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  • A dusting of snow covers the branches that frame a series of small cascades in Twenty-Two Creek, located in the Lake Twenty Two Research Natural Area in the Cascades of Washington state.
    WA_Twenty-Two-Creek_Winter_4440.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
  • 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 moose (Alces alces) feed on snow-covered shrubs near the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Moose have a number of features, including thick skin, that make them specially adapted to survive tough winters.
    Moose_Snow_Two-Feeding_Yellowstone_1...jpg
  • Two juvenile bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), just over two months old, sit together on a branch a few hundred yards away from their nest. At the time of this image, the fledglings had been flying for less than a week.
    BaldEagle_Juveniles_TwoOnBranch_8277.jpg
  • Two juvenile bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), approximately seven weeks old, sit together on their nest in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington. At this stage of development, both birds would regularly take turns testing their wings and sitting on the edge of the next, but it was another two weeks before they took their first flights.
    BaldEagle_Eaglets_Nest_Together_3567.jpg
  • Two juvenile bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) sit together on their nest in Puyallup, Washington. While young bald eagles are nearly as big as their parents by the time they are two months old, they do not develop their distinctive white heads until they are four or five years old.
    BaldEagles_JuvenilesOnNest_Puyallup_...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 snowy owls (Nyctea scandiaca) rest on a log at Damon Point in Ocean Shores, Washington; one appears to yawn while the other stretches one of its wings. Snowy owls, which spend the summer in the northern circumpolar region north of 60 degrees latitude, have a typical winter range that includes Alaska, Canada and northern Eurasia. Every several years, for reasons still unexplained, the snowy owls migrate much farther south in an event known as an irruption. During one irruption, a snowy owl was found as far south as the Caribbean. During the 2011-2012 irruption, Ocean Shores on the Washington coast was the winter home for an especially large number of snowy owls. Snowy owls tend to prefer coastal and plains areas, which most resemble the open tundra that serves as their typical home.
    SnowyOwls_OceanShores_TwoOnLog_9999.jpg
  • Two snowy owls (Nyctea scandiaca) rest on a log at Damon Point in Ocean Shores, Washington. Owls typically rest during the day and hunt at night. Used to the open tundra, however, snowy owls rest on the ground, rather than on high perches. Snowy owls, which spend the summer in the northern circumpolar region north of 60 degrees latitude, have a typical winter range that includes Alaska, Canada and northern Eurasia. Every several years, for reasons still unexplained, the snowy owls migrate much farther south in an event known as an irruption. During one irruption, a snowy owl was found as far south as the Caribbean. During the 2011-2012 irruption, Ocean Shores on the Washington coast was the winter home for an especially large number of snowy owls. Snowy owls tend to prefer coastal and plains areas, which most resemble the open tundra that serves as their typical home.
    SnowyOwls_OceanShores_TwoOnLog_9839.jpg
  • Two tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus) swim together in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Ridgefield, Washington. Hundreds of swans spend part of the winter in the refuge.
    ridgefield-tundra-swans-4614.jpg
  • Two juvenile bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) soar over the Squamish River in Brackendale, British Columbia, Canada.
    BaldEagles_JuvenilesSoaring_Brackend...jpg
  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) prepares to take off from a branch while its sibling looks on. At the time of this image, these fledglings, a little over two months old, had been flying for less than one week.
    BaldEagle_Juveniles_TwoOnBranch_8287.jpg
  • A young bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), just over two months old, lands next to its sibling on a branch a few hundred yards from their nest. At the time of this image, the bald eagle fledglings had been flying for less than a week.
    BaldEagle_Juveniles_TwoOnBranch_7499.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
  • Two horned grebes (Podiceps auritus), displaying their winter nonbreeding plumage, swim on Puget Sound near Hansville, Washington.
    Grebes_Horned_WinterPlumage_Hansvill...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
  • Running Eagle Falls in Glacier National Park, Montana, is also known as "Trick Falls" as the waterfall is much larger at the bottom than it is at the top. The waterfall is located in the Two Medicine area of the park and the "trick" is usually visible only in the summer when the water fall is lower.
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  • Running Eagle Falls in Glacier National Park, Montana, is also known as "Trick Falls" as the waterfall is much larger at the bottom than it is at the top. The waterfall is located in the Two Medicine area of the park and the "trick" is usually visible only in the summer when the water fall is lower.
    RunningEagleFalls_0156.jpg
  • Two nymph Conchuela bugs (Chlorochroa ligata) feed on rose leaves in Everett, Washington. The Conchuela bug is  type of stink bug.
    Bug-Conchuela_Nymph_Everett_6619.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
  • Two small creeks actually combine near the Continental Divide above Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, Montana.
    GlacierNPTwoCreeks.jpg
  • Two Pacific willows (Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra) sprout from the water of Levee Pond in Fife, Washington. Pacific willows grow to be the area's largest native willows, with a height of as much as 60 feet (18 meters). They are most often found in wetlands.
    Levee-Pond_Willow_Sprouts_2673.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
  • Two types of swallows share a perch in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. At left is a tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor); a female barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is on the right.
    Swallows_TreeAndBarn_Arboretum_2663.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 juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) tests its wings from the nest while another eaglet looks on. The eaglets are five to six weeks old in this image and will not fly for another three weeks.
    BaldEagle_Chicks_TestingWings_3284.jpg
  • Two hot air balloons rise into the golden sky at sunset near Monroe, Washington.
    Balloons_Pair_Golden-Sunset_Monroe_3...jpg
  • An American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) calls at another one that has landed on its perch at the top of a Douglas fir tree in Kirkland, Washington.
    Crows_Two-On-Branch_Kirkland_1180.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 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 young Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) chases after an adult Western Grebe on Fern Ridge Lake near Eugene, Oregon.
    Grebes_Western_Chasing_FernRidgeLake...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 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
  • 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
  • The sun may be going down, but this surfer is headed out to ride the waves near Santa Cruz, California. Another surfer is visible behind his left shoulder.
    SurferSilhouette.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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • An adult Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis), right, passes a fish to a young Western Grebe on Fern Ridge Lake near Eugene, Oregon.
    Grebes_Western_PassingFish_1822.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
  • Two bison (Bison bison) trudge through deep snow near Fountain Flat in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Bison are well equipped for harsh winter conditions. They grow a winter coat of woolly underfur, which has coarse hairs that protect them from the elements. The humps on their backs also contain muscles supported by long vertebrae that help swing their heads to move vast amounts of snow.
    Bison_Snow_Two_Fountain-Flat_Yellows...jpg
  • Two cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) watch for potential prey from their perch on a mound in the savannah of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Cheetahs_Two_9644.jpg
  • Two pileated woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus) peck at opposite sides of a tree in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington.
    woodpeckers_pileated_two_0691.jpg
  • Two bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) hunt from a tree above the Skagit River in Washington state in winter.
    baldeagles-winter-two.jpg
  • Two trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) swim on Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington, in late afternoon light.
    Swans-Trumpeter_Lake-Washington_Pair...jpg
  • Two juvenile barred owls (Strix varia) sit together on branch covered with moss while watching their parents hunt in Edith Moulton Park, Kirkland, Washington.
    Owls-Barred_Juvenile_Kirkland_2693.jpg
  • Remnants of two snags poke out from and cast shadows on the orange-pink sand of the Coral Pink Sand Dunes near Kanab, Utah. The dunes are made up remnants of the Wingate and Kayenta sandstone that forms the Vermilion Cliffs to the southeast.
    UT_Coral-Pink-Sand-Dunes_Snags_0265.jpg
  • Two juvenile bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) fight in the Hood Canal near Seaback, Washington. Hundreds of bald eagles congregate in the area in the early summer to feast on migrating midshipman fish that get trapped in oyster beds at low tide.
    BaldEagles_JuvenilesFighting_HoodCan...jpg
  • Two bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) fight on the oyster beds on Hood Canal near Seabeck, Washington. Hundreds of bald eagles congregate in the area in the early summer to feast on migrating midshipman fish that get trapped in the oyster beds at low tide.
    BaldEagles_TwoFighting_HoodCanal_469...jpg
  • Two juvenile bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), one of which had just made its first flight, sit together on a branch in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington.
    BaldEagle_Juveniles_TwoPerched_Kirkl...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.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Pair_Ocean_8664.jpg
  • Two sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) call out to other cranes from a marsh in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.
    SandhillCranes_Calling_6791.jpg
  • Two tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus) watch the sun rise over the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, located in Ridgefield, Washington.
    ridgefield-tundra-swans-4655.jpg
  • Two common mynas (Acridotheres tristis) share a perch in a tree on the island of Maui, Hawai`i. The common myna, sometimes referred to as the Indian Myna or spelled mynah, is native to Asia, but is rapidly spreading its territory. Its native range spans southern Asia from Iran to Singapore, but the bird has since been introduced in many other parts of the world, including Australia, Hawaii, Canada, and islands in the Indian Ocean. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) declared the myna one of the world's most invasive species.
    Mynas_Common_TwoInTree_Maui_7320.jpg
  • Two bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), an adult and a juvenile (background), fly over the Hood Canal in Washington state to hunt midshipman fish. Hundreds of bald eagles congregate in the area near the town of Seabeck early each summer to feast on the migrating fish, which get trapped in oyster beds during low tides.
    BaldEagles_TwoFlying_HoodCanal_3905.jpg
  • Two young mallard ducklings (Anas platyrhynchos) rest on the shore of Foster Island in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Mallard_TwoDucklings_Arboretum_8234.jpg
  • Two young mallard ducklings (Anas platyrhynchos) rest on the shore of Foster Island in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Mallard_TwoDucklings_Arboretum_8236.jpg
  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) watches over its two young eaglets on their nest in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington. Bald eagles construct the largest nests of any North American bird, up to 8 feet (2.5) meters wide and weighing more than a ton.
    BaldEagles_Nest_Parent_TwoEaglets_13...jpg
  • Two tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) fight over a perch in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington.
    Swallows_Tree_Fighting_Arboretum_252...jpg
  • Two red leaves at the peak of their fall color hang from a Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) tree.
    Fall_TwoMapleLeaves_Kubota_5375.jpg
  • Two bald eagle chicks, estimated to be about a week and a half old, share a nest. The eaglets are in the process of replacing their natal down with thermal down, a process that begins at about 10 days of age. They are hatched with natal down, a light-colored down that has little insulating ability. After its replaced with thermal down, which occurs at about 15 days of age, the eaglets are able to regulate their body temperature on their own.
    BaldEagle_Chicks_NatalDown_9652.jpg
  • Two bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) fight in midair for a prime hunting spot along Hood Canal in Washington state. Hundreds of bald eagles congregate in the area near Seabeck early each summer to feast on migrating midshipman fish that get trapped in oyster beds at low tide.
    BaldEagles_Fighting_HoodCanal_3618.jpg
  • Two adult bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) rest together in the top of a tree in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington.
    BaldEagles_TwoAdultsPerched_9485.jpg
  • Two bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), an adult and a juvenile, feed at the edge of the Squamish River in Brackendale, British Columbia, Canada. The juvenile found a scrap of food on a log and carried it to the edge of the river. The adult chased the young eagle and snatched the food, visible on its right foot, for itself.
    BaldEagles_AdultJuvenile_SquamishRiv...jpg
  • Viewed from above, Twentytwo Creek plunges over exposed rock into a small gorge in Snohomish County, Washington.
    WA_Twentytwo-Creek_Cascades_Above_28...jpg
  • Two pileated woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus) peck at opposite sides of a tree in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington.
    woodpeckers_pileated_two_0666.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
  • Two hardened tubes are visible in the Ape Cave, a lava tube located near Mount St. Helens in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington state. The ape cave formed about 2,000 years ago during the only known period when fluid basaltic lava erupted from the volcano. The outside edges of the lava flow cooled first, providing a crust that allowed fluid lava to continue flowing inside. This period of activity may have lasted a year during which the lava level rose and fell, leading to the unique shapes inside the cave. The Ape Cave lava tube is 13,042 feet (3976 meters) long, ranking as the third-longest in North America. The cave is named for a local hiking club, the St. Helens Apes.
    WA_Ape-Cave_Two-Tubes_1065.jpg
  • In the golden light of sunrise, two short-eared owls (Asio flammeus) fly over the Skagit Valley near Bow, Washington. The short-eared owl is found over much of North America. It hunts over open fields and grasslands, diving to catch small mammals and birds.
    Owls-Short-Eared_Two-Flying_Golden_B...jpg
  • Two hardened tubes are visible in the Ape Cave, a lava tube located near Mount St. Helens in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington state. The ape cave formed about 2,000 years ago during the only known period when fluid basaltic lava erupted from the volcano. The outside edges of the lava flow cooled first, providing a crust that allowed fluid lava to continue flowing inside. This period of activity may have lasted a year during which the lava level rose and fell, leading to the unique shapes inside the cave. The Ape Cave lava tube is 13,042 feet (3976 meters) long, ranking as the third-longest in North America. The cave is named for a local hiking club, the St. Helens Apes.
    WA_Ape-Cave_Two-Tubes_5130.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
  • An adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) watches the two young eaglets on its nest in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington. The young eaglets in this image are approximately two weeks old.
    BaldEagle_Nest_Parent_TwoEaglets_776...jpg
  • A family of Canada geese (Branta canadensis), two parents and three goslings, swim in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. The typical Canada goose clutch size is five eggs, though it can range from two to twelve. The eggs hatch simultaneously so the parents can lead the goslings together away from the nest. Canada geese typically mate for life.
    CanadaGeese_YoungFamily_Arboretum_33...jpg
  • Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) chicks are active in two adjacent nests as their parents look on in a rookery in Everett, Washington. For this image, two images were stacked on top of each other so that both nests would appear in focus.
    Heron_Great-Blue_Nest_Chicks_Everett...jpg
  • A family of Canada geese (Branta canadensis), two parents and three goslings, swim in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. The typical Canada goose clutch size is five eggs, though it can range from two to twelve. The eggs hatch simultaneously so the parents can lead the goslings together away from the nest. Canada geese typically mate for life..
    CanadaGeese_YoungFamily_Arboretum_33...jpg
  • Three bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), two adults and a juvenile, fight over fish on the banks of the Cheakamus River near Brackendale, British Columbia, Canada. The juvenile, at left, scavenged the spawned out fish first, but the two adults moved in quickly for their chance to feed.
    BaldEagles_ThreeFighting_Brackendale...jpg
  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), about two and a half months old, takes off from a tree near its nest. At the time of this image, the bald eagle fledgling had been flying for about two weeks.
    BaldEagle_Juvenile_TakingOff_9041.jpg
  • A family of Canada geese (Branta canadensis), two parents and three goslings, swim in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. The typical Canada goose clutch size is five eggs, though it can range from two to twelve. The eggs hatch simultaneously so the parents can lead the goslings together away from the nest. Canada geese typically mate for life.
    CanadaGeese_YoungFamily_Arboretum_35...jpg
  • A family of Canada geese (Branta canadensis), two parents and three goslings, swim in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. The typical Canada goose clutch size is five eggs, though it can range from two to twelve. The eggs hatch simultaneously so the parents can lead the goslings together away from the nest. Canada geese typically mate for life.
    CanadaGeese_YoungFamily_Arboretum_34...jpg
  • Two Belding's ground squirrels (Urocitellus beldingi) appear to kiss in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Frenchglen, Oregon. The ground squirrels are actually smelling each other's oral gland secretions to determine whether or not they're related. Belding's ground squirrels produce at least two odors from glands on their mouths and backs. They can determine whether they're related, and how closely they're related, by those odors.
    GroundSquirrels_Beldings_Kissing_Mal...jpg
  • The rising sun shines between two of the Moeraki Boulders, located at Koekohe Beach along Otago coast of New Zealand. Dozens of large, almost perfectly spherical boulders line the beach. About two-thirds of the rocks range in size from 1.5 to 2.2 metres (4.6 to 6.7 ft).
    NZ_MoerakiBoulders_8753.jpg
  • Two hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibius) are snout to snout as they fight in the Olare Orok River in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Hippos_Fighting_50...jpg
  • Two Plains bison (Bison bison) fight in an open area in the Fountain Flat area of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Plains bison are often mistakenly referred to as buffalo; they share only a distant relationship with true buffalo.
    Bison_Yellowstone_Fighting_Fountain-...jpg
  • A rainbow starts to rise from the Atlantic Ocean not far from Reynisdrangar sea stacks just off Reynisfjara beach near Vík í Mýrdal, Iceland. There are a number of Iceland legends about the basalt sea stacks. In the most common legend, two trolls were turned to stone as they were caught dragging a three-masted ship to shore at daybreak.
    Iceland_Vik_Troll-Rocks_Rainbow_2252.jpg
  • A couple of trees grow between two large splatter cones resulting from the eruption of the north crater in Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho.
    CratersOfTheMoon_Splatter-Cones_Silh...jpg
  • A bright rainbow stretches across the rugged eastern slope of the dormant Haleakalā volcano on the island of Maui, Hawai`i. Haleakalā, the eastern of the two volcanoes on Maui, last erupted sometime between 1480 and 1600 AD. On average, Haleakala National Park receives about 50 inches (1263 millimeters) of rain per year.
    Maui_Haleakala_Rainbow_6967.jpg
  • Several New Zealand fur seals (Arctocephalus forsteri), one adult and two pups, rest on the rocks on the coast of the South Island of New Zealand near Kaikoura. The New Zealand fur seal is also known as the southern fur seal, and as kekeno in the Māori language.
    NZ_FurSeals_NewZealand_Kaikoura_4669.jpg
  • The Mukilteo Light, decorated for the holidays, stands next to the Washington State Ferry terminal at Mukilteo, Washington. The lighthouse began operating in 1906. One of the few lighthouses made out of wood, the Mukilteo Light lighthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 and automated two years later. The lighthouse is now maintained by the Mukilteo Historical Society.
    Mukilteo_Lighthouse_Christmas_2248.jpg
  • Two young Pied-Billed Grebes (Podilymbus podiceps) rest on their mother's back in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. Young grebes travel on their mother's backs until they are able to swim on their own.
    Grebe_PiedBilled_MotherChicks_7930.jpg
  • Two fulmars fly between the southern coast of Iceland and the Dyrhólaey peninsula. The peninsula features several sea arches, resulting its name, which means "the island with the hill door." During the early summer, thousands of fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) nest on rocky cliffs throughout Iceland.
    Iceland_Dyrholaey_Fulmars_7525.jpg
  • A macro view — approximately two times magnification — renders the flower of a common hawthorn as abstract dots.
    Hawthorn-Common_Macro_Abstraction_10...jpg
  • A North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) prepares to dive into a patch of open water on the otherwise frozen Yellowstone River as two other otters rest on the ice in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
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  • Two bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) fight over a fishing spot along Hood Canal near Seabeck, Washington. Hundreds of bald eagles summer there to feast on migrating fish.
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  • Two types of cacti — saguaro and prickly pear — grow among mesquite in the Sonoran Desert near Superior, Arizona.
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  • Several Perseid meteors, including two especially bright ones, streak across the sky over Mount Shuksan in the North Cascades of Washington state. The Perseids are an annual meteor shower that occurs in August when Earth passes through the debris of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. The meteors are comet debris burning up in the Earth's atmosphere.
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  • The full moon and two snags frame Mount Baker at dawn in the North Cascades of Washington state. Mount Baker, at 10,781 feet (3,286 meters), is the third tallest volcano in Washington and last erupted in 1880.
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