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Bird landing in water
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus).

Image: Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)

Male ruddy duck swimming in water.

Image: Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)

Female ruddy duck swimming in water.

Image: Waterlily (Nymphaeaceae)
Waterlily (Nymphaeaceae)
Waterlily (Nymphaeaceae)
Waterlily (Nymphaeaceae)

Tropical waterlily.

Image: Shining Coneflower (Rudbeckia nitida)
Shining Coneflower (Rudbeckia nitida)
Shining Coneflower (Rudbeckia nitida)
Shining Coneflower (Rudbeckia nitida)

Shining coneflower in Botanical Gardens.

Image: Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly

Monarch butterfly on a dense blazing star.

Monarch butterfly on a dense blazing star.

Image: Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly

Monarch butterfly on dense blazing star.

Monarch butterfly on dense blazing star.

Image: Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly

Monarch butterfly on dense blazing star.

Monarch butterfly on dense blazing star.

Image: Monarch Butterflies on Dense Blazing Star
Monarch Butterflies on Dense Blazing Star
Monarch Butterflies on Dense Blazing Star
Monarch Butterflies on Dense Blazing Star

Image of the butterflies Danaus plexippus on the purple flowers of Liatris spicata.

Image of the butterflies Danaus plexippus on the purple flowers of Liatris spicata.

Image: Monarch Butterflies on Dense Blazing Star
Monarch Butterflies on Dense Blazing Star
Monarch Butterflies on Dense Blazing Star
Monarch Butterflies on Dense Blazing Star

Image of the butterflies Danaus plexippus on the purple flowers of Liatris spicata.

Image of the butterflies Danaus plexippus on the purple flowers of Liatris spicata.

Image: Rice Paper Butterfly (Idea leuconoe)
Rice Paper Butterfly (Idea leuconoe)
Rice Paper Butterfly (Idea leuconoe)
Rice Paper Butterfly (Idea leuconoe)

Rice Paper Butterfly on leaf.

Image: Rice Paper Butterfly (Idea leuconoe)
Rice Paper Butterfly (Idea leuconoe)
Rice Paper Butterfly (Idea leuconoe)
Rice Paper Butterfly (Idea leuconoe)

Rice Paper Butterfly on leaf

Image: Delicate Arch
Delicate Arch
Delicate Arch
Delicate Arch

The world-famous Delicate Arch was formed by the movement of underground salt beds beneath overlying sandstone, in concert with surface events including water, ice, and erosion, which washed away or broke off the sandstone to create the arches and fins found throughout Arches National Park.

The world-famous Delicate Arch was formed by the movement of underground salt beds beneath overlying sandstone, in concert with surface events including water, ice, and erosion, which washed away or broke off the sandstone to create the arches and fins found throughout Arches National Park.

Image: Raccoon Tracks
Raccoon Tracks
Raccoon Tracks
Raccoon Tracks

Raccoon paw print in mud.

Image: White-Tailed Deer Tracks
White-Tailed Deer Tracks
White-Tailed Deer Tracks
White-Tailed Deer Tracks

White-tailed deer tracks in the mud.

Image: Wacissa River Grasses
Wacissa River Grasses
Wacissa River Grasses
Wacissa River Grasses

Grasses in the Wacissa River are part of the vegetative mat that makes for a difficult stream to make flow measurements. 

Grasses in the Wacissa River are part of the vegetative mat that makes for a difficult stream to make flow measurements. 

Image: Lake of the Clouds
Lake of the Clouds
Lake of the Clouds
Lake of the Clouds

Lake of the Clouds, Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Lake of the Clouds, Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Image: Presque Isle River
Presque Isle River
Presque Isle River
Presque Isle River

Presque Isle River, Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Presque Isle River, Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Image: Presque Isle River
Presque Isle River
Presque Isle River
Presque Isle River

Presque Isle River, Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Presque Isle River, Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Image: Presque Isle River
Presque Isle River
Presque Isle River
Presque Isle River

Presque Isle River, Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Presque Isle River, Upper Peninsula of Michigan.