Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia). When a predator like a bird gets too close, the butterfly flashes its wings open to reveal the big eye spots, then the predator thinks it's looking at the face of a snake or other predator. #butterfly #insects #nature #wildlife #biology #photo

American goldfinch.#MondaysAreForTheBirds #birds #photography #BackyardBirds #nature #birdphotography #birdscrolling

My last for this year's #SuperbOwlSunday celebration. What do you do when mom isn't coming by to feed you all that often and you are getting bored? This, apparently. The other sibling from the pair I posted earlier was still at the other end of the branch, screeching intermittently with a "begging call".#Wildlife #Owls #Photo #Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #SuperbOwl

@Xover0 Thanks!

@michaelrussell if only i could tickle these floofs of doom!!! but i suspect their parents wouldn't like it

Another view of the Barn Owl, Abbey Farm in Flitcham.#Bird #Birding #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Darktable #UK #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdScrolling #UKWildlife #Norfolk #Flitcham #AbbeyFarm #BarnOwl #SuperbOwl

@michaelrussell Outstanding photo on so many levels! Thanks for posting!

@coreyspowell Fabulous! #CosmicOwl wins the #SuperbOwl internet!

#SilentSunday#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors

@[email protected] The Lone Strongman

Vielleicht ist Achtsamkeit genau dieser Moment: still stehen, wahrnehmen, was da ist, und nichts verändern wollen. In der Ruhe dieser Landschaft liegt die Erlaubnis, einfach zu sein.#Photography #Landscapes #Naturfotografie #Landschaft #Nature #MorgemStimmung #Innehalten #Stille #Achtsamkeit #Nebel #Naturmeditation #Innehalten #Steinwald #silentsunday

Biology work isn't always glamorous, but when it is...it *really* is!#cave #science #nature #photography #biology #ecology #caving #speleobiology #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

The ravens are still in town. #photos #iceland #nature #birds #ravens

@AusderPampa Sieht aber doch toll aus!

@tessa_murray Mudbath! A very toddler thing to do.

Light burst #Landscape #Nature #Photography

@kibrika Yes, you have to charge this one a little in UV light and it doesn’t last very long but it’s such a fun effect anyway.

@skinnylatte This is also brilliantly described (along with other animals' sleeping strategies) in this beautifully animated web article : https://apnews.com/projects/extreme-animal-sleep/

@oldoldcojote they are so intelligent and wonderful. Thank you for sharing!

Orbits of Potentially Hazardous AsteroidsCredits: #NASA, JPL-Caltech#nature #space #astrophotography