What Nature Can Teach You About Business, A Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) on a Globe Thistle (Echinops ritro).
Gamble Gardens, Palo Alto, CA, A Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) with nesting material. Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve, CA, Western Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), Alviso, CA, Upper Waikani Falls (the 3 Bears). Maui, A lone Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) with many Dowitchers (Limnodromus) and a sand piper or two. Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve, CA, Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, TX, Blue Ginger (Dichorisandra thyrsiflora) blurred by wind. Kula Botanical Garden, Maui, Male Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), Zilker Park, Austin, TX, Female Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), Zilker Park, Austin, TX, Morning dew on Rose petals. Gamble Gardens, Palo Alto, CA, Prickly Poppy, Argemone munita, Death Valley National Park, CA, Golden Evening Primrose, Camissonia brevipes, Death Valley National Park, CA, This female Northern Cardinal kept her cool while legions of bright males fought around her. Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, A male Northern Cardinal. Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, Dew on tulips in the early morning. Gamble Gardens, Palo Alto, CA, After fending off others to have her catch for dinner , this Kestrel screeches as if to gloat over the wood be thieves. Stirling, Scotland, Tiger at the Bronx Zoo, NY, Mountain Goat, Oreamnos americanus, Glacier National Park, Montana, Gloucester, MA, Snow Geese, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA, This Bald Eagle is turning its neck almost all the way around like an owl. Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, CA, Great Horned Owls are apex predators, catching a range of prey from mice to great blue herons. They even catch cats, other owls, and red tail hawks. Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, CA, The male Northern Cardinal to the right has just chased the other off his bush and out of his territory. Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, Dawn in Whitefish, Montana, The yellow-pine chipmunk’s racy coloration hides them in the forest, where the sharp shadows are cast. Glacier National Park, MT, This fearless red squirrel scurried up and down this tree, stocking up on pine nuts for the winter, keeping a wary eye on me all the while. Whitefish, MT, A lone Wolf at Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Scotland, This Kestrel fended off others to finally have her catch for dinner. Stirling, Scotland , Red Tail Hawk, Dish walk, Stanford, CA, A horse named Coco at Arzino Ranch, Alviso, CA, Castle Crags State Park, CA, Tiger at the Bronx Zoo, NY Owls can turn their heads 360 degrees. A burrowing owl at Arzino Ranch, Alviso, CA, A Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) with nesting material. Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve, CA, Western Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), Alviso, CA, Blue Ginger (Dichorisandra thyrsiflora) blurred by wind. Kula Botanical Garden, Maui, Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Monterey Bay, CA, Salmon (Oncorhynchus) Battle Creek, CA, A Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) on a Globe Thistle (Echinops ritro). Gamble Gardens, Palo Alto, CA, Snowy Egret, Egretta thula, in a mating display. Palo Alto Baylands OSP, CA, Yellow Glacier Lily, Erythronium gradiflorum, Glacier National Park, MT, Bighorn Sheep, Ovis canadensis, Glacier National Park, Montana, Bighorn Sheep, Ovis canadensis, Glacier National Park, Montana, Tulip fields. Keukenhof, Holland, The Netherlands, Blonde Raccoon stalking prey, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA, Red Tail Hawk, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA, A Blue Tit. Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany, This Blue Tit had just flown past a feeder in the Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany, and was turning sharply to recover, A Blue Tit. Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany, A dark morph Red Tail Hawk. Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, CA, Bald Eagle. Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, CA, Callippe Fritillary. Northern California, Greater White Fronted Goose. Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA, In the winter, food is scarce. So even the normally nocturnal raccoon can be found out and about on a bright warm sunny day. Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, CA, Bald Eagles cover distance at an amazingly fast rate. Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, CA, Snowy Egret. Palo Alto Baylands Open Space Preserve, CA, A mature Red Deer Buck chews his cud while lounging in the sun at Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Scotland, A beaver floating in a pond in the early morning. Whitefish, MT, A beaver crossing a pond in the early morning. Whitefish, MT, This Kestrel almost crashed when landing with her catch. Stirling, Scotland, A male Western Bluebird keeps an eye out for insects as the sun sets. Arastradero Preserve, Palo Allto, CA, The Floating Market, Thailand, Potem Creek Falls, off Fender’s Ferry Rd, CA, Keukenhof Gardens, Holland, The Netherlands, Potem Creek, off Fender’s Ferry Rd, CA.