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Hummel / Bumblebee / Bombus
Taubnessel / Lamium L.
Danke an Jörg Belling für die Bestimmung der Blume
Thanks to Jörg Belling for identifying the flower
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
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
The beauty of nature.
With help of some friends this damselfy is identified as a Nehalennia speciosa - Pygmy Damselfly or a Chalcolestes viridis.
La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
The Scrub Tanager is a common open country bird of the Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes. Due to its preference for scrub and bushy areas, it is most easily found in dry intermontane ‘rainshadow’ valleys but is expanding into more humid areas in the wake of human disturbance.
The Scrub Tanager is identified by its silvery greenish plumage, rust-colored cap and black mask. In further contrast to this typically gregarious genus, the Scrub Tanager most often is encountered as solitary pairs.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p...
A sub-species of our UK Pied Wagtails, the White Wagtail can be identified by it's slate-grey back. The adult Pied Wagtail has a darker black back.
Queue nettement plus longue que la Bergeronnette printanière.Tête et dos gris, gorge et menton noirs, dessous jaune brillant.En hiver, elle perd les tons jaunes de son plumage, à l'exception du croupion. Difficile souvent d'identifier une bergeronnette des ruisseaux, face à ses cousines la bergeronnette des près ou la bergeronnette printanière : pour vous aider : c'est la seule bergeronnette qui a les pattes rosées, contrairement à ses cousines qui les ont noires.
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Tail significantly longer than the Yellow Wagtail.Grey head and back, black throat and chin, bright yellow underparts.In winter, it loses the yellow tones of its plumage, with the exception of the rump. It is often difficult to identify a wagtail brook, facing her cousins wagtail or spring wagtail: to help you: it is the only wagtail that has pink legs, unlike his cousins who have black.
Florida’s Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is a songbird found throughout rural areas of Florida. Its breeding range covers most of eastern North America and parts of South America. Experts say it is difficult to distinguish between the Eastern and Western species as it can be determined only by voice and location. Seventeen subspecies of the Eastern Meadowlark are documented.
Actually, the meadowlark is not a lark at all. It is a member of the blackbird family (Icteridae) which also includes cowbirds and orioles. Meadowlarks are easily identified by the bright yellow throat and belly. However, the most distinguishing mark in adults is the black “V” on its chest. It can often be seen on a fence post belting out its clear, melodious songs and whistles.
Adult birds weigh just over five ounces, are seven to ten inches tall with a wingspan of 14 to 16 inches. Both sexes are similar in size, although females are normally smaller with a shorter wingspan.
This bird prefers grassy fields, pastures, cultivated fields, golf courses and other open habitats. It is a good friend to the farmer/rancher and a bug-eating machine. Insects comprise more than 75 percent of its diet, with grains and seeds making up the balance. It is especially fond of grasshoppers and crickets, as well as insect larvae and grubs. It feeds on the ground, picking insects from the surface or probing the soil to reveal its prey. Meadowlarks also eat the seeds of many weeds.
Males have two, sometimes three, mates at a time. Females build nests on the ground using soft woven grasses and hide them in the taller grass of an open field. The nest usually has an arched “roof” with a side entrance. A clutch of two to six grayish-white eggs speckled with brown and lavender may be laid any time from late March through July. Eggs are incubated by the female for 13 to 15 days. The young fledge at 12 days. The parents continue to tend them for about two weeks until they are able to fly. Juveniles are similar to adults, but the black “V” becomes prominent in adulthood. The meadowlark has been known to live ten years in captivity.
I found this one along Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, Florida.
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!
This non-migratory species is a member of the pheasant family and is more commonly referred to as "Partridge" rather than Ruffed Grouse. They are well camouflaged birds with colouring ranging from a grayish-brown through reddish-browns. This species has the distinction of being the most widespread gamebird in North America.
Anyone spending much time in the bush in spring has heard the telltale "drumming" of the male Ruffed Grouse". This is an act related to proclaiming territory and announcing his presence to females by strutting on a log with his crest raised, his neck feathers erected to create a black "ruff", fanning his tail and beating his wings rapidly to create a drumming sound.
When not displaying it is difficult to identify the two genders.
Identify plantnet wasn't very confident of its artificially intelligent identification, but we'll go with Filipendula ulmeria, and the rose family.
Thank you for looking! Isn't God a great artist?
this is identified as Paph. Hilo Citron 'Giant Doral' x Pap. Spring Wolf 'New Horizon' and it came from J&L Orchids in Easton, CT
It is clear that the summer of 2014 is slipping away. We're getting cold nights and cool, damp days. The fawns are losing their spots and a black bear recently showed up at the feeders. Yikes! But, according to the calendar, it's still summer. I, for one, intend to drink it in, right down to the dregs.
P.S. I'm hoping someone will help me identify this flower. It was planted here before I moved in and I have no idea what it is.
P.S. 2 -Thanks to all who tried to help me identify this plant. I have been able to find the plant tag that was left here by the previous owner. The flower is Ligularia dentata Desdemona, a variety of Ragwort. Click this link to see photos of the whole plant.
www.google.com/search?q=ligularia+desdemona&ie=utf-8&...
Well, almost on Sept. 28, 2025!
Chough - Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
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
My best effort identifies this damselfly as a Powdered Dancer in blue form. Still with the morning's dew on its back, it rests upon the bloom of an American Water Willow. Water Willow is a perennial which commonly colonizes along the edges of Ozark streams and is a host to many dragonflies, damselflies, bees and butterflies. If you would like to see the colonization of water willow along a stream and discover some of an Ozark stream's beautiful and amazing inhabitants, above and below the water, I would be honored if you took a look at my latest blog post here: www.gmichaellewis.com/blog/2015/6/life-of-an-ozark-stream
La seule façon d'identifier avec certitude ce moucherolle c'est par son chant. L'oiseau étant en tous points identique au Moucherolle des aulnes.
The only way to identify with certainty this flycatcher is by his singing. The bird is in all respects identical to the Alder Flycatcher.
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.
Visited a nearby pond hoping to see a heron. No luck with the heron, but this old snapping turtle with a shell the size of a hubcap was resting in the grass. Its skin was riddled with clusters of black, shiny, warty-looking parasites that I have not yet been able to identify.
Thanks to "LeapFrog!" for identifying this dragonfly for me. We're heading out to take Jasmine hiking. It's going to be a hot one today. Have a great Saturday everyone!
The mountain harebell (blue), sulphur flower (yellow) and Fendler's Ceanothus (white) were arranged in a pleasing way on Flagstaff Mountain, near Boulder.
Thanks to Bill Bowman for identifying Fendler's Ceanothus.
Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca. A lifer for me. Taken at the wetland in Seabourne Creek Nature Park, on my first Bird Hike with the Texas Master Naturalists Coastal Prairie Chapter. The group leader identified an enormous number of birds, and I got a few nice photos. The hikes are now on hiatus until "next year"; ie, the fall migration season. Dog years last 7, Bird years go a lot faster!
18 May 2021; 08:15 CDT
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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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...!
this texture which I have identified in my "overlay vault" as from 'anji one' - does not appear to be listed in flickr currently. if that is in error, please let me know so I can credit her properly.
the hybrid is her fabulous texture crossed with a small section of my charming parrot tulip.
update: anji one is alive and well!
www.flickr.com/photos/anjijohnston/3127641362/in/set-7215...
Badlands National Park, South Dakota
This is another re-edit of an old photo that I like.
Tyree Basin is named for the Tyree family who homesteaded in the basin in 1909 - just 20 years after South Dakota became a state. Twin boys were born to the Tyree family there in 1916. Eugene died at birth, but Howard lived another 88 years. In 1954 Howard found his twin brother's grave. It was marked only by a pile of rocks on a hill. Howard left a bottle there in the rocks to identify the site. In the 1960's a scout troop came out and placed a marker and built a fence around the grave. The main visitors to the grave site are bison. Over the years the bison have damaged the original fence and so the National Park Service fixed the original fence and built a barbed wire fence around the grave site to protect it. When Howard died, he was cremated and his ashes were brought here to be with his twin brother's remains. The Badlands did not become a National Park until 1978.
I came out here to do a hiking loop through the Badlands. I had seen the grave marked on the USGS map and made my way to it as part of my hike because I thought that a grave within a National Park was a highly unusual thing. I was not aware of the history until later. This photo was taken a few miles north of the grave site on the evening of a really spectacular sunset.
Olympus OMD EM-10 with Olympus 17mm f1.8
2023 Nebraska State Fair - 3rd Place - Sunrises, sunsets, weather
You can identify this specific butterfly as a female because it features two distinct black spots near the middle of its forewing. Males of this species possess only a single spot.
Although identifying speakers in these weeping poems is tenuous at best, I am suspicious of commentators who do not want a weeping God, a poetic character with human-like emotions. Perhaps such a God may not appear godly or macho enough. Perhaps a weeping deity is too vulnerable. But a weeping God, like an angry one, arises from human experience to name the One beyond every name. Half a century ago, Rabbi Abraham Heschel rightly insisted that the God of Israel is not a Greek deity of stoic power and unchangeableness but a fluid being filled with pathos and emotionally engaged in the life of the people.
-Jeremiah PAIN AND PROMISE, Kathleen M. O’Connor
Jardín, Antioquia, Colombia
The spectacularly bizarre Andean Cock-of-the-rock is perhaps the most popularly recognized bird of the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains.
Distributed from Venezuela to Bolivia in the Andes, this species is readily identified by its fan-shaped crest and brilliant orange plumage. Males spend much of their time displaying at leks, where they jump up and down on particular branches and utter low, guttural croaks. The name is derived from their preference for rocks and ledges as substrates for their mud cup nests.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...
The Greylag Goose (Anser anser) is the largest and bulkiest of the wild geese native to the UK and Europe. As the ancestor of most domestic geese, it is a familiar sight across wetlands, farmlands, and urban parks.
Key Characteristics
Appearance:
They are identified by their mottled grey-brown plumage, large orange bills, and distinctively pink legs. In flight, they show pale grey forewings that contrast with darker feathers.
Behaviour:
Highly sociable and gregarious, they often form large flocks. However, they become territorial and aggressive during the nesting season.
Diet:
Primarily herbivores, they graze on grasses, roots, cereal leaves, and spilled grain. They are often seen in fields alongside cattle or sheep.
Voice:
They possess a loud, deep "honking" call similar to domestic geese, described as a nasal cackling.
Populations and Distribution
In the UK, two distinct groups exist:
Resident/Feral Birds:
Mostly found in the south, these are often semi-tame and live on gravel pits and reservoirs year-round.
Migratory Wild Birds:
Truly wild populations breed in Scotland and are joined in winter by large flocks migrating from Iceland.
An unnamed flower ( later identified as white clover) as spotted on trek to Nandadevi East Basecamp trek in Kumaun Himalayas, India
Difficult birds to identify unless they are heard and this one never made a sound. I was thinking Least Flycatcher but the eye ring doesn't seem bold enough.
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.
An Indochinese Roller. There are many of them around my place at Koh Samui/Thailand.
Thanks a lot to Jeff Stoltzfus for his help to identify this blue beauty!
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Also known as the Indian Black-lored Tit, this is a vibrant, small passerine bird belonging to the Paridae family. A resident bird endemic to the Indian subcontinent, this is often sighted in open tropical forests across much of India.
Measuring around 13 cm in length, this bird is easily identified by its striking plumage. These are active foragers, often seen darting through the forest canopy in search of insects, spiders, and occasional fruits. They are also quite vocal, frequently calling out and singing - the call too is easy to identify. During the breeding season, they nest in tree cavities—often utilizing abandoned woodpecker or barbet holes—where the female lays a clutch of three to five red-spotted white eggs. Known to be dedicated parents, they are also famously defensive, often hissing when their nest is disturbed.
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Los identifico como elegans por el pincho que sobresale debajo del pronoto del macho.
Si no hace aire y eligen una percha atractiva puede resultar una foto que me guste.
Fotograma completo adaptado a formato 4x3
En el Hondo. San Felipe Neri (Alicante) España
I identify them as elegans by the protruding spike below the male's pronotum.
If it's not windy and they choose an attractive hanger, it can be a photo that I like.
Full frame adapted to 4x3 format
In the Deep. San Felipe Neri (Alicante) Spain
Stomorhina subapicalis
Family: Rhiniidae
Order: Diptera
tony_d had the following information about identifying this species:
"Stomorhina subapicalis by the following combination: wing cell r4+5 open at wing margin; wing with apical spot; mesopleura with distinct bristle dots; and mesopleura without undusted section above mid leg insertion."
Identification Tips
To identify the lesser kestrel, look for the absence of dark talons, a feature unique to this species, with their talons being a distinctive whitish-horn colour. However, this is only noticeable at very close range. The male's lack of dark spotting on the back and the absence of a black malar stripe are also key identification markers.
The female and young birds are paler than their common kestrel counterparts, and their call—a harsh "chay-chay-chay"—is distinct from the common kestrel's "kee-kee-kee."
Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) male breeding EX Spain_9277