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  • A male magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) flies over the Pacific Ocean near Sayulita, Mexico. During breeding season, male magnificant frigatebirds have a bright red throat pouch. The large bird has a wingspan of seven feet (two meters).
    frigatebird_male_0263.jpg
  • A male broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) hovers as it looks for a place to feed in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in southern Arizona. The hummingbird's range is primarily in Mexico, though some migrate to the mountain canyons in southern Arizona and New Mexico during breeding season. The broad-billed hummingbird consumes as much as 1.7 times its body weight in nectar each day.
    Hummingbird-Broad-Billed_Male_Hoveri...jpg
  • A male broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) flies to feed in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in southern Arizona. The hummingbird's range is primarily in Mexico, though some migrate to the mountain canyons in southern Arizona and New Mexico during breeding season. The broad-billed hummingbird consumes as much as 1.7 times its body weight in nectar each day.
    Hummingbird-Broad-Billed_Male_Flight...jpg
  • An adult male elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) rests on the sandy beach at the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery near San Simeon, California. Elephant seals typically spend 9 months at sea, coming to shore only to give birth, mate and molt. Elephant seals are named for the long snouts, called proboscis, that male seals develop. The Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery is part of the Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area, managed by California.
    Elephant-Seal_Piedras-Blancas_Male_R...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) rests in a tree in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. The red-shafted northern flicker is also known as the western flicker. Flickers are a type of woodpecker. Flickers feed on ants and other insects and are believed to consume more ants than any other North American bird.
    Flicker_Northern_Male_Perched_Arbore...jpg
  • A male Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) searches for food on a decaying Pacific Silver Fir tree (Abies amabilis) in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Pileated Woodpeckers are the largest woodpeckers and are typically found in mature forests where they feed on carpenter ants. Male Pileated Woodpeckers can be identified by the red color at the base of their bills; all Pileated Woodpeckers have red feathers at the top of their crown.
    Woodpecker_Pileated_Arboretum_4591.jpg
  • A male wood duck (Aix sponsa), swims on the vibrant blue water of Yellow Lake in Sammamish, Washington. Male ducks are known as drakes.
    Duck-Wood_Swimming_Sammamish_2582.jpg
  • A male Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) searches for food on a decaying Pacific Silver Fir tree (Abies amabilis) in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Pileated Woodpeckers are the largest woodpeckers and are typically found in mature forests where they feed on carpenter ants. Male Pileated Woodpeckers can be identified by the red color at the base of their bills; all Pileated Woodpeckers have red feathers at the top of their crown.
    Woodpecker_Pileated_Arboretum_Golden...jpg
  • A male Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis simillimus) rests on a maple tree that's displaying its red fall color. Oregon juncos, a type of dark-eyed juncos, are a unique type of sparrow that nests on or near the ground.
    Junco_Oregon_FallColor_Lynnwood_4865.jpg
  • A male Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis simillimus) rests on a maple tree that's displaying its red fall color. Oregon juncos, a type of dark-eyed juncos, are a unique type of sparrow that nests on or near the ground.
    Junco_Oregon_FallColor_Lynnwood_5247.jpg
  • A male Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis simillimus) rests on a maple tree that's displaying its red fall color. Oregon juncos, a type of dark-eyed juncos, are a unique type of sparrow that nests on or near the ground.
    Junco_Oregon_FallColor_Lynnwood_5077.jpg
  • Three male wood ducks (Aix sponsa), also known as drakes, rest together along a pond in King County, Washington.
    Duck-Wood_Three-Males_Sammamish_5452.jpg
  • A male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) rests in a tree. Males in the Calypte genus of hummingbirds are quite distinctive with iridescent crowns. All hummingbirds, however, have iridescent plumage, which reflects certain wavelengths of light and reflects them directly in front of the bird. The bright flashes of color are visible only when the bird is facing you. Several features of the feathers result in the iridescence. Barbules, which are flat in most birds, are angled to form a V shape in hummingbirds. Also, the surface of the barbules is covered with microscopic discs containing tiny air bubbles that amplify certain colors of light and cancel out others.
    Hummingbird_Annas_Iridescence_6710.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
  • A male downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) looks for food during a snow storm in Snohomish County, Washington. It is found throughout much of the United States with the exception of the desert Southwest.
    Woodpecker_Downy_Snow_8220.jpg
  • A male northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) rests in the surf on the beach at the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery near San Simeon, California, as a gull stands nearby. Elephant seals typically spend 9 months at sea, coming to shore only to give birth and mate. Male elephant seals, known as bulls, are exceptionally large, weighing up to 5,500 pounds (2,500 kilograms). The Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery is part of the Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area, managed by California.
    Elephant-Seal_Piedras-Blancas_4971.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the wake behind a male wood duck (Aix sponsa) as it swims on the water of Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington. Male ducks are known as drakes.
    Duck-Wood_Lake-Washington_Long-Expos...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the wake behind a male wood duck (Aix sponsa) as it swims on the water of Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington. Male ducks are known as drakes.
    Duck-Wood_Lake-Washington_Long-Expos...jpg
  • An adult male summer tanager (Piranga rubra) rests on a branch in a lush area at the base of Montezuma Well, part of Montezuma Castle National Monument in Arizona. Summer tanagers mainly eat bees and wasps and are typically found high in the forest canopy. The male summer tanager is the only completely red bird in all of North America.
    Tanager_Summer_Montezuma-Well_5462.jpg
  • A male northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) rests in the twilight surf on the beach at the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery near San Simeon, California. Elephant seals typically spend 9 months at sea, coming to shore only to give birth and mate. Male elephant seals, known as bulls, are exceptionally large, weighing up to 5,500 pounds (2,500 kilograms). The Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery is part of the Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area, managed by California.
    Elephant-Seal_Piedras-Blancas_Twilig...jpg
  • A male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) lands on a maple tree that is beginning to leaf out. Males in the Calypte genus of hummingbirds are quite distinctive with iridescent crowns. All hummingbirds, however, have iridescent plumage, which reflects certain wavelengths of light and reflects them directly in front of the bird. The bright flashes of color are visible only when the bird is facing you. Several features of the feathers result in the iridescence. Barbules, which are flat in most birds, are angled to form a V shape in hummingbirds. Also, the surface of the barbules is covered with microscopic discs containing tiny air bubbles that amplify certain colors of light and cancel out others.
    Hummingbird_Annas_Iridescence_Landin...jpg
  • A male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) lands on a maple tree on a rainy day. Males in the Calypte genus of hummingbirds are quite distinctive with iridescent crowns. All hummingbirds, however, have iridescent plumage, which reflects certain wavelengths of light and reflects them directly in front of the bird. The bright flashes of color are visible only when the bird is facing you. Several features of the feathers result in the iridescence. Barbules, which are flat in most birds, are angled to form a V shape in hummingbirds. Also, the surface of the barbules is covered with microscopic discs containing tiny air bubbles that amplify certain colors of light and cancel out others..
    Hummingbird_Annas_Landing_7518.jpg
  • A male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) drinks as he swims on Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington, several thousand miles from its native range in east Asia. While the mandarin duck is native to Japan, southeast Russia and eastern China, it has been exported to the United Kingdom and North America, where it has occasionally escaped captivity and established feral populations. It is closely related to the North American wood duck.
    Duck-Mandarin_Lake-Washington_Kirkla...jpg
  • A male wood duck (Aix sponsa), called a drake, swims in a channel of the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Wood ducks typically breed in wooded swamps, shallow lakes, marshes or ponds, and creeks in the eastern United States and along the west coast from Washington state into Mexico. They usually nest in cavities in trees close to water. Unlike most other ducks, the wood duck has sharp claws for perching in trees.
    WoodDuck_DrakeSwimming_Arboretum_115...jpg
  • A male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) swims on Juanita Creek in Kirkland, Washington, several thousand miles from its native range in east Asia. While the mandarin duck is native to Japan, southeast Russia and eastern China, it has been exported to the United Kingdom and North America, where it has occasionally escaped captivity and established feral populations.
    Duck-Mandarin_Juanita-Creek_Kirkland...jpg
  • A male mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) opens its mouth to quack as it swims on a small pond in Magnuson Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Mallard_Quacking_Magnuson-Park_0156.jpg
  • A male ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris) displaying its breeding plumage rests on Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. Ring-necked ducks are found on small, wooded ponds. They feed by diving and mainly eat aquatic plants and insects and small fish.
    RingNeckedDuck_ScriberLake_0382.jpg
  • A male wood duck (Aix sponsa), called a drake, swims in a channel of the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Wood ducks typically breed in wooded swamps, shallow lakes, marshes or ponds, and creeks in the eastern United States and along the west coast from Washington state into Mexico.
    WoodDuck_DrakeSwimming_Arboretum_307...jpg
  • A male bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) feeds on a seed in Discovery Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Bushtit_Feeding_Discovery_2352.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
  • One male wood duck (Aix sponsa), also known as a drake, appears to argue with another while they are both perched on a log in a King County, Washington, lake.
    Duck-Wood_Arguing_Sammamish_5339.jpg
  • Two male wood ducks (Aix sponsa), also known as drakes, rest together along a pond in King County, Washington.
    Duck-Wood_Two-Males_Sammamish_5452.jpg
  • A male wood duck (Aix sponsa) in non-breeding plumage swims among the vegetation in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Duck-Wood_Swimming_Arboretum_3661.jpg
  • A male house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) feasts on serviceberries in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Finch_House_Feasting_Serviceberries_...jpg
  • A male mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) opens its mouth to quack as it swims on a small pond in Magnuson Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Mallard_Quacking_Magnuson-Park_0167.jpg
  • An alpha male pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana) watches over several females in a field dusted with fresh snow in Fremont County, Wyoming.
    Antelope_Pronghorn_Herd_Wyoming_2501.jpg
  • A male ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris) displaying its breeding plumage rests on Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. Ring-necked ducks are found on small, wooded ponds. They feed by diving and mainly eat aquatic plants and insects and small fish.
    RingNeckedDuck_ScriberLake_0347.jpg
  • A male ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris) displaying its breeding plumage rests in thick fog on Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. Ring-necked ducks are found on small, wooded ponds. They feed by diving and mainly eat aquatic plants and insects and small fish.
    RingNeckedDuck_ScriberLake_Foggy_013...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) lands on a branch in Snohomish County, Washington. Anna's hummingbirds are native to the west coast of North America, found from southern British Columbia to northern Baja California. Male Anna's hummingbirds, such as this one, have an iridescent crimson-red crown and throat.
    Hummingbird_Annas_Landing_5901.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
  • A male house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) plucks a blossom from a cherry tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The bird's red coloring comes from pigments in the foods it eats.
    Finch-House_Cherry-Blossom_Lynnwood_...jpg
  • A male house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) plucks a blossom from a cherry tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The bird's red coloring comes from pigments in the foods it eats.
    Finch-House_Cherry-Blossom_Lynnwood_...jpg
  • A male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) swims on Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington, several thousand miles from its native range in east Asia. While the mandarin duck is native to Japan, southeast Russia and eastern China, it has been exported to the United Kingdom and North America, where it has occasionally escaped captivity and established feral populations. It is closely related to the North American wood duck.
    Duck-Mandarin_Juanita-Creek_Kirkland...jpg
  • A male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) swims on Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington, several thousand miles from its native range in east Asia. While the mandarin duck is native to Japan, southeast Russia and eastern China, it has been exported to the United Kingdom and North America, where it has occasionally escaped captivity and established feral populations. It is closely related to the North American wood duck.
    Duck-Mandarin_Lake-Washington_Kirkla...jpg
  • A male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) swims on Juanita Creek in Kirkland, Washington, several thousand miles from its native range in east Asia. While the mandarin duck is native to Japan, southeast Russia and eastern China, it has been exported to the United Kingdom and North America, where it has occasionally escaped captivity and established feral populations. It is closely related to the North American wood duck.
    Duck-Mandarin_Juanita-Creek_Kirkland...jpg
  • A male wood duck (Aix sponsa), also known as a drake, preens himself along a lake in King County, Washington.
    Duck-Wood_Preening_Sammamish_6085.jpg
  • A male Wilson's warbler (Cardellina pusilla) rests on a branch surrounded by sprouts of new leaves in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Warbler_Wilsons_Branch_Spring_4372.jpg
  • A male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) calls out from its snowy perch in Snohomish County, Washington. Anna's Hummingbirds are native to the west coast of North America.
    Hummingbird_Annas_Snow_5456.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
  • A young male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) rests on a branch near a marsh in Edmonds, Washington. This bird, photographed in December, is showing its winter plumage. Hummingbirds are the smallest of all birds, weighing less than 0.3 ounces. They also have iridescent plumage, which magnifies certain wavelengths of light. The iridescence comes from the fact that their feathers do not lie flat, but rather have a V-shaped trough running along each barb. Their feathers are also covered with microscopic discs filled with tiny air bubbles.
    Hummingbird_Annas_Winter_3786.jpg
  • A male wood duck (Aix sponsa) in non-breeding plumage stands on a log over the water in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Duck-Wood_Log-Arboretum_3330.jpg
  • A male ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris) displaying its breeding plummage rests on Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. Ring-necked ducks are found on small, wooded ponds. They feed by diving and mainly eat aquatic plants and insects and small fish.
    RingNeckedDuck_ScriberLake_0447.jpg
  • Four common mergansers (Mergus merganser) swim on South Teal Lake in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington. The two white birds in the middle are males displaying breeding plumage. The mergansers at the ends are non-breeding adult males.
    Mergansers_Common_Four_ColumbiaNWR_6...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
  • The alpha-male elk checks out the females during the fall rut at Gold Bluffs, near Klamath, California. American Elk (Cervus canadensis) are also known as Wapiti.
    Elk_FallRut_GoldBluffs_0694.jpg
  • A sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) battles its way up the Cedar River to spawn in the autumn. Sockeye salmon are also known as red salmon or blueback salmon. The males do not turn red until they return to the rivers or streams where they hatched to spawn.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Swimming_Riverview_57...jpg
  • A marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris) sings from its perch among cattails in the Edmonds Marsh, Edmonds, Washington. Marsh wrens are song birds that have very large repertoires. Scientists found one western marsh wren that sang 219 different songs. Western marsh wrens know more songs than eastern birds. Eastern males know about 50 songs on average; western varities know about 150.
    Wren-Marsh_Singing_Edmonds-Marsh_931...jpg
  • A marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris) sings from its perch among cattails in the Edmonds Marsh, Edmonds, Washington. Marsh wrens are song birds that have very large repertoires. Scientists found one western marsh wren that sang 219 different songs. Western marsh wrens know more songs than eastern birds. Eastern males know about 50 songs on average; western varities know about 150.
    Wren-Marsh_Singing_Edmonds-Marsh_919...jpg
  • A marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris) sings from its perch among cattails in the Edmonds Marsh, Edmonds, Washington. Marsh wrens are song birds that have very large repertoires. Scientists found one western marsh wren that sang 219 different songs. Western marsh wrens know more songs than eastern birds. Eastern males know about 50 songs on average; western varities know about 150.
    Wren-Marsh_Singing_Edmonds-Marsh_933...jpg
  • A marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris) sings from its perch among cattails in the Edmonds Marsh, Edmonds, Washington. Marsh wrens are song birds that have very large repertoires. Scientists found one western marsh wren that sang 219 different songs. Western marsh wrens know more songs than eastern birds. Eastern males know about 50 songs on average; western varities know about 150.
    Wren-Marsh_Singing_Edmonds-Marsh_922...jpg
  • A marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris) sings from its perch on a cattail near Swan Lake, Victoria, Canada. Marsh wrens are song birds that have very large repertoires. Scientists found one western marsh wren that sang 219 different songs. Western marsh wrens know more songs than eastern birds. Eastern males know about 50 songs on average; western varities know about 150.
    MarshWren_Singing_Victoria_7628.jpg
  • Two adult pairs of Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) swim on the Squamish River near Brackendale, British Columbia, Canada. The species was originally described as being from Iceland, but is also common throughout the mountains of northwest North America.
    Barrows_Goldeneye_4068.jpg
  • A mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) drake stands on alert at the edge of Juanita Creek in Kirkland, Washington.
    Mallard_Duck_Juanita-Creek_8790.jpg
  • A bull elk (Cervus canadensis) stands along the Madison River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Elk_Yellowstone_Madison-River_Snow_2...jpg
  • A red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) rests on cattails at the edge of the Sage Lakes in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington.
    Blackbird_RedWinged_Cattails_Columbi...jpg
  • A moose (Alces alces) rests against a log while feeding in an open range wildlife preserve in the Cascade Mountains of Washington state.
    Moose_Forest_Resting_Captive_3485.jpg
  • A bull elk (Cervus canadensis) walks in a snow-covered field near Madison in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Elk_Yellowstone_Snow-Storm_4050.jpg
  • A familiar bluet damselfly (Enallagma civile) casts its shadow on a leaf in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. Damselflies mate in wetlands, depositing their eggs just below the surface of the water.
    Damselfly_FamiliarBluet_Shadow_7162.jpg
  • Tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) fly around a bison (Bison bison) that's shedding its winter coat, picking off fur that they can use in their nests. This is a captive bison held at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park in Eatonville, Washington.
    Bison_Swallows_Spring_7828.jpg
  • A captive peacock — specifically Indian peafowl or blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) — displays its tail feathers as a long train, which in most peacocks makes up 60 percent of their body length. The Indian peafowl is a member of the pheasant family and is native to South Asia.
    Peacock_Tail-Train_Tacoma_3849.jpg
  • A captive peacock — specifically Indian peafowl or blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) — fans out his tail feathers to display the colorful eyespots contained on them. Peacocks typically drag their feathers in a long train, which can make up 60 percent of the length of their bodies. The Indian peafowl is a member of the pheasant family and is native to South Asia.
    Peacock_Tail-Display_Tacoma_5086.jpg
  • A mallard duck (Anas Platyrhynchos) drake lands on Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington on a foggy winter morning.
    Mallard_Landing_ScriberLake_0319.jpg
  • A male varied thrush (Ixoreus naevius) rests on a branch as light rain falls in Snohomish County, Washington. Varied thrushes are found in western North America from Alaska to northern California.
    VariedThrush_Perched_Raining_8615.jpg
  • A male red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) sings from its perch near Swan Lake in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
    RedWingedBlackbird_Victoria_7443.jpg
  • A male hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) displaying breeding plumage swims in a beaver pond near Juanita Bay in Kirkland, Washington. Hooded mergansers are small ducks, commonly found in shallow water, that feed on small fish. In this image, its crest is fully extended.
    HoodedMerganser_MaleSwimming_4342.jpg
  • A male elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) tosses sand into the air while resting next to several female seals on the beach at the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery near San Simeon, California. Elephant seals typically spend 9 months at sea, coming to shore only to give birth, mate and molt. Elephant seals are named for the long snouts, called proboscis, that male seals develop. The Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery is part of the Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area, managed by California.
    Elephant-Seals_Piedras-Blancas_Group...jpg
  • A male plains zebra (Equus quagga) tries to mate with a female at the start of the spring breeding season in the savannah of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Zebras_Mating_2658.jpg
  • A male African lion (Panthera leo) crosses a creek that feeds into the Olare-Orok River in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Lion_Crossing-Cree...jpg
  • A pair of wood ducks (Aix sponsa), a drake or male is in the foreground, a female is in the background, rest together near a lake in King County, Washington.
    Duck-Wood_Pair_Sammamish_6941.jpg
  • A mating pair of familiar bluet damselflies (Enallagma civile) lay eggs in the Ronald Bog in Shoreline, Washington. The male, above, holds the female by the "neck" while she deposits her eggs beneath the surface of the water.
    Damselflies_FamiliarBluet_Mating_958...jpg
  • A pair of spotted spreadwing (Lestes congener) damselflies rest on a perch before depositing eggs in the wetlands in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. To mate, the male, shown above, grabs the female at the back of her neck, above her thorax, using claspers at the tip of his abdomen. She will then bend her abdomen to transfer sperm from him. Afterward, they will continue to remain joined, flying in tandem as she deposits her eggs.
    Spreadwings-Spotted_Pair_Silhouette_...jpg
  • A male house sparrow (Passer domesticus) that has mostly transitioned to its breeding plumage looks out from its perch in a tree in Kirkland, Washington.
    Sparrow-House_Perched_High-Key_Juani...jpg
  • Two elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) prepare to mate on the beach at the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery near San Simeon, California. Elephant seals typically spend 9 months at sea, coming to shore only to give birth, mate and molt. Elephant seals are named for the long snouts, called proboscis, that male seals develop. The Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery is part of the Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area, managed by California.
    Elephant-Seals_Piedras-Blancas_Matin...jpg
  • Two elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) prepare to mate on the beach at the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery near San Simeon, California. Elephant seals typically spend 9 months at sea, coming to shore only to give birth, mate and molt. Elephant seals are named for the long snouts, called proboscis, that male seals develop. The Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery is part of the Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area, managed by California.
    Elephant-Seals_Piedras-Blancas_Matin...jpg
  • A male ornate tree lizard (Urosaurus ornatus) suns itself on a rock in a lush area near Montezuma Well in Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona.
    Lizard_Ornate-Tree_Montezuma-Well_55...jpg
  • A male sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) swims up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington, on its way to spawn. Sockeye salmon are also known as blueback salmon, as they are blue tinged with silver while they live in the ocean; they turn red once they return to their freshwater spawning grounds.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Underwater_Renton_122...jpg
  • A pair of mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) swims in the fog on Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. A female mallard is on the left; a male, also called a drake, is on the right.
    Mallard_Pair_ScriberLake_Foggy_0128.jpg
  • An orca (Orcinus orca) known as J-1 dives in the southern end of the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia, Canada. This whale was nicknamed Ruffles because of the wavy appearance of its 6-foot-tall (2 meters) dorsal fin. Ruffles is a member of the J pod of orcas, also known as killer whales. The J pod is one of three groups of orcas that regularly reside in the waters around Washington's San Juan Islands. Scientists believe Ruffles was born in 1951, making him the oldest male in the pod..
    Orca_RufflesDiving_3445.jpg
  • A male African lion (Panthera leo) drinks from the Olare-Orok River in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Lion_Drinking_1335.jpg
  • A pair of spotted spreadwing (Lestes congener) damselflies rest on the branch of a silver birch tree before depositing eggs in the wetlands in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. To mate, the male, shown above, grabs the female at the back of her neck, above her thorax, using claspers at the tip of his abdomen. She will then bend her abdomen to transfer sperm from him. Afterward, they will continue to remain joined, flying in tandem as she deposits her eggs.
    Spreadwings-Spotted_Pair_Branch_Seat...jpg
  • A male American bison (Bison bison), otherwise known as an American buffalo, stands in a free-range forested area of Northwest Trek, an accredited wildlife park near Eatonville, Washington.
    Bison_Profile_Northwest-Trek_3192.jpg
  • A northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) flips sand onto her back on the beach at the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery near San Simeon, California. Elephant seals typically spend 9 months at sea, coming to shore only to give birth and mate, and researchers believe flipping sand onto their backs may help regulate their body temperatures while on shore. Elephant seals are named for the long snouts that male seals develop. The Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery is part of the Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area, managed by California.
    Elephant-Seal_Piedras-Blancas_Sand_F...jpg
  • A male sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) swims up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington, on its way to spawn. Sockeye salmon are also known as blueback salmon, as they are blue tinged with silver while they live in the ocean; they turn red once they return to their freshwater spawning grounds.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Underwater_Renton_122...jpg
  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) lands on the nest in Puyallup, Washington, where its mate is watching over their young. Both the male and the female bald eagle take turns on the nest.
    BaldEagles_ParentsTakingTurnsOnNest_...jpg
  • A male common eider (Somateria mollissima) flies past icebergs floating in Jökulsárlón, the glacier lagoon in Iceland.
    Iceland_Eider_Jokulsarlon_5300.jpg
  • A male common eider (Somateria mollissima) swims past icebergs floating in Jökulsárlón, the glacier lagoon in Iceland.
    Iceland_Eider_Jokulsarlon_5655.jpg
  • A male bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) watches the sunset light up the fog forming on the Snohomish River near Kenmore, Washington. The bufflehead is the smallest sea duck in North America.
    SnohomishRiver_Bufflehead_7024.jpg
  • An orca (Orcinus orca) known as J-1 surfaces in the southern end of the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia, Canada. This whale was nicknamed Ruffles because of the wavy appearance of its 6-foot-tall (2 meters) dorsal fin. Ruffles is a member of the J pod of orcas, also known as killer whales. The J pod is one of three groups of orcas that regularly reside in the waters around Washington's San Juan Islands. Scientists believe Ruffles was born in 1951, making him the oldest male in the pod.
    Orca_RufflesSurfacing_3435.jpg
  • A marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris) collects material for a nest it's building in the wetlands near Swan Lake, Victoria, Canada. Marsh wrens build nests that are suspended above the ground, attached to reeds. The male sometimes builds several nests, using the decoys to confuse predators.
    MarshWren_Nesting_Victoria_7595.jpg
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