Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont California

The most noticeable characteristics of the American red squirrel are the tail and the eye ring. The tree squirrel's tail is bushy and dark red with hints of a white outline. The eye ring is a thick, white circle around the rodent's black eyes. American red squirrels are about 12 inches and have grayish, red, or rust-colored fur with a white belly. Sometimes a black stripe can be seen on the sides.

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An eagle can live up to 70 years, but to reach this age the eagle must make some hard and difficult decisions.

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The American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a large aquatic soaring bird from the order Pelecaniformes. It breeds in interior North America, moving south and to the coasts, as far as Central America and South America, in winter. The German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin described the American white pelican in 1789. The scientific name means "red-billed pelican", from the Latin term for a pelican, Pelecanus, and erythrorhynchos, derived from the Ancient Greek words erythros (ἐρυθρός, "red") + rhynchos (ῥύγχος, "bill").

Garvin Park, Minnesota

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Don't you just love the "knob" on the left one's bill? That's this bird's form of breeding plumage.

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American Bald Eagle

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Beaumaris Lake. Edmonton, Alberta.

If you look closely in the frogs eye, you can see the silhouettes of my friends Karen and Steve, as well as myself. Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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Connecticut

Garvin Park, Minnesota

Always a thrill to see them, especially in flight.

Seminole Texas

Number 7 in the "Take Wing" series

Coots are the most fun for photographers when they're running on the water for take-off and showing off their weird feet.

This robin was about to enjoy a puddle in our driveway, but hadn't disrupted the perfect reflection yet.

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Both parents incubate, taking turns to go out to forage so that the eggs are constantly guarded. Parents switch duty every other day during incubation. Eggs left unattended are rapidly eaten by California gulls.

Buffalo, NY

Northern Wisconsin

This Oystercatcher appeared to be searching for his favorite mollusks, while ignoring the crab in the lower left hand corner.

Papilio polyxenes, the black swallowtail, American swallowtail or parsnip swallowtail, is a butterfly found throughout much of North America. My garden in Fairfield Harbour, NC

Merced National Wildlife Refuge.

I believe this is the red maple tree

Munith, Michigan

Sports fans in some cities get an extra show during night games: kestrels perching on light standards or foul poles, tracking moths and other insects in the powerful stadium light beams and catching these snacks on the wing. Some of their hunting flights have even made it onto TV sports coverage.

America

Although this photo was taken in August, very few of these American Goldfinches remain. The ones I've seen have rather dull plumage as they are set to migrate soon.

Checking out a fading late-August coneflower. Taken through a small gap in a lilac bush. Maine

The American Flamingo is also called the Caribbean Flamingo, the largest amount of them are found around the Caribbean. A beautiful and graceful creature that has been depicted in many forms, pictorially and statuary. Picture taken at the Florida Zoo.

Kane County, Illinois

St.Albert Alberta