted on foot, and you can find Buzzards regularly sitting on the ground. In favoured fields, large numbers can gather and, although somewhat tolerant of each other, disagreements will break out if individuals get too close to others. In certain areas, usually in the uplands, Buzzards may hover when searching for food. Info: Hawk and Owl Trust.

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Common Eland by cirdantravels (Fons Buts)

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Mara North Conservancy, Kenya

The Common Eland together with its very close relative the Giant Eland are the largest antelopes in the world. Males can weigh almost 1000kg ( 2200 lb ).

Taurotragus oryx

Elandantilope

éland ( du Cap )

Elenantilope oder Eland

antílope eland común o eland común

antilope alcina

elande

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Common Goldeneye by Bernie Duhamel

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Common Kingfisher by myu-myu

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カワセミ　Common Kingfisher

学名　Alcedo atthis

Common tern by Jayney R

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Common Sandpiper by John Assheton

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North Norfolk

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Common Terns Annagassan by fergal stanley

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Common Whitethroat by Linda Martin

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Sylvia communis

DSC2842 Common Tern... by Jeff Lack Wildlife&Nature

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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 Loon by Gregory Lis

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Loons are water birds, only going ashore to mate and incubate eggs. Their legs are placed far back on their bodies, allowing efficient swimming but only awkward movement on land.

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Loon/overview

Common Kingfisher by Nitin Patel

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Common Goldeneye (F) by Wildlife _and_ Nature Photography

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These small ducks nest in trees and have amazing flying abilities, they can easily navigate through the trees avoiding branches with ease. This particular female was nesting in a tree trunk and made several sorties out of her nest into neighboring pond.

Common Tern by Susan Liddle

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Common Kingfisher by Ian McGill

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The European Kingfisher or Common Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, is widely distributed in Europe, Africa, and Asia. It is resident except in northern areas where the rivers freeze. It will then move to milder regions. In most of its European range it is the only kingfisher.

The general colour of the upper parts of the adult bird is bright metallic blue, cobalt on the back, and showing greenish reflections on the head and wings. The ear coverts and under parts are warm chestnut, the chin and sides of neck white.

The bill is blackish and reddish orange at the base; the legs are bright red with a dark blue stripe. In the young the bill is black. Length averages 19 cm (7.5 inches) and wings average 7.5 cm (2.95 inches).

The flight of the Kingfisher is rapid, the short rounded wings whirring until they appear a mere blur. It usually flies near the water, but during courtship the male chases the female through and over the trees with loud shrill whistles.

From February onwards the male has a trilling song, a modulated repetition of many whistles. He also signals with a whistle to the female when he is feeding her, this being his share of the nesting duties. This whistle is produced even when his bill is loaded with food, yet is clear and distinct. The female will reply and emerge from the nesting hole, and may fly to meet him, take the fish from him in the air, and return to the nest.

The bird has regular perches or stands from which it fishes. These may be a few inches or many feet above the water. It sits upright, its tail pointed downwards. It drops suddenly with a splash and usually returns at once with a struggling captive.

Large fish are beaten on a bough or rail; small fish and insects are promptly swallowed. A fish is usually lifted and carried by its middle, but its position is changed, sometimes by tossing it into the air, before it is swallowed head downwards.

Common Merganser by C Hantis

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Male Common Merganser with poor little fishy !

Lake Parsippany, NJ

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Common Myna by Jeff Maw

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Common Myna - Kilauea Point NWR, Kauai, Hawaii, USA

Bird Species # (619) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.

eBird Report and listing details - macaulaylibrary.org/asset/630806033

Common Comfrey by Klaus Huppertz

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