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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 Blue (Polyommatus icarus), Nea Makri 190 05, Greece, May 27, 2020, 1:18 PM, 38.095713 23.980264.
A common redpoll (Acanthis flammea) perched on bare winter branches in Anchorage, Alaska. Filmed January, 2021.
Credit: Lisa Hupp/USFWS
There is something quite relaxing photography the frogs spawning, love the constant background croaking and the fights which break out with the males when a female arrives.
It does also amaze me the number of people who walk past feet away and don't hear the noise or see the commotion going on. It's been quite an education for quite a few of the walkers who asked what I was up to with my camera, always good to make people aware of what's literally at their feet
Common Loon (Gavia immer) swimming by an area reflecting the Fall colors at the Green River Reservoir near Hyde Park, VT.
The common hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius), popularly known as the brainfever bird, is a medium-sized cuckoo resident in the Indian subcontinent. It bears a close resemblance to the Shikra, even in its style of flying and landing on a perch. The resemblance to hawks gives this group the generic name of hawk-cuckoo and like many other cuckoos these are brood parasites, laying their eggs in nests of babblers. During their breeding season in summer males produce loud, repetitive three note calls that are well-rendered as brain-fever, the second note being longer and higher pitched. These notes rise to a crescendo before ending abruptly and repeat after a few minutes; the calling may go on through the day, well after dusk and before dawn.
The common hawk-cuckoo is a medium- to large-sized cuckoo, about the size of a pigeon (ca. 34 cm). The plumage is ashy grey above; whitish below, cross-barred with brown. The tail is broadly barred. The sexes are alike. They have a distinctive yellow eye ring. Subadults have the breast streaked, similar to the immature shikra, and there are large brown chevron marks on the belly.At first glance they can be mistaken for a hawk. When flying they use a flap and glide style that resembles that of sparrowhawks (especially the shikra) and flying upwards and landing on a perch they shake their tails from side to side. Many small birds and squirrels raise the alarm just as they would in the presence of a hawk. The sexes are alike but males tend to be larger.
They can be confused with the large hawk-cuckoo, which, however, has dark streaks on the throat and breast. Young birds have a pale chin but young large hawk-cuckoos have a black chin.
Ex-LMS Stanier 8F no. 48305 works a Wedding Belle special south across Quorn Common. The fog had clearly nicely by this point but the sun was making quick work of thawing all the muddy footpaths! 21/01/2023.
Aviation Memories Another random dive into my archive of old aviation log books :)
This page shows a report on the aircraft seen at my first ever visit to RAF Greenham Common for the Air Tattoo in 1977 :)
Highlights from the log books
It looks like I was trying out my multi-coloured (four-colour) ball-point pen on this sheet :)
Not a comprehensive report of the airshow, but a list of aircraft present from three main players, and a lesser fourth player:
- United States Air Force with 18 aircraft
- United States Navy with 8 aircraft
- West German Air Force / Army / Marine with 21 aircraft
- Royal Netherlands Air Force / Navy with 4 aircraft
I doubt if any of those 51 aircraft are still flying?
More on the USAF here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force
More on the USN here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy
More on the German Air Force here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Air_Force
More on the Royal Netherlands Air Force here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Air_Force
'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
Common Teal at El Clot, Spain
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I liked the contrast of the bright light brown of the dying top of this small young fir tree, against the background and its surroundings.
Used my new old c.1981 Nikkor 135 f/2.8 manual lens.
Common redpolls can eat the tiny, tiny, and I mean tiny, seeds of big sagebrush. They feed and move so fast , it is impossible to keep up. However, photos slow it down enough to see that the common redpolls are actually shucking the extremely small seeds (far less than 1mm or 1-2 million seeds per pound) of Wyoming big sagebrush, to eat. I suppose it would be like us humans cracking the shells and feeding on sunflower seeds. It would take you awhile to fill up, but makes a nice snack.
Photo: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Orcas Island
While hiking on the island, Tom made a move to sit down to rest on a boulder. He was surprised by a sudden hissing sound, and turned to see this common nighthawk mother playing the "broken wing" card to try to distract us from her precious cache of 2 eggs. Would have loved to have stayed and worked on a finer portrait, but we really did not want to distress the poor dear any more than we already had.
The Common Sergeant (Athyma perius) lives in South and South-east Asia.
It has a wingspan of 6-7cm (2.5-3 inches) and feeds on the nectar of flowers.
Newspaper Rock, Petrified Forest National Park / Apache County, Arizona
My twin and I pulled in to Newspaper Rock to check out the petroglyphs and this Common Raven was perched on a man-made rock fence and was not the least bit alarmed over my approach. I'm using my 28-300 macro lens which is the lens I use for my damselfly shots and the image that you see is un-cropped. Definitely an amazing experience.
This Common Yellowthroat was captured on 21 December 2011 at Collier-Seminole State Park, Near Naples, FL with EOS 7D and EF500mm f/4L IS USM.
Three days to get one of these guys out of the undergrowth!!!! Still hoping to get one out of a bush!
On EXPLORE 22 December 2011 #496
Here is a Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) butterfly in the woods today. They can sit quietly for a long time with their wings closed, looking quite plain, and then open their wings in a quick flash! This is the first one I've managed to photograph this year. (San Marcos Pass, 6 June 2022)