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Common Camas a/k/a Camas Lily (Camassia quamash). Yuba Pass. Tahoe National Forest. Near Calpine, Sierra Co., Calif.
Common Frog - Garden, Essex. Presumably this years batch of spawn about the size of the top section of my thumb. Came across at least a dozen whilst getting on top of the gardening again!
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.
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus); very common at the moment in grassland and roadside verges. This one in the Peak District (White or Limestone Peak).
More from Langholm Common Riding last Friday. This chap must have been roasting in his lovely horse and jockey outfit - I'm told that he did gallup up the Kirk Wynd later on.
The eye-shine of the Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus) was intense. Far more so than any owl that I have tried to photograph at night with a flash. I kept this not so great photo more to remind me of the unique call of this bird -- which is one of my favorite bird calls. The slow descending, resonant, mournful notes of the call are enchanting. Well worth going on the Internet and hearing. Golfito Forest Reserve, Costa Rica.
This Common Buckeye is an uncommon sight in Northern Illinois in November. Maybe 2020 just did this one in and it didn't feel up to flying South this year.
Cool wooden fireworks box I picked up at a garage sale.
made by Canadian Industries Limited, which more commonly know now as 'CIL' makers of paint etc.
Common Mergansers are doing well at Bombay Hook NWR, Delaware. They were spotted in Shearness and in the gut east of Bear Swamp.
Ruddy Ducks in the background.
This Common Opossum, Didelphis marsupialis, was photographed in Peru, as part of a research project utilizing motion-activated camera-traps.
You are invited to go WILD on Smithsonian's interactive website, Smithsonian WILD, to learn more about the research and browse photos like this from around the world.
Common Ravens look black, but when seen up close, which doesn't usually happen, you can see the variety of colours in those beautiful feathers. This was a slightly scruffy Raven that was hanging around one of the parking lots along the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River (North Rim?), no doubt hoping to find some easy food. Taken on 14 September 2012, during my week's holiday down as far as Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons.
"Common Ravens will eat almost anything they can get hold of. They eat carrion; small animals from the size of mice and baby tortoises up to adult Rock Pigeons and nestling Great Blue Herons; eggs; grasshoppers, beetles, scorpions, and other arthropods; fish; wolf and sled-dog dung; grains, buds, and berries; pet food; and many types of human food including unattended picnic items and garbage."
bacon in every bite n dbl cheese..
well looks better than it tasted, but you get the idea, just be creative.
Common Eider - Somateria mollissima mollissima - Обыкновенная гага
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Kola, Murmansk Oblast, Russia, 06/10/2023
First Common Yellow-throated Warbler of the Year for me.
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum
May 1, 2014
Common gull (Larus canus) is a medium-sized gull which breeds in northern Asia, northern Europe and northwestern North America. It migrates further south in winter. Its name does not indicate that it is an abundant species. Its conservation status in Norway is "near threatened" (NT).
Common Medlar, Mespilus germanica. Barking Suffolk.
Two small trees seen in a mixed hedgerow.
The fruits are rather like small apples, but with tightly encased sepals. They are edible after bletting (a polite alternative to saying partly rotten). The taste is, apparently, somewhat similar to cooked apples. Formerly a popular fruit, grown in large gardens and hedgerows near habitation. They were introduced to the UK from south-east Europe and south-west Asia. The old country name for them is 'open-arses' - for fairly obvious reason.
Thanks to Martin Sanford at the Suffolk Biological Records Centre for helping me in finding these plants.
In the 1920s the Oxford and Shipton Cement Company built a cement works beside the main railway line and began quarrying limestone from the hillside between the Woodstock branch line and Bunker's Hill. The quarry was bought by Alpha Cement in 1934 which became part of Associated Portland Cement in 1938, which became Blue Circle Industries in 1978.[6] Towards the end of the 20th century the quarry ceased production and was sold to the Kilbride Group, which applied unsuccessfully to redevelop it as an eco-town. The quarry is protected as a Site of Special Scientific Interest because it is important for Jurassic fossils, particularly crocodiles.[7] Since quarrying ceased, the site has also become important for wildlife. Birds including turtle dove, little ringed plover, Cetti's warbler and peregrine falcon breed in the quarry. A lake has formed in the bottom of the quarry, attracting birds including green sandpiper, jack snipe, little grebe and common pochard to overwinter there. The site also attracts invertebrates including damselflies.[ (quote)
A common part of this butterfly's flight signature is wings-out gliding, looking very much like an aeroplane.
Common Terns are usually distinguished by their pillarbox red bill with a black tip. However the longipennis race has an all dark bill that is a touch shorter too, darker legs, darker grey upperparts, and longer wings. In fact, so many differences it looks like a different species. Longipennis occurs from central Siberia eastwards including China and the Aleutians. I photographed this individual on the Zhupanova River estuary in Kamchatka.
A lizard in the hand is worth two birds in the bush, or something like that.
As every schoolboy knows, the common lizard (Zootoca vivipara) and slow worm (Anguis fragilis) are the only lizard species occurring naturally in Scotland.
This common lizard - likely a pregnant female - just climbed on to my hand and sat there, basking away, before I released it again.
As I haven't been to Lavington Common for a few months I thought I'd have a quick visit last night. The cotton grass is out but there was quite a breeze and so I just had a wander. The last rays of sunlight to hit the top of the common were rather spectacular and I managed to isolate this little Birch tree. The light skimming the trees in the background was a real bonus.
Thanks for looking and for your continued words of encouragement.