Lilac Breasted Roller.
Lilac-breasted roller perches high on an acacia tree, Etosha National Park, Namibia.
Flamingo wading in wetlands, Namibia.
Africa, Namibia. A solitary Lesser flamingo, Phoeniconaias minor, walking in shallow water in the new wetlands in the dunes east of the town of Walvis Bay.
Great Egret Squawking in Flight
California, Santa Rosa. A Great Egret, ardea alba, in flight announces its arrival at the rookery, northern California.
Black-Necked Stilt and Reflection
California. A Black-necked Stilt forages in calm tidal waters.
Vocalizing Lesser Sandhill Crane
California. A solo Lesser Sandhill Crane flies by and calls out to the flock below.
Anna's Hummingbird on Nest
California. A female Anna's Hummingbird sits on her eggs in her tiny nest.
Happy Ostrich
A common ostrich, struthio camelus, eats acacia flowers, Etosha National Park, Namibia.
Fuzzy Chicks of Eagle Owl
Sleepy African spotted eagle-owl (Bubo africanus) chicks stand on a low branch near their ground nest. Etosha National Park, Namibia.
Bald Eagle perched on a floating iceberg, Alaska.
A Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, hitches a ride on an ice bit in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.
Riding the Ice
Alaska. A Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, sits on a floating iceberg.
Tuted Puffin Take-off
Alaska. A Tufted Puffin takes off in a running start to get its heavy body off the water.
A Tufted Puffin floating on reflective waters.
Tufted Puffin, Fratercula cirrhata, floating on the ocean in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.
Trumpeter Swans in Horsetail Ferns
Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator, hides her brood in the horsetail ferns and keeps a watchful eye, Seward Peninsula, Alaska.
Great Egret flying with branch.
California, Santa Rosa. A Great Egret, ardea alba, flies to its nest with a branch to give to its mate, part of the continual courtship during nesting.
Taking the Lead
California. Three Snow Geese take out in front of the mass flock lifting off from the pond below.
Snow Goose Landing
A goose lands amidst the flock on a pond in Merced National Wildlife Refuge, central California.
Yellow Hornbill in Acacia Tree
Yellow Hornbill, Tockus leucomelas, perched in a tree, Namibia.
Gray Hornbill iin Acacia Tree
African Gray Hornbill, Tockus nasutus, perched in a tree, Namibia.
Lilac Breasted Roller on Flowering Acacia
Namibia. A Lilac-breasted Roller perches on a branch of a flowering acacia tree.
Ibis in flight at sunset, California.
A flock of glossy ibis fly against a golden background, central Valley, California.
Golden Sun and Sandhill Cranes
California. Lesser Sandhill Cranes fly through a golden sunset.
