Rainbow and storm clouds growing over autumn aspens [Populus tremuoides] and hills of Rocky Mountains; Fremont County, COAmerican Dipper [Cinclus mexicanus] feeding in mountain stream, looks deep into water searching for prey; Tarryall River, Colorado[Phoebis philea (Orange-barred Sulphur); Rhabdodryas trite (Straight-line Sulphur); Pieridae] Butterfly congregation puddling along Napo River shore for minerals and nutrition; Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, EcuadorAmerican Dipper [Cinclus mexicana] adult removing fecal sac expelled from nest with nestlings. Blends right to the rock and vegetation ; Eleven Mile Canyon State Park., ColoradoEared Grebe [Podiceps nigricollis] hunting; Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM Lovely colors!Double-crested Cormorant [Phalacrocorax auritus] adult providing water to thirsty nestlings; Holcim Wetland, Florence, Colorado Did you know this is how nestlings get their water? I didn’t until I saw it!Small trail patterns in sand created by feeding snails at low tide; Playa Las Lajas, PanamaDead Leaf Mantis [Acanthops sp]; Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama. Trying to look inconspicuous. Would you know what it was before I told you. Great camoflage!Burrowing Wolf Spider [Geolycosa sp] female withher brood on piggyback for protection resting on burrow entrance; Fremont County, CO Very discrete and if we weren’t looking closely, we would’t have seen this nest hole or its occupants. Jordan’s Altinote [Altinote hilaris, Nymphalidae subfamily – Acraeinae] butterfly laying eggs on underside of leaf; San Isidro Reserve, EcuadorRed-tailed Bumble Bees [Bombus ternarius] collecting pollen from sunflower; Fremont County, CO Climate change, pesticides and lost habitats are driving bees to extinction. Monarch Butterflies [Danaus plexippus] gather for warmth during their winter migration, clustering on tree branches inside eucalyptus forest grove at Pismo Beach, CA Raccoon tracks left during a hunting/feeding excursion in dried lake bed mud; Bosque del Apache NWR., NMFine beautiful detail inside and out of a Gastropeda, Triton [Cymatiidae] shell; Playa Venao, PanamaFlag-footed Bug [Anisocelis flavolineata] on Passionfruit vine; Casa Mariposa, Santa Fe, Panama
Without looking, you will not see. Get out into nature wherever that may be for you. We are nature deprived as a species.
Pronghorn Run 
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