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Seals in the natural reserve of the Wattenmeer in Germany, Amrum (Oomram)
Hiker, standing on a rock, spreads his arms showing the joy of being at the nascent of the creek that flows from Hoyada or Grande Lagoon (Laguna Grande) located in the highest mountain range of Tachira State, Venezuela. La Grita city is the nearest town to these remote moorlands that are difficult to get to with mountains the exceeds the 3,000 meters above sea level mark. This periglacial lagoon is at 3,400 masl and has 400 meteres in diameter. To see this magnificent gift of nature you have to drive about 20 minutes from La Grita up to the highest paved road of Tachira State in Osorio; then, take two more hours of driving with off road vehicle through the mountains; and finally, there is a two hours hike under severe conditions like small narrow steep rocky gorges, low oxygen level due to the altitue, cold foggy weather and high hills. The scene is magnificent, worth every effort in getting there.
Altantic grey seal on the beach
A pair of seagulls enjoying the view of the Alaskan fishing harbor.
Marshland with marsh vegetation, mud flats, shallow pools, creeks and sheltered, shallow water on Marker Wadden island, Netherlands
Tot: 45-50mm, Ab 30-37mm, Hw 33-38mm.\nIdentification:\nVery similar to O. cancellatum, with which it is found especially in the south-east, and as far west as France. However, it is sleeker, paler and more contrasting. Named for the contrasting white appendages of both sexes.\nBehavior:\nLike O. cancellatum, male often sits on open ground near the water, making very fast, low flights over the water.\nOccurrence:\nDistribution is patchy, but the species is generally not uncommon, stretching to China and Japan.\nHabitat: Open Ponds and Lakes.\nFlight Season: From the end of May to mid-September.\n\nThis nice Skimmer is photographed during a Vacation in France in May 1990. Scanned from a slide.
Dragon-fly, view from above, blue - black, big, sitting on a rock, wings spreaded out, USA, Kenai Peninsula
Common Whitetail Dragonfly
California Sea Lion sunning himself on the Pinnacle rock of Lands End at Cabo San Lucas Baja Mexico BCS
Various shots of single or a pair of gray seals taken in mid-October 2022 in Norfolk, England at Winterton-on-Sea beach, just ahead of the annual pup rearing season.
Atlantic Grey Seal Pup on sandy beach
Cute seals on rocks Wilsons Promontory Victoria
Inner Hebrides with gray seals
leaf and grass is covered with morning hoar frost from a frigid fall night
watching the helicopter bug in nature
Tot 30-39mm, Ab 25-32mm, HW 19-23mm.\nOur most delicate Lestes, which is normally easily separated by its statue and coloration, although some Iberian populations recall L. barbarous.\nHabitat: A wide variety of seasonally dry shallow and reedy waters in the south, becoming more critical in the north-west, where it is most abundant in heath and bog lakes with peat moss (Sphagnum) and rushes (Juncus).\nFlight Season: Northern populations mostly emerge in July, flying into November.\nDistribution: Widespread in Europe, although seldom the dominant Lestes species. Distribution recall L. barbarous, and also tends to wander like that species, though rarely in similarly great numbers.\n\nThis Species is to be seen in the describe Habitats, but not as common as L. sponsa in the Netherlands.
Sea dogs at the baltic sea coast in gdynia poland
Landscape photo of the freshwater lagoon in the New England High country of NSW known as Dangar’s Lagoon. A bird sanctuary, now filled with water and wildflowers after devastating drought the year before.
Puffin on the coast of England in the golden hour sun
Zanzibar algae crop fields in the Indian Ocean during low tide.
Yavoriv National Nature Park landscape in autumn morning, Ukraine
In Gold Bay on South Georgia Island, three moulting southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) lying together near a stream, with king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in the background.
Names: Arctic fulmar, fulmar, mallemok, northern fulmar\nScientific name: fulmarus glacialis\nCountry: Iceland\nLocation: Westfjords
closeup of snow covered grass
Sea lions off the West coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia
This photograph was taken on August 7, 2023 in the Sil canyons of the Ribeira Sacra in Galicia. The Sil Canyon is a gorge excavated by the Sil River, in Galicia, near its junction with the Miño River. It is located on the border of the provinces of Lugo and Orense.
View of king penguin colony
Dense bushes growing in a green field and cloudy sky, Czulczyce, Poland
Identification:\nTot 57-66mm, Ab 39-49mm, Hw 37-42mm.\nIn flight often confused with the related and similar small A. mixta. Ranges less far north, but also migratory and may be invasive in good summers.\nMales are often observed when making low patrols over drying wetlands, showing their noticeable bright colors. The males vivid blue eyes and abdomen and largely green thorax sides are especially distinctive.\nHabitat: Prefers standing waters that dry up over the course of Summer, often overgrown with low rushes, bulrushes or reeds.\nFlight Season: On average, emerges earlier than A. mixta. Seen mainly from May to August, especially in the later months.\nDistribution: Seldom abundant, and only permanently present around the Mediterranean, but scarce in much of Iberia and North Africa. Hot summer weather may lead to influxes further north. Occurs east to Mongolia.\n\nThis Picture is made in a Fen area in Flevoland in half August 2022 by high Summer temperatures.
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