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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.
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.
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).
As the winds whip and the snow blows I have been watching my backyard very diligently hoping the weather would blow something in. Well I was not disappointed! A first in my backyard, a small group of redpolls were eating at my feeders, and then sheltering themselves in my cedars. :)
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
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,
Female.
Species: Sympetrum striolatum.
One of the most abundant European dragonflies, the male common darter is typically a vivid red colour and the female turns from a yellow colour to a deep chocolate brown. The common darter can be found in a wide variety of wetland habitats, but generally prefer to breed on still waters such as ponds and lakes. Info: The Wildlife Trusts.
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I don't know much about this plant, but I do know that I was impressed with its tall and yellow/orange flower...
A tall wildflower growing by the lakeshore.
Next time I won't let this bird escape...I will try harder and harder until I get the photo with a Common Redstart that will satisfy me.
Common Gallinule incubating 3 eggs. Male and females share incubation responsibilities; this is the male taking his turn while the female was foraging for food. The nest is a particularly sturdy construction. Seen in the Cullinan Park Conservancy, Sugarland, Texas.
A Common Raven (Corvus corax) relaxing in the pine woods in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, U.S.A.
17 October, 2011.
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Taken at Hemsted Forest (Kent).
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The Common Raven is an acrobatic flier, often doing rolls and somersaults in the air. One bird was seen flying upside down for more than a half-mile. Young birds are fond of playing games with sticks, repeatedly dropping them, then diving to catch them in midair.
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
Not ideal, with that twig in the foreground, but at least I got focus on it before it flew off. My first viewing of a common yellowthroat.
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.