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  • A pair of burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) rest together in Zanjero Park, Gilbert, Arizona. The population of burrowing owls has been declining. Zanjero Park features a man-made burrowing owl habitat with burrows manufactured from PVC pipe.
    Owls_Burrowing_Pair_Resting_Zanjero_...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 pair of trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) take flight against a backdrop of trees, some of which are still showing autumn color, in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. Most of the swans breed in the northern reaches of Canada and Alaska, and a large population winters in northern Washington state. Trumpeter Swans average more than 5 feet (152 cm) in length and can weigh up to 30 pounds (13 kg), making them the longest and heaviest living bird native to North America.
    Swans-Trumpeter_Pair_Skagit-Valley_2...jpg
  • A pair of trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) are rendered in silhouette as they fly in the bright golden sky against the sun in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. Most of the swans breed in the northern reaches of Canada and Alaska, and a large population winters in northern Washington state. Trumpeter Swans average more than 5 feet (152 cm) in length and can weigh up to 30 pounds (13 kg), making them the longest and heaviest living bird native to North America.
    Swans-Trumpeter_Pair_Silhouette_Skag...jpg
  • A pair of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) soar over the Everett, Washington, waterfront on a cloudy day.
    Bald-Eagles_Pair-Soaring_Everett_911...jpg
  • A pair of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) call to each other from their perches in a bare winter tree in the Skagit Valley of Washington state.
    Bald-Eagles_Pair-Calling_Skagit_0865.jpg
  • A pair of burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) rest together in Zanjero Park, Gilbert, Arizona. The population of burrowing owls has been declining. Zanjero Park features a man-made burrowing owl habitat with burrows manufactured from PVC pipe.
    Owls_Burrowing_Pair_Resting_Zanjero_...jpg
  • A pair of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) soar over the Everett, Washington, waterfront on a cloudy day.
    Bald-Eagles_Pair-Soaring_Everett_911...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
  • A breeding hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) pair rests in a Beaver Pond near Juanita Bay in Kirkland, Washington. The male is pictured on the right with his crest partially raised. The hooded merganser is a small duck that feeds on fish. It is frequently seen on shallow waters.
    HoodedMerganser_Pair_4229.jpg
  • A pair of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) fly over the Skagit Valley in Washington state, gathering materials for their nest.
    BaldEagles_PairFlyingTogether_Skagit...jpg
  • A pair of Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) share a ledge near the top of the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff, 14 km (8.7 miles) long and up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean..
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_PairOnLedge_2666.jpg
  • A pair of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) are perched in a tree near the mouth of the Columbia River, Warrenton, Oregon. The quarter moon appears behind the eagle on the right.
    BaldEagles_PerchedPair_Moon_Warrento...jpg
  • A pair of Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) take turns grazing and watching out in a field in Pierce County, Washington.
    Deer_Black-Tailed_Pair_Orting_9275.jpg
  • An Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) rub bills together in Látrabjarg, Iceland. Normally solitary birds, Atlantic Puffins nest each summer in large colonies. A nesting pair rubs their bills together to establish their relationship, a practice known as billing. About 60 percent of the Atlantic Puffins nest in Iceland.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Pair_Billing_5352.jpg
  • An Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) rubs its bill on another puffin in Látrabjarg, Iceland. Normally solitary birds, Atlantic Puffins nest each summer in large colonies. A nesting pair rubs their bills together to establish their relationship, a practice known as billing. About 60 percent of the Atlantic Puffins nest in Iceland.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Pair_RubbingHead_...jpg
  • A pair of horned grebes (Podiceps auritus) generate ripples as they swim on the water of Puget Sound near Edmonds, Washington. The grebes here are shown in their winter, nonbreeding plumage.
    Grebes-Horned_Pair-Swimming_Edmonds_...jpg
  • A pair of Atlantic puffins share a ledge high above the Atlantic Ocean in Látrabjarg, Iceland. Látrabjarg, 14 kilometers (8.5 miles) long and up to 440 metres (1,444 feet) high, is Europe's largest bird cliff. About 60 percent of all Atlantic puffins breed in Iceland.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Pair_WideView_864...jpg
  • A pair of burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) cuddle in Zanjero Park, Gilbert, Arizona. The population of burrowing owls has been declining. Zanjero Park features a man-made burrowing owl habitat with burrows manufactured from PVC pipe.
    Owls_Burrowing_Pair_Cuddle_4993.jpg
  • A pair of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) kiss at the entrance to a burrow in Badlands National Park, South Dakota. When prairie dogs encounter other prairie dogs in their territories, they sniff each other's perianal scent glands to make sure that they are from the same family group. Prairie dogs are very social and live in large colonies called prairie dog towns, but closely interact only with members of their own family. Kissing may be a signal that they recognize their own kin.
    PrairieDogs_BlackTailed_Badlands_Kis...jpg
  • A pair of brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) share a Pacific Ocean beach with dozens of gulls in Cannon Beach, Oregon. The pelicans are displaying their breeding plumage. The gulls are predominantly glaucous winged/western gull hybrids, which are especially common on the Washington and northern Oregon coast.
    Pelicans_Gulls_CannonBeach_6332.jpg
  • Two adult bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) watch their two young eaglets and their nest (not shown) from a neighboring tree.
    BaldEagles_AdultPair_Perched_0107.jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) calls out to another from its perch on the island of Grímsey, Iceland. Tens of thousands of puffins breed on Iceland's cliffs during the summer. They spend the rest of the year at sea. The island of Grímsey, which straddles the Arctic Circle, is the northernmost inhabited Icelandic territory.
    Puffins_Atlantic_PairCalling_Grimsey...jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) calls out to another from its perch on the island of Grímsey, Iceland. Tens of thousands of puffins breed on Iceland's cliffs during the summer. They spend the rest of the year at sea. The island of Grímsey, which straddles the Arctic Circle, is the northernmost inhabited Icelandic territory.
    Puffins_Atlantic_PairCalling_Grimsey...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
  • In the golden light of sunrise, three pairs of surf scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) fly low over the water of Puget Sound near Edmonds, Washington. Surf scoters are large sea ducks that breed in the northern reaches of Alaska and Canada, and winter along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America.
    Scoters-Surf_Flying_Puget-Sound_Edmo...jpg
  • Two trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) swim on Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington, in golden evening light.
    Swans-Trumpeter_Lake-Washington_Pair...jpg
  • Two trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) swim on Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington, in late afternoon light.
    Swans-Trumpeter_Lake-Washington_Pair...jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) rests outside its burrow on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland while its mate sits just inside. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff, 14 km (8.7 miles) long and up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Burrow_Pair_2752.jpg
  • Two Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) share a ledge on the bird cliff at Látrabjarg, Iceland. Atlantic puffins spend most of their lives at sea, but nest on the coasts of Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, the British Isles, Norway, Atlantic Canada, and northern Europe.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Pair_6088.jpg
  • Two hot air balloons rise into the golden sky at sunset near Monroe, Washington.
    Balloons_Pair_Golden-Sunset_Monroe_3...jpg
  • Against a backdrop of fiery clouds illuminated by the rising sun, two burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) look out from their perches among the rocks in Grant County, Washington.
    Owls-Burrowing_Two_Sunrise_Ephrata_0...jpg
  • Two North American Beavers (Castor canadensis) groom each other on the top of their lodge in North Creek, Bothell, Washington. Beavers are typically most active at night and spend the winter in the safety of their lodges. During significant floods, however, the beavers climb on top of their lodges, waiting for the waters to recede.
    Beavers_Lodge_Grooming_NorthCreek_90...jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) rests on a ledge high above the Atlantic Ocean on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff, 14 km (8.7 miles) long with a height of up to 440 meters (1444 feet).
    Puffin_Latrabjarg_Ledge_AtlanticOcea...jpg
  • A black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) lands next to its nesting mate on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in Iceland. It breeds in colonies in large reedbeds or marshes or on islands in lakes, and nests on the ground.
    Gull_BlackHeaded_Nesting_8119.jpg
  • Two bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) hunt from a tree above the Skagit River in Washington state in winter.
    baldeagles-winter-two.jpg
  • Two American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) trade places on a bare branch near the top of a tree in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Crows_Trading-Places_Branch_Lynnwood...jpg
  • A captive patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas) gets a back rub from another. Patas monkeys are social monkeys that are found in semi-arid areas of West Africa into East Africa. They are considered the fastest primate on earth, capable of running at speeds up to 55 kilometers (34 miles) per hour.
    Monkeys_Patas_Captive_3253.jpg
  • Two Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) share a rocky ledge in Látrabjarg, Iceland. Puffins form huge colonies in Iceland during the spring breeding season, then scatter all over the Atlantic Ocean.
    Latrabjarg_PuffinPair.jpg
  • Two trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) swim in the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Swans-Trumpeter_Firehole-River_Yello...jpg
  • Two black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) meet at the entrance to a burrow in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge near Denver, Colorado. Black-tailed prairie dogs are native to North American grasslands although their populations are well below historical levels. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1992 on the site of a former U.S. Army chemical weapons manufacturing facility.
    Prairie-Dogs_Black-Tailed_Rocky-Moun...jpg
  • Against a backdrop of fiery clouds illuminated by the rising sun, two burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) look out from their perches among the rocks in Grant County, Washington.
    Owls-Burrowing_Two_Sunrise_Ephrata_0...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
  • Two North American Beavers (Castor canadensis) rest atop their flooded lodge in North Creek, Bothell, Washington. Beavers are typically most active at night and spend the winter in the safety of their lodges. During significant floods, however, the beavers climb on top of their lodges, waiting for the waters to recede.
    Beavers_Lodge_Resting_NorthCreek_898...jpg
  • A black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) sniffs another at the entrance to its burrow in Badlands National Park, South Dakota. When prairie dogs encounter other prairie dogs in their territories, they sniff each other's perianal scent glands to make sure that they are from the same family group. Prairie dogs are very social and live in large colonies called prairie dog towns.
    PrairieDogs_BlackTailed_Badlands_Sni...jpg
  • A pair of mustangs (Equus caballus) feed in the Tonto National Forest in the woods near the Salt River in Arizona. The free-roaming mustangs are commonly referred to as wild horses, but they are descendants of domesticated Spanish horses that were brought to the continent in the 16th century.
    Mustangs_Pair_Feeding_Coon-Bluff_347...jpg
  • A pair of mustangs (Equus caballus) feed in the Tonto National Forest in the woods near the Salt River in Arizona. The free-roaming mustangs are commonly referred to as wild horses, but they are descendants of domesticated Spanish horses that were brought to the continent in the 16th century.
    Mustangs_Pair_Feeding_Coon-Bluff_347...jpg
  • A pair of mustangs (Equus caballus) feed in the Tonto National Forest in the woods near the Salt River in Arizona. The free-roaming mustangs are commonly referred to as wild horses, but they are descendants of domesticated Spanish horses that were brought to the continent in the 16th century.
    Mustangs_Pair_Feeding_Coon-Bluff_349...jpg
  • A pair of mustangs (Equus caballus) feeds in the Tonto National Forest in the woods near the Salt River in Arizona. The free-roaming mustangs are commonly referred to as wild horses, but they are descendants of domesticated Spanish horses that were brought to the continent in the 16th century.
    Mustangs_Pair_Feeding_Coon-Bluff_372...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
  • A pair of mustangs (Equus caballus) feed in the Tonto National Forest in the woods near the Salt River in Arizona. The free-roaming mustangs are commonly referred to as wild horses, but they are descendants of domesticated Spanish horses that were brought to the continent in the 16th century.
    Mustangs_Pair_Feeding_Coon-Bluff_351...jpg
  • A pair of mustangs (Equus caballus) feed in the Tonto National Forest in the woods near the Salt River in Arizona. The free-roaming mustangs are commonly referred to as wild horses, but they are descendants of domesticated Spanish horses that were brought to the continent in the 16th century.
    Mustangs_Pair_Feeding_Coon-Bluff_350...jpg
  • A pair of Chincoteague ponies (Equus caballus), also known as Assateague horses, nuzzle on Assateague Island in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. About 300 wild — technically feral — ponies roam the island on the Atlantic coast. There is some dispute as to how the ponies ended up on the island. Some researchers believe the ponies are survivors of the wreck of a Spanish galleon, La Galga, which sank just off the coast in 1750; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service believes they are descendants of horses owned by early colonial settlers.
    Assateague-Island_Chincoteague-Ponie...jpg
  • A pair of captive sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) swim in the Point Defiance Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. Sandbar sharks are typically found in shallow waters, less than 200 feet deep, in the tropical and subtropical Pacific and Atlantic oceans, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Mediterranean Sea.
    Sharks_Sandbar_Pt-Defiance_9395.jpg
  • A pair of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flies over the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico as the sun sets.
    SandhillCranes_PairAndSun_6695.jpg
  • Chincoteague ponies (Equus caballus), also known as Assateague horses, feed together on Assateague Island in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. Chincoteague ponies are small — typically 12-13 hands (about 4 feet tall) — their growth stunted by the limited food and harsh environment of Assateague Island. About 300 wild — technically feral — ponies roam the island on the Atlantic coast. There is some dispute as to how the ponies ended up on the island. Some researchers believe the ponies are survivors of the wreck of a Spanish galleon, La Galga, which sank just off the coast in 1750; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service believes they are descendants of horses owned by early colonial settlers.
    Assateague-Island_Chincoteague-Ponie...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 pair of American bison (Bison bison) walk down the edge of a forested hillside into a meadow. Bison are also known as American buffalo.
    Bison_Pair-On-Forested-Hillside_4086.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 pair of barred owls (Strix varia) hunt from their perches on an old-growth Douglas fir tree in Kirkland, Washington.
    Owls-Barred_Pair-Perched_Kirkland_36...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 pair of American coots (Fulica americana) swim among bulrush stalks as the sun sets over Lake Sammamish in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Coots-American_Bulrush_Sunset_Lake-S...jpg
  • 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
  • A pair of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) sit at the entrance to their burrow in Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Black-tailed prairie dogs are native to grassland habitats in North America. Their range stretches across the Great Plains of the United States from the Canadian border to the Mexican border.
    PrairieDogs_BlackTailed_Badlands_133...jpg
  • The Maroon Bells are reflected in Maroon Lake in Colorado on a still autumn morning. The Maroon Bells are a pair of mountains, the tallest of which is 14,156 feet (4,317 meters). The peaks are located in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest.
    CO_MaroonBells_Autumn_Dawn_1750.jpg
  • A pair of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) splash water as they land on Hayden Lake in Idaho.
    Geese-Canada_Hayden-Lake_1977.jpg
  • A pair of rhinocerous auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata) surface after feeding in water of Puget Sound off Edmonds, Washington. The rhinocerous auklet is named for the horn that is found on its bill in the spring and summer. It grows the horn in the early spring and sheds it in the late summer. Rhinocerous auklets forage on fish and crustaceans that they catch while swimming underwater. The birds are found along the entire Pacific Coast of North America.
    Auklet-Rhinocerous_Puget-Sound_Edmon...jpg
  • A pair of young red fox kits (Vulpes vulpes) look out from their den in San Juan Island National Historical Park in Washington state. While red foxes are widespread, found across much of the Northern Hemisphere, they were introduced to San Juan Island in the early 1900s in an attempt to control the population of European rabbits, which were also introduced to the island.
    Fox-Red_Kits_Den_San-Juan_5953.jpg
  • A pair of ferns grow over a carpet of clover on the forest floor in Bellevue, Washington. The darker fern is an American Alpine Lady fern (Athyrium alpestre); the brighter fern is a Western Sword fern (Polystichum munitum).
    Ferns_Bellevue-Botanical-Garden_6710.jpg
  • A pair of great blue herons (Ardea herodias) preen among the reeds in the Edmonds Marsh in Edmonds, Washington.
    Heron_GreatBlue_EdmondsMarsh_PairPre...jpg
  • A pair of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) hunt on the cliffs of 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 mainly covered with grass and low brush. The island, which also has high sandy bluffs, serves as a nesting ground for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area. Bald eagles prey on those seabirds and their young.
    BaldEagles_Hunting_ProtectionIsland_...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 whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) tends to her cygnets in northern Iceland. Whooper swans are commonly found on the Iceland wetlands. Whooper swans pair for life, and their cygnets stay with them all winter; they are sometimes joined by offspring from previous years.
    WhooperSwan_Cygnets_0628.jpg
  • A pair of cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) feed on the remains of a topi in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Cheetahs_Feeding_1...jpg
  • A pair of rhinocerous auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata) surface after feeding in water of Puget Sound off Edmonds, Washington. The rhinocerous auklet is named for the horn that is found on its bill in the spring and summer. It grows the horn in the early spring and sheds it in the late summer. Rhinocerous auklets forage on fish and crustaceans that they catch while swimming underwater. The birds are found along the entire Pacific Coast of North America.
    Auklet-Rhinocerous_Puget-Sound_Edmon...jpg
  • A pair of hemlock trees frame a view of Olallie Lake and the forest that surrounds it in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington state.
    WA_Olallie-Lake_Forest_Framed_5798.jpg
  • A pair of yucca plants grow on a large dunes in White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. The white sand dunes are comprised of gypsum crystals, which is rarely found as sand because it is water-soluble. But the Tularosa Basin is surrounded by mountains and there is no direct outlet to the sea for any rain that falls there. Any water eventually drains through the ground leaving the gypsum behind in a crystalline form called selenite. White Sands National Monument is the largest gypsum dune field in the world.
    NM_WhiteSands_YuccaAndDunes_1295.jpg
  • A pair of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) appear to argue as the Edmonds Marsh in Edmonds, Washington, is colored in the golden light of sunset.
    Geese_Canada_Arguing_Edmonds-Marsh_4...jpg
  • A pair of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) swim in a channel in Edmonds Marsh, Edmonds, Washington.
    Geese_Canada_Swimming_EdmondsMarsh_2...jpg
  • A pair of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) stand guard next to a National Wildlife Refuge sign on Protection Island near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island mainly covered with grass and low brush. The island, which also has high sandy bluffs, serves as a nesting ground for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_RefugeSign_Eagle...jpg
  • A pair of yucca plants grow on a large dunes in White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. The white sand dunes are comprised of gypsum crystals, which is rarely found as sand because it is water-soluble. But the Tularosa Basin is surrounded by mountains and there is no direct outlet to the sea for any rain that falls there. Any water eventually drains through the ground leaving the gypsum behind in a crystalline form called selenite. White Sands National Monument is the largest gypsum dune field in the world.
    NM_WhiteSands_YuccaAndDunes_1299.jpg
  • A pair of sea snails appear deep red under ultraviolet light at low tide off Fidalgo Head near Anacortes, Washington. The glow is fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light at Sunset Beach in Washington Park.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Snails_Fidalgo-H...jpg
  • On a foggy day, a pair of mallard ducks swim near the base of a snag that is reflected on the calm waters of Wiley Slough, a river that empties into Skagit Bay in the Skagit Wildlife Area near Conway, Washington.
    WA_Wiley-Slough_Ducks_Snag_Fog_1224.jpg
  • A pair of old bulrush stalks rise from a cluster of fragrant water lily pads in Lake Sammamish from Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Water-Lilies_Bulrush_Autumn_Lake-Sam...jpg
  • Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina) grows on the bark of a pair of  California incense-cedar trees (Librocedrus decurrens) in the Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California.
    Cedar-Incense_Wolf-Lichen_Three-Tree...jpg
  • A pair of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) take off from a pond in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico as other cranes continue to preen.
    SandhillCranes_TakingOff_Bosque_1392.jpg
  • A pair of young red fox kits (Vulpes vulpes) play tag in San Juan Island National Historical Park in Washington state. While red foxes are widespread, found across much of the Northern Hemisphere, they were introduced to San Juan Island in the early 1900s in an attempt to control the population of European rabbits, which were also introduced to the island.
    Fox-Red_Kits_Tag_San-Juan_6370.jpg
  • A pair of white doves fly over Heritage Park in Kirkland, Washington.
    Doves_White_HeritagePark_0358.jpg
  • A Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) hunts over Puget Sound in Washington state with The Brothers, a pair of prominent peaks in the Olympic Mountain Range, providing a backdrop.
    Tern-Caspian_Brothers_Everett_0059.jpg
  • A pair of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) swim in Puget Sound near Everett, Washington.
    Whale-Gray_Puget-Sound_4873.jpg
  • Two pairs of Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) rub their bills together, a display known as billing, to select a mate at the top of the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and up to 440 meters (1444 feet) high. It hosts up to 40 percent of the breeding populations of some species.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Billing_3184.jpg
  • Two mating pairs of familiar bluet damselflies (Enallagma civile) lay eggs in the Ronald Bog in Shoreline, Washington. The male, hovering above, holds the female by the "neck" while she deposits her eggs beneath the surface of the water.
    Damselflies_FamiliarBluet_Mating_956...jpg
  • Two Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) share a ledge high above the Atlantic Ocean at Látrabjarg, Iceland. Látrabjarg is the western most point in Europe, and Europe's largest bird cliff, 14 kilometers (8.5 miles) long and up to 440 metres (1,444 feet) high.
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