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nature photos and info. animals, weather, fungi, the occasional tree. non-oc credited where known. pfp: Gasper Zaldo. Banner: James Wainscoat.

A fledgling pigeon wedged in the gap between weathered wooden boards on a building exterior. The bird has sparse white downy fluff on its head, large red eyes, pink skin visible through developing striped translucent wing feathers, and bare pink feet.
A traditional Japanese temple building with blue-grey curved tile roofs stands partially hidden behind Japanese maple trees in peak autumn color. The foliage ranges from deep red to orange and gold; fallen leaves carpet the ground in the foreground.
Colorized scanning electron microscope image of a mite viewed from above. The sepia-toned body fills the frame against a dark green background, eight segmented legs extending to one side, the dorsal surface covered in dense cell-like patterning and fine scattered hairs.
A hoverfly rests on a grass blade viewed from above, wings spread flat. Its abdomen has intricate branching amber and dark blue-black markings; its compound eyes are large and reddish-brown.
Two dark-furred arctic fox pups sit together at the base of a tree on bright green grass. The one in the foreground faces right with an alert, slightly suspicious look; the second has its back entirely to camera.
Butterfly
A sawfish swims in an aquarium tank, its long flat toothed rostrum extending forward toward the camera. A larger shark glides above and behind it. The sawfish's small eye is visible on the right side of its snout.
selective focus photography of piled shells
a rat sitting on a piece of wood
A Himalayan monal in flight against layered blue-grey Himalayan ridges and cloud. Wings spread wide, showing vivid iridescent plumage: deep purple chest, metallic blue-green wings, teal crest, and a bright orange-rufous rump and tail.
A translucent blue jellyfish drifts above a coral reef in deep blue water, its rounded bell glowing pale blue. Two thin white tentacles curl upward from the top. A small pink crustacean is visible inside the bell.
Two large rounded boulders sit side by side in a summer woodland, with a tree growing up between them, its trunk threading through the narrow gap. Sunlight filters through a full green canopy above. A grassy clearing leads toward the boulders in the foreground.
A dead freshwater fish lying on sandy ground in bright sunlight, covered by a dozen or more butterflies - yellow-and-black Eastern Tiger Swallowtails and darker Spicebush or Pipevine Swallowtails - all feeding on it.
Two massive red sandstone walls rise on either side of a narrow canyon, their layered horizontal bands smooth and rounded. Dark still water fills the canyon floor, reflecting the rock walls. Green trees are visible at the top edges, and a strip of blue sky shows in the gap above.
Close-up of a large, double-petalled delphinium flower in rich blue-purple, shading to lighter, truer blue toward the white and yellow center. More delphinium flowers in similar blue-purple tones visible at the edges.
A tawny owl perched on a bare branch midway up a deciduous tree, surrounded by bright green summer leaves. The owl faces directly down toward the camera, its dark eyes level and composed, its mottled brown plumage the only warm color in the frame.
A black-capped chickadee lying completely flat on a weathered wooden railing, feathers fanned out in all directions and wings spread wide, looking almost melted against the surface. Trees are blurred green in the background.
Stone steps with wooden railings descend steeply down a bright green hillside toward a dark volcanic sand beach and turquoise cove. A massive sheer rock cliff rises directly behind the beach against a blue sky with scattered clouds.
A cluster of at least a dozen damselflies crowded on a single dry plant stem, their translucent lacy wings overlapping in all directions. Several pairs appear locked together in the circular mating wheel posture. The background is heavily blurred green and white bokeh.
A dense bloom of sea nettles filling the frame against deep blue water. Their translucent amber-toned bells overlap one another, with long thin rust-colored tentacles crossing in every direction and frilled white oral arms billowing around each bell.
A small dark brown bear cub stands on sandy ground at the base of a tree, looking directly at the camera with a steady, serious expression. Green vegetation is softly blurred in the background.
A fireworm moves across purple and pink coralline algae on a reef. Its dark segmented body has vivid green iridescent lines running along its length, with rows of white fluffy bristle tufts fringing each side.
A large pale tan caterpillar clings to a dark red plant stem, its upper body surrounded by golden fibrous material and splayed legs. A cluster of small gray-brown cocoons hangs from the caterpillar's underside. A small black and orange wasp clings to the cocoon cluster, hanging inverted below the caterpillar.
Two translucent moon jellyfish drift against a near-black background flecked with tiny particles of marine snow. The nearer jellyfish is in sharp focus, its dome-shaped bell and trailing oral arms clearly visible, with a faint four-lobed pattern showing through the translucent tissue. A second jellyfish is softly blurred in the background.
A large porcupinefish with orange-brown skin covered in black spots swims horizontally over a coral reef in clear blue water, its spines lying flat against its body. Several small blue fish are visible below it among the coral.
Pink foxglove spires rise from a fern-covered slope in a Scottish glen, with a grey-blue loch sitting in the valley below and rolling green hills on either side under an overcast sky.
a group of bees on a tree
A white-tailed deer stands in tall green grass looking directly at the camera, with a male red-winged blackbird perched between her ears on top of her head. The deer's ears are angled outward around the bird, which sits calmly, its red and yellow shoulder patch visible.
A barred owl perched on the top of a black metal lamp post, staring directly into the camera with a round puffed-up posture. A single exposed Edison bulb on a string of lights hangs from the post just below where the owl grips. Dense green foliage and a large tree trunk fill the background.
A rosy maple moth resting on a white surface, photographed in close-up at night. The moth has vivid pink and yellow wings folded in a steep tent shape and thick furry pink legs spread wide beneath it.
A timelapse video of an aurora borealis display over a dark rural field. The aurora opens green and surges to vivid pink and magenta curtains that fill most of the sky, with silhouetted figures watching from a roadside near a lone conifer. Over the clip the display slowly fades back to a quiet green glow low on the horizon.
A barred owl perched on a small stub branch pressed tight against a tree trunk in a suburban backyard, body hunched and angled sideways, looking toward the camera. Yellowing autumn leaves and a shingled roof are visible in the background.
A small rust-red beetle perches on the edge of a green leaf in close-up profile. Rising from behind its head, a cluster of tall red serrated structures — the fruiting bodies of a parasitic fungus — extends upward into partial motion blur against a blurred green background.
A lilac-breasted roller perched on a bare, twisted branch stub, facing left. The bird has an olive-green crown, a lilac and pink breast, turquoise-green wings, and long dark tail streamers, set against a soft blue-grey sky and blurred green savanna.
A pale grey and white spotted pufferfish with vivid yellow pectoral fins swims toward the camera in an aquarium tank, its large dark eye prominent in close-up, coral and dark water behind it.
A video of a barn owl perched indoors, slowly rotating its head toward the camera until it is looking directly into the lens. The background is blurred with soft bokeh lights.
A small, round, brown-furred quokka photographed mid-hop, all four feet off the ground, barreling directly toward the camera against a blurred stone surface.
A white-coated grey seal pup and a large adult grey seal lie nose-to-nose on a sandy beach. The pup is small and fluffy; the adult is much larger with a spotted dark grey coat.
A small mammal, likely a mongoose, peers through green grass blades directly at the camera, its amber eyes and dark nose visible between the stems.
Indiana Bats (Myotis sodalis)
A bright pink grasshopper resting on green leaves among low vegetation. Its entire body is vivid magenta-pink, contrasting sharply with the surrounding green plants.
Close-up portrait of a small parrot with vivid green plumage, blue and red facial markings, orange cheek patches, and yellow on the wing, photographed against a blurred grey-green background.
Bison bonasus (Linnaeus 1758)
A white-faced capuchin monkey photographed through heavily scratched glass, head slightly bowed, eyes half-closed, expression set in deep disinterest or disapproval.
a stork is feeding its young in a nest
brown cattle near tree