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The Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) is found commonly throughout much of North America, and is related to Red Admiral and Peacock. This genus Junonia has about 35 species in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia, including this rather similar Grey Pansy I photographed in Malaysia: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/4448012034/in/photolist Most of the Buckeyes I saw in California looked worn and tatty but I managed to find this fresh individual near Monterey.
And one final thing, prior to 1717 an unusual butterfly was caught on Hampstead Heath by entomologist Eleazer Albin and was illustrated in several of the early butterfly books as Albin's Hampstead Eye. It was even given the scientific name Papilio hampsteadiensis (Jermyn 1824). The mystery surrounding the identity of this butterfly persisted for more than 200 years, but was eventually identified as an Indo-Australian butterfly, now known as the Meadow Argus (Junonia villida), that is related to the Buckeye. The specimen still exists in James Petiver's collection in the Natural History Museum in London. But how it came to be flying on Hampstead Heath in the early eighteenth century is anyone's guess. Albin was a respected author and illustrator so deliberate fraud seems unlikely, but he may have confused the specimen with something he did catch on Hampstead Heath. Here's a photo of Junonia villida taken by my friend Jenny Thynne in Australia: www.flickr.com/photos/58356728@N07/8668613641/in/photolist
Young Kestrels still in the nest (in a hole in an old stone house), watching their brother "just out of the nest" passing by.
Faucon crécerelle - Falco tinnunculus
Goury, Cotentin, Normandy, France
Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) male in the mixed woods of the aspen parkland region near Thorhild, Alberta, Canada.
21 February, 2013.
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Common Toad / bufo bufo. Straws Bridge, Derbyshire. 24/09/21.
So pleased to discover this adult toad clambering around some well rotted wood on a disused railway embankment. It had found a wonderful shaded habitat to forage in, damp and with plenty of cover. I'm sure there would have been no shortage of invertebrates for it to feed on.
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I have not seen many 'Blues' this year.... just 1 Holly Blue in the garden last week and a couple of Common Blues on the field along from my house today
The common redshank was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Scolopax totanus.[3] It is now placed with twelve other species in the genus Tringa that Linnaeus had introduced in 1758.[4][5] The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi in 1603 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific totanus is from Tótano, the Italian name for this bird.[6]
Common Greenshank / tringa nebularia. 23/08/19.
Not a lot to say about this beauty other than close … VERY close!
A real treat :-))
Name: Common flameback woodpecker (male)
Scientific: Dinopium javanense
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Family: Picidae
IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern
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The Common Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, also known as Eurasian Kingfisher or River Kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.
This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptions to enable it to see prey under water. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.
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A short walk from the cottage against a low granite cliff is a place I call the Verdance. Facing north and in the shade of tall hemlock trees, this rock never receives direct sunlight and yet it is covered with green life: moss, lichen and ferns.
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Shot taken at Lake Merritt, Oakland,CA
I find these beautiful little ducks anything but common. I find them especially beautiful in low light where they appear to be only black and white. In the light their heads shimmer green.
I had a really great time out yesterday shooting with friends Rick (Rickeymoose) and Doris ( d-lilly)
Lake Merritt was just full of migratory ducks. It was an exhausting and exhilarating day out and lots of fun. Fall and winter are by far the best birding months in Northern California. I just love this time of year.
Wishing you all a wonderful week! :-)
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Common Redpoll, Acanthis flammea. 29 December 2020. Horsenden Hill, Ealing, London, England, UK.
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Common Twayblade / neottia ovata. Hartslock NR, Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. 31/05/18.
The upper section of a Common Twayblade.
It is easy to see how these orchids can be missed growing as they do, among grasses and other green vegetation. It takes a while to get your eye in but once you have, others soon become apparent. I think they are well worth the search involved!
The common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific nebularia is from Latin nebula "mist". Like the Norwegian Skoddefoll, this refers to the greenshank's damp marshy habitat.[2]
Common (or harbour) seal on the rocks of Raasay, Hebrides. D7100_35687.NEF. Many thanks for views, comments and favourites.
The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the spotted sandpiper (A. macularia), make up the genus Actitis. They are parapatric and replace each other geographically; stray birds of either species may settle down with breeders of the other and hybridize. Hybridization has also been reported between the common sandpiper and the green sandpiper, a basal species of the closely related genus Tringa.