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Image: A Primitive Shelter
A Primitive Shelter
A Primitive Shelter
A Primitive Shelter

Primitive shelter built along side the water.

Primitive shelter built along side the water.

Image: Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings open.

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings open.

Image: Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings closed.

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings closed.

Image: Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings closed.

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings closed.

Image: Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings closed.

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings closed.

Image: Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings open.

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings open.

Image: Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings open.

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings open.

Image: Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings open.

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings open.

Image: Cushioned star (Oreaster reticulatus)
Cushioned star (Oreaster reticulatus)
Cushioned star (Oreaster reticulatus)
Cushioned star (Oreaster reticulatus)

Cushion star on the ocean floor.

Image: Cushioned star (Oreaster reticulatus)
Cushioned star (Oreaster reticulatus)
Cushioned star (Oreaster reticulatus)
Cushioned star (Oreaster reticulatus)

Cushion star on the ocean floor.

Image: Cushioned star (Oreaster reticulatus)
Cushioned star (Oreaster reticulatus)
Cushioned star (Oreaster reticulatus)
Cushioned star (Oreaster reticulatus)

Cushion star on the ocean floor.

Image: Bluet (Enallagma sp.)
Bluet (Enallagma sp.)
Bluet (Enallagma sp.)
Bluet (Enallagma sp.)

Bluet at rest on a grass stalk near east side of Foy Lake, 3 miles southwest of Kalispell, MT.

Bluet at rest on a grass stalk near east side of Foy Lake, 3 miles southwest of Kalispell, MT.

Image: Pacific Chorus Frog
Pacific Chorus Frog
Pacific Chorus Frog
Pacific Chorus Frog

A Pacific chorus frog (Pseudacris regilla) in a meadow located in Lassen Volcanic National Park.

A Pacific chorus frog (Pseudacris regilla) in a meadow located in Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Image: Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Great Blue Heron standing in the water.

Image: Dinosaur Tracks
Dinosaur Tracks
Dinosaur Tracks
Dinosaur Tracks

Dinosaur tracks in the Jurassic Moenave Formation. It is a popular site for tourists to stop and meet local Navajo and Moenkopi Hopi guides who lead short tours through the tracks area.

Dinosaur tracks in the Jurassic Moenave Formation. It is a popular site for tourists to stop and meet local Navajo and Moenkopi Hopi guides who lead short tours through the tracks area.

Photo of sharp-tailed grouse
Male sharp-tailed grouse during spring breeding season
Male sharp-tailed grouse during spring breeding season
Male sharp-tailed grouse during spring breeding season

Image of a Male Sharp-tailed grouse during spring breeding season in North Dakota

Image: Sagebrush Landscape
Sagebrush Landscape
Sagebrush Landscape
Sagebrush Landscape

Brewer's sparrow (Spizella breweri) and sagebush sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) breeding habitat in central Nevada.

Brewer's sparrow (Spizella breweri) and sagebush sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) breeding habitat in central Nevada.

Image: Tundra Shrew
Tundra Shrew
Tundra Shrew
Tundra Shrew

A tundra shrew (Sorex tundrensis) from Far East Siberia.

 

A tundra shrew (Sorex tundrensis) from Far East Siberia.

 

Image: Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus glaucus)
Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus glaucus)
Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus glaucus)
Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus glaucus)

Male Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly resting on a leaf.

Image: Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus glaucus)
Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus glaucus)
Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus glaucus)
Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus glaucus)

Male Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly drinks nectar from a flower.

Image: Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus glaucus)
Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus glaucus)
Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus glaucus)
Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus glaucus)

Male Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly drinks nectar from a flower.