View allAll Photos Tagged common
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.
Strobist:
White Lightning x1600 through large silver PLM above and behind the camera.
Triggered with Cybersync
A Common Murre at Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland. There are up to 10,000 nesting pairs at the reserve.
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
Common Noddy
Anous stolidus
October 31st, 2022
Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia
Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 600mm f4L IS III USM lens
Breeding can be a dangerous activity for these Common Noddy, with those long, sharp bills presenting a challenge. It was fascinating to watch this pair early one morning on Lady Elliot Island, particularly as they locked bills while attempting to copulate, their nictitating membranes covering their eyes to provide some protection.
Female Common Crossbill on the ground checking if the discarded tissue was edible - never seen such behaviour.
stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.co.uk/
Common Sandpiper at Guardbridge, in front of the Eden estuary centre.
Foggy at home so I made a spur of the moment trip to White Rock and found several Common Loons looking for breakfast. I am sure he is describing the one that got away.
I watched this Common Merganser climb up and fall off this log a few times it must be a little slippery.
Common Gull has eyes set on saltine cracker thrown from stern of Twilight riverboat, Mississippi River.
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.
Member of the Flickr Bird Brigade
Activists for birds and wildlife
Common Flameback - Dinopium javanense - Огненоспинный дятел
Thailand, Phang Nga, Ao Phang Nga National Park, 12/06/2013
A trip out to the Cotswolds on the 6th February in search of Short-eared Owls. After 7 hours non had been seen.
But a Common Kestrel did show up to be photographed on a couple of occasions.
The Common Kestrel is a relatively small bird of prey reaching 32-35cm in length with a wing span measuring up to 80cm. In the UK, it is usually just referred to as the Kestrel, as it is the only Kestrel species found in the UK. It is also known as the Windhover.
The Kestrel is the second most numerous bird of prey in the UK after the Buzzard, and is a familiar sight hovering beside roads and motorways or the edges of woodland as it searches for prey.
Common Goldeneye hen from Manchester Trailhead on New Years Day afternoon. Think it was a whole balmy 7 degrees at the time I took this.
© Joshua Clark, All Rights Reserved.
This image is the property of the photographer and cannot be used, printed, downloaded, or reproduced in any way for either personal or commercial use without prior written consent of the photographer.
Common Buzzard
Tern Hide
Blashford
Two Buzzards and annoying Crow feeding on kill outside Tern hide yesterday.