A male Barred Owl hugs up next to a tree.

📍Twin Cities area, Minnesota, US

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A very cute Northern Saw-Whet Owl that I got to photograph on a guided tour.

📍Twin Cities area, Minnesota, US

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A young Moose resting just off the local trail. Taken with my phone.

📍Gilpin County, Colorado, US

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Violet-Crowned Hummingbird. This is the specialty bird of Tucson Bird Alliance's Paton Center for Hummingbirds; it is rare in most other US locations. It is a challenging photo subject, too.

📍Patagonia, Arizona, US

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Phainopepla, the "goth cardinal", actually one of the mostly tropical silky flycatchers.

📍Tucson Bird Alliance's Paton Center for Hummingbirds, Patagonia, Arizona, US

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Western Wood-Pewee

📍Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado, US

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American Coot looking proud of its chicks.

📍Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado, US

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A Burrowing Owl takes a short flight.

📍Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado, USA

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#nature #naturephotography

This Marbled Godwit was an unexpected find!

📍Lake Cochise, Willcox, Arizona, USA

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Signal Hill petroglyphs.

📍Saguaro National Park, Arizona, USA

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Winter Wren visitimg our area. Such a warm brown.

📍Golden, Colorado, USA

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A Sandhill Crane, to illustrate a trip to the 2025 Monte Vista Crane Festival.

📍Monte Vista, Colorado, USA

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First False Spring is over. Colorado home at 9500 feet.

My copy of Monnierara Millenium Magic 'Witchcraft', one of the blackest orchids ever bred. This hybrid is winner of an AOS First Class Certificate.

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Kestrel pair, with the female in full wingspread.

📍Barr Lake State Park, Colorado, USA

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Evening Grosbeak at home.

📍Gilpin County, Colorado, USA

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Juniper Titmouse

📍Kingston, New Mexico, USA

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"Rock Cut Storms" - Long's Peak and Rock Cut are lit by low sunlight as storms darken the sky.

📍Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA

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"The Forest Shattered" - petrified logs dot the landscape.

📍Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA

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Scarlet-Rumped Tanager

📍Bosque del Cabo, Osa, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica

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"Goblins Assemble At Sunset" - Goblin Valley provides unique opportunities to explore among slightly larger than human-sized sandstone hoodoos.

📍Goblin Valley State Park, Utah, USA

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Stripe-Tailed Hummingbird

📍Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Preserve, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica

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Western Meadowlark sings his heart out.

📍Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado, USA

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Moose Falls, a quick roadside stop in Yellowstone.

📍Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

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Metate Arch — a wind-carved, accessibly sized wonder.

📍Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA

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Colorado's state bird, the Lark Bunting.

📍Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado, USA

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Cala Lilies along the Oregon coast. These are escaped, growing wild.

📍Oregon, USA

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It's never too late for a superb owl. Great Horned Owl.

📍Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado, USA

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Violet Sabrewing, one of the world's largest hummingbirds, shows its more subtle colors.

📍Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Preserve, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica

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