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BIRDS & INSECTS

Two little bee-eaters communicating while perched on a branch. Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Thousands of sandhill cranes lift off in the early morning on the Platte River during spring migration, Kearney, Nebraska

A red-cockaded woodpecker bringing food to a nesting cavity. Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana.

African jacana (Actophilornis africanus) prepares to take flight from a lily pad in the marsh. Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Three brown pelicans perch on a sea wall at sunset on Lake Pontchartrain, Mandeville, Louisiana.

Juvenile sandhill crane steps through cornfield, Nebraska.

A belted kingfisher perched on a dead tree framed by Spanish moss, Mandeville, Louisiana

A female northern harrier soars low over winter marsh grasses, hunting for prey. Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana.

Bald eagle takes flight from a snag (dead tree), Mandeville, Louisiana

Gulf fritillary butterfly. Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge, Lacombe, Louisiana.

Sandhill cranes fly over mid-western farmland. Kearney, Nebraska.

A female or immature anhinga dries its wings in a cypress swamp, Lake Verret, Louisiana

Brown creeper, Northern California

A tufted titmouse eats a seed after cracking its shell, Mandeville, Louisiana

Two laughing gulls touch beaks on the beach in the Gulf of Mexico, Pensacola Beach, Florida

Female golden silk orb weaver spider (Trichonephila clavipes (Linnaeus)) sits in a large web above the swamp, Mandeville, Louisiana.

California brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) flies with wings spread at sunset. Huntington Beach, California.

Great egret in flight. Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge, Lacombe, Louisiana.

Gulf fritillary butterfly on mexican sunflower. Southeastern Louisiana.

Hermit thrush perched in the fallen leaves in late autumn, Northern California.

A roseate spoonbill in flight against blue sky, New Iberia, Louisiana

Closeup of cicada face on deck railing, facing camera. Mandeville, Louisiana.

Lilac-breasted roller. Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Pied kingfisher vocalizing on a reed. Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Gulf fritillary butterfly. Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge, Lacombe, Louisiana.

White ibis in flight over Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, near New Orleans, Louisiana.

Malachite kingfisher. Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) preens on a snag, or dead tree, in City Park, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Eastern black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes), on purple flowers, Mandeville, Louisiana.

Snowy egret in flight. Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, New Orleans, Louisiana.

A great blue heron flies into the sunset at Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge, Lacombe, Louisiana

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