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গোলাপি তুতি | Common rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus
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A rare winter visitor to Bangladesh
Bandarban | CTG | Bangladesh | February | 2018
Birds are important part of the whole ecosystem we call nature in many ways. They pollinate flowers and disperse seeds, they are wonderful to watch and this world would not be the same without them. All creatures, plants, animals, birds, humans, insect, reptiles, and fish were put on this earth to interact with.
Let's be kind to the wildlife, let’s give a better world to our next generation, together.
To sell, purchase, exchange, or Any attempt to kill, capture, poison, trap, injure or destroy or taking any part of the body of such wild animal or taking of nests or eggs of wild birds are punishable under the “THE BANGLADESH WILD LIFE (PRESERVATION) ORDER, 1973 “
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Have been seeing the local patch buzzards quite a lot lately. Close fly by today duing a sunny spell at lunch after a morning filled with rain.
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In Britain, where no other kestrel species occurs, it is generally just called "the kestrel".
This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America[citation needed]. But although it has colonized a few oceanic islands, vagrant individuals are generally rare; in the whole of Micronesia for example, the species was only recorded twice each on Guam and Saipan in the Marianas.
Common kestrels measure 32–39 cm (13–15 in) from head to tail, with a wingspan of 65–82 cm (26–32 in). Females are noticeably larger, with the adult male weighing 136–252 g (4.8–8.9 oz), around 155 g (5.5 oz) on average; the adult female weighs 154–314 g (5.4–11.1 oz), around 184 g (6.5 oz) on average. They are thus small compared with other birds of prey, but larger than most songbirds. Like the other Falco species, they have long wings as well as a distinctive long tail.
Their plumage is mainly light chestnut brown with blackish spots on the upperside and buff with narrow blackish streaks on the underside; the remiges are also blackish. Unlike most raptors, they display sexual colour dimorphism with the male having fewer black spots and streaks, as well as a blue-grey cap and tail. The tail is brown with black bars in females, and has a black tip with a narrow white rim in both sexes. All common kestrels have a prominent black malar stripe like their closest relatives.
The cere, feet, and a narrow ring around the eye are bright yellow; the toenails, bill and iris are dark. Juveniles look like adult females, but the underside streaks are wider; the yellow of their bare parts is paler. Hatchlings are covered in white down feathers, changing to a buff-grey second down coat before they grow their first true plumage.
When hunting, the common kestrel characteristically hovers about 10–20 m (33–66 ft) above the ground, searching for prey, either by flying into the wind or by soaring using ridge lift. Like most birds of prey, common kestrels have keen eyesight enabling them to spot small prey from a distance. Once prey is sighted, the bird makes a short, steep dive toward the target. It can often be found hunting along the sides of roads and motorways. This species is able to see near ultraviolet light, allowing the birds to detect the urine trails around rodent burrows as they shine in an ultraviolet colour in the sunlight. Another favourite (but less conspicuous) hunting technique is to perch a bit above the ground cover, surveying the area. When the birds spots prey animals moving by, they will pounce on them. They also prowl a patch of hunting ground in a ground-hugging flight, ambushing prey as they happen across it.
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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Glorious morning on Friday.
After seeing lot's of adder combat on social media this week I thought I'd better check my patch.
I was taking pictures of a lovely silver male when I noticed movement behind.
I thought I was in luck but on closer inspection it was a male & female mating.
I took a few steps back and let them get on with it. No photos as I really didn't want to interrupt.
Ten minutes later I heard a humming noise, I looked up and saw a drone.
All of a sudden about 25 fallow deer came running past me, obviously spooked by the drone.
I went back to check on the snakes and all three were gone. I really hope the mating pair had finished before the deer herd disturbance.
This is the second time over the years I've seen mating adders on this exact mound.
I also found a dead male here a couple of years ago, I now think deer were the culprits as there were no bite marks.
All in all, an interesting morning.
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.
Sadly I am just an enthusiast and I like what I like and than I read what people in the industry say about vehicles and even though it must be true one side of me thinks that can't be right when they say they were not very good, I don't suppose I am alone because we all did that with girlfriends too and it turned out our parents were right after all. My advice is until the next one knocks you off your feet stick to buses as you always know where they are heading lol. One bus many in the industry liked especially to drive was the ECW bodied Daimler Fleetline which as common in Scotland with the SBG and was also to be found in various english fleets like Thamesdown at Swindon.
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.
Turmfalke / Common Kestrel / Falco tinnunculus
Found some unpublished pictures on my computer ;)
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Wimbledon Common parkrun is a weekly, free 5k timed run. See www.parkrun.org.uk/wimbledon/ for more information.