Animal Pictures

A whitetail buck pauses while browsing near the edge of a country road.

A doe whitetail deer with frost on her back jumping over a fence during early morning.

Three bald eagles perched on driftwood limbs with mountains in the background.

A pair of double-crested cormorants.

Breath from a big bull elk shows as he exhales after bugling.

Portrait of a North American bald eagle.

A great blue heron eating a rat. Although the rat is fighting the bird by biting its bill, it was repeatedly dunked into submission then swallowed.

With head high, ears back and teeth bared, a big bull elk displays threatening behavior. This type of behavior is designed almost exclusively to intimidate rivals. Several variations are available for this photograph.

A bald eagle flying over ocean water.

An osprey landing on its nest.

An anhinga with a fish speared on its bill.

An alert whitetail buck in late evening light.

A whitetail deer reaches toward a licking branch.

A bald eagle in banking flight (making a hard right turn).

A raccoon eating an eel caught on a tidal flat.

A large buck whitetail deer standing in high grass during a foggy morning.

An alert whitetail buck stops to look while browsing in high grass near the woods' edge. A stem of grass hangs from the corner of his mouth.

A great egret in flight with it's wings set while landing on mangroves.

A big bull elk bugling at the edge of a pine forest.

A buck whitetail deer pauses to look while standing at the edge of an old field.

A close-up portrait of a juvenile yellow-crowned night heron.

Late evening light illuminates an alert buck whitetail deer and his surroundings.

A doe whitetail deer stands among cattails is alertly attentive to something nearby.

A tricolored heron extends its wings as it chases fish in the shallows of Lake Kissimmee Florida.