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Common Lungwort in the grounds of Pontefract castle,This plant would have been grown in the castle grounds for century's and was said to treat diseases of the Lungs. It would have been used in medieval medicine. The leaves apparently contain Silicic acid which is known to improve elasticity of the lungs and it seems the plant does have proven medical properties.
It also did very well to keep flowering through the last couple of weeks under the ice and snow.
The resident Common Bronzewing Pigeons in my street are a little flighty and I have never managed a decent shot so I was pleasantly surprised when I stalked in close enough to this male on the weekend.
Location: Callala Bay
Date:23/09/2012
Settings: D4, 700mm, 1/200 sec, f/6.3 ISO 400
PS: Crop, sharpen, curves.
Common Raven (Corvus corax), Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
17 October, 2011.
Slide # GWB_20111017_2026.CR2
A common froghopper nestled in the centre of a Japanese anemone leaf (with a globular springtail loitering in the background).
A National Historic Landmark
Suffolk County, MA
Listed: 02/27/1987
Boston Common comprises 50 acres of open space in the heart of the city. When the Common was established in 1634, it stood at the west edge of town. Beyond present Charles Street were tidal marshlands. Over three and a half centuries, the principal changes to the topography of the Common have been in the leveling of some of its hills and the filling of some of its natural ponds. Original features that still survive include the central Flagstaff Hill (surmounted since 1877 by Soldiers and Sailors Monument) and nearby Frog Pond.
The principal features of the Common, besides its topography, are the paths that traverse it, in much the same pattern as historically, and the monuments that embellish it. A number of the walkways on the Common take the form of wide, tree-lined malls, the first of which was established along Tremont Street in 1722 and replanted in 1784. Its present-day successor, lined with brick planters, is known as Lafayette Mall. The monuments on the Common range from commemorative tablets to fountains (notably the Victorian-era Brewer Fountain) to large-scale works such as the Soldiers and Sailors Monument and the Parkman Bandstand. The most important work of art is probably St. Gaudens' Shaw Memorial, which faces the Massachusetts State House near the northeast corner of the Common.
Boston Common, generally considered the oldest public park in the United States, merits examination for its significance in the history of conservation, landscape architecture, military and political history, and sculpture, as well as recreation. It and the adjoining Public Garden are still one of the greatest amenities of Boston. Much of their importance springs from their location in the heart of one of America's oldest and historically most important cities. The Common was, for example, a political rallying point and military training field before and during the American Revolution and the Civil War. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it became a showplace for public sculpture. It was also the playing field of the first organized football club in the country, the Oneida Club, which began competing in 1862.
The Common was purchased and set aside by the town in 1634, a scant 4 years after the founding of Boston, as common land for the citizens, as pasturage for cattle and as a training field for militia. At that point it also included some lands across Tremont Street. As early as the 1660s, John Josselyn, a resident Englishman, wrote about the men and women of Boston taking their evening strolls on the Common.
This is a full size image, no cropping whatsoever. The moth is a few days old so it looks a little worn, but still appealling!
You realy need to see the original though to fully appreciate the detail, Flickrs compression has pretty much ruined this shot.
Common buckeye butterfly (Junonia coenia)
Amazing diversity of species visiting the on gold and silver chrysanthemum (Ajania pacifica) at Hahn Horticulture Garden, Virginia Tech.
I was fascinated by the size of these pretty plants with the giant flower stalks covered in little yellow flowers. I learned they are the common mullein.
Male Goldeneyes are striking with their white bodies and iridescent green coloured heads, but I also like the more subtle but interesting color patterns of the females with their chocolate brown heads and yellow-tipped beaks. This one was fishing in the Ottawa River beside Mud Lake.
Common Mime (Chilasa clytea). Shot at Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Shot using Pentax 50mm f/1.4 manual focus at f/1.4. This is not a macro lens.
This Common Opossum, Didelphis marsupialis, was photographed in Panama, 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.
The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) is a bird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae). The genus name comes from Latin phasianus, "pheasant". The species name colchicus is Latin for "of Colchis" (modern day Georgia), a country on the Black Sea where pheasants became known to Europeans.
Seen here in Scarisbrick.
Common meadow-rue is a tall, distinctive, and attractive native perennial reaching a height of 1m or more. It has compound, pinnate leaves with wedge-shaped leaflets. The dense masses of small, pale yellow flower can be seen, on closer inspection, to be made up of tufts of yellow stamens backed two green bracts. Flowering occurs from July through to September.
This one is being visited by a small tortoiseshell butterfly
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
A large, long-tailed gamebird. Males have rich chestnut, golden-brown and black markings on body and tail, with a dark green head and red face wattling. Females are mottled with paler brown and black. They were introduced to the UK long ago and more recent introductions have brought in a variety of races and breeds for sport shooting.