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  • Several empty shells, most prominently oysters, lay among barnacle-covered rocks on the beach at Birch Bay State Park in Birch Bay, Washington.
    WA_Birch-Bay_Empty-Shells_0498.jpg
  • A log on the beach at Oyster Bay on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, is full of holes, likely drilled by clams that settled into the wood during their larvae stage.
    Driftwood_Holes_Oyster-Bay_Vancouver...jpg
  • A northern harrier (Circus cyaneus) flies low over a field near Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Northern harriers frequently fly low over fields and marshes in search of small birds and mammals, which they catch with a sudden pounce.
    Harrier-Northern_Boundary-Bay_5278.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0964.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1028.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0973.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0995.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1049.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1018.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0977.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1014.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1045.jpg
  • Millions of microscopic organisms called dinoflagellates briefly emit a blue light when they are disturbed in the calm waters of Mosquito Bay on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Mosquito Bay — also known as Puerto Mosquito, Caño Hondo and Bahía Bioluminiscente — is the brightest bioluminescent bay in the world with 2.4 million dinoflagellates per gallon of water at the time of this image. The dinoflagellates in Mosquito Bay are Pyrodinium bahamense and are a type of plankton, a subgroup of algae, that are found in Atlantic seawater warmer than 68 °F (20 °C). Mosquito Bay has a number of features that allow these dinoflagellates to exist in record concentrations. First, the bay has a very narrow opening to the Caribbean Sea, so when they are washed into the bay, they tend to get stuck. Mosquito Bay is also lined with mangrove trees, which provide abundant food for the dinoflagellates as they decompose.
    Puerto-Rico_Vieques_Mosquito-Bay_Bio...jpg
  • A juvenile sora (Porzana carolina) steps onto a lily pad to forage for insects on Juanita Bay in Kirkland, Washington.
    Sora_Juvenile_Lily-Pads_Juanita-Bay_...jpg
  • A sora (Porzana carolina) forages for insects among the water lilies on Juanita Bay in Kirkland, Washington.
    Sora_Foraging_Juanita-Bay_0988.jpg
  • A juvenile sora (Porzana carolina) forages for insects on water lilies on Juanita Bay in Kirkland, Washington.
    Sora_Juvenile_Foraging_Juanita-Bay_3...jpg
  • A juvenile sora (Porzana carolina) forages for insects on water lilies on Juanita Bay in Kirkland, Washington.
    Sora_Juvenile_Foraging_Juanita-Bay_2...jpg
  • Several islands are visible along with Skagit Bay in this view from the summit of Mount Erie in Anacortes, Washington. From front to back, The Skagit Island Marine State Park, Hope Island, Deadman Island and Little Deadman Island are among the islands visible.
    WA_Mount-Erie_Skagit-Bay_Islands_893...jpg
  • Alameda Creek carves a path through a muddy delta to reach the San Francisco Bay near Oakland, California.
    CA_San-Francisco-Bay_Delta_Aerial_85...jpg
  • A sora (Porzana carolina) forages for insects among the water lilies on Juanita Bay in Kirkland, Washington.
    Sora_Foraging_Juanita-Bay_1217.jpg
  • A juvenile sora (Porzana carolina) forages for insects on water lilies on Juanita Bay in Kirkland, Washington.
    Sora_Juvenile_Foraging_Juanita-Bay_2...jpg
  • A common sand dollar (Echinarachnius parma) is visible in the shallow water of low tide on the beach at Birch Bay State Park, Birch Bay, Washington.
    WA_Birch-Bay_Sand-Dollar_0452.jpg
  • Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) shines in the twilight sky over Skagit Bay in this view from Camano Island, Washington. Comet NEOWISE is a long-period comet and its current orbital path will take about 6,800 years to complete. Its nucleus is about 3 miles (5 kilometers) across and is covered with sooty, dark particles left over from its formation near the birth of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
    Comet_Neowise_C2020F3_Skagit-Bay_851...jpg
  • Thousands of icebergs and ice sheets float on Ungava Bay as the winter ice begins to break up in this aerial view over Nuvavik, Quebec, Canada.
    Canada_Ungava-Bay_Ice_Aerial_6093.jpg
  • A sora (Porzana carolina) forages for insects among the water lilies on Juanita Bay in Kirkland, Washington.
    Sora_Foraging_Juanita-Bay_2662.jpg
  • A sora (Porzana carolina) forages for insects among the water lilies on Juanita Bay in Kirkland, Washington.
    Sora_Foraging_Juanita-Bay_2760.jpg
  • A Virginia rail (Rallus limicola) hunts in the mud along Juanita Bay in Kirkland, Washington.
    Rail-Virginia_Juanita-Bay_2935.jpg
  • Two raccons (Procyon lotor) forage at the edge of Carp Pond in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington.
    Raccoons_Pond_Union-Bay_6373.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash into the rugged coast at Lawa'i Bay in southern Kauai.
    Kauai-Lawai-Bay.jpg
  • The winter sea ice on James Bay in Canada begins to break up in late spring. James Bay is located at the southern end of the Hudson Bay in northern Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean.
    JamesBay_SeaIce_6133.jpg
  • Three snowy owls (Bubo scandiacus formerly Nyctea scandiaca) rest on an old stump along Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. The bay, located along border of the United States and Canada, is well south of the typical snowy owl range. Once or twice a decade, owls migrate farther south in an event known as an irruption. Irruptions happen when the snowy owl population is too large for the available food supply on the Arctic tundra.
    SnowyOwls_BoundaryBay_ThreeOnStump_6...jpg
  • A young harbor seal pup (Phoca vitulina) swims with its mother in Discovery Bay near the Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    HarborSeals_MotherAndPup_DiscoveryBa...jpg
  • Numerous icebergs are visible as the ice breaks up on James Bay in early summer. James Bay is located at the southern end of the Hudson Bay in northern Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean.
    ice_jamesbay.jpg
  • The sunrise lights up Eagle Falls which flows high above Emerald Bay and Lake Tahoe on the border of California and Nevada. Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the United States and the sixteenth deepest in the world, with a maximum depth of 1,645 feet (501 meters). The lake was formed by a fracture in the Earth's crust that resulted in the Sierra Nevada mountains and Carson Range (visible in the background).
    CA_LakeTahoe_EagleFalls_Sunrise_9457.jpg
  • Thousands of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) fly in tight formation over Skagit Bay, located in Skagit County, Washington.
    Sandpipers_Western_SkagitBay_Sunset_...jpg
  • A snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus formerly Nyctea scandiaca)  rests on driftwood during a rain storm at Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Snowy owls migrate that far south only once or twice a decade in a type of migration known as an irruption.
    SnowyOwl_BoundaryBay_Driftwood_Rain_...jpg
  • The sun sets behind the Olympic Mountains, coloring the sky above Skagit Bay in this view from Fir Island, Washington. Camano Island is visible on the left; Whidbey Island is visible on the right.
    WA_FirIsland_Sunset_5534.jpg
  • A tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) swims on Discovery Bay near Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Tufted puffins, also known as crested puffins, are the largest of the three types of puffins, with a wingspan of up to 25 inches (63.5 cm). They are found in the North Pacific, including southeastern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.
    Puffin_Tufted_Swimming_8977.jpg
  • A tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) swims on Discovery Bay near Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Tufted puffins, also known as crested puffins, are the largest of the three types of puffins, with a wingspan of up to 25 inches (63.5 cm). They are found in the North Pacific, including southeastern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.
    Puffin_Tufted_Swimming_8734.jpg
  • A large flock of dunlin (Calidris alpina) flies over waterfowl resting on the water of Skagit Bay off Fir Island near Mount Vernon, Washington.
    Dunlin_Flock_Flight_Fir-Island_0203.jpg
  • A tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) swims on Discovery Bay near Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Tufted puffins, also known as crested puffins, are the largest of the three types of puffins, with a wingspan of up to 25 inches (63.5 cm). They are found in the North Pacific, including southeastern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.
    Puffin_Tufted_Swimming_8979.jpg
  • A cloudy winter sunrise colors the sky over Boundary Bay, located near the United States/Canadian border in British Columbia, Canada. The San Juan Islands of Washington state are visible in the background.
    BC_BoundaryBay_StormySunrise_5672.jpg
  • A snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus, formerly Nyctea scandiaca) flies low over the coastline along Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Snowy owls, the largest birds to reside in the Arctic, rarely winter as far south as the Canadian/United States border, but do so once or twice a decade when the owl population is too large for the food supply in their usual winter range. These extended migrations are known as irruptions. Boundary Bay was the winter home for an especially large number of snowy owls during the winter 2011-2012 irruption.
    SnowyOwl_BoundaryBay_InFlight_5007.jpg
  • A tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) swims on Discovery Bay near Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Tufted puffins, also known as crested puffins, are the largest of the three types of puffins, with a wingspan of up to 25 inches (63.5 cm). They are found in the North Pacific, including southeastern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.
    Puffin_Tufted_Swimming_8953.jpg
  • A pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba) runs across Discovery Bay to take flight near the Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. This pigeon guillemot is displaying its breeding plumage; nonbreeding adults have mostly white heads.
    Guillemot_Pigeon_RunningOnWater_Disc...jpg
  • A Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) yawns from its perch along Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Normally found in the Arctic, Snowy Owls occasionally winter farther south when food is scarce or there is too much competition for food.
    SnowyOwl_BoundaryBay_Yawning_0973.jpg
  • A snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus formerly Nyctea scandiaca) rests on driftwood at Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Snowy owls migrate that far south only once or twice a decade in a type of migration known as an irruption.
    SnowyOwl_BoundaryBay_Driftwood_6038.jpg
  • A snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus formerly Nyctea scandiaca)  rests on driftwood during a rain storm at Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Snowy owls migrate that far south only once or twice a decade in a type of migration known as an irruption.
    SnowyOwl_BoundaryBay_Driftwood_Rain_...jpg
  • A whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) hunts for food in the rocks along McNeill Bay, located on Vancouver Island, Canada. While it has a long bill, it tends to feed more by picking and less by probing as other birds in its family do.
    Whimbrel_McNeillBay_7417.jpg
  • A large flock of dunlin (Calidris alpina) flies over waterfowl resting on the water of Skagit Bay off Fir Island near Mount Vernon, Washington.
    Dunlin_Flock_Flight_Fir-Island_1666.jpg
  • A male northern harrier (Circus cyaneus) hunts in a field near Boundary Bay, near the United States/Canadian border in British Columbia, Canada. Northern harriers often fly low over fields and marshes in search of small birds and mammals, which they catch with a sudden pounce.
    NorthernHarrier_Hunting_BoundaryBay_...jpg
  • Two snowy owls (Bubo scandiacus, formerly Nyctea scandiaca) rest together on a log near Boundary Bay, British Columbia, Canada. Snowy owls, like other owls, typically hunt at night and rest during the day. Snowy owls are rarely found as far south as the Canada/United States border, but do migrate that far once or twice a decade in a type of migration known as an irruption. Irruptions occur when the snowy owl population is too large for the food supply on the Arctic tundra, forcing them to spread out much farther than normal.
    SnowyOwls_BoundaryBay_TwoResting_440...jpg
  • Water racing over ripples on the beach at New Zealand's Molyneux Bay catch some of the fiery color of the sunrise. This beach is located on the south island of New Zealand near Kaka Point in the Catlins.
    NZ_MolyneuxBay_7722.jpg
  • A Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) flies over Boundary Bay in British Columbia, Canada. The Short-Eared Owl has one of the widest distributions of any bird, found on all continents except Australia and Antarctica.
    Owl_ShortEared_Flying_BoundaryBay_19...jpg
  • A Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) hunts for food by flying over a marsh near Boundary Bay in British Columbia, Canada. The Short-Eared Owl has one of the widest distributions of any bird; it is found on all continents except Australia and Antarctica.
    Owl_ShortEared_Hunting_BoundaryBay_1...jpg
  • A coyote (Canis latrans) scares off a flock of ducks while trying to catch one along Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Coyotes most often feed on small mammals, but they will eat birds, snakes and even fruit and vegetables when their usual food source is scarce.
    Coyote_ChasingDucks_BoundaryBay_4169.jpg
  • Several old growth trees, including western red cedar, stand above Woodard Bay near Olympia, Washington on a foggy morning.
    WA_WoodardBay_FoggyForest_6683.jpg
  • A large flock of snow geese fly over the Olympic Mountains and Skagit Bay in this view from the Skagit Wildlife Area in Washington state. Tens of thousands of snow geese winter in the Skagit River delta, located near Mount Vernon, Washington.
    SnowGeese_OlympicMountains_Sunset_07...jpg
  • A Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus), framed by gnarled driftwood, rests along Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Normally found in the Arctic, Snowy Owls occasionally winter farther south when food is scarce or there is too much competition for food.
    SnowyOwl_BoundaryBay_DriftwoodFramed...jpg
  • A Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) hunts for food by flying along the edge of Boundary Bay in British Columbia, Canada. The Short-Eared Owl has one of the widest distributions of any bird, found on all continents except Australia and Antarctica.
    Owl_ShortEared_FlyingMotion_Boundary...jpg
  • A juvenile northern harrier (Circus cyaneus) flies low over a field near Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Northern harriers frequently fly low over fields and marshes in search of small birds and mammals, which they catch with a sudden pounce.
    NorthernHarrier_JuvenileInFlight_Bou...jpg
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) feeds on a small shrimp it caught in the mudflats at Skagit Bay in Washington state.
    GreatBlueHeron_Feeding_Mudflats_3601.jpg
  • Water racing over ripples on the beach at New Zealand's Molyneux Bay catch some of the fiery color of the sunrise. This beach is located on the south island of New Zealand near Kaka Point in the Catlins.
    NZ_MolyneuxBay_7715.jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sits on its nest in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. For each brood, she usually lays two eggs, which need to be incubated for 16 days. The young birds will be with her in the nest for another two weeks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Union-Bay_393...jpg
  • A pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) feeds a piece of fish to its chick on a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington.
    Grebe-Pied-Billed_Mother-Chick_Feedi...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) feeds one of her babies as the other begs for food in her nest in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. Her chicks are just days old and do not yet open their eyes. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. Each brood usually consists of two chicks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Union...jpg
  • A pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) breaks off a piece of fish to feed its hungry chick on a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington.
    Grebe-Pied-Billed_Mother-Chick-Feedi...jpg
  • A pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) snuggles with one of her chicks on their nest on a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington.
    Grebe-Pied-Billed_Mother-Chick_Nest_...jpg
  • A pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) feeds a fish to its chick on a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington.
    Grebe-Pied-Billed_Mother-Chick-Feedi...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) feeds one of her babies as the other begs for food in her nest in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. Her chicks are just days old and do not yet open their eyes. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. Each brood usually consists of two chicks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Union...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sits on its nest in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. For each brood, she usually lays two eggs, which need to be incubated for 16 days. The young birds will be with her in the nest for another two weeks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Union-Bay_439...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sits on its nest in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. For each brood, she usually lays two eggs, which need to be incubated for 16 days. The young birds will be with her in the nest for another two weeks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Union-Bay_364...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sits on its nest in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. For each brood, she usually lays two eggs, which need to be incubated for 16 days. The young birds will be with her in the nest for another two weeks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Union-Bay_367...jpg
  • A pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) pulls a fish out of the water at a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington.
    Grebe-Pied-Billed_Fishing_Union-Bay_...jpg
  • A pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) mother swims with her chick on the water of a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington.
    Grebe-Pied-Billed_Mother-Chick-Swimm...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sits on the edge of her nest in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington, to feed her young, which are still hidden in the nest. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. For each brood, she usually lays two eggs, which need to be incubated for 16 days. The young birds will be with her in the nest for another two weeks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Union...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sits on its nest in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. For each brood, she usually lays two eggs, which need to be incubated for 16 days. The young birds will be with her in the nest for another two weeks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Union-Bay_380...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sits on its nest in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. For each brood, she usually lays two eggs, which need to be incubated for 16 days. The young birds will be with her in the nest for another two weeks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Union-Bay_409...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) sits on its nest in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. For each brood, she usually lays two eggs, which need to be incubated for 16 days. The young birds will be with her in the nest for another two weeks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Union-Bay_409...jpg
  • A pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) chick swims by itself on a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington.
    Grebe-Pied-Billed_Chick-Swimming_Uni...jpg
  • A pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) chick swims by itself on a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington.
    Grebe-Pied-Billed_Chick-Swimming_Uni...jpg
  • A pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) mother swims as one of her chicks rides along on her back on a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington.
    Grebe-Pied-Billed_Mother-Chick_Swimm...jpg
  • A pair of northern shovelers (Spatula clypeata) swim together on a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. Nothern shovelers are monogamous, forming bonds when they are on their wintering grounds and staying together until just before the fall migration. Northern shovelers are dabbling ducks that feed in shallow wetlands, using their distinctive spoon-shaped bills to scoop up and filter water to collect seeds, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates. The bird in the front is a male, or drake, in breeding plumage; behind him is a female, or hen.
    Shovelers-Northern_Pair_Union-Bay_15...jpg
  • Two northern shovelers (Spatula clypeata) raise their heads while swimming on a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. The two northern shovelers seen here are drakes, or males, in their breeding plumage. Northern shovelers feed in shallow wetlands, using their distinctive spoon-shaped bills to scoop up and filter water to collect seeds, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates.
    Shovelers-Northern_Drakes_Union-Bay_...jpg
  • A female Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) works on its nest on a branch in the forest of the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Union-Bay_178...jpg
  • The crescent moon is visible above the frozen surface of Lake Michigan just before sunrise over Tahquamenon Bay in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
    LakeSuperior_Frozen_Tahquamenon-Bay_...jpg
  • A northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) swims on a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. The northern shoveler seen here is a drake, or male, in his breeding plumage. Northern shovelers feed in shallow wetlands, using their distinctive spoon-shaped bills to scoop up and filter water to collect seeds, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates.
    Shoveler-Northern_Drake_Union-Bay_17...jpg
  • Two fallen Douglas Fir trees rest on a steep hillside overlooking Smallpox Bay on San Juan Island, Washington.
    WA_San-Juan-Island_Downed-Trees_Bay_...jpg
  • Two young Anna's hummingbirds (Calypte anna), which are just over two weeks old, watch for their mother from their nest in Yesler Swamp, part of the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Yesler-Swamp_...jpg
  • A young Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) watches its sibling exercise its wings at the edge of their nest in Yesler Swamp, part of the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Flapping_Yesl...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) rests on a dead blackberry stalk after foraging in Yesler Swamp, part of the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. Nearby, but out of frame, she has a nest of two young hummingbird chicks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Blackberry-Stalk_Y...jpg
  • A young Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) exercises its wings as its sibling remains in their nest in Yesler Swamp, part of the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Flapping_Yesl...jpg
  • A family of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) — two adults and four goslings — feed on a bluff over the water of Smallpox Bay in San Juan County Park on San Juan Island, Washington. Smallpox Bay was named for a smallpox outbreak that killed Indians. Indians who were infected with the disease in Victoria where brought across Haro Straight in 1860 to die near the bay on the west side of San Juan Island.
    Geese-Canada_Family_San-Juan-Island_...jpg
  • A rainbow stretches across the sky over Mont Saint-Michel Bay over the tidal island of Tombelaine in Normandy, France.
    MontSaintMichel_Tombelaine_Rainbow_5...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) arrives at her nest to feed her chicks in Yesler Swamp, part of the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. The Anna's hummingbird typically raises two or three sets of young, or broods, per year. Each brood usually consists of two chicks.
    Hummingbird-Annas_Nest_Feeding_Yesle...jpg
  • Several of Seattle's tallest skyscrapers reflect onto the waters of Elliott Bay in Seattle, Washington. The tallest building on the left is 1201 Third Avenue, a 772-foot-tall, 55-story skyscraper that ranks as Seattle's second-tallest and was formerly known as the Washington Mutual Tower. At right, is Columbia Center, the tallest skyscraper in Seattle and the second-tallest on the West Coast. It stands 943 feet tall and has 76 floors.
    Seattle_Skyline_Waterfront_Argosy_10...jpg
  • Ice formations and caves are visible on the surface of Lake Michigan in late winter in this view from Tahquamenon Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_IceFormations_Tahquamen...jpg
  • The Skagit River and several sloughs flow through the Fir Island estuary into Skagit Bay in Skagit County, Washington. The estuary is part of the Skagit Wildlife Area. This is an aerial view captured from about 8,000 feet (2,438 meters).
    Estuary_SkagitCounty_Aerial_4850.jpg
  • The golden light of sunset is reflected onto a fork of the Skagit River as it flows past driftwood in an estuary along Skagit Bay on Fir Island in Washington state.
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  • Ice formations and caves are visible on the surface of Lake Michigan in late winter in this at sunrise view from Tahquamenon Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
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