A Northern bobwhite in the grass. The bobwhite is looking left in the photo and is in the middle of plant growth on the ground. The bird is plump and mostly brown. It has a short, curved beak which is brown at the end and white at the base. The feathers on the top of its head are a reddish-brown and are standing up like a crest. It has a large black eye with a thin white eye ring. Behind the eye is a curved white line. The feathers on the rest of the body are mixed between a reddish brown and grey.

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A giant swallowtail butterfly on a green leaf. It is facing upward. The butterfly is mostly black, with a line of yellow markings stretching all the way across its outstretched wings. There is a curved line of these yellow markings running from the top of the forewing all along the bottom of the hindwings. The head is black with two large black eyes and two thin white lines stretching from between the eyes toward the dark thorax. Its abdomen is also yellow, which can be seen between the two wings. A small patch of black or dark blue with a slight red line across it can be seen just above the curved yellow on the hindwing right at the center. There are two tails extending from the hindwings which are black with a yellow spot toward the tip.

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