One of many.

Swimming.

In flight.

Male in first photo and female in second photo.

Nucifraga columbiana. Please acknowledge any use of this photo: Andy Jones, Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

Joe Overstreet Landing, Osceola Co., FL January 18, 2016

Male

Medium-sized butterfly, colored as shown. Sipping nectar from willow catkins at the very edge of the creek. Map location highly approximate.

First of these I have seen, guessing at the ID. It was in the tree above the bridge crossing the creek.

Offshore--San Francisco County Waters, California, US

Gran guacamaya

Lark Bunting
Calamospiza melanocorys
male
Pawnee National Grasslands
Weld Co., Colorado
5 June 2007

Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA.

Male, migrating through the Middle Rio Grande Valley.

great day of bird photography

Cardinal Flower
Public Access North Lake
Mississippi River
Prairie Island, Minnesota

Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
Bear River NWR,
Box Elder Co., Utah
11 June 2007

Photo taken on foggy day I think .

In leaf litter that was partly removed for photo .

From past files . I like this photo so I am posting it .

In Contra Costa County .

This individual was crossing a road soon as darkness fell .

A lifer, and an absolute stunner of a bird.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
South Padre Island,
Cameron Co., Texas
24 April 2009

Kellner15030

C. Kellner, S. Whelan, M. Murphy, S. Louis

default Phenology: Flowering, # of Plants: 11-100, Habitat where found: Forest, Serpentine: no

male

Gangwon

Five River Otters, probably siblings, maybe with their mom, were playing, cuddling, rough-housing and rolling around on the dock.

saw 3 large ones