Western Tiger Swallowtail
Western Tiger Swallowtail
Momma Grouse
Momma Grouse
Roadrunner skirting around the campsite
Banded shore bird
Tiny salmon
Careful preening
Swimming along
A monarch comes for a visit
Stretching the wings
Very red-eyed turtle
Heron on the chain link fence
Why did the turkeys cross the road?
A rafter of turkeys
Pecking away
Turkey vulture
Basilisk
Scarlet tanager
Big cane toad
Little (not great) blue heron
Solo flying
Pelicans overhead
Vultures waiting for the thermals to get going
Wood stork
Green kingfisher
Green parrot
The chase is on
Taking off
More settled in
Heading out
Cormorants
Another snail kite
Leaf cutters
First howler sighting, in the Community Baboon Sanctuary
Alpha male, on the move
Just chilling
Moving along a palm frond
Coming down
Seeing if it passes the sniff test
Back up in the tree
The troop moves on
Check out the prehensile tail
Reaching for some banana
Thinking about howling
The baby emerges
Looking a little uncertain
Chowing on a rose apple, kind of like a guava
Up close
Tearing up another rose apple
Holding on
Actually an expert already
Night hawk on the post
Green iguana
Pepper tree frog, tucked into a palm tree
Bright yellow band on bill
Tiny frog
Spider monkey heading out for a stroll
Sitting at attention
Sampling some papaya
Long arms
Time to move on
Iguana on the wall
Jacana
Jacana in flight
Juvenile jacana
Male jacana, tending the nest
Some sort of coromant
Bats on a log
Sleeping for the day
Green heron being shy
Green heron, getting even more shy
Drying out and warming up
Very kinky neck
Kingfisher
Red-bellied
Lazy howler
Mesoamerican slider turtle
Some sort of heron, I think
Kingfisher
Cormorant
Egret
Keel-billed toucan
Collared aracari toucan
Collared peccary, aka javelina
Jabiru stork, truly a big bird
Lazy crocodile
Wild iguana, taking advantage of food for the actual zoo animals
Another wild iguana
Sting ray right by the shore
Right next to the pier
Baby baracuda
Manatee sighted
Gorging on sea grass
Up for a breath
Stirring up a plume underwater
Snout up for another breath
Slowly puttering around
In profile
Up close
Up close with a sea cucumber/slug
A rare manatee sighting while snorkeling
Chowing down
Motoring on
Eagle ray gliding through
Blue tangs and others
Bluestriped grunts, tucked away under the coral
French angelfish
Hiding parrotfish
Stingrays waiting for a handout
Crowded at the back of the boat
Sliding along the bottom
Spotted trunkfish and horse-eye jack
Nurse sharks
Flapping in the cloudy waters
Taking it easy
Tarpon
Lots of sharks, at Shark and Ray Alley
Feeding frenzy (nurse sharks and jacks)
Taking a mellower approach
Stingray
Stingray
The biggest of them all, complete with branding
Leaving the grassy parts
Purple sea fan and hidden nurse shark
Lots of big schools of fish
Hiding in the corals
Packed in like sardines
Maybe a snapper
Green sea turtle
Turtle and shark
Very pretty shell
Social flycatcher in the bird bath
Blue land crab
Sergeant major
Trumpetfish
Some manner of bugger
Warbler?
Tucked in the shadows
Tree swallow
Behind the needles
Steller's Jay
Bunny
Momentary touchdown
Zoe's twin peeking out from the bushes
Black-chinned hummingbird
Black-chinned hummingbird
Hawk looking for lunch
Moving quickly on the hot concrete
About to disappear
Western Tiger Swallowtail
Egret
Acorn woodpecker #1
Acorn woodpecker #2
Heron taking off
Slowly circling
Butterfly sitting still for a rare moment
Splashdown
A very fat squirrel
Drinking up
Lizard pondering suicide
Limited visibility
Feeding frenzy
Looking for a handout
Lizard on the wall
Jumping stingray
Another jump
Bear hiding in the grass at Crane Flat
Brunch treat
Not very shy
Extra lunch guest
Staying behind the caution tape
Our rental car, foreground, bear, background
Tromping into the woods
Goodbye, #5
Butterfly
Butterfly, up close
Water buffalo near Banteay Srei
Ant on the electrical wire
Staying cool
Coming up for a friendly hello lick
Scrounging
Lizard trying to hide
Out in the open
Lime butterfly with battered tail
Slurping nectar
Intact tail, showing red dots
Unidentified species
Strutting about
Frog on the fence
Monkey time
Macaques in Angkor Thom
Mmm.. monkey chow
Up close with a macaque
A giant snail
Gecko, about 16" long
Double geckos
Enormous moth - Great Momron
A little chewed up
Emerging from the chrysalis
Still inside the hatching cage
Walking stick
Yellow moth
Hiding
Lime butterfly being eaten by a spider
Tiger
Feasting
Common India Crow?
Leopard lacewing
Dragonfly
About to take off
Another leopard lacewing
Great Momon
Swooping in
Non-winged options as well
Common Jay
Twins
Unknown
Attempting escape
Vibrant orange
Water buffalo
Iridescent beetle
Black-billed magie (AKA, Oreo crow)
Black-billed magpie in flight
Brown pelican trolling
California gull?
Black-chinned hummingbird
Sanderlings
Willet
Marbled godwit
Sea lions
A very social squirrel
Seals and their pups
Lounging in the sun
Getting a little more playful
Lots of bristle
Even wolves need walks
The warthog scratches an itch
Red panda going to hide
Giant panda on the prowl
Giant panda on the prowl
Hyena lounging in the early afternoon
Very slender neck
Sleepy time
A very mellow lizzard
Down on the ground
Spiny orbweaver - crazy looking spider
Ibis prowling around
Moving in unison
Time to take off
Pelican paddling by
Passing through
Looking for handouts
Fighting for scraps
Gulp
Another spiny orbweaver
Welcoming cicada at baggage claim
Taking a ride
Frigate bird
Stingrays
Starfish cuddle time
Unidentified fish
Unidentified fish
Flock of pelicans
Coatimundi, a tropical raccoon
Tails up
Hoping the new arrivals will be generous
Gimme gimme gimme
Butterfly
Vulture warming in the sun
Looking for nibbles
Stretching
Dragonfly
Banded Peacock
Fruit breakfast for clay-colored thrush
Cherrie's tanager
Tarantula with egg sac
Eyelash viper hiding in a tree
Crimson patch?
Marine toad
Lizard on the forest floor
Hummingbird outside our room
Egrets over the forest
Vulture waiting to circle
Blue-and-yellow macaw
Macaw hopping down to the wire
Hiding in the leaves
Hummingbird in its nest
Silhoutted
Weird bug
Leaf cutter ants
Squirrel nibbling
On the barbed wire
Birds everywhere
On the platform, looking for a handout
Toucan sighting
Chestnut-mandibled toucan
Up close and personal with the toucan
Chugging a banana
Another cherrie's tanager. Or the same one
Newt enjoying the sun
Unknown shorebird takes flight
Great egret
Blue-jeans frog or strawberry poison-dart frog
The frog looks to make an exit
Long-nosed bats hanging on a tree
Basilisk or Jesus Christ lizard
Howler monkey in the flashlight
Howler monkey mom and baby
Cicada
Hummingbird being coy
About to enter the frog condo
Lone dragonfly
About to dive under
Pelicans on the railing
Seagull on the roof
Mohawk
Looking for handouts
Dolphins sighted
Up in the air
Frolicking and feeding
Reentry
Blue whale, straight ahead
Up for another breath
Spray
Tiny fin for such a big critter
Found some food
Gliding over the boat
Making a getaway
Two coots
Tucked away
Darkling ground beetle on the trail
Itsy bitsy spider climbs up the camping stove
Western terrestrial garter snake
Deer in the meadow
Deer in the meadow
More deer in another meadow
Turkey vulture circling
Seagull at attention
Confident gull
Caspian tern gliding
Caspian tern cruising
Gulls in a row
White-crowned sparrows?
Lizard
Lizard, rotated
Large spider
A bold little guy
Hiding, part 2
Hummingbird at rest
Alien thistle
Busy bee
Pelican grooming
Black and grey
Little quackers
Painted turtle
Frog making a getaway
Stretching before takeoff
Milling around, looking for a handout
Hoping for a few spilled anchovies
The Quincy of the sea
Bird lineup
Cormorant convention
Swooping in
Proud parents
Colorful but unidentified
Friendly little guy
Bright green beetle
Crab on the sand
Peeking out
Scurrying between waves
Hanging on
Perched on the edge
Orangeband surgeonfish
Raccoon butterflyfish
Green sea turtle
Orange spined tang
Another orange spined tang, aka orange spined unicornfish
Moorish idol
Some sort of wrasse, I think
Needlefish
Trumpetfish
No nene, but still a waterfowl
Tiny crab
Lizard on the railing
Can someone hit the button?
Dolphins sighted
Coming this way
Black durgon triggerfish
Ornate wrasse
Yellow tang
Slate pencil urchin
Another wrasse
Yellow tangs and orange spined tang
Near miss
Black durgon triggerfish
School of yellow tangs
Leaf lizard
A non-squashed toad
Cattle egret on the prowl
An egret takes in the view
Geckos, all over the place
Probably not the rooster that woke me up early
White-tailed tropicbird
Red-crested cardinal
Two female red-crested cardinals
Common myna hopping along
Dragonflies, even more common than helicopters
Tiny dragonfly
Erckel's francolin, an African import
Japanese white-eye
Zebra dove
Tiny sand crab
Red-footed booby
Red-tailed tropicbird
Great frigate bird
Great frigate bird
Another red-tailed tropicbird
Red-footed booby. Red feet stowed during flight
Crab peeking out
Very, very tiny baby frogs
Pectoral sandpiper (?)
Two common myna
Hermit crab
Humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua'a, formerly the state fish
Some fish making a getaway
Christmas wrasse
Unidentified fishie
Wrasse
Chub
Sea turtle
Sea turtle
Sea turtle
Sea turtle
Tadpoles
Zebra dove gets up close and personal
Goats up on the shore
Post-splashdown spinner dolphin
Hawaiian spinner dolphins
Hawaiian spinner dolphins
Hawaiian spinner dolphins
Another Japanese white-eye
Bright magenta
Token non-hummingbird
Not quite catching the light
A tiny turn and the head plumage lights up
Chriping away
Nice full belly
Seal in the distance
More seals
Seals at the edge of the ice
Staying flat to the ice
Distinctively shaggy Icelandic horses
Like Fabio of the horse kingdom
Not sure if he can see me
Nice and shaggy
Pretty mellow creatures
Scratching on the fence
Grazing away
Pale swallowtail
Beetle with giant antenna
Blending in nicely
Caterpillar on the go
Unidentified lizard
Swallowtail, briefly at rest
Still and in flight
Irridescent, fuzzy, and hiding
Chomping away in the artist village
Deer in the meadow
Five does in a bunch
Taking off
Rescued goats looking for some attention
Tiny horned lizard
Blue jay
Grasshopper
Adelpha bredowii (California Sister)
Katydid, without flash
Katydid, with flash
Caterpillar for lunch
Potential dessert
Soaking up the sun
Chew toys
Peeking out
Getting sleepy
Spanning the crevice
Talking a look
Out on the point
Buddy buddy
Aarf aarf aarf
The regal seagull
On the slope
Pecking along the shore
Garibaldi over the sea grass
More garibaldi
Frog hiding out
Marmot in the distance
Groundhogging it up
Pika hiding out in the grass
Fat pika lounging in the sun
Marmot #2 ventures out
Showing off those teeth
Muching on the huckleberries
Muching on the huckleberries
Pika howling in the morning mists
Marmot #2 makes a return appearance
Marmot #2 on the move
Leaning in
Striding carefully
Hermit crab convention
Some manner of crustacean
Very fuzzy starfish
Blue starfish
All twisted up
King angelfish
Another nice blue starfish
Dolphins sighted
Mid-jump
Re-entry
Very close
About to surface
View of the whole pod
Cruising alongside
Less than an inch off the surface
Pelican city
Takeoff
Making a break for it
Gazing out majestically
Sea lions waving hello
Lazing around
Up and over
More lazy lions
Wrasse
More wrasse
Big grizzled pufferfish
A very wary fish
Stretched out
Perched on a fence post
Turtle thinking about surfacing
Turtle says hello
A purposeful stride
Posing briefly
Dragonfly looking for a snack
A different butterfly on the way out
Two of the hundreds
Eye to eye with a crab
Tiny tiny fish
Waiting for breakfast too
Sand crab comes out to say hello
Tiny lizard
Butterfly fish
Octopus attack!
The urchin makes the rounds
Convict tangs
Green sea turtle!
Making a getaway
Surgeonfish
Eel
A lone bottlenose dolphin
Two humpback whales
Waving goodbye
Humped back
Here comes the pod
Swimming into the Molokini crater
Needlefish
Pinktail triggerfish
Rather surly looking, don't you think?
Plenty of triggerfish
Rainbow wrasse
Another pinktail triggerfish
Orangeband surgeonfish
Yellow and convict tangs
Snapper?
Entering Turtle Town
Puttering around
Paddling off
Not many birds
Pelican in flight
Pelican watching for lunch
Not looking very friendly
Peacock checking out the hotel grounds
Blue footed boobies
Lopsided crab
Hovering seagull
Crane on the shore
Sleeping it off
The dolphins approach
Here comes the full pod
Jumping all over
Synchronized
Lurking right next to the boat
Nice reentry
Gray whale spotted
There goes the fluke
Thar she blows
Pelican floating along
Nice big spout
Headed down for a deep dive
Gliding behind the boat, looking for a handout
Looking for fish
Sea lions by the bouy
Flipping around
Assorted birds
Hawk circling overhead
One of many tadpoles
Zoe's buddy on the prowl
Giant bee
Spider with prize
Gopher snake?
Vortex of a web, with resident
Mr Sea Lion
Ms Sea Lion
Gray whales sighted!
Poking its head out
Splashing around
Playing with the dolphins
Gray whale tail
Waving with a fin to the roller coaster
Barrel rolls
Head shot
More dolphin fun
Two juvenile gray whales spouting
Pelican looking for lunch
Synchronized spouting
Heading south
Check out that hooked fin
Sea lion
Very close
Re-entry
Birds gathering
Sea lion make out session
Busy bee
Slurping away
Sharing a leaf
Skimming along the shore
Pelican lineup
Bug on the railing
Sulking skink
Feeding and hovering
Green heron
Hyacinth macaw near the entrance to the Safari Park
Flamingo mingle
Document destruction service
Baby under supervision
Chowing down
Snuggle time
Done with the snuggles
Munching on the go
Relaxing by the water cooler
Common blue morpho on Mom's shirt
Bright red
Paper kite
Giant owls at the feeding trough
Common blue morpho again
Zebra longwing
Nice spot for a nap
Crane?
Escapee or just nature?
Bat-eared foxes, Zoe's relatives
Warhog slumber
South African cheetah
Lounging giraffes
Serval on alert
On the go
Leaning back
He looks a touch angry
Coming in for a landing
Sea lion pileup
Proud of the pups
Pup pile
Sleeping on the edge
Seal hoping for a belly rub
Seal beach
Baby seal in the water
Great Blue Heron, ready to dive
Returning from the water
Ready to go again
Seal out for a leisurely swim
Puttering around
Hard at sleep
Crazy plumage
Peacock unphased
Very red eyes
Uneven web
Seals on the rockscritt
More lazy seals
A smooth takeoff
Bird covered rock
A brief glimpse of the minke whale
Three Dall's porpoise ready their attack
One get very close
Glinting in the sun
Two cresting at the same time
They don't like to show their heads
Bald eagle perched on a private isle
Imported for your hunting pleasure
Imported for your hunting pleasure
A golden-mantled ground squirrel pops up to say hi
A friendly golden-mantled ground squirrel
Another ground squirrel
A lonely sea lion in the Sea Lion Cave
Ochre Sea Star
Moon jellyfish
Egret in vivid water
Pelican flock
Great blue heron
Bumpy head
Strutting around
Momma and baby
Wolf and dog buddies
Chowing down
Carrot retrieved
Covered in bamboo
Yummers
Chomp chomp chomp
Guarding the bluff
Dragonfly in the rose garden
Small lizard
Big lizard
Tiny little lizard
Another larger lizard
Lizard lurking in the shadows
Osprey overhead
Trying to avoid the mosquitos, most likely
About to scurry off
Watching from on high
Spider in web
Tilted butterfly
The duck gang
The rival goose gang
Getting bolder
Down on the sand
Now on the flowers
Tiny with huge eyes
Turkey vulture
Dragonfly perched above
Out on the brown tip
Wings leaning forward
Bright blue everything
Coyote on the prowl
Egret
Lonely pelican
Diving for dinner
Flamingo convention
Red panda dozing in the tree
Panda munching away
Capybara, king of the rodents
Secretary bird
Giraffe smiling
Seal, soon to be rescued by SeaWorld
Pelican flying below the radar
Lots of sea birds
Pelicans in flight
Pelicans on the coast line
Sea lions lounging in the sun
Anti-social sea lion
The kayakers intrude
Mass exodus
Preening
Flamingos at the entrance
A duck invades the lagoon
An orangutan hanging out
Rolly polly
Ready to pounce
Striped bird
Meerkat takes a break from furious digging
This parrot will bite if you let it (according to the sign)
In the hummingbird enclosure
In the hummingbird enclosure
Relaxing in the tree
Sitting around doing nothing
High-fiving the wall
An amazing amount of foamy spit
Speke's Gazelle, with earring
Meerkat lunging for some vittles
Addax, also with earring
Giraffes making out
Chomping away
Turns out that giraffes are really tall
Working on some food
Polar bear surveys the scene
Even more protective than Zoe
Tapirs
Turtle showdown
Panda hiding out
No time to turn around, must eat
Raptor
Crow
Perched on a shrub
Another squirrel
Little lizzard
Flying low
Formation flying
Our temporary guest
Heron gliding
Stationary heron on the ruined pier
Great blue heron thinking about leaving
Bald eagle passing through
Rinsing the paws
Seals in the water
Turtles on a log
Turtle on the paddle
Wandering goose
Vulture overhead
Elk on the prowl
A visitor at the door
Side-blotched lizard, taking in the view
Horned lizard
Some manner of chubby lizard
Very black bird
Flapping around
All alone
Being stealthy
Great blue heron at Crissy Field
Great blue heron at Crissy Field
Looking for a handout
Hummingbird at rest
Resting or sleeping, you make the call
Buerger's tree kangaroo
North Chinese leopard, gazing out
Meerkat at dinner time
Elephants roaming
Lazy capybara
African openbill stork
White-crowned robin-chat, being antisocial
Treading carefully by the hippo lagoon
Allen's swamp monkey
Young Takin
Panda stuffing its face
Feeding time
Wandering around
Nubian Soemmerring's gazelles
Red river hog, post-playtime
Sea lions at La Jolla Cove
Cormorants
Barking like crazy
Brown pellicans
Centipede making its way across the trail
Gliding
All puffed up
Camera shy cottontail
Butterfly inside the tropics exhibit
Marmaset ready to hop into his gourd
No gourd for this one
Glowing jellies
Big swarm of jellies
Sea nettle heading for the bottom
Spinnaker and one of his lady friends
Down, you beast
Soaring with the greatest of ease
Sea otter chowing down
Robin ignoring the stay off the grass signs
Bald eagle overhead
Seal swimming out to the Sound
Seals on display
Northern Sea-lion
Vulture overhead
Baby rattler on the trail
Western Tanager
Some bird that I failed to identify
The dolphins launch their attack
Pelican waiting for leftovers
Side by side
Easily outswimming the boat
Gliding and waiting
Swimming alongside
Lots of jumps
Close but blurry
A larger pod
Swimming in the wake
Gray whale, just off the stern
Spray
Sea lion flipper
A wave from the gray whale
Another tip of the tail
Down for a deep dive
Weighing down the corner
Strutting around
Seal convention
Perched on the line
Eagles?
Heron close to shore
Taking flight
Returning for more
Incoming dive bomber
Feeding the nice birds
Contemplation
Guenon on high alert
Red panda on the move
Bornean sun bear, enjoying the afternoon sun
Unidentified hummingbird landing
Check out that beak
Cape clawless otter
Andean bear making eye contact
Head bump
Sniffing the horns
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