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Western Isles Holiday
28th May - 4th June 2016
Ferry crossing from Mallaig to Lochboisdale. Feeding Common Dolphin stay at a distance from the ferry, but we did get some rushing to the ferry to play in the bow wave. Must remember to put a shorter focal length lens on!
Common Teal (Anas crecca) is one of the smallest but prettiest common winter migrants to India. This is a male photographed in a small private pond protected by the owner Mithoo Lal near Village Roza , District Shajahanpur, UP in March. 2013
A male Common Yellowthroat from the Fleming Island Plantation Swamp in Fleming Island, Florida on 06-01-2015.
The most common frog that we get to see everywhere.
Nikon D800E, Nikon AF-S 105mm f2.8 Micro VR
Shot during night time with torch and flash
A Common Elder soaks up the warm morning sun on her rock.
See info about the Common elder in the other photo I have
New England Coast line.
The H'Mong people are a subgroup of the Miao ethnic group. It is believed Miao migrated from China during the 19th century, after centuries of Han pressure pushing always more southward. Nowadays, there is an estimated number of 750,000 Hmongs in Vietnam along the borders with China and Laos. They can be found in the highland regions in the provinces of Ha Giang, Tuyen Quang, Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Lai Chau, Son La, Cao Bang and Nghe An. The Hmong are quiet isolated, living at altitudes of 1500 meters.
Hmong society is characterized by great solidarity among members of the same family and among villagers. The head of the village assumes the common affairs for the lineage. Young H'Mong men and women are free to choose their partners. Marriages are absolutely forbidden between men and women of the same lineage.The Hmong are spirit worshippers. They believe in household spirits and those of the door and cattle. Every house has an altar, where protection for the household is sought. Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism have left their mark on a number of concepts and social institutions.
The H'Mong live mainly on slash-and-burn cultivation. They also grow rice and corn on terraced fields. Their principal food plants are corn, rice, and rye. Cotton is also grown and the Hmong are known to be good weavers.
Hmong are famous to have helped CIA to fight the Vietcong and the Pathet Lao communist army in Laos. About 15,000 Hmongs were killed during these fights in the late 1960's and a lot more were slaughtered in retaliation afterwards.
© Eric Lafforgue
Common Frog, Perhaps the best known amphibian is the common frog ( Rana temporaria ), nothing like so commom as it was a few decades ago. It is widely distributed throughout Britain from sea level to well up into the mountains where they have been seen spawning in small mountain streams well over 1,000 metres above sea level,. The eggs of frogs, surrounded by a transparent jelly, are laid in solid masses,. Hibernates mid-October to late February,...
( I.D. from, RSPB, Wildlife of Britain, the Definitive Visual Guide,
www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/ ),.... "An excellent resource",....
"Common Flameback" a large woodpecker with it’s contrasted bright plumage makes this bird a ray of sunlight among branches and foliage.
Location: Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
Taken Old Harry, Studland, Dorset. During a pleasant walk along the cliff top from Old Harry towards Ballard Down many meadow butterflies were active in the cliffside fields. A freshly emerged Common Blue caught my eye, beautiful shade of blue on this specimen. The walk was interrupted on many occasions to photograph the numerous butterflies.
A fun one on common myths and misconceptions from my book, Knowledge is Beautiful. Bag a copy to see all eighty.
See original version @ Information is Beautiful.
Common Bronzewing (male)
Phaps chalcoptera
June 4th, 2011
Healesville, Victoria, Australia
Canon EOS 7D
Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM
Canon 580EX II flash with extender
Common Loon (Gavia immer) swimming by an area reflecting the Fall colors at the Green River Reservoir near Hyde Park, VT.