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The common merganser or goosander is a large sea duck of rivers and lakes in forested areas of Europe, Asia, and North America. The common merganser eats mainly fish. It nests in holes in trees. The name "common merganser" is used in North America, while "goosander" is used in Eurasia. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Mergus merganser
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Most of the pictures of crows and ravens that I've taken have some out pretty poorly because they're all black and the pictures generally come out looking pretty flat. Because of the natural lighting on the day, this one from our Blue Heron Lake loop didn't come out looking too poorly. I'm also heavily experimenting with masking here, so definitely taking some creative liberties with the lighting in this one. Masking is something that I didn't really use when I used to take and edit photos, so I'm practicing a bit.
🐦 Common Raven, Blue Heron Lake, San Francisco
️ May 4, 2026
Series of five. Thought I was having a lean time this morning at the reservoir then I spotted seven Common Sandpipers on the water's edge. They led me a merry dance trying to keep up with them as they scampered away in search of tasty insects.
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Chestnut Grove Nature Area, Lancaster County, PA
Mandatory common yellowthroat Spring photos.
Canon R6 Mark III, RF 100-500L, Processed in Lightroom and Photoshop
Common European limpets (Patella vulgata) on a rock close to Roscoff
GBIF ID 1291053930 (www.gbif.org)
The adult male has a long dark bill with a grey band, a red head and neck, a black breast, red eyes and a grey back. The adult female has a brown head and body and a narrower grey bill-band. The triangular head shape is distinctive. Pochards are superficially similar to the closely related North American redhead and canvasback.
Females give hoarse growls. Males have whistles cut off by a final nasal note aaoo-oo-haa.
A Common Dolphin bow-riding the whale watching boat off the coast of Port Stephens.
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A Common Murre or Turr as it is known locally seen on the cliffs of Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland. This particular bird exhibits the ringed colouring around the eyes that not all have. This seabird colony can have up to 70,000 birds during breeding season.
Schmetterlinge in Ungarn
Hauhechel-Bläuling (Polyommatus icarus) bei der Paarung,
könnte aber auch ein "Kleiner Esparsetten-Bläuling" (Polyommatus thersites) sein, sieht schon sehr ähnlich aus.
Butterfly in Hungary
Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) during mating,
but could also be an "Chapman's Blue" (Polyommatus thersites), already looks very similar.
Holidays in Hungary, image #459 of 581
H1505-(459)
SONY NEX-7 & SEL 18-200
200mm _ f/9 _ 1/1250s _ ISO200
20.05.2015 10:01
A young Common Lizard, only 6/7 cms long from head to tail. We don't see these often where I am, so it was lovely to see a handful of these tiny lizards over in Wales on a visit to the Dyfi Osprey project. For anyone interested, another blog post with more info and photos at birdandbugdiaries.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/straying-off-loc...
BBC wildlife are also taking nominations for 'blogger awards' for people who have participated in their 'local patch reporter' project - if anyone fancies nominating me (I'm probably clutching at straws here, but would certainly be very grateful of any nomination!!!), they can do so here; www.discoverwildlife.com/british-wildlife/local-patch-rep...
Ypthima huebneri (Common fourring) feeding on an unknown wildflower. On the wilderness surrounding the Machinchang Cable Car carpark, Machinchang Cambrian Geoforest Park, Langkawi, Malaysia.
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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Common tern (sterna hirundo)
Meaning behind the name:
Sterna = Surprisingly, this isn't Greek or Latin, but Old English from Stern. (See English name below for more details)
Hirundo = Latin for "Swallow" or "Sea-swallow", based on it's simular shape and style, that gives a resemblance to Swallows.
The Old English name Stern (variations include: Stearn or Starn) may have originated from Sweedish "T`arna" and Norwegian "Terne." In 1678, the name Tern was established by Ray and other ornithologists followed suit. It was also known as "Great/Greater tern" and also labelled as "common tern" in 1812 when the smaller numbered Roseate tern was separated but, before the separation of another simular looking species, the Artic tern which came in 1820.
Other names given it at that time were: Pick tarnie, Darr, Tarrock, Purre, Spurre, Kirr, Mew, Skirr, Scray, Kipp and Skiff.