An orca, part of the transients Pod 123, makes her way through the San Juan Islands in Washington Sp. Orcinus orca
A mother junco brings a dragonfly back for her young Sp. Junco hyemalis
Greater yellowlegs
Red breasted sapsucker
Snow geese flock on their spring migration in southern Nebraska Sp. Anser caerulescens
A Sandhill crane watches over the group searching for remnants in a cornfield. Hundreds of thousands of Sandhill cranes migrate through central Nebraska every spring on their way north to the Arctic Circle. Sp. Antigone canadensis
A mother pronghorn watches over her two fawns in central Colorado Sp. Antilocapra americana
Northern shoveler
A pika attempts to evade me near a high alpine lake in central Colorado Sp. Ochotona princeps
A juveline male Anna's hummingbird watches his human subjects while perched on the patio lights Sp. Calypte anna
A great blue heron stalks fish in the pond at Sapsucker Woods near Ithaca, New York Sp. Ardea herodias
Red efts are the juvenile forms of the Eastern red-spotted newt. The efts are the land-dwelling life stage of these creatures and are often bright orange spots on the autumn forest floor. Sp. Notophthalmus viridescens
A painted turtle sits on a moss covered log in a pond at Sapsucker Woods near Ithaca, New York Sp. Chrysemys picta
Sandhill cranes spar in a cornfield at sunset in central Nebraska Sp. Antigone canadensis
A large flock of Sandhill cranes takes flight after being scared by a dog running through the cornfield in central Nebraska Sp. Antigone canadensis
A small group of Sandhill cranes flies past the moon during their spring migration through central Nebraska Sp. Antigone canadensis
