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While its black plumage identifies it as a crow, the chough (pronounced 'chuff') has a red bill and legs unlike any other member of the crow family. It is restricted to the west of the British Isles.
It readily displays its mastery of flight with wonderful aerial displays of diving and swooping. This Schedule 1 species can be found in flocks in autumn and winter.
There are two species of passerine birds commonly called chough that constitute the genus Pyrrhocorax of the Corvidae (crow) family of birds. These are the red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), and the Alpine chough (or yellow-billed chough) (Pyrrhocorax graculus). The white-winged chough of Australia, despite its name, is not a true chough but rather a member of the family Corcoracidae and only distantly related.
The choughs have black plumage and brightly coloured legs, feet, and bills, and are resident in the mountains of southern Eurasia and North Africa. They have long broad wings and perform spectacular aerobatics. Both species pair for life and display fidelity to their breeding sites, which are usually caves or crevices in a cliff face. They build a lined stick nest and lay three to five eggs. They feed, usually in flocks, on short grazed grassland, taking mainly invertebrate prey, supplemented by vegetable material or food from human habitation, especially in winter.
Population:
UK breeding:
250-350 pairs in Great Britain; 120-150 pairs on the Isle of Man
It has been a awhile since we’ve spotted a Kestrel. We were visiting Yolo Bypass near Davis Ca and there were lots of birds to see, including this little beauty.
This Female kestrel was easy to identify by the rufous coloring on her head, wings, and back, with black barring.
The female’s wings lack the male’s blue-gray color.
The Pintails return for winter. Yolo bypass was full of birds, including this handsome Pintail Drake. The dilemma: They were all hanging out in the middle of the lake. We captured this Pintail that was hanging around, close to the shore, looking for food. Slim and long-necked, the Northern Pintail has a distinctive silhouette. The male is easy to identify by his striking markings and long tail.
American rubyspot males are easy to identify with that bright ruby or blood-red spot located at the base of its wing. They never wander far from shallow river riffles, and will continue to fly well into fall.
Hopefully I have identified this correctly - butterflies are not my specialty but when I was researching it, that one looked the closest.
I took this photo on my hike at Granite Creek last weekend. The butterfly was very kind to pose on the fern long enough for me to get my camera out since I was standing on a rock in the middle of a stream crossing!
Identify plantnet wasn't very confident of its artificially intelligent identification, but we'll go with Filipendula ulmeria, and the rose family.
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Broadwater Warren RSPB, Kent.
Normally found in their hundreds munching away on yellow-flowered ragwort, and their bold black-and-gold stripes make them easy to identify.
This year although there were hundreds of Ragwort plants only a few had caterpillars.
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Hyatt Lake - Cascade Mountains - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Shorelines
Food : Small Animals
Nesting : Ground
Behavior : Probing
Conservation : Low Concern
"The dapper Spotted Sandpiper makes a great ambassador for the notoriously difficult-to-identify shorebirds. They occur all across North America, they are distinctive in both looks and actions, and they're handsome. They also have intriguing social lives in which females take the lead and males raise the young. With their richly spotted breeding plumage, teetering gait, stuttering wingbeats, and showy courtship dances, this bird is among the most notable and memorable shorebirds in North America... Female Spotted Sandpipers sometimes practice an unusual breeding strategy called polyandry, where a female mates with up to four males, each of which then cares for a clutch of eggs. One female in Minnesota laid five clutches for three males in a month and a half. This odd arrangement does not happen everywhere and often they are monogamous, with the female pitching in to help a little."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
This comparatively large hummingbird, which is endemic to the Atlantic Forest biome, is easily identified within its range by virtue of it being the only larger, predominantly green and gray-plumaged hermit, with a rather long, decurved, bill.
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C’est une guêpe faisant partie de la famille Vespidae. On les identifie aisément par leurs antennes en forme de massue jaune-orange et surtout par leurs longues pattes arrière qui trainent au cours du vol.
It's a wasp that is part of the Vespidae family. They are easily identified by their antennae in the shape of yellow-orange clubs and especially by their long hind legs that drag during the flight.
I have taken this photo in Museum of Illusions located in Lower Manhattan, New York during my visit to the museum on January 10, 2020.
Identified only in 1985 and named after the American conservation biologist Steven Michael Goodman. It is nocturnal and weighing just around 50 grams is one of the smallest primate in the world. The smallest is Madame Berthe's mouse lemur that lives only in the Kirindy forest and is just slightly smaller.
Le mâle est bleu métallique alors que la femelle est plus marron saupoudrée de bleu sur l'abdomen.
Concernant le recto de ce papillon pour pouvoir l'identifier au mieux les ailes ployées, Présence d'une petite ocelle noire sous les 5 taches noires qui forment une "empreinte de patte".
The male is metallic blue while the female is more brown sprinkled with blue on the abdomen.
Concerning the front of this butterfly to be able to identify it at best the folded wings, Presence of a small black ocella under the 5 black spots which form a "footprint".
A medium sized Woodpecker found in the Himalayan Belt and in a small pocket of South India. It is easily identified by its colors and size. Males are distinguished by a small red patch on their forehead which females lack.
These are commonly found in deciduous and mixed woodlands / forests, particularly those with abundant deadwood. It primarily forages for ants and termites, often feeding on the ground or probing into decaying wood. The bird is well-known for its melancholic, descending call and loud drumming used to establish territory.
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Fall plant detailed by frost. If anyone can identify this, let me know. I don't have enough botanical knowledge to make an efficient enough search right now.
Hi, Sometimes I get this and sometimes I do not. On this whole macro photo shoot, there was a white haze that seems to go over the top of the photo. This is completely unedited. It even happens on the better exposed photos and with lower iso. I need help to identify the cause of this.
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) was correctly Identified by Gary Faulkner on a NEW image posted 02/08/2025, so I have updated the info on this image to show correction www.flickr.com/photos/gary-faulkner/
The tray the Thrush is drinking from is supposed to be for insects - the stones are there to help them climb out. There is a plain water tray next to it.
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(Glaucidium cuculoides)
Mandal
Uttarakhand
Índia
We were photographing the species that appeared when the guide excitedly told us that an owlet was vocalizing. Since we hadn't photographed an owlet before, we tried with renewed enthusiasm to identify the origin of the sound, but quickly became discouraged as it seemed beyond our capacity to identify a bird that we already knew to be very small, although we had never seen one before. We refocused on what was displayed before our eyes and didn't think about it anymore.
After about 15 minutes, the guide exclaimed excitedly, "it's over there". However, even with the explanation of where to look, it was not easy and some of us took a few minutes to follow the instructions of the trunks to find this small, but beautiful, ball of feathers!
We spent another 10 minutes photographing this beauty, searching for possible angles, backgrounds, and frames. I even managed to find a second bird by myself. The difficult part is finding the first one :)
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
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- All the photos for this species Glaucidium cuculoides (1)
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Seen on the National Trust land between the Menai and Brittania bridges on Anglesey. Not managed to identify this one yet can anyone help.
One job, identified by many who have worn the "Yellow Shirt," is the Arresting Gear Officer. AKA "Shooter". So important is this role in an aircraft carrier that they even immortalize themselves in The Tailhook Daily Briefing, which is a naval aviation community. We all know that we have seen "that attitude" or postures on the covers of an aircraft carrier and what that means, this for those who do not know, it is simply. You're going to fly! Like it or not!
Un trabajo, identificado por muchos que han llevado la "Camisa Amarilla", es el del, Arresting Gear Officer. AKA "Shooter". Tan importante es este papel en un portaaviones, que incluso se inmortalizan en The Tailhook Daily Briefing, que es una comunidad de la aviación naval. Todos sabemos los que hemos visto "esa actitud" o posturas en las cubiertas de un portaaviones y lo que significa eso, esto para los que no saben, es simplemente. ¡Vas a volar! ¡Te guste o no...!
Why fly? A pair of Canada Geeese waiting ffor the train.
CN Engine 5621 is primarily identified as an EMD SD75I or SD70I locomotive operated by Canadian National Railway (CN). It is a modern diesel-electric locomotive frequently seen in service across Canada and the US Midwest, including service in Wisconsin in 2021-2024, Manitoba, and previously in the Maritimes. Currently in British Columbia, Canada
Key details regarding CN 5621:
Locomotive Type: EMD SD75I (4300hp) or SD70I (4000hp).
Active in freight service across various parts of the CN network.
Acts as motive power for freight trains often found in "lashups" (sets of locomotives) hauling freight.
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The Canadian National Railways (CNR) was incorporated on June 6, 1919, comprising several railways that had become bankrupt and fallen into Government of Canada hands, along with some railways already owned by the government. Primarily a freight railway, CN also operated passenger services until 1978, when they were assumed by Via Rail. The only passenger services run by CN after 1978 were several mixed trains (freight and passenger) in Newfoundland, and several commuter trains both on CN's electrified routes and towards the South Shore in the Montreal area (the latter lasted without any public subsidy until 1986).
Reference: Wikipedia
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The Canada goose (Branta canadensis) is a large species of goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. It is native to the arctic and temperate regions of North America, and it is occasionally found during migration across the Atlantic in northern Europe. It has been introduced to France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands. Like most geese, the Canada goose is primarily herbivorous and normally migratory; often found on or close to fresh water, the Canada goose is also common in brackish marshes, estuaries, and lagoons.
Reference: Wikipedia
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Amtrak's westbound Pioneer train 25 overtakes a Union Pacific soda ash empty at Kanda, Wyoming, a rarely photographed bend in the right of way five miles west of Rock Springs.
Kudos to Mark Hemphill for help identifying the UP train.
Not being an expert, I initially identified this as a Gram Blue. I'm indebted to @Still Air who pointed out that it is one of the "Playboys", Genus Deudorix. After checking on Google, I totally agree with him, possibly Deudorix antalus.
First identified from dinosaur-age fossils and was thought to be extinct. The dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostroboides.
Then, in 1941, a living specimen was discovered during a survey of Sichuan and Hubei provinces, China. Seeds were later collected and raised in arboreta worldwide. Young trees are now readily available. It exists in the wild as only a few scattered stands in China where it is has protected status.
This old and tall tree at Sandringham may well have grown from one of the original seeds brought from China.
The dawn redwood is one of the few deciduous conifers.
It took the help of some friends who know snakes well to identify this as a juvenile Southern Black Racer. Their top side turns a deep black as they age and their belly and chin a nice contrasting white. They are very common here in southern Florida, in part because they are so fast at escaping. This guy greeted me ready to strike when I opened my garage door. Very aggressive. He kept attempting to strike at me and my camera. I moved him to some rocks where he could quickly do the disappearing acts that snakes do so well. If you see one, while their bite is not vemenous, they will defend themselves cornered. They eat things we consider pests, including other smaller snakes. If you’re one of those many people who have the fear of snakes built into their genes, best advice is to leave all snakes alone and, in this case, enjoy watching how fast it will slither away. (Coluber constrictor Priapus) (Sony a1, 70-200 lens @94mm, 1/250 second, f/10, ISO 1250)
Not 100% sure on this one but I believe it is a hibiscus. Very delicate crepe paper like petals.
Newly identified as a purple flowered rock rose! Thanks to David Nice for the ID.
I have looked quite extensively but cannot identify this little fellah!
Thanks to Camelia for the identification - Tetragnatha extensa
While trying to identify three other species, I ran across this fellow and knew that I had captured one. Very small with the hops of a bare foot seven-year-old when the floor becomes lava…a game we play with the grandkids.
This shot was captured in the 2/10ths of a second that it landed and disappeared back into the forest.
Taken somewhere between La Paz and next hotel in LaFortuna, Costa Rica on 10 January, 2024.
Photo made at Jacksonville Beach, Fla. I'll not identify the particular turn because I always get t hem wrong. ©2023 | John M. Hudson
Identified by its most prominent field mark, an acorn in the beak, an Acorn Woodpecker removes a nut from its storage locker along the Boot Canyon Trail in the Chisos Mountains of Big Bend National Park.
Young raptors are identified by their yellowish eyes and a brown, banded tail. The red-tail feathers have to wait until they are about 2 years old.
Until it is able to master flying, it will have to rely on parents for and may be slower prey closer to the ground.
Seen at Kensington Metropark.