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Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina) 2nd instar. Shieldbug found in garden. Shield bug picture whilst on the end of my fingure.
Common Crane (Grus grus), adult - Muleshoe NWR, ca. 5.0 mi. N of Enochs, TX (Bailey) - 18 November 2014. Casual winter visitor to the Great Plains. First documented Texas record pending acceptance.
Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) photographed at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in Yankton SD.
Photo: Sam Stukel - USFWS
This male Common Brown Butterfly was seen during O'Reilly's 38th Annual Bird Week on one of our early morning walks on a bluff near Luke's Farm in Lamington National Park.
This butterfly is found in a wide range of habitats including grassy woodland, open forest, forested slopes of ranges, river banks, suburban gardens. It's usual range is south east Queensland, eastern half of New South Wales, Victoria and southeast corner of South Australia..
The larvae feed on native grasses.
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Among the many grackles that have arrived this spring, this one has some white tail feathers. He first showed up last summer. Guess he likes the accommodations since he has returned
"Most Common Grackles have dark or brownish tail feathers. This Common Grackle has white tail feathers. This is due to a condition called leucism, in which their is uneven distribution of melanin in the feathers and body, resulting in pale-looking birds or birds with patches of white." (words according to Google}
This Common Darter did not pay much heed to me or my camera lens, he was too busy devouring the fly he had just caught :) Two more shots in the comments, it only took about 30 seconds for him to eat his prey :)
Belmont neighbourhood Common Raven (Corvus corax)
"Did you bring pizza?"
From www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Raven/overview :
"The intriguing Common Raven has accompanied people around the Northern Hemisphere for centuries, following their wagons, sleds, sleighs, and hunting parties in hopes of a quick meal. Ravens are among the smartest of all birds, gaining a reputation for solving ever more complicated problems invented by ever more creative scientists. These big, sooty birds thrive among humans and in the back of beyond, stretching across the sky on easy, flowing wingbeats and filling the empty spaces with an echoing croak.
Cool Facts:
• 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.
• Breeding pairs of Common Ravens hold territories and try to exclude all other ravens throughout the year. In winter, young ravens finding a carcass will call other ravens to the prize. They apparently do this to overwhelm the local territory owners by force of numbers to gain access to the food.
• Common Ravens are smart, which makes them dangerous predators. They sometimes work in pairs to raid seabird colonies, with one bird distracting an incubating adult and the other waiting to grab an egg or chick as soon as it’s uncovered. They’ve been seen waiting in trees as ewes give birth, then attacking the newborn lambs.
• They also use their intellect to put together cause and effect. A study in Wyoming discovered that during hunting season, the sound of a gunshot draws ravens in to investigate a presumed carcass, whereas the birds ignore sounds that are just as loud but harmless, such as an airhorn or a car door slamming.
• People the world over sense a certain kind of personality in ravens. Edgar Allan Poe clearly found them a little creepy. The captive ravens at the Tower of London are beloved and perhaps a little feared: legend has it that if they ever leave the tower, the British Empire will crumble. Native people of the Pacific Northwest regard the raven as an incurable trickster, bringing fire to people by stealing it from the sun, and stealing salmon only to drop them in rivers all over the world.
• Increasing raven populations threaten some vulnerable species including desert tortoises, Marbled Murrelets, and Least Terns. Ravens can cause trouble for people too. They’ve been implicated in causing power outages by contaminating insulators on power lines, fouling satellite dishes at the Goldstone Deep Space Site, peeling radar absorbent material off buildings at the Chinal Lake Naval Weapons center, pecking holes in airplane wings, stealing golf balls, opening campers’ tents, and raiding cars left open at parks.
• Common Ravens can mimic the calls of other bird species. When raised in captivity, they can even imitate human words; one Common Raven raised from birth was taught to mimic the word “nevermore.”
• The oldest known wild Common Raven was at least 22 years, 7 months old. It was banded and found in Nova Scotia.
The Common Emigrant or Lemon Emigrant (Catopsilia pomona) is a medium sized pierid butterfly found in Asia and parts of Australia. The species gets its name from its habit of migration.
The form crocale has the antennae black and the form pomona has the antennae pinkish or red. The development of these forms has been linked to photoperiod and temperature during growth.
Taken at Kadavoor, Kerala, India
Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) is a winter visitor to Sri Lanka. An adult. Belongs to Scolopacidae family. Taken at Bundala National Park