Animal Pictures

An observant whitetail buck deer stands on a grassy hilltop.

A whitetail deer buck standing in a forest.

A big buck stands alert in a snowy forest following an early winter snowfall.

An adult bald eagle in flight. Note: An identification band is on its left leg.

Two whitetail deer browsing during a foggy morning.

A group of Florida birds feeding in a shallow marsh pond. The group includes roseate spoonbills, snowy egrets, little blue herons, black-necked stilts, glossy ibis and grackles.

A close-up photo of a big mule deer buck.

A startled whitetail deer buck is pictured leaping and bounding toward the forest.

Two Alaska brown bears fighting over fishing privileges in a salmon stream.

Lit by late evening light, a rutting whitetail buck and doe stand alert at the edge of an old field.

An bald eagle with wings spread vertically while making a turn.

A snowy egret and small waves.

A whitetail deer buck in a pine forest inspects a holly tree licking branch. Licking branches are commonly found above ground scrapes, upon which bucks and does urinate during the breeding season (the rut).

A cottonmouth moccasin snake.

An anhinga drying its feathers while perched on a snag.

An eight-point buck whitetail deer leaping over a barbed wire fence.

An angry bear with its jaw open.

A large buck whitetail deer standing in frost-covered grass.

An adult osprey with a spadefish in its talons lands on a tree limb next to its juvenile offspring.

A Tom turkey strutting with his tail feathers displayed.

A big buck whitetail deer rubs a tree in the autumn woods.

A bald eagle flying over the ocean.

This mean looking buck had just emerged from the swamp during his search for receptive does. Looking quite intimidating, he appears ready to fight even a bigger buck if he were challenged.

A whitetail deer doe and fawn standing in high grass.