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The Common Guillemot or Common Murre (Uria aalge) is a large auk. It is also known as the Thin-billed Murre in North America. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring in low-Arctic and boreal waters in the North-Atlantic and North Pacific. It spends most of its time at sea, only coming to land to breed on rocky cliff shores or islands.
Common Guillemots have fast direct flight but are not very agile. They are more manoeuvrable underwater, typically diving to depths of 30–60 m (100–200 ft), and depths of up to 180 m (600 ft) have been recorded.
Common Guillemots breed in colonies at high densities, nesting pairs may be in bodily contact with their neighbours. They make no nest, their single egg is incubated on bare rock. Eggs hatch after ~30 days incubation. The chick is born downy, and can regulate its body temperature after 10 days. They leave the nest site in around 20 days accompanied by the male parent. Chicks cannot fly when they leave the nest but are capable of diving as soon as they hit the water. The female stays at the nest site about 14 days after the chick has left.
The Common Guillemot is a close relative of the Razorbill and both can be seen nesting side-by-side in colonies.
Pinus pumila 'Glauca', 2019 photo, Common Name: Blue Siberian pine, Size: 4x3ft., Blue green needles, USDA Hardiness Zone 5, In Garden Bed HR-G3 for 38.2 YEARS (HLG). Planted in 1981.
American Conifer Society: Pinus pumila ‘Glauca’ is a broad, irregular, slow-growing, bushy selection of Siberian pine with upswept branching and attractive gray-blue foliage. After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 4 feet (1.2 m) tall and 3 feet (90 cm) wide, an annual growth rate of 4 to 6 inches (10 – 15 cm).
This is a relatively old cultivar to the nursery trade of unknown origin. It’s earliest references are seen in an undated catalog by P.J.C. Oosthoek & Co. The Netherlands and a text written by Hugo Hooftman in 1943.
Location: Michigan State University, Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, MI. Harper Collection of Rare & Dwarf Conifers
#Pinus #BlueSiberianpine
Common Raven (Corvus corax), Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
17 October, 2011.
Slide # GWB_20111017_2026.CR2
Common or Perenial Cornflower (Centaurea Montana). Very pretty flower that seems to attract loads of little insects.
Common House-Martin. St. Paul Island, AK. 08/18/13.
13th ABA Record, and 7th record for St. Paul Island.
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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.
A Common Redpoll in my front yard. Now that I have a bird feeder out there I get to spend a bit more time shooting these quick little guys which is good "Reflex Photography." I call it Reflex Photography because its fast paced and I think more reflex than anything.
In North America, the distinct white chin patch helps to tell this female merganser from the similar Red-breasted Merganser female.
Common Emerald Dove - Chalcophaps indica indica – Изумрудная горлица
Erek Erek Jungle Park, Banyuwangi, East Java, Java, Indonesia, 10/16/2023
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.
Close-up of an emerging leaf of a Common Staghorn Fern (Platycerium bifurcatum).
An epiphytic fern native to Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea and Indonesia.
www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/interns-2004/platycerium-bifurcatum.html