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A dew drop beneath a raspberry leaf reflecting the fruit above

A Raspberry in the Dew

Rain held in clear droplets on a fallen oak leaf after a storm

Rain Held Close

Rain-covered disk florets rise above the purple petals of a Purple Coneflower

Crown After Rain

After the rain, a single droplet holds an upside-down reflection

A World in a Drop

Morning Light in the Eye

Rain beads across developing Virginia Creeper fruit before its vivid autumn transformation.

Before the Berries Turn Blue

Sedge Wren leaning forward on a thorny stem with its barred tail raised

Poised Through the Thorns

Sedge Wren angled downward along a thorny branch with its tail held upright

Pointing Wren

Wet Sedge Wren lifting its throat feathers while perched among marsh stems

Drying in the Morning Light

Front-facing Sedge Wren with damp rumpled feathers among thorny stems

Morning Disarray

Sedge Wren looking downward from a diagonal thorny perch

A Look Below

Damp Sedge Wren facing forward between vertical thorny stems

Between the Thorns

Male Blue Dasher perched on an arcing twig

Center of the Arc

Close view of a male Blue Dasher face, eyes, legs, and wings

Face of a Dasher

red-and-blue compound eyes, metallic blue simple eyes, pale face, and fine wing detail

Face Before the Blue

Halloween Pennant perched on a twig with orange and black wings visible

Halloween Pennant

Eastern Pondhawk turning its head while perched on a branch

Head-On Watch

Seen Through Spring

Seen Through Spring

Northern Cardinal

Spring Perch

Calling from the Branch — a clear, ringing note

Calling from the Branch

Between Bud and Needle — fresh leaves and soft light

Between Bud and Needle

Within New Growth

Within New Growth

Monarch butterfly with open wings on Butterfly Milkweed

Monarch on Butterfly Milkweed

Monarch butterfly nectaring among tall yellow prairie flowers beneath a blue sky

Monarch Among Prairie Flowers

Monarch butterfly nectaring on Butterfly Milkweed in prairie vegetation

Open Wings on Butterfly Milkweed

Standing Watch

A Song Sparrow settles on a thorny branch, pausing between moments of activity.

Moment of Stillness

Front-facing Song Sparrow showing breast streaking and central spot

Holding the Perch

Song Sparrow facing forward from a dried seed stalk

Front and Center

Song Sparrow looking downward from a dried seed stalk

Something Below

Tail in motion while the bird seems intent on something ahead.

Pointing Sparrow

White Eastern Gray Squirrel clinging headfirst to deeply furrowed tree bark.

White Descent

Close portrait of an Eastern Gray Squirrel braced between white birch trunks against a clear blue sky, with its face and forepaw prominent.

Blue Sky, Birch, and Fur

Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee facing forward on a violet spiderwort flower, with golden pollen coating its legs

Emerald in the Spiderwort

Pollen-covered Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee feeding among the purple filaments of a spiderwort flower

Among Violet Filaments

Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee lifting from a spiderwort flower with its wings blurred in motion

Lifting from the Bloom

Close side view of a Brown-belted Bumble Bee feeding among the disk florets of a yellow flower

Among the Florets

A frosted moth and a bumblebee share a thistle in the first light of a cold autumn morning.

Morning Survivors

Close view of a male Red-winged Blackbird face, eyes, and plumage

Close Range — Epaulet Raised

Shoulder and Wing Detail

Shoulder and Wing Detail

Red-winged Blackbird — First Spring Snow

First Spring Snow

Direct Gaze

Direct Gaze

Orb-weaver web in morning dew

Morning Architecture

Female Black-and-Yellow Garden Spider wrapping a grasshopper in silk.

Wrapped Before Escape

Tree Swallow lifting one wing while perched on a white pipe

Wing Lift

Juvenile Barn Swallow spreading one wing while perched against a blue sky

Wing Spread

A close view of Pin-cushion Sunburst Lichen with crowded fruiting disks and lobed thallus

A Cushion of Sunbursts

Hooded Sunburst (Xanthomendoza fallax) growing among three other lichen species on weathered elm bark.

Lichen Macro — a close-up of lichen on a tree

Fringed Candleflame Lichen with small yellow cups and ragged leafy lobes on bark

Fringed Candleflame Lichen

Golden-eye Lichen in natural sunlight

Natural Sunlight

Golden-eye Lichen with orange apothecia among mixed lichens

Flash-lit Detail

Golden-eye Lichen showing tufted growth form on bark

Golden-eye Sunburst on Birch Twig

Golden-eye Lichen on twig with mixed lichens

Twig Community

Two Eastern Kingbirds perched on a diagonal branch, the upper bird spreading its right wing and tail against a blue sky

Curve of the Wing

Monarch butterfly nectaring on yellow prairie flowers beneath a blue sky

Monarch Among Prairie Flowers

Tree Swallow perched on a white pipe in morning light

Morning Perch

Tree Swallow lifting one wing while perched on a white pipe

Wing Lift

Tree Swallow ruffling its feathers beside a nest box

Ruffling at the Nest Box

American Goldfinch perched on a thistle while feeding

Thistle Feeding

Male American Goldfinch perched among thistles

Among the Thistles

American Goldfinch flying above thistles with wings spread

Leaving the Thistles

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