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Emberiza schoeniclus. The common reed bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. It breeds across Europe and much of temperate and northern Asia.
Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) resting in a spruce bough in the mixed woods of the aspen parkland near Thorhild, Alberta, Canada.
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20 December, 2012.
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This Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentine) was found in the middle of the road of the Mills Creek Apt. in Wilmington, NC. I drove by it while passing through the apartments and decided to stop and remove the turtle from the street. These turtles are commonly found in shallow freshwater muddy areas (eol.org). The Mills Creek Apartments have a small lake, stream, and ponds within them. I believe that this turtle emerged from one of those ecosystems and ended up in the street. The Common Snapping Turtles are also known to bask, however it is limited to their intolerance to high temperatures and rapid loss of moisture (eol.org). And as you can see from the photo this turtle was drying out from being trapped in the streets on a hot day. However I do not think basking is what lead this turtle into the street. I think the main factor responsible is the force that is most destructive to the field of ecology, humans. I believe the building of the apartments and roads has greatly disturbed the freshwater ecosystems around Mills Creek. The Common Snapping Turtle is know to make local migrations for purposes such as relocation (eol.org). I think in while in search for a better habitat, the turtle become stuck in the road. Thankfully no cars killed the turtle and I was able to safely remove the turtle from the road. However the turtle still faces the challenges brought by the significant impact of humans on its ecology and hopefully it will find a suitable place to live.
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Hyacinthus orientalis Linnaeus, 1753 - common hyacinth (cultivar) in Ohio, USA.
Plants are multicellular, photosynthesizing eucaryotes. Most species occupy terrestrial environments, but they also occur in freshwater and saltwater aquatic environments. The oldest known land plants in the fossil record are Ordovician to Silurian. Land plant body fossils are known in Silurian sedimentary rocks - they are small and simple plants (e.g., Cooksonia). Fossil root traces in paleosol horizons are known in the Ordovician. During the Devonian, the first trees and forests appeared. Earth's initial forestation event occurred during the Middle to Late Paleozoic. Earth's continents have been partly to mostly covered with forests ever since the Late Devonian. Occasional mass extinction events temporarily removed much of Earth's plant ecosystems - this occurred at the Permian-Triassic boundary (251 million years ago) and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (65 million years ago).
The most conspicuous group of living plants is the angiosperms, the flowering plants. They first unambiguously appeared in the fossil record during the Cretaceous. They quickly dominated Earth's terrestrial ecosystems, and have dominated ever since. This domination was due to the evolutionary success of flowers, which are structures that greatly aid angiosperm reproduction.
The common hyacinth is a flowering plant native to southwestern Asia (= Middle East), but it has been extensively cultivated as a decorative plant for its attractive flowers.
Classification: Plantae, Angiospermophyta, Asparagales, Asparagaceae, Scilloideae
Locality: cultivar In Newark, Ohio, USA
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So I got a call from a friend that there was an injured baby owl at the theatre,and they wanted to know what kind and what to do,so I told them to put it in a box(to keep it dark and calm so as not to stress the bird) and I will be there in a few. It turns out it was a Common Poorwill,not an owl,and its an adult. It must have flown into a window and was stunned,but I could see no broken wings or any injuries. I took it home for the night,knowing all the rehabers were closed,and was going to take it in the morning,but was awakened at 7:00am by a thud,which was the bird trying to get out. So I took it to the park,opened the lid,and the bird flew away,seeming just fine. Stupid windows.
Common Rosefinch, Carpodacus erythrinus, 普通朱雀, Shek Kong Airfield Road, 石崗機場路, 10 Feb 2016 (D7200, AF-S NIKKOR 600MM F/4G ED VR)
A Common Checkered Skipper on a Firewheel wildflower in Horseshoe Trails Park in Grapevine, Texas on April 30, 2011. Please View Large Size
Common Nighthawk
Island Park
Geneva, Illinois
May 18, 2014
I had never seen one of these birds before - had to look it up when I got home. There were 6-8 of them flying over the Fox River just south of the bridge at Rt. 38. Boy were they fast - and their flight is so erratic. I was afraid I wouldn't have any shots that weren't totally blurry. Cool bird!
Goniaea australasiae
Family: Acrididae
Order: Orthoptera
This grasshopper mimics a dead eucalyptus leaf and is very difficult to identify amongst leaf litter.
It is common and found widely around Australia.
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Common Blue-tongue (Tiliqua scincoides). I heard a knocking on the window next to the front door and there was this skink. So I snuck around from the back door to capture it digitally.
Common goldeneyes | At Rodeo Beach lagoon. | December 28, 2015 | Canon EOS 5D Mark III | ¹⁄₈₀₀ sec at f/5.6 1000
Behind the scenes with VCT Americas caster Doug "EsportsDoug" Cortez, Agustin "Nozwer" Ibarra of Leviatán, and Matias "Saadhak" Delipetro of LOUD during Common Ground features shoot. Photo by Hanna Yamamoto/Riot Games
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.