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Common Rabbit - young - two kissing with pink background


Yellow-rumped Warbler


Yellow Warbler


Yellow-bellied Sapsucker


White-throated Sparrow


White-tailed Deer


White-tailed Deer


White-tailed Deer


Wood Thrush


Winter Wren - in spring


White-faced Ibis


Worm-eating Warbler - in spring


Virginia Rail


Virginia Rail


Virginia Rail


Virginia Rail


Tufted Titmouse


Tufted Titmouse


Tufted Titmouse


Tree Swallow


Tree Swallow


American Tree Sparrow


Tennessee Warbler


Tennessee Warbler


Tennessee Warbler


Tennessee Warbler


Tricolored Heron


Swainson's Thrush


Swainson's Thrush


Song Sparrow


Song Sparrow


Song Sparrow


Song Sparrow


Wilson's Snipe - with worm in beak


Wilson's Snipe


Striped Skunk


Savannah Sparrow


Rock Pigeon


Red-eyed Vireo - on breeding territory in spring


Red-eyed Vireo


Red-eyed Vireo


Red-eyed Vireo


Red-eyed Vireo


Red Fox


Red Fox


Red Fox


Red Fox


England - Aerial view, Heart Orchard, near Huish Hill


Gentoo Penguin - pair 'holding hands' in the snow


Gentoo Penguin - pair 'holding hands' in the snow with pink heart


Daffodil variety 'Medusa'


Leatherjacket (larva of cranefly)


Money spider - male with large palps


Snail-eating beetle


Common flatback millipede on bark


Cylindrical millipede walking over twig


Cylindrical millipede walking


Cylindrical millipede rolled into a spiral as defensive posture


24-spot ladybird


24-spot ladybird


Common Mining Bee (female) - Dorsal view showing wing venation


Common Mining Bee (female)


Common Mining Bee (female)


Blue tit - inspecting RSPB nestbox


Sign - 'Removal of stones is a criminal offence'


Common Javanese Leaf Insect - 'Face' view


Common Javanese Leaf Insect - Close up view of head showing compound eye


Common Javanese Leaf Insect - Superb camouflage on leaves of Bramble


Common Javanese Leaf Insect - Superb camouflage on leaves of Bramble


Daffodil variety 'Sunrise'


Daffodil variety 'Scilly White'


Daffodil variety 'Golden Ducat'


Daffodil variety 'Fortune'


Tree slug


Tree slug


Tree slug


New Zealand Flatworm - eating an earthworm


New Zealand Flatworm - eating an earthworm


New Zealand Flatworm - catching an earthworm


New Zealand Flatworms - mating pair


New Zealand Flatworms - mating pair


New Zealand Flatworm


New Zealand Flatworm - Coiled on a leaf


New Zealand Flatworm


New Zealand Flatworm


European Brown Bear - den


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


Herring Gull - drinking


Herring Gull - drinking


Wolverine


Great Spotted Woodpecker - looking for food


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


Raven


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


Raven


Redstart - male


Forest & lake


Siskin - male


European Brown Bear


Redstart - female


Great Spotted Woodpecker - looking for food


European Brown Bear


Wolverine


European Brown Bear


Forest


Redstart - female


Redstart - male


Siskin - male


European Brown Bear


Great Spotted Woodpecker


Wolverine


Great Spotted Woodpecker - on bird feeder


Wolverine


Siskin


Redstart - male


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear - with collar


European Wolf


Swallow - feeding young


Swallow - feeding young


Raven


Raven


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear - with collar


European Brown Bear


European Brown Bear


Swallow -x3


Bird Nesting Box


Swallow - young


Swallow - in flight feeding young


Raven


Swallow - in flight feeding young


Raven


Raven


Raven


Forest


Raven


Herring Gull - drinking


Pied Flycatcher - at nest in a White Birch Tree ( Betula verrucosa)


Wolverine


Wolverine


Wolverine


Wolverine


Wolverine


Raven - fighting over nest material


Raven


Pied Flycatcher - at the nest in White Birch Tree ( Betula verrucosa )


Pied Flycatcher - at nest in White Birch Tree ( Betula verrucosa )


Wolverine


Wolverine


Wolverine


Wolverine


Finland - Forest & lake


Lava from Karthala Volcano


European Brown Bear - droppings


Great Japanese Dog (American Akita)


Rabbit


Rabbit


Rabbit


Rabbit


Rabbit 7-8 days


Cassava / Manioc


Finland - Forest


Cuckoo


Great Japanese Dog (American Akita)


Rabbit - 7-8 days old


Rabbit


Barbary Macaque - baby


Rabbit


Rabbit


Mangrove


Rabbit


Lava Flow


Grand Comore Island


Coconi Quarry


Iles Choazil


Fish Farming


Mangrove - colonisation onto sandy beach


Deforestation


La Grande Comore


Baobab Tree


Baobab Tree


Mangrove


Baobab Tree


Mayotte Island Indian Ocean


Plage de Moya, Mayotte Island, Indian Ocean.


Choungui, Mayotte Island, Indian Ocean


Mayotte Island - Choungui


Mayotte Island Indian Ocean.


Mayotte Island - mangrove


Mayotte Island - Volcano


Mayotte Island - North West


Mayotte - little white sand Island


Ylang Ylang Tree - distillation


African Tulip-Tree


Ylang Ylang Tree - harvesting


Ylang Ylang Tree - flower


Sea / Green Turtle


Sea / Green Turtle


Sea / Green Turtle


Sea / Green Turtle


Sea / Green Turtle


Sea / Green Turtle


Ylang Ylang Tree - Distillation


Sea / Green Turtle


Sea / Green Turtle


Sea / Green Turtle


Sea / Green Turtle


Sea / Green Turtle


Sea / Green Turtle - baby hatchling held in hand


Ylang Ylang Tree - flowers


Barn Owl


Sea / Green Turtle - laying eggs


Recycling - installing car tyres to stop erosion


Tacamaca & Manguier Plantation - forestry commission (DAF)


Sea / Green Turtle - baby hatchlings


Centipede


Mayotte Island Indian Ocean


Sea / Green Turtle - baby hatchlings


Centipede


Sea / Green Turtle - baby hatchling


Centipede


Centipede


Java Olive


Sea / Green Turtle - baby hatchlings


Centipede


Fruit Bat


Sea / Green Turtle - baby hatchlings


Centipede


Sea / Green Turtle - baby hatchling


Sea / Green Turtle - baby hatchling


Fruit Bat


Fruit Bat


Fruit Bat


Fruit Bat


Fruit Bat


Fruit Bat


Fruit Bat


Fruit Bat


Fruit Bat


Green Turtle - laying eggs


Green Turtle - laying eggs


Green Turtle - laying eggs


Green Turtle - laying eggs


Green Turtle - laying eggs


Green Turtle - laying eggs


Green Turtle - laying eggs


Green Turtle - laying eggs


Green Turtle - laying eggs


Green Turtle - laying eggs


Green Turtle - laying eggs


Green Turtle - laying eggs


Green Turtle - laying eggs


Spider - on web


Tropical Almond Tree - with Orchid (Acampe pachyglossa)


Tropical Almond Tree - with Orchid (Acampe pachyglossa)


Fish Farm - Yellowfin Croaker (Umbrina sp.)


Sand Worms


Spider - on web


Fish Farm - Yellowfin Croaker (Umbrina sp.)


Secondary Forest


Mayotte Island - north west, Indian Ocean.


Ombrine Fish


Monarch Butterfly


Pandanus sp .


Mayotte


Ombrine Fish


Ombrine Fish


Sand Worms


Spider


Sand Worms


Ombrine Fish - being weighed


Gold dust day gecko


Tree Snake - male


Cobia Fish


Tree Snake - male


Tree Snake - male


Mayotte Local Market


Brown Lemur


Green Sea Turtle - being measured for scientific research & study


Brown Lemur


Brown Lemur


Tree Snake - female


Tree Snake - male


Tree Snake - female


Tree Snake - female


Local Market


Ombrine Fish - in buckets


Tree Snake - female


Brown Lemur


Brown Lemur


Local Market


Red Drum Fish - Mayotte aquaculture


Mountain Goat - surveys his mountain world high in the Northern Rockies, autumn


Rocky Mountain Elk - Winter.


Upper Waterfowl Lake reflecting Mount Chephren, Summer


Mule / black-tailed Deer - bucks in Autumn. Snow is common in late September-October.


Rocky Mountain Elk - Bull in evening, early winter.


Canada - Sunwapta Peak (in Jasper NP) from along Icefields Parkway in October.


Canada - Mount Temple near Lake Louise on left Rocky mountains, Sunset from Bow River Valley.


Rocky Mountain Elk / Wapiti- Bull in Canadian Rockies, Winter.


USA - Lupins and view of Mount Olympus from High Divide, Summer.


Canada - Bow lake, Crowfoot Glacier, Morning, Summer


Mountain Goats - grazing in alpine meadow.


Moraine Lake in Valley of the Ten Peaks


Canada - Pyramid Mountain, winter.


Bow Lake, Crowfoot Mountain and Glacier


Subalpine meadow dotted with Subalpine firs, September.


Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks


Fog in the Olympic Mountains


Black-tail Deer - buck in alpine meadow covered with bistort flowers, summer.


coastal scene during low tide


Seastacks at 2nd beach, from Lapush, at sunset.


Olympic National Park coastal scene during low tide.


Rain Forest - moss covered Sitka Spruce Trees


Black-tailed Deer - in temperate rain forest.


Elwha River between Lake Mills and Lake Aldwell,


Grizzly Bear - sow with cub, June


Mount Kerkeslin & Athabasca River


Black-tailed Deer - fawn in subalpine meadow, summer


Black-tailed Deer - doe walking along Olympic National Park beach


Spirit Island in Summer


Giant Swallowtail Butterfly - flying


Clouded Sulphur Butterfly / Common Sulphur - flying.


Giant Swallowtail Butterfly - in flight, about to land and nectar on blossom.


Porcupine - chewing on old deer antler, means of adding minerals to diet.


Wanderer / MONARCH / Milkweed Butterfly - on coneflower in field of wildflowers.


Collared Lizard - Female, basking


The Temple of Sinawava


The Temple of Sinawava


Claret Cup Cactus


Claret Cup Cactus


Zion Slickrock Paintbrush


Zion Slickrock Paintbrush


Pinyon Pine - Solitary pine tree on top of an isolated sandstone rock.


Pinyon Pine - Solitary pine tree on top of an isolated sandstone rock.


White Sands in the Tularosa Basin


White Sands in the Tularosa Basi


White Sands in the Tularosa Basin


Skunkbush Sumac - a woody plant that flourish in the dune field.


White Sands in the Tularosa Basin


White Sands in the Tularosa Basin


White Sands in the Tularosa Basin


White Sands in the Tularosa Basin


White Sands in the Tularosa Basin


The Wave, North Coyote Buttes


The Wave, naturally carved in beautiful red and yellow striated soft Navajo sandstone.


The Wave, naturally carved in beautiful red and yellow striated soft Navajo sandstone.


The Wave, naturally carved in beautiful red and yellow striated soft Navajo sandstone.


Rock wall at the North Coyote Buttes


Detail of a rock wall at the North Coyote Buttes


Detail of the rock wall at The Wave, naturally carved in beautiful red and yellow striated soft Navajo sandstone.


The Wave, a breathtaking work of art, naturally carved in beautiful red and yellow striated soft Navajo sandstone.


Beautiful red and yellow striated Navajo sandstone at the North Coyote Buttes


Beautiful red and yellow striated Navajo sandstone at the North Coyote Buttes


Beautiful red and yellow striated Navajo sandstone at the North Coyote Buttes.


Beautiful red and yellow striated Navajo sandstone at the North Coyote Buttes


Tiny desert plants grow on the soft sandstone rock


A Balanced Rock is created by softer rock which erodes away, leaving overhangs of hard rock.


Valley of the Gods, Utah, USA.


Valley of the Gods, Utah, USA.


Giant Saguaro - Masses of Saguaro in the low-lying part of the Ajo Mountain Drive.


Organ Pipe Cactus and Giant Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea).


Organ Pipe Cactus and Giant Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea)


Organ Pipe Cactus


Organ Pipe Cactus


Structural forms in the sand against the background of a sandstone mesa in the southern part of the Monument Valley.


The Totem Pole in the southeastern part of the Monument Valley.


Yei Bi Chei and Totem Pole (on the right) rock formations in the southeastern part of the Monument Valley


Rock engraving probably of Anazasi origin in the Mystery Valley, which is a side valley of the Monument Valley.


sandstone buttes and pinnacles of rock in the Monument Valley, seen from the North Window.


sandstone buttes and pinnacles of rock in the Monument Valley, seen from the North Window.


Monument Valley's long straight road (US 163) leading across flat desert towards sandstone buttes and pinnacles of rock


Monument Valley's long straight road (US 163) leading across flat desert towards sandstone buttes and pinnacles of rock.


Monument Valley's the long straight road (US 163) leading across flat desert towards sandstone buttes and pinnacles of rock.


View through Teardrop Arch of the sandstone buttes and rock pinnacles of the Monument Valley


Sandstone buttes and pinnacles


West Mitten Butte


West Mitten Butte and East Mitten Butte at dawn


Rock formation in the Monument Valley


The shadow of West Mitten Butte crawls up East Mitten Butte


West Mitten, East Mitten and Merrick Butte


West Mitten Butte (on the left) and Merrick Butte


West Mitten Butte


Cliff Palace is the largest Anasazi cliff dwelling to survive anywhere


Cliff Palace is the largest Anasazi cliff dwelling to survive anywhere


Cliff Palace is the largest Anasazi cliff dwelling to survive anywhere.


Cliff Palace


Visitors on a guided tour at the fabulous Cliff Palace, the largest Anasazi cliff dwelling to survive anywhere.


Erosion - Toadstool, also called Hoodoo, in the Paria River Rimrock area near the US-89 highway.


Erosion - Toadstools, also called Hoodoos, in the Paria River Rimrock area near the US-89 highway.


Erosion - Toadstools, also called Hoodoos, in the Paria River Rimrock area near the US-89 highway.


Erosion - Toadstools, also called Hoodoos, in the Paria River Rimrock area near the US-89 highway


Erosion - toadstools, also called Hoodoos, in the Paria River Rimrock area near the US-89 highway


Copper Ore


Soaptree Yucca - Utilized for soap, food and to construct baskets by Native Americans.


Soaptree Yucca - Utilized for soap, food and to construct baskets by Native Americans.


Soaptree Yucca - Utilized for soap, food and to construct baskets by Native Americans


Soaptree Yucca - Utilized for soap, food and to construct baskets by Native Americans


Huachuca Agave


Pincushion Cactus


Baja / San Lucan Rock Lizard - Male


Baja / San Lucan Rock Lizard - Male


Baja / San Lucan Rock Lizard - Male


Baja / San Lucan Rock Lizard - Male


Baja / San Lucan Rock Lizard - Male


Black-tailed Prairie Dog


White-nosed Coati


White-nosed Coati


White-nosed Coati


Bobcat


Grey Fox


Bobcat


Margay


Margay


Ocelot


Mountain Lion / Puma / Cougar


Mountain Lion / Puma / Cougar


Mountain Lion / Puma / Cougar


Mountain Lion / Puma / Cougar


Boulders of rock in the Chiricahua Mountains


Sandstone rock in the Lower Antelope Canyon, probably the most famous "slot canyon" in the Southwest.


Sandstone rock in the Lower Antelope Canyon, probably the most famous "slot canyon" in the Southwest.


Sandstone rock in the Lower Antelope Canyon, probably the most famous "slot canyon" in the Southwest.


Sandstone rock in the Lower Antelope Canyon, probably the most famous "slot canyon" in the Southwest


Sandstone rock in the Lower Antelope Canyon, probably the most famous "slot canyon" in the Southwest.


Sandstone rock in the Upper Antelope Canyon, probably the most famous "slot canyon" in the Southwest.


Sandstone rock in the Upper Antelope Canyon, probably the most famous "slot canyon" in the Southwest.


sandstone rock in the Upper Antelope Canyon, probably the most famous "slot canyon" in the Southwest.


Sandstone rock in the Upper Antelope Canyon, probably the most famous "slot canyon" in the Southwest.


Delicate Arch probably is the most famous sandstone rock sculpture in the Arches National Park


USA - Grand Canyon with Colorado River


View of the eastern Grand Canyon from one of the view points along the Desert View Drive (East Rim Drive) at the South Rim


View of the eastern Grand Canyon from one of the view points along the Desert View Drive (East Rim Drive) at the South Rim


View of the eastern Grand Canyon from one of the view points along the Desert View Drive (East Rim Drive) at the South Rim


View of the eastern Grand Canyon from Desert View at the South Rim


View of the eastern Grand Canyon from Mather Point at the South Rim in the last light of the evening


View of the Grand Canyon from the Rim Trail at the South Rim


View of the Grand Canyon from Hermit Road (West Rim Drive) at the South Rim.


View of the Grand Canyon from Hermit Road (West Rim Drive) at the South Rim.


USA - Grand Canyon and Colorado River


White-winged Dove - Sitting on the nest which is well protected by the spines of a Giant Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea).


White-winged Dove - Sitting on the nest which is well protected by the spines of a Giant Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea).


Giant Saguaro, Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) and Engelmann's Prickly Pear (Opuntia engelmannii)


Giant Saguaro - The "Crested Saguaro" is a rarity in nature and its cause is unknown.


Giant Saguaro - With buds and flowers


Giant Saguaro - Buds and flower


Giant Saguaro - With buds and flowers


Giant Saguaro - With buds and flowers


Giant Saguaro - Symbol of the American Southwest and indicator of the Sonoran Desert. At dusk.


Giant Saguaro - Symbol of the American Southwest and indicator of the Sonoran Desert. At dusk.


Giant Saguaro - Symbol of the American Southwest and indicator of the Sonoran Desert.


Giant Saguaro - Symbol of the American Southwest and indicator of the Sonoran Desert.


Giant Saguaro - Symbol of the American Southwest and indicator of the Sonoran Desert.


Giant Saguaro - Symbol of the American Southwest and indicator of the Sonoran Desert.


Giant Saguaro - Symbol of the American Southwest and indicator of the Sonoran Desert.


Giant Saguaro - Symbol of the American Southwest and indicator of the Sonoran Desert.


Giant Saguaro - Symbol of the American Southwest and indicator of the Sonoran Desert.


Giant Saguaro - Symbol of the American Southwest and indicator of the Sonoran Desert. In the evening with moon.


Giant Saguaro - Symbol of the American Southwest and indicator of the Sonoran Desert.


Giant Saguaro - Symbol of the American Southwest and indicator of the Sonoran Desert.


Giant Saguaro - Symbol of the American Southwest and indicator of the Sonoran Desert.


Giant Saguaro - Symbol of the American Southwest and indicator of the Sonoran Desert.


Giant Saguaro - Symbol of the American Southwest and indicator of the Sonoran Desert.


Giant Saguaro - Symbol of the American Southwest and indicator of the Sonoran Desert. At sunset.


Western Diamondback Rattlesnake


Engelmann's Prickly Pear - The flowers of this cactus bloom only for one day.


Desert Prickly Pear - The flowers of this cactus bloom only for one day.


Desert Prickly Pear - The flowers of this cactus bloom only for one day.


Desert Prickly Pear - The flowers of this cactus bloom only for one day.


Gilded Flicker - Foraging for nectar at the flower of a Giant Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea).


Gilded Flicker - Foraging for nectar at the flower of a Giant Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea).


Gilded Flicker - Foraging for nectar at the flower of a Giant Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea).


Gambel's Quail - Male in the evening on a dead Giant Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea), calling for a female.


Cactus Wren - On the lookout on a Giant Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea).


Cactus Wren - On the lookout on a Giant Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea).


Cactus Wren - Building a nest in a Chain Fruit Cholla (Opuntia fulgida, cactus family).


Cactus Wren - Building a nest in a Chain Fruit Cholla (Opuntia fulgida, cactus family).


Cactus Wren - At the entrance to its nest which is built in a Chain Fruit Cholla (Opuntia fulgida, cactus family).


Fremont cottonwood - at the end of March


Fremont cottonwood - at the end of March


The Navajo Fortress, a prominent rock face that divides Canyon del Muerto (left) from Black Rock Canyon.


Spiders Rock is an 800-foot sandstone rock pinnacle at the junction of Canyon de Chelly and Monument Canyon.


Erosion by water created this sequence of little pools in the sandstone


Pattern in a sandstone rock wall in the Canyon de Chelly.


The White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Navajo Nation, Arizona, USA.


Pattern in a sandstone rock wall in the Canyon de Chelly.


Pattern at the rim of a sandstone rock wall in the Canyon de Chelly.


The White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Navajo Nation, Arizona, USA.


The White House Ruin Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Navajo Nation, Arizona, USA.


The White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Navajo Nation, Arizona, USA.


Pinnacles of limestone rock (so-called hoodoos) and eroding fins


Pinnacles of limestone rock (so-called hoodoos) and eroding fins


Pinnacle