RockSquirrel(Photo #5894)
Rock Squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus); Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Order RodentiaFamily SciuridaeRodentsMammals
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TurkeyVulture (Photo #8134)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura); RioSaladoHabitatRestorationArea, Phoenix, Arizona; 6Oct2020
Order CathartiformesFamily CathartidaeDiurnal Raptors
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Female Redhead (Photo #8834)
Female Redhead Duck (Aythya americana); Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona, 9 Oct 2020;
Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeNorthern ArizonaWaterfowl
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PiedBilledGrebe(Photo#8792)
Pied-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps); Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona;
Order PodicipediformesFamily PodicipedidaeWaterfowl
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Sundog
OW-HumanWorld-ContrailAboveSunDog; 5Oct2020; 7790
HumanWorldContrailAboveSunDog5Oct20207790
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Mysterious Filament in the Air
Scottsdale Boulevard; Phoenix Metro;
HumanWorldFilamentAcrossRoadPhoenix6Oct20207983
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SmallPlaneAtDawn (Phoenix, Photo#7887)
Small Plane Flies Through Sunrise Colors; 6 October 2020; Phoenix, Arizona
From Human Environment
Mallard Wing Display; (Photo #1697)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Wing Display; Francis Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona; 26 July 2020;
Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeAnimal BehaviorBird BehaviorAgonistic BehaviorWing Flapping Display
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Cinnamon Teal Wing Display; (Photo #6541)
Cinnamon Teal Wing Display In Early Morning Light; Whitewater Draw, McNeal, Arizona; February 2020
Order Anseriformes Family AnatidaeAnimal BehaviorBird BehaviorAgonistic BehaviorWing Flapping DisplaySouthern Arizona
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Red-Winged Blackbird Vs. Great Blue Heron; (Photo #9495)
Red-Winged Blackbird Harrassing Great Blue Heron; Francis Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona; June 2019;
Animal BehaviorBird BehaviorAgonistic Behavior
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Red-Winged Blackbird Vs. Great Blue Heron; (Photo #9494)
Red-Winged Blackbird Harrassing Great Blue Heron; Francis Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona; June 2019;
Animal BehaviorBird BehaviorAgonistic Behavior
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Dark Eyed Junco Vs. Rock Squirrel; (Photo #2763)
Junco ( (Junco hyemalis) Confronting Rock Squirrel; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
RodentsFamily SciuridaeSquirrel familyTerritorialityInterspecies conflictAgonismAgonistic behaviorThe Small Challenge the Large in the Animal World
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Dark Eyed Junco On Rock Wall; (Photo #9142)
Dark Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis); Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family PasserellidaeBirds Common in Suburbs
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Canada Geese (Photo #9959)
Canada Geese (Branta canadensis;) Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona
Motion Blur PhotographyOrder AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeBehavioral SynchronyFlocking Behavior
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AvocetsBeneathBlueSky; (Photo #3024)
American Avocets (Recurvirostra americana) Beneath Pastel PInk And BlueSky; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona
Motion Blur PhotographyShorebirdsMigratory Visitors to Northern ArizonaSocialityBehavioral SynchronyFlocking BehaviorOrder CharadriiformesFamily Recurvirostridae
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Avocet Flock; (Photo #3911)
Avocet Flock (Recurvirostra americana); Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds;
Motion Blur PhotographyShorebirdsMigratory Visitors to Northern ArizonaSocialityBehavioral SynchronyFlocking BehaviorOrder CharadriiformesFamily Recurvirostridae
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Mallard; (Photo #0022)
Mallard in Flight; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona
Motion Blur PhotographyWInged FlightWing Markings
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Gray Fox; Cheshire Park; (Photo #7361)
Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus); Cheshire Park Wetlands Area, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family CanidaeDog familyThe Wild in the SuburbsCharismatic speciesOpen LandsEcological PreservationNorthern Arizona
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Moon In Red Sunset Sky (Photo #9248)
Moon In Red Sunset Sky; November 2019; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
ColorLightSunrises and SunsetsCosmosMoon
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Sunrise Over East Flagstaff (Photo #2659)
Sunrise Over East Flagstaff; Continental Road, Flagstaff, Arizona
LightColorSunrises and SunsetsCloudsPine TreesNorthern ArizonaDawn
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BowAndArrow--ContrailAndMoon; (Photo #6437)
Contrail Appearing To Meet Crescent Moon; Schultz Pass Road, Flagstaff, Arizona
Human Environment Meets Natural EnvironmentJet ContrailsCosmosMoonDawn
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Mule Deer (Doe); Photo #2354;
Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus); Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Order ArtiodactylaFamily CervidaeSubfamily CapreolinaeHuman Environment as Habitat for WildlifeThe Wild in the Suburbs
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Raven Harrassing Osprey (Photo#4930)
Raven Vs. Osprey (Corvus corax Vs. Pandion haliaetus), at Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Interspecies conflictThe Smaller Harrass The Larger Common PatternAgonistic behaviorOpen spacesParksNorthern Arizona
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Two Swallows Pass Close In The Air; (Photo #1945)
Two unidentified swallows (possible Violet-green (Tachycineta thalassina); Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family Hirundinidae SwallowsNorthern ArizonaOpen spacesParksWetlands In Arid Areas
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Orange Clouds At Sunset; (Photo #7503)
Orange Clouds At Sunset; Flagstaff, Arizona
Sunrises and SunsetsColorLightCloudsNatural WondersSkyNorthern Arizona
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Rufous Hummingbird (Photo #7148)
Selasphorus rufous; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona; August, 2020
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Gray Fox (Photo #7366)
Urocyon cinereoargenteus; Cheshire Park Wetlands Area, Flagstaff, Arizona;
Family CanidaeDog familyThe Wild in the SuburbsCharismatic speciesOpen LandsEcological PreservationNorthern Arizona
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Coot (#7210) Chasing Duck
American Coot (Fulica americana) Chasing Domestic-Hybrid Duck; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Order GruiformesFamily Rallidaeagonistic behaviorinterspecies conflictopen spacespublic parksnorthern Arizonamountainous regions
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Mother Coot And Chicks (#7199)
American coots, Fulica americana; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Water FowlCootsFamily RallidaeParksMaternal investmentNorthern Arizona
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Cloud Formation Like Protozoa
Cloud Formation Like Protozoa; Flagstaff, Arizona
Cumulus CloudsAltocumulus Clouds ProbablyFiber like Structures As Or In CloudsClouds At Dawn
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Osprey Rises From Water (Photo# 7545)
Osprey (Pandion halesiaetus); at FrancesShortPond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Order AccipitriformesFamily PandionidaeFish EagleFishing By Diving And ReemergingRaptorsBirds Of Northern ArizonaOpen SpacesStocked Fish PondsArtificial Lakes
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Great Blue Heron (Photo#8891)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) At Sunset; Field near Magdalena neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Winged FlightOrder PelecaniformesFamily ArdeidaeFishingBirdsLightAndDarkChiaroscuroBirds In Flight At Sunset
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Great Blue Heron At Sunset (Photo# 8896)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias); Field near Magdalena neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
WInged FlightOrder PelecaniformesFamily ArdeidaeFishing BirdsPlay of Light And DarkChiaroscuroBirds In Flight At Sunset
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Arizona Sister (photo 1697)
Arizona Sister (Adelpha eulalia)
Ventral side of wing perched, Mars Hill Trail Flagstaff, Arizona.InvertebratesInsectsFamily NymphalidaeBrushfooted ButterfliesButterfliesOfArizonaDorsalVs.VentralSidesOfWingStainedGlassWindowButterflyPollinators
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Rock Squirrel (Photo #2221)
Rock Squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus) On Boulder; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family Sciuridae which includes Squirrels Chipmunks Prairie Dogs etc.
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Crepuscular Rays
Rays coming through clouds at a "crepuscular" (twilight) time, a term used by cloud experts
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Green-WingedTeal
Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis); Francis Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona; Parks and other public spaces
DucksFamily AnatidaeArtificial pondsParks and other public spacesDucks with green head stripeWater fowlFamilyAnatidae GenusAnas SpeciesA. carolinensis Binomial name
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