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  • A pair of trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) stretch their wings on a pond in the National Elk Refuge, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
    Swans_Trumpeter_Wyoming_StretchingWi...jpg
  • Three trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) rest and preen on a pond in the National Elk Refuge, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
    Swans_Trumpeter_Wyoming_ThreeOnPond_...jpg
  • A trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) runs across the water of a pond to take flight in the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
    Swan_Trumpeter_Wyoming_TakingOff_340...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) taking off from a pond in the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
    Swans_Trumpeter_Wyoming_LongExposure...jpg
  • Three trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) rest and preen on a pond in the National Elk Refuge, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
    Swans_Trumpeter_Wyoming_ThreeOnPond_...jpg
  • The rocky bed of Rattlesnake Lake in King County, Washington, is visible through a hole in the ice that covers the lake.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Ice_Hole_8612.jpg
  • A hole in the bark of this black cottonwood (Populus balsamifera trichocarpa) is evidence of a branch that fell from that location.
    Tree_HoleInBark_NorthSeattle_F1052.jpg
  • Atlantic Ocean waves crash into a narrow break in the rugged, granite shoreline of Acadia National Park, Maine. The ocean's waves are blurred by an extended exposure. Thunder Hole earns its name from stormy periods when waves slam into the tiny cove making a thunder-like sound.
    ThunderHoleAcadiaMaine.jpg
  • A hole-punch cloud is typically formed when an airplane passes through altocumulus clouds. Altocumulus clouds are made up of small, super cooled water droplets. When aircraft pass through these clouds, the rapid pressure changes they cause can cool the air further. That, in turn, causes the water droplets to form heavy ice crystals, which then drop from the sky, leaving behind a "hole punch." This hole-punch cloud was observed in Thurston County, Washington. Hole-punch clouds are also sometimes called sky-punch clouds.
    Cloud_HolePunch_1831.jpg
  • The rough bark of this tree shows numerous holes drilled by a red-breasted sapsucker. Sapsuckers drill rows of quarter-inch holes in trees to extract sap. Their holes do not usually cause fatal damage to the tree.
    Tree-Trunk_Sapsucker-Holes_Lynnwood_...jpg
  • The rough bark of this tree shows numerous holes drilled by a red-breasted sapsucker. Sapsuckers drill rows of quarter-inch holes in trees to extract sap. Their holes do not usually cause fatal damage to the tree.
    Tree-Trunk_Sapsucker-Holes_Lynnwood_...jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves shoot 50 feet into the air through a tiny hole in a lava shelf off on the Kauai coast known as the Spouting Horn blowhole. It sounds like a whale breathing, but Hawaiian legend says the sound is actually the "lizard woman" moaning. She would attack anyone who got too close. One day she chased a fisherman into a lava tube. He escaped; she's still stuck.
    SpoutingHorn.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
  • The sun shines through a hole in a decaying Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) tree in Seattle, Washington.
    ForestDecay_NorthSeattle_F1065.jpg
  • Water from the Pacific Ocean drains through the skylight of a sea cave at Cape Perpetua near Yachats, Oregon. During the year's highest tides or in strong surf, ocean waves splash onto the rocks and make a 360-degree waterfall as the water drains into the hole.
    OR_CapePerpetua_Blowhole_Sunset_4254.jpg
  • A downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) drills a hole in a tree trunk. The downy woodpecker is the smallest woodpecker in North America. This particular bird is a female; males have a red patch on the back of their heads.
    DownyWoodpeckerKenmore.jpg
  • Grasses, tiny rocks and other debris is trapped in several small holes eroded in a sandstone wall in the Valley of Fire, Nevada.
    vof-sandstone-holes.jpg
  • Big game hunters have repeatedly used a "deer crossing" sign for target practice. This sign was found near Rifle, Colorado.
    DeerSignV.jpg
  • Big game hunters have repeatedly used a "deer crossing" sign for target practice. This sign was found near Rifle, Colorado.
    DeerSignH.jpg
  • An Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) licks the trunk of an elm tree where a red-breasted sapsucker has drilled holes. Sapsuckers drill neat rows of holes in trees to feed on the sap, but their work attracts other animals. Insects are also drawn to the holes and squirrels, which are omnivores, will take advantage of opportunities to feed on the protein-rich insects.
    Squirrel-Eastern-Gray_Licking-Tree_L...jpg
  • Atlantic Ocean waves crash through an arch on the Dyrhólaey peninsula near Vík, Iceland. Dyrhólaey means "the hill island with the door-hole" and there are several arches in the peninsula, including one that is spectacularly large. The peninsula's basalt cliffs are as much as 120 meters (394 feet) tall.
    Iceland_Dyrholaey_Waves_Arch_2218.jpg
  • Sap streaks down the bark of a spruce tree in Everett, Washington. The sap is leaking from holes that were drilled in the tree by a sapsucker.
    Tree-Sap_Sapsucker-Holes_Everett_905...jpg
  • Numerous caves are visible a soft rock cliff wall in Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The national monument protects caves that were used by humans for shelters more than 11,000 years ago.
    NM_Bandelier_Wall-Texture_1635.jpg
  • Several arches have been worn into a narrow slot canyon known as Peek-a-Boo Gulch, located in the Grand Staircase Escalante in Southern Utah.
    PeekABoo-Arches.jpg
  • Numerous caves are visible a soft rock cliff wall in Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The national monument protects caves that were used by humans for shelters more than 11,000 years ago.
    NM_Bandelier_Wall-Texture_1633.jpg
  • The North and South Windows of Arches National Park, Utah, are blanketed in fresh snow. The park is more than 4,000 feet above sea level, so its limited precipitation falls as snow in the winter.
    ArchesWindowsSnow.jpg
  • A large granite arch frames a pinyon pine as well as several prominent City of Rocks features, including Elephant Rock (at left) and the Bread Loaves (at right). This arch is part of Window Rock in the City of Rocks National Reserve in southern Idaho.
    Idaho_CityOfRocks_Arch_Sunrise_0993.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash under a lava shelf and power through a blowhole known as Spouting Horn on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Spouting Horn's spray often reaches 50 feet into the air.
    spouting-horn-sun_1152.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves spray high into the sky through a blowhole name Spouting Horn at Cape Perpetua, Oregon. Blowholes are essentially skylights in ocean caves. At high tide, water fills the cave and the pressure from incoming waves forces the water through the small opening and high into the sky.
    OR_SpoutingHorn_6269.jpg
  • A barred owl (Strix varia) rests on its nest in a decaying tree in Interlaken Park, Seattle, Washington. Barred owls nest in existing tree cavities or use abandoned platform nests.
    Owl_Barred_OnNest_Interlaken_2321.jpg
  • Crashing Pacific Ocean waves are visible through the Devils Punch Bowl Arch on the central Oregon coast. Devils Punch Bowl is a large, natural bowl in the bluff along the coast and is believed to be the remnant of two collapsed sea caves.
    OR_DevilsPunchBowl_Arch_0175.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash under a lava shelf and power through a blowhole known as Spouting Horn on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Spouting Horn's spray often reaches 50 feet into the air.
    spouting-horn-sun.jpg
  • The setting sun colors the sky above Haystack Rock, a prominent sea stack located off the coast of Cape Kiwanda near Pacific City, Oregon.
    HaystackRockKiwandaSunset.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves created an arch in the sandstone cliffs of Cape Kiwanda, near Pacific City, Oregon. The crashing waves are blurred by a 15-second exposure.
    CapeKiwandaArch.jpg
  • A barred owl (Strix varia) rests on its nest in a decaying tree in Interlaken Park, Seattle, Washington. Barred owls nest in existing tree cavities or use abandoned platform nests.
    Owl_Barred_OnNest_Interlaken_3205.jpg
  • An adult barred owl (Strix varia) cuddles with one of its owlets in its nest in Interlaken Park, Seattle, Washington. Barred owls typically nest in natural cavities that form in decaying trees.
    Owl_Barred_ParentOwletNest_Interlake...jpg
  • A male red-shafted northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) looks out from the nest it is building in a snag in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. The red-shafted northern flicker, also known as the western flicker, is a type of woodpecker and builds its nest by hollowing out decaying trees. It removes most of the wood chips to form a cavity in the tree, but reserves some wood chips to insulate and cushion its eggs.
    Flicker_Northern_Male_LookingOutFrom...jpg
  • A male red-shafted northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) builds a nest in a snag in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. The red-shafted northern flicker, also known as the western flicker, is a type of woodpecker and builds its nest by hollowing out decaying trees. It removes most of the wood chips to form a cavity in the tree, but reserves some wood chips to insulate and cushion its eggs. Unlike other birds, it does not use anything other than the wood chips to build its nest.
    Flicker_Northern_BuildingNest_0034.jpg
  • The setting sun shines through the arch of Haystack Rock, located off Cape Kiwanda on the Oregon Coast near Pacific City, Oregon.
    HaystackKiwandaSunburst.jpg
  • A natural bridge spans two towering hoodoos in the Wall Street section of Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Bryce Canyon, which is actually a natural amphitheater, consists of dozens of spires separated by canyons. This span remains despite constant erosion.
    BryceCanyonArch.jpg
  • A shaft of light, mimicking the shape of an arrowhead, shines through the window of a sandstone formation located near the Arrowhead Trail in the Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.
    vof-beam-arrowhead.jpg
  • Arch Rock, one of the most famous arches in the Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, frames another towering sandstone formation.
    vof-ArchRock.jpg
  • An adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) looks down in search of food from its perch in a cottonwood tree in Kirkland, Washington.
    BaldEagle_Cottonwood_Window_Kirkland...jpg
  • Crashing Pacific Ocean waves are visible through the Devils Punch Bowl Arch on the central Oregon coast. Devils Punch Bowl is a large, natural bowl in the bluff along the coast and is believed to be the remnant of two collapsed sea caves.
    OR_DevilsPunchBowl_Arch_0140.jpg
  • Needles Eye, a prominent granite formation in Custer State Park in South Dakota, stands nearly 40 feet tall and has an unusual slit that's only a few feet across. The granite in the Black Hills of South Dakota erodes at a rate of about one inch per 40,000 years.
    NeedlesEye.jpg
  • A red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) catches an insect at the entrance to its nest in Ravenna Park, Seattle, Washington. Red-breasted nuthatches line the entrance to their nest with sticky pitch, which may be intended to trap insects and serve as an obstacle for predators. The nuthatches avoid the pitch by flying straight through the hole. Red-breasted nuthatches, which feed mainly on insects and spiders during the summer nesting months, found several insects trapped in the pitch surrounding the hole to its nest.
    Nuthatch_Red-Breasted_Insect_Nest_27...jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash up against the one remaining arch in Natural Bridges State Park in Santa Cruz, California. There used to be three arches. Arches form when waves continually pound a weak spot in the rock, wearing a hole through it. Over time, continued erosion enlarges the hole so much that the overlying rock can no longer be supported and the arch collapses.
    CA_NaturalBridge_SantaCruz_0354.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves flow into the remnants of a blowhole at Cape Perpetua on the Oregon coast. Blowholes are essentially skylights in ocean caves. At high tide, water fills the cave and the pressure of the incoming waves forces water through the hole, high into the air. Over time, erosion has enlarged this hole so that water no longer jets out of it.
    OR_CapePerpetua_Blowhole_2963.jpg
  • Brown pelicans dive off Natural Bridge near Santa Cruz, California at sunset. There used to be three arches, but the second one collapsed in the early 1980s. The first collapsed even earlier. Arches or bridges form when waves continually pound a weak spot in the rock, wearing a hole through it. Over time, continued erosion enlarges the hole so much that the overlying rock can no longer be supported and it collapses. A bridge is a span that connects to the mainland; an arch stands by itself.
    CA_NaturalBridge_SantaCruz_0358.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves flow into the remnants of a blowhole at Cape Perpetua on the Oregon coast. Blowholes are essentially skylights in ocean caves. At high tide, water fills the cave and the pressure of the incoming waves forces water through the hole, high into the air. Over time, erosion has enlarged this hole so that water no longer jets out of it, though it does make a dramatic 360-degree waterfall.
    OR_CapePerpetua_Blowhole_6362.jpg
  • A small hole in the clouds on a stormy fall afternoon allows the sun to light up Vishnu Temple while the rest of the Grand Canyon is in a deep shadow. Vishnu Temple is visible from the south rim of the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
    GrandCanyon_VishnuTemple.jpg
  • The sun shines through a hole in the clouds, forming crepuscular rays, also known as God beams, over the Green River as it flows through Canyonlands National Park, Utah. Crepuscular rays are beams of light that seem to originate from a single point.
    canyonlands-beams.jpg
  • A North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) sleeps next to a small hole in the ice covering the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Otter-River_Yellowstone-River_Frozen...jpg
  • The rugged Superstition Mountains are reddened by the setting sun. The mountains, also known as the Superstitions, are located east of Phoenix, Arizona, and are involved in many superstitions. The legend of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine is centered in the range. Some Apaches also believe that the mountains contain a hole that leads to the lower world.
    SuperstitionMountainsAZ.jpg
  • An anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) tries to swallow a fish whole. Anhinga have sharp bills that they use as spears to catch fish. This bird flew its fish to the base of a tree where it worked for about five minutes to position it's prize so it could swallow it hole.
    Anhinga_SwallowingFish_3251.jpg
  • A tiny hole in thick storm clouds allows the late afternoon sun to illuminate Bear Mountain while the other peaks near Sedona, Arizona remain in deep shade. This scene was captured from the summit of Doe Mountain.
    AZ_BearMountain.jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) drills holes in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Lynnwood_1807.jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) pauses between drilling holes in a tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Trunk_Lynnwoo...jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) pauses between drilling holes in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Lynnwood_5297.jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) pauses between drilling holes in a tree in Everett, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap. While clinging to the tree, they use their tail feathers to provide support.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Clinging_Ever...jpg
  • A female red-naped sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) feeds by drilling holes in the bark of a Spanish fir tree (Abies pinsapo) in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Sapsucker_Red-Naped_Arboretum_7765.jpg
  • A very large and bright rainbow seems to land on the summit of Badito Cone, a 8942 foot (2726 meter) peak in Huerfano County, Colorado. Badito Cone is one of several peaks that were formed by jets of magma that erupted from holes or cracks in the rock of that area about 25 million years ago.
    CO_Rainbow_BaditoCone_2282.jpg
  • Small patches of morning sunlight shine through holes in the clouds, forming crepuscular rays, also known as God beams, over the savannah of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. A solitary antelope is visible on the horizon.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Crepuscular-Rays_0...jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) pauses between drilling holes in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Lynnwood_5372.jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) pauses to feed on a wasp that was attracted to the sap oozing from the holes it drilled in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. Sapsuckers drill rows of neat wells in tree bark to collect sap, though they also feed on insects and berries. Other birds, especially hummingbirds, and insects are also drawn to the sap wells.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Wasp_Lynnwood...jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) rendered in near silhouette drills holes in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Silhouette_Ly...jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) pauses between feeding at sap wells it created at a tree in Everett, Washington. A thread of sap clings to its head. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Feeding_4035.jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) reaches into a sap well to feed in Everett, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Feeding_Evere...jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) pauses between drilling holes in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Lynnwood_2241.jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) pulls an insect from the bark of an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Insect_Lynnwo...jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) drills holes in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Lynnwood_9118.jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) pauses between drilling holes in a tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Trunk_Lynnwoo...jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber), backlit in the evening sun, drills holes in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Backlit_Lynnw...jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) drills holes in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Elm_Lynwood_9...jpg
  • Crepuscular rays form as the late afternoon shines through holes in the clouds over Puerto Real off the coast of Esperanza on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
    Crepuscular-Rays_Caribbean_Vieques_8...jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber), rendered in near silhouette, pauses between drilling holes in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Silhouette_Ly...jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) clings to an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Lynnwood_5269.jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) drills holes in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Lynnwood_3555.jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) pauses between drilling holes in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Lynnwood_9376.jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) rendered in near silhouette drills holes in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Silhouette_Ly...jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) feeds by drilling holes in the bark of a Spanish fir tree (Abies pinsapo) in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Arboretum_836...jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) pauses between drilling holes in a tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Trunk_Lynnwoo...jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) drills holes in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Lynnwood_8961.jpg
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