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When the ice recedes just a few meters from the shoreline of the lake here at my favorite local park lake, the male Common Goldeneyes come in from the nearby Saskatchewan River to claim their bit of open water to attract the females and fight off rivals.
This male was swimming close to a female, and went to this typical courtship pose when another male flew in nearby. The brown mass under his foot are the rump and tail feathers he twisted around while doing this.
I hope to get shots of the often spectacular battles between the males before things get sorted out.
William Hawrelak Park. Edmonton, Alberta.
Although this bird has 'Common' as part of it's name, it's not common for me, in fact, it's another new bird for me!
I captured this Common Gallinule while visiting Guajome Lake Regional Park. While surveying the numerous coots and other birds responding to being fed by park visitors, I spied this single individual close to some reeds in the lake. I managed to capture some images of it just before an American Coot decided it was too close and swam over and chased it away.
Taken 15 February 2018
Common blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly male sipping nectar from heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) flower.
Samiec modraszka ikara (Polyommatus icarus) spijający nektar z kwiatu głowienki pospolitej (Prunella vulgaris).
They make underwater fishing dives of up to 200 feet below the surface. They are adapted for diving with heavy bones and eyes that can focus both in air and water.
Luì piccolo - Phylloscopus collybita
Shot in 2018 autumn from fixed hiding at sunset in Parma, Italy.
Scattata nell'autunno 2018 da capanno personale. Collina parmense.
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Wikipedia: The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and 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.
A late season mating pair at Cotgrave Country Park, a former colliery site in Nottinghamshire (UK) (8956)
Wikipedia: The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and 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.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_kingfisher
Conservation status: Least Concern
Common blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly male sipping nectar from red clover (Trifolium pratense) flower.
Samiec modraszka ikara (Polyommatus icarus) pijący nektar z kwiatu koniczyny łąkowej (Trifolium pratense).
A close look at a Common Kingfisher. Like all kingfishers, it is essential for the bird to have dominance of a suitable stretch of any clean water body since they are highly territorial. They eat around 60% of their body weight each day which makes it essential for them to have full control of a territory rich in fish.
Wikipedia: The common flameback (Dinopium javanense), also referred to as the common goldenback, is a small (28–30 cm), three-toed woodpecker in the family Picidae, found throughout South and Southeast Asia. There are six subspecies currently recognized.
As shy and secretive birds, common flamebacks are unlikely to be found in urban areas. They live in a variety of habitats, ranging from moist open forests, to scrubs, and mangroves. Although they generally enjoy lowlands, they can reach altitudes of 1700m above sea level in India and in those cases prefer living in pine forests.
Their distribution ranges across Southeast Asia, from the Western Ghats in India to the Indochinese peninsula and several of the Greater Sunda Islands.
Conservation status: Least Concern
I've been trying to shoot butterflies this year in more of a scene than getting them so close-up.
I hope everyone enjoys this image! :D
Common Gum Tree Shield Bug (Poecilometis patruelis)
This one was happy to pose for a photo session today.
Shoreline at Mountain View,
Santa Clara County, California
Female from this summer that came in amazingly close in the setting sun. This bird should've been further north breeding, but stayed for a while at Shoreline's famous lake. Wasn't even the best sighting of the day,
Loxia curvirostra
Taken at Hemsted Forest (Kent).
More photos can be seen at alexperryphotography.blogspot.com
The pond/common slider (Trachemys scripta) is a species of common, medium-sized, semiaquatic turtle. Hatchling and juvenile pond sliders have a greenish upper shell (carapace), yellow bottom shell (plastron), and green and yellow stripes and markings on their skin. These patterns and colors in the skin and shell fade with age until the carapace is a muted olive green to orange brown or brown and the plastron is a dull yellow or darker.
Wikipedia: The common redshank or simply redshank (Tringa totanus) is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae.
The common redshank is a widespread breeding bird across temperate Eurasia. It is a migratory species, wintering on coasts around the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic coast of Europe from Ireland and Great Britain southwards, and in South Asia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_redshank
Conservation status: Least Concern
The Common Raven is the largest songbird in the world, and the individual in this image is vocalizing at a location along the Ingraham Trail (highway) that runs east of Yellowknife, the capital city of the Northwest Territories of Canada. Thanks to its size and resourcefulness, this species does very well even in the Arctic in wintertime. (It has a circumpolar distribution and is also found year-round in Greenland and northern Eurasia.). The Common Raven is the territorial bird of Yukon Territory, to the west of the NWT in the northern part of Canada.