Cheetahs, Water Spiders and Bees, Oh My!
Check Out the Best Shots of Creatures Big and Small from Our Worth Preserving Gallery.
By TDG Community
Water Spider
A shy water spider sits waiting for a lunch opportunity to fly, walk or swim by.
Mc Donough Wildlife Refuge, Parkersburg, West Virginia.
July 2008
Spotted Salamander
A spotted salamander scurries across the road in a Catskills campground.
Barred Owl
An injured barred owl takes refuge in central Pennsylvania.
Summer Lavender & Butterfly
A Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly feeding on lavender nectar in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Bee and Columbine
Taken in my backyard.
Northeast Ohio.
African Penguins
They're coming from the sea and heading back to their nests at Boulders Beach National Park, South Africa, an important protected colony of African penguins in the Western Cape.
Chestnut-Eared Aracari
Seen on a stream off of the Napo River, a subsidiary of the Amazon River.
Napo River, Ecuador
Mama Duck and Babies (All 18 of Them!)
Domino's Farms Office Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Red-Shouldered Hawk
At Parducci Wine Cellars, a green winery.
Mendocino County, California.
Brown Pelican
This bird let me get so close to him to take this picture. I am amazed at how acclimated these birds are to human activity.
Venice Beach, Florida.
Orange Spider
An orb weaver, according to reference books.
Orange County, NY
The Rose-Breasted Grossbeak
Found on break from spring migration in Luray, Virginia.
Grasshopper on a Window Ledge
Shortly before escaping to freedom.
Austria
Monarch
On a shaggy sunflower.
Boxborough, Massachusetts.
New Hampshire Garden Frog
A well-camouflaged frog enjoyed an elevated view of the horseradish.
Collared Peccary
Not a wild pig, but a collared peccary. These creatures moved into the American Southwest in the 1700s from South and Central America. Locally it's called a javelina. It has a very good sense of smell but very poor eyesight. Big Bend National Park, Texas.
Golden Ant
Spotted in Parque Das Mangabeiras, a nature preserve in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Chickadee in Virginia
One of the many grateful birds we feed during the cold winter months here in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia.
Winter Goldfinch
An American goldfinch perched on an icy branch during an ice storm in the Shenandoah Valley.
December 16, 2007
Luray, Virginia
First Robin of Spring
I came home this afternoon and heard the melodious sound of robins.
March in Appleton, WI
Groundhog
A groundhog paid our backyard a visit to munch on some grass and clovers.
Parkersburg, West Virginia
Before the Butterfly
Instar larvae of Danaus plexippus (Monarch butterfly) on a milkweed plant.
New London, Wisconsin
Black-Crowned Night-Heron
Off the Texas coast near the shrimp-boat docks.
Frog on Milkweed
I found this frog nestled in the leaves of a milkweed plant.
New London, Wisconsin
Bee on the Go
A bee flies by a field in Kansas.
Junonia coenia
The Common Buckeye butterfly.
Dane County, Wisconsin
Friendly Spider
The most surprising thing to have happen is when you are simply taking a photo of an interesting animal, and it looks right up into the camera at you. Just shows you that when you think that you know everything about the world, it comes back to give you more to think about.
Bird on a Reed
This bird sat patiently while I changed lenses to photograph him. After this shot he flew away.
Pretoria, South Africa




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