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Common Checkered Skipper. Even though the books say that this butterfly is common, it is a lifer for me. It briefly visited my yard at dusk. This is not great shot of this little not very remarkable butterfly, but I was lucky to get even this one before it flew off. Certainly this is the first and only time that I have seen one of these.
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The guys in Common Crooks came up to Sacramento to do a shoot awhile back. This is one of the finished shots from the shoot.
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White Lightning x1600 through large silver PLM above and behind the camera.
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A trip to WWT Slimbridge mid October. Weather was sunny intervals.
Another Common Snipe by the edge of the Rushy Pen Lagoon.
Common Snipe are medium sized, skulking wading birds with short legs and long straight bills.
Normally quite elusive.
This species can be found practically from coast to coast of North America. Sometimes it hides in bushes or marshes making a low rough callnote that reveals its presence. The male perches atop a tall stalk to rap out his distinctive song, wichity-wichity-wichity. Yellow-throated Warbler is a different species found in the east coast of North America and the names can be easily confused.
(Bucephala clangula).
The female Common Goldeneye looking where the male might be. The male was not far away so they met up just after this shot.
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Common babbler, -Allahabad, U.p., India | May.2016 -the beauty of bird photography is to witness such natural moments that people generally don't notice.. here early morning light played beautifully..
The road was closed at the far end of Lochindorb, we explored further to find out why and discovered this large Common Gull breeding colony by the side of the road. It may be the reason because we were not able to find another, unless the authorities are trying to keep tourists away from Lochindorb itself.
Towards the end of March I made another trip to Slimbridge, Gloucestershire.
A female Common Shelduck flying low over the Tack Piece Lagoon at Slimbridge.
The Common Shelduck is a big, colourful duck, bigger than a Mallard but smaller than a goose. Both males and females have a dark green head and neck, a chestnut belly stripe and a red bill.
These moles at the top of Lincoln's South Common are no respecters of fences.
By the way, the Viking Way is just the other side of that fence. Also, the future Bomber Command Memorial is being built just the other side of the Viking way, just the other side of that fence.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-25823701
Here's a news item about the Memorial, with images.
This Common Raven flew by me very close.
Here are a couple of points about Common Raven and American Crow beaks.
The nasal bristles on the Raven's beak extends to more than half of the beak length. The nasal bristles of the Crow's beak extends to about a third of the beak length. The Raven's beak has a more obvious hook at the end. The comparison shot of the Crow below illustrates this difference.
In addition to these characteristics, the curve on the Crow's beak starts closer to the head. The curve on the raven's beak starts about two thirds down the beak. They both have large beaks relative to head size, but the Raven's beak is larger in proportion to the head size.
In the bigger picture, Common Ravens are much larger than American Crows. An american Crow has a wing span of 39" and weighs 1 lb. A Common Raven has a wing span of 53" and weighs 2.6 lbs.
I hope I'm not the only one who finds these facts interesting. I can't help myself :)
Edmonton Alberta, February 06 2013.
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Common indeed but very hard to see in a roost. the nice thing about Magee however is the large number of eyeballs looking out and sharing info. We got tip on the roost tree, and my wife spotted the bird. Once we got below it the hawk woke up, shuffled to his right to give me a clean look, then shuffled back to position and sleep. Lucky!
Common swift (Apus apus)
Meaning behind the name:
Apus, has connections to the Scientific name "Hirundo" used for Swallows. The Greek word "Apus" literally means "without foot"
Did you know?
Swifts are aerial birds and will do everything on the wing: feed, sleep and mate. The only time they land is when they nest under the eaves of house roofs in small gaps. They use their feet to help cling on to the ledges to get inside the small gaps. Their feet are designed to do this and are totally useless to stand or perch with. This is why they were given the Scientific name "Apus" as they appeared they lacked any feet.
The English name "Swift" started of as one of many a local names that were given it. It was given more attention in 1668 in Charleton "Horse Marten or Swift" and thereafter. It's dark plumage gave rise to superstitions and had some names given it like: Devil bird, Devil dick and Devil swallow. The screeching call it has encouraged names like: Devil screech, Devil screamer, Devil shrieked and even Screech martin.
Other names included: Black swallow or martin or screech, Collier (these are just a few of many)
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In Britain, where no other kestrel species occurs, it is generally just called "the kestrel".
This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America[citation needed]. But although it has colonized a few oceanic islands, vagrant individuals are generally rare; in the whole of Micronesia for example, the species was only recorded twice each on Guam and Saipan in the Marianas.
Common Coot / fulica atra. Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire. 27/02/21.
'INDUSTRIOUS.'
Some beautiful springlike weather had kick started a pair of Coots into nest building in late February. This bird had found a place to collect thin Willow twigs some distance away from the nest platform. I watched it make repeat journeys to and fro across the lake. Here it's captured off to collect another twig immediately after delivering one to it's mate.
The Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), also called by a wide variety of other names, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.
The Common Chaffinch's large double white wing bars, white tail edges and greenish rump easily identify this 14–16 cm long species. The breeding male is unmistakable, with his reddish underparts and a blue-grey cap. The female is drabber and greener, but still obvious.
The name chaffinch comes from Old English ceaffinc, literally "chaff finch", and is the source of the nickname chaffy or chaffie. The bird is so named for its tendency to peck the grain left out in farmyards.
This bird is widespread and very familiar throughout Europe. It is the most common finch in western Europe, and the second most common bird in the British Isles.
This bird is not migratory in the milder parts of its range, but vacates the colder regions in winter. It builds its nest in a tree fork, and decorates the exterior with moss or lichen to make it less conspicuous. It lays about six eggs, which are greenish-blue with purple speckling.
The main food of the Common Chaffinch is seeds, but unlike most finches, the young are fed extensively on insects, and adults also eat insects in the breeding season.
Spotted in Derwent Valley, Peak District, UK.