Autumnal Face

Feast Up A Tree
Close-up of Leopard eating antelope in a tree. The Leopards are powerful. They can pull heavy game up a tree to protect it from scavengers. Londolozi Game Reserve, South Africa.
Africa Animal Closeup Eating Hunger Kill Leopard Londolozi Game Reserve Mammal Mammals Africa Places Predator Protection South Africa Wild Wildlife cat
Jackal and Hide
Three Black-backed Jackals stand by a giraffe carcass. Etoshia National Park, Namibia. Africa.
3 Africa Animal Descriptions Black Blackbacked Jackal Canine Colors Dog Etosia Feeding Hungry Jackal Kill Namibia Organge Safari So Africa mammals Three Wild Wildlife giraffe
Bad Omen
Raven's have been literary omenes forshadowing evil, danger, and death. This Raven, with an orange backdrop and perched on a thisty cactus lives up to its reputation.
Baja Black Cactus Colors Desert Halloween Landscape Mexicao Orange Raven Sunset bird
The Boojum Sunset
Boojum Cactus are in the Baja California peninsula of Mexico. They grow incredibly large and into strange shapes without much water.
Baja Blue Boojum tree California Catus Colors Countries Landscape Mexico Orange Plants Sunset
Monkey Business
A Capuchin Monkey eyes the camera. They live in the forests of Costa Rica and are not shy about stealing anything that they think is edible.
Bird of Prey Capuchin Capuchin Monkey Costa Rica Mammal Monkey Primate WhiteFaced
A Little Nudge
Young Rams give each other nudges to test each other's strength. Oftentimes they will crash heads together to determine dominence.
Animal Animals North America Bighorn sheep Brown Macho Male Mammal Ram Sheep Wildlife Wyoming
Grains of Life
A Baby Bighorn Sheep is eating fall grasses before a brutal winter rolls in.
Animals North America Baby Bighorn sheep FGrass Fall Sea mammals Sheep Waild Wildlife Young juvenile
Who Are You?
A Spotted Eagle Owl in Namibia watches us closely.
Bird of Prey Bubo africanus NamibRand Nature Reserve Namibia Owl So Africa Birds Spotted eagleowl bird
Elegant Evening
A small bird sits on the branch of a tree.
Africa Black Colors Namibia Orange Sillouette Songbird Sunset bird
Tail Surfing
A common dolphin breeches the water before a beautiful sunset.
Alone. Breech Colors Orange Sillouette Sunset black and white dolphin
Nosey
An Male Elephant Seal rests after protecting his harem,
Closeup Elephant Seal Mammals Nose
Feeling Small
How an you not love a face like this! A young baby seal rests along the California shore.
Baby Brown Cute Sea mammals Seal Young juvenile
Air Dry
A young Black-Eyed Shag raisses its wings as it dries its feathers. Comorants dive for fish. This little one wasn't to keen on getting wet.
Antarctica BlackEyed Shag Comorant Cormorant Falklands Phalacrocorax magellanicus Places Rock shag Seabirds Shag Southern Ocean Stanley Young juvenile
School Pictures
A young Roadrunnner comes close to my camera in Southern Nevada. Once I had a roadrunner "knock" on my front door. Little nature experiences like these make my day! Roadrunners can be seen in the southern United States.
Black Brown Colors Geococcyx californianus Greater Greater Roadrunner Portrait Roadrunner Young juvenile
Great Balls of Fire
Thistles in the foreground echo the African sunset. We would often stop for a "Sundowner" which consisted of a few nibbles and drink along with a spectacular sunset. Okavanga Delta, Botswana. Africa.
Black Botswana Colors Landscape Okavango Delta Orange Orb Places Shinde Camp Sunset Thistle
Mariposa
Monarch butterflies are one of the species that edeavor a great migration. Many fly 3,000 miles to warmer climates in the winter.
Artistic Butterfly Danaus plexippus Monarch
Cheetah Portrait
Cheetah's are not very strong and are unable to fend off hyenas when they attach their cubs. Thus about half of all Cheetah cubs don't survive past their first yeat.
Acinonyx jubatus Cheetah Livingstone Places So Africa mammals Zambia
Curious Fawn
I never tire of looking into the eyes of innocent faces. This young deer pulled my heart strings.
Deer Fawn Look Spots WhiteTail Deer Young
Before the Dance
These Nasca Boobies preform a ritual dance with thier feet befor mating. They can be found on the Galapagos Islands.
Colors Galapagos Nazca Boobie Orange Pair Sula granti Two Wildlife bird
Cactus Calm
A Gull watches the sunset on the top of a Catus in the Baja Peninsula. g
Baja Blue Cactus California Colors Countries Gull Mexico Orange Sillouette So Africa Birds Sun Sunset bird
Sad Eyes
Some cheetahs are held in captivity because they won't survive on thier own. Usually they had lost thier mom to ranchers and do not know how to hunt. This young fellow was at the Cheetah Conservation Fund Preserve.
Africa Closeup Feline Namibia Wildlife cat cheetah
Feeling the Pain
Rams battle for dominance. They explosively hit heads together hard enough to break skin and horns.
North Fork Wyoming Bighorn Sheep Sheep Ram Tough
After the Feast
A Giant Petrel rests after eating the inside of a dead seal. Giant Petrels scavenge for food. Notice the large tube on the top of its beak. That is to excrete excessive salt so it can live at sea.
Antarctica Bear Blood Bloody Carnivore Giant Petrel Gieant Petrel Mammal Polar bear Scavenger South Georgia Southern Giant Petrel Southern Ocean bird
Crested
There are seven diferent crested penguins in the world. This is the Southern Rockhopper found on the Falkland Islands.
Crested Eudyptes chrysocome Falkland Islands Penguin Portrait Rockhopper penguin Seabirds Southern Rockhopper Penguin Southern rockhoppergg
On Golden Harbour
South Georgia Island, Antarctica. A creche of oakum boys gather in Golden Harbour.
Animal Descriptions Antarctica Aptenodytes patagonicus Chick King Penguin King penguin. Penguin Landscape Oakum Boy Reflection Rookery Scenic Southern Ocean bird juvenile river
Before the Wild Night
A sunset in Botswana is a little spooky. Shortly after sunset the wild anaimals stir and start hunting.
Black Botswana Colors Landscape Okavango Delta Orge Places Shinde Camp South Africa Sunset Yellow
First Snow
A Young Big Horn Sheep experiences its first snow just outside Yellowstone National Park.
Big Horn Big horn Sheep Landscape North America Ram Seasons Sheep Snow Winter Wyoming Yellowstone Yellowstone National Park Young juvenile

Janet Muir: The Art of Nature

“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face."

Autumnal Face