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Hiker's view of a Chipmunk posing on a log along the trail to the Summit Peak Observation Tower within the Summit Peak Scenic Area of Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park (USA MI Ontonagon; Obst FAV Photos 2013 Nikon D300s Nature Enchanting Animals Wild image 6277)

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Surprised hiker's view of a retreating Porcupine along the Phelps Lake Trail within the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve of Grand Teton National Park (USA WY Moose; Obst FAV Photos 2013 Nikon D300s Nature Enchanting Image 6069)

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A friendly mule deer grazing outside my tent in my Signal Mountain Campsite on Jackson Lake within Grand Teton National Park (USA WY Moose; Obst FAV Photos 2013 Nikon D300s Nature Enchanting image 6016)

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Fast moving Grizzly bear or Ursus arctos crossing a small tributary of the Yellowstone River within Hayden Valley of Yellowstone National Park (USA WY Lake Village; Obst FAV Photos 2013 Nikon D800 Obst Daily Best Image 0735)

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Sandhill Cranes flying over the photographer's canoe on Neenah Creek (USA WI Oxford; Obst FAV Photos 2013 Nikon D800 Daily Best Image 9861)

Honey bee on Flower by the Wild Wolf River within the Wolf River Refuge (USA WI White Lake)

Sweet Dreams - Over the front door of my residence hangs a scary and hungry Spider of the order Araneae on its dew covered web (USA WI Middleton)

"Spider-EYES looking at YOU - Over the front door of my residence hangs a scary and hungry Spider of the order Araneae on its dew covered web (USA WI Middleton; RAO 2012 Nikon D800 Image 5409 )"

Spicebush Swallowtail or Papilio troilus within Olbrich Botanical Gardens during 18 July to 12 August 2012 Blooming Butterflies (USA WI Madison)

A Zebra Butterfly or Heliconius charitonia within Olbrich Botanical Gardens during 18 July to 12 August 2012 Blooming Butterflies (USA WI Madison)

" Close up of water droplets clinging to the first colorful blooming Iris - a Greek word for "rainblow" - during springtime at the Wolf River Refuge (USA WI White Lake)"

Colorful iridescent bold Wild Turkey during springtime within Longenecker Gardens of the University of Wisconsin Madison Arboretum (USA WI Madison; Obst FAV Photos 2012 Nikon D300 Nature Enchanting Image 1466)

Dragon Fly on Phlox flowers by the Wild Wolf River within the Wolf River Refuge (USA WI White Lake)

Hummingbird Clearwing Moth or Hemaris thysbe of the Sphingidae family in a flower Garden by the Wild Wolf River within the Wolf River Refuge (USA WI White Lake)

Honey bees on a Common Thistle by the Wild Wolf River within the Wolf River Refuge (USA WI White Lake)

Honey bees on a Common Thistle by the Wild Wolf River within the Wolf River Refuge (USA WI White Lake)

Hiker's view of a friendly Grizzley or Ursus arctos horribilis along a trail within the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center ( USA Alaska Portage)

Hiker's view of a friendly male reindeer or Rangifer tarandus or caribou guarding its family on a trail within the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (USA Alaska Portage)

Hiker's view of snowy mountains towering behind an Alaskan Muskoxen or Ovibos Moschatus on a trail within the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (USA Alaska Portage)

Snowy Mountains and an American Eagle soar over Evergreens and Fireweed near the Seward Highway and Turnagain Pass within the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska (USA Alaska Girdwood)"

Seabirds soaring over their rock island fortress rookery within the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve near Halibut Cove on the western Kenai Peninsula (USA Alaska Homer)

"Combined images in photoshop captured from the same spot: American Bald Eagles soaring towards me while silhouetted by fog near the Sterling Highway by Homer on the western Kenai Peninsula of Alaska (USA Alaska Homer)"