Newest photos-- and more-- by Jim Wilce
Lenticular Clouds Over Peaks; (Photo #P3250837)
Lenticular Clouds Over Peaks; Shot from Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
San Francisco PeaksNorthern ArizonaCloudsLightColorOlympus photography
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OspreysMating (Photo #P4145780)
Ospreys Mating (Pandion haliaetus); Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona, 14 April 2021
RaptorsOrder AccipitriformesFamily PandionidaeFish EagleFishing By Diving And ReemergingBirds Of Northern ArizonaOpen SpacesArtificial LakesRiparian areas in arid regions
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Female Ring Necked Duck (Photo #1568)
Female Ring Necked Duck (Aythya collaris); Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona; 6 February 2021
Order AnseriformesFamily Anatidae
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Geese At Dawn (Photo #3270)
Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) At Dawn; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona; 20 November 2020
WaterfowlDucks and geeseOrder AnseriformesFamilyAnatidaeNorthern ArizonaArtificial lakes and pondsAlpine area
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Abert's Squirrel in Winter (Photo #9044)
Abert's Squirrel (Sciurus aberti) Powering Through Deep Snow; Cheshire Neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona; 27 January 2021
Order RodentiaFamily SciuridaeGenus SciurusSubgenus OtosciurusTypical species of Ponderosa Pine forestNorthern ArizonaHigh country wildlifeSuburban wildlifeHuman environment
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Icicle Hanging From Roof (Photo #9085)
Icicle Hanging From Roof Reflecting Bright Blue Morning Sky
Winter scenesNorthern ArizonaIceIcicles
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Snowy Abert's Squirrel (Photo #9052)
Abert's Squirrel (Sciurus aberti) After Plowing Through Snow; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona; 27 January 2021
Order RodentiaFamily SciuridaeGenus SciurusSubgenus OtosciurusTypical species of Ponderosa Pine forestNorthern ArizonaHigh country wildlifeSuburban wildlifeHuman environment
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Ravens On Lightpost (Photo #5901)
Ravens (Corvus Corax) On Lightpost; Flagstaff, Arizona; 30 November 2020
Order PasseriformesFamily CorvidaeFamily of Jays Crows and RavensBirds In Human Environment
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Female Mallard (Photo #1642)
Female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos); Francis Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona; 17 November 2020
WaterfowlDabbling DucksOrder AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeNorthern ArizonaWetlands in Dry RegionsPublic ParksArtificial PondsOpen Spaces
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FemaleNorthernShoveler(Photo #7463)
Female Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata); Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona; 4 November 2020
WaterfowlDucks and GeeseOrder AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeNorthern Arizona
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Tricolored Bumblebee (Photo #8543)
Tricolored Bumblebee (Bombus ternarius) On Liatris; Cheshire; 9Oct2020;
PollinatorsClass InsectaOrder HymenopteraFamily ApidaeFamily of beesbumblebeesand stingless beesGenus BombusSubgenus Pyrobombus
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Abert's Squirrel on Spruce (Photo #5773)
Abert's Squirrel (Sciurus aberti) on Spruce Branch; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona; 5 January 2021
Order RodentiaFamily SciuridaeGenus SciurusSubgenus OtosciurusTypical species of Ponderosa Pine forestNorthern ArizonaHigh country wildlifeSuburban wildlifeHuman environment
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Abert'sSquirrelOnSunlitRock; Cheshire; 16Dec2020; (Photo #9926)
Abert's Squirrel ( Sciurus aberti) In Winter Sun; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona; 16 December 2020
RodentsOrder RodentiaFamily SciuridaeSubgenus OtosciurusGenus SciurusTypical species of Ponderosa Pine forestNorthern ArizonaHigh country wildlifeSuburban wildlifeHuman environment
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SunriseOverFlagstaff (Photo #0332)
Sunrise Over McMillan Mesa, Flagstaff, Arizona; 17 December 2020
CosmosNatural ColorsSunrises and sunsetsWinter in Northern Arizona
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Geese Flying In V-Formation (Photo #7611)
Canada Geese ( (Branta canadensis) in V-Formation; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds; 9 December 2020
Order AnseriformesFamily Anatidae
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GeeseSplashyTakeOff; (Photo #7959)
Dawn Take-Off of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis);Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds; 9 December 2020
Order AnseriformesFamily Anatidae
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Contrail Piercing Clouds (Cirrocumulus?); (Photo #6384)
Contrail Piercing Clouds (Cirrocumulus?)
CloudsWeatherHuman environmentHuman worldContrails
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RavenAgainstEldenClouds (Photo #3545)
Raven (Corvus coral) Flies Among Clouds Over Mt. Elden; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona; 27 March 2020;
Family CorvidaeFamily of jayscrowsand ravensNorthern Arizona
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Moonrise Over Mt. Elden; (Photo #5960)
Moonrise Over Mt. Elden; From Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona; 30 October 2020
CosmosMoonFoothillsNorthern Arizona
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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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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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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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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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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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Male Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis; Kachina Wetlands Preserve near Flagstaff, Arizona; 16 July 2021
WaterfowlDucks and geeseOrder AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeStifftailed ducksOpen spacesImportance of riparian areas in arid regionsReclaimed sewage to platinum standardOlympus photography
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