Wild Life

Krista SchlyerMay 29, 2014June 5, 2014Photographyfauna, flora, plants, wildlife

Black crappie.

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A great blue heron flying above the Anacostia River.

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A northern brown snake in the Anacostia Watershed.

A snake on a bank of a tributary of the Anacostia.

Kit foxes in Janos grassland, Mexico.

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A bluegill

A squirrel in the Anacostia watershed.

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21. Cactus wren hopping onto cholla cactus.

3 Sunset in the Sonoran Desert with cholla and saguaro cactus.

72a. A great kiskadee in the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge.

81. A ringed kingfisher in Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge.

Sunset in Sabino Canyon, Tucson Arizona.

A gila monster on a conservation property in northern Mexico.

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Researcher weighing desert tortoise.

101. Bison in Janos, Chihuahua.

Bison in the Janos grasslands, Chihuahua.

8. Ajo lily and desert primrose at dawn.

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9. A desert tortoise

16. Desert tortoise with desert dandelion.

Prairie dog family in northern Chihuahua Mexico.

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38. Burrowing owls in the Imperial Valley of California.

32. A mud turtle

30. An elf owl.

36b. A frog in a desert stream.

49. One of the many species that benefits from prairie dogs are kit foxes.

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15. A prickly pear cactus with fruit in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

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25b. Jackrabbit in the Sonoran Desert.

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84. A tiny tree frog in a South Texas wildlife refuge.

Chiricuahua leopard frog

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Grasshoppers constitute a diverse micro-community in grassland ecosystems.

57. Grasshoppers constitute a diverse micro-community in grassland ecosystems.

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59b. Sandhill cranes in the Chihuahuan grasslands.

104. Pronghorn running in the Chihuahuan grasslands in Texas.

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81. Harris's Hawk in South Texas.

154. A green jay flying in South Texas.

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73. Northern Cardinal

7. A gila woodpecker in a saguaro cactus cavity.

Bison herd in the Chihuahuan grasslands.

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150. A wildflower in the bank of the Rio Grande.

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A bunny in the Anacostia watershed.

A muskrat in the Anacostia River.

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Bee perusing a lotus flower, Kennilworth Aquatic Gardens, Washington DC.

Dragonfly in the Anacostia Watershed.

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Specimien in the rosaceae family, found at Lily Lake in Rocky Mountain NP.

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Bee resting on a flower, Rocky Mountain National Park.

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Published by Krista Schlyer

Krista is a photographer, writer and media specialist focusing on conservation, biodiversity and public lands. She has worked extensively in the borderlands of the United States and Mexico, in the Southwestern United States, and on the Anacostia River in Washintgon DC. For more information, visit www.enviro-pic.org View more posts

2 thoughts on “Wild Life”

N5PIX says:

May 29, 2014 at 7:06 pm

Stunning! That’s a lot of time and work on screen. Too many to pick a favorite from 🙂

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1. Krista Schlyer says:
  
  May 29, 2014 at 7:08 pm
  
  Thank you N5pix!
  
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