Recent Popular Species

• Great Blue Heron — Ardea herodias
• Short-eared Owl — Asio flammeus
• Red-tailed Hawk — Buteo jamaicensis
• Northern Pintail
• Aleutian Cackling Goose — Branta hutchinsii leucopareia
• Coyote — Canis latrans
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Northern Cardinal — Cardinalis cardinalis
• Common Kestrel — Falco tinnunculus
• Elk — Cervus elaphus

Recent Popular Places

• Bisset Park, Radford, VA
• Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, OK
• Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, MO
• Deerfield Trail, Blacksburg, VA
• Izaak Walton Park, Christiansburg, VA
• Northwood Park, New Hope, MN
• Yellowstone National Park
• The Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center, AR
• Willow Lake, Prescott, AZ
• New Jersey Wildlife and Game Refuge, NJ

Recent Popular Encounters

• Slug Love – Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, CA by sniehans
• A Fish Toss By This Great Blue Heron – Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, OK by screek
• Snowy Owl – Columbia, MO by lfelliott
• Now I am Stalking A Coyote by screek
• Ending the Year with a Bang! – Prairie State Park, MO by ShowMeNature
• Brown Creeper – Chenango Valley State Park, Chenango, NY by mydigitalmind
• The gang is back… – Coal Creek Canyon, CO by adam_jack
• Red-Tail Hawk’s New Years Brunch by Rickbischoff
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – Eyeing Me – Bisset Park, Radford, VA by KerriFar
• The Hovering American Kestrel – Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, OK by screek

Amazing Amphibians

Beautiful Birds

Interesting Invertebrates

Marvelous Mammals

Rocking Reptiles

Wonderful Wildflowers

Dandelion Frost Flowerets by robinclifton

A Common Dandelion by screek

Yellow Mandarin by USWildflowers

‘Sea’ Poppy blazes yellow on a roadside in the Camargue by dustygedge

A Sunflower by screek

Wild Iris in the Meadow by pianamon

Orange Agoseris by pianamon

Mariposa Lily at Caribou Ranch by pianamon

Happy 1st Day of Spring by preskittgurl

Shooting Stars in the Rain by robinclifton

Western Blue Flax at Wonderland Creek by pianamon

#NPOD: Canada Violet #Nativeplants by USWildflowers

Spiderwort (Tradescantia sp) by Bodark

Wild Rose in the Forest by pianamon

The Season’s First Pasque Flowers by pianamon

My Favorite Images / Pink & White Trillium Wildflowers by NatureWurks

Common Blue Violet (Viola papilionacea) by Bodark

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia) by Bodark

Woolly Locoweed at Walker Ranch by pianamon

Queen Anne’s Lace ~ Wildflower Elegance by KerriFar

Balsamroot Wildflowers on the Snow King Summit by cavaroc

A Weed By Any Other Name by akanaphoto

Autumn Lace by KerriFar

Limonium sp, Sea Lavender by Pescalune

Yarrow, Achillea millefolium by Pescalune

Red Columbine, Aquilegia formosa

Jewelry of Nature by KerriFar

Yellow Fumewort (Corydalis flavula) by Bodark

Henbit Dead-nettle, Lamium amplexicaule by Pescalune

Dandelion by NaturalVisionPhoto

Signs of Spring by robinclifton

Violets! by robinclifton

Morning Dew Drops by KerriFar

Landscaped Nesting by ShowMeNature

A Belted Kingfisher On A Foggy Day by screek

A Bluebird Trying To Figure Things Out by screek

The mightiest owl of Australia – #birds #nature #wildlife – high in a tree in the Royal Botanical… by dustygedge

American Avocet by BeverlyEverson

Great Blue Heron On The Green Carpet by screek

Ever Vigilant by JKissnHug

Photo of the Day: Northern Flicker by MaineBirder

Mésange bleue (Cyanistes caeruleus) , Blue Tit by Pescalune

Tufted Titmouse Posing for Me by KerriFar

Don’t Bug Me by preskittgurl

Momma Looking For Lunch by akanaphoto

Boat-tailed Grackle by MickiP65

Tawny Frogmouth by dustygedge

Clark’s Grebe by sniehans

Photo of the Week! A Loon with Open Wings! by NaturalVisionPhoto

Day 314: Double-crested Cormorant by MickiP65

Photo of the Day: Common Grackle by MaineBirder

Dusky Wood Swallow by dustygedge

Snowy Egret by NatureWurks

Baltimore Oriole by MaineBirder

Kookaburra – Royal National Park, NSW by dustygedge

A Pileated Woodpecker Feeding On Berries by screek

Tiny mocking bird, big attitude by rangerous

Black-capped Chickadee by BeverlyEverson

Sharp-shinned Hawk with fresh kill by robinclifton

Hovering Hummingbird by MaineBirder

Pack Creek by ShowMeNature

Beaver Crossing by screek

Elk on the Beach! by sniehans

O Deer by robinclifton

Doe With Breakfast by screek

Buck Mule Deer by NatureWurks

Close To The Wrong End Of The Skunk by screek

Winter is a Time for Discovery at Sky Meadows State Park by VAStateParks

Bull Elk With His Harem by screek

Black bear in the yard. by mountain_trails

Full Beaver Moon by screek

Foxy times 2

Large Oklahoma 8 Point Buck by screek

Modeling Raccoon by screek

Ghostly Coyote by screek

Bull Moose at Autumn Oxbow Bend by cavaroc

Sow Grizzly Bear with Cubs by NatureWurks

Red Squirrel by NatureWurks

Not a Mole… by adam_jack

Stalking Red Deer, but spotted! by HadleyWildlife

Puddy Goes Home

Young Coyote by BeverlyEverson

Moose in the Yard by Unattributed

Amazing How A Large Elk Can Jump A Fence by screek

Elk Bull by NatureWurks

Posing Marmot

Anan Creek, Alaska by ShowMeNature

Muskrat by adam_jack

Bullwinkle in the Rockies by betiam

A Large Oklahoma Whitetail Buck by screek

The tinest toad….Oak Toad by PineLilyFNPS

Green Tree Frog by rangerous

Eastern Iberian Painted Frog by dustygedge

The Toad by screek

There are tons of tree frogs down here! (Taken with Instagram… by rangerous

Green Frog by robinclifton

White-spotted Slimy Salamander by gonehikin

Don’t Kiss That! by robinclifton

Red-spotted Newt Close-up by KerriFar

A White Mediterranean Tree frog (Hyla meridionalis) by Pescalune

Protected Oregon Frog Northern Red-legged Frog Rana Aurora by mrsroadrunner

Tiny squirrel treefrog! the siding is only 4-1/4 inch. by PineLilyFNPS

Eastern Newt aka Red-spotted Newt by KerriFar

ABC Wednesday: Frog (American Bullfrog – Lithobates catesbeianus) by Bodark

Frog Eggs by Bodark

Baby Mediterranean Tree Frog, Hyla meridionalis by Pescalune

Some interesting invertebrate encounters from the WildObs community for 2011.

Monarch Caterpillar – Seen through the Leaf by KerriFar

Creepy Crawlers by robinclifton

Western Sulphur Butterfly by MrsRoadrunner

Orthoptera love on gorse  by Dusty Gedge

Hummingbird Hawk-moth on Rocket flowers by Pescalune

First Luna Moth of the Season by Bodark

Dragon In The Wheat by BeverleyEverson

Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth (Lycomorpha pholus) by Bodark

Awesome #green eyed carpenter #bee by Rangerous

Olivaceous Noctuid Moth by sniehans

Monarch Butterfly by gonehikin

Baby Green Anole by BeverlyEverson

Green Anole At The Bog by BeverlyEverson

Baby Turtle by Justin Westerfield

Eastern Kingsnake (Lambpropeltis getulus getulus) by Forester_Jim

Eastern Milk Snake by gonehikin

Red-eared Slider On The Road by screek

Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake, a species I could live without by PineLilyFNPS

Tiny five lined skink by rangerous

Young Western Green Lizard (Lacerta bilineata) by Pescalune

Saturday Supplemental: Turtles by robinclifton

“EYE To EYE” with a Black Snake by NatureWurks

Turtles are back! by robinclifton

Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterondon platirhinos) by Bodark

Nesting Turtles by robinclifton

box turtle.jpg by poqfiremedic13

Juniper Springs,Ocala National Forest,Florida by dawnfine

Day 176: Tiny E. T. York Center Visitor by MickiP65

Loggerhead Turtle by KIPTOPEKE

American Alligator by MickiP65

Bird House Snake by screek

Lurking Alligator by MickiP65

Lizard Looking at Me by KerriFar

Day 63: Green…. by MickiP65

Snapper Turtle by NatureWurks

Silver River State park ~ Florida by dawnfine

Snake Swimming by mrsroadrunner

Steady and Constant by KerriFar

iguana by morodvanschi

Red Eared Slider by BeverlyEverson

PILEUP! by Jeanspics

American Alligator by SharonIsSharing

It’s been a while since I’ve published this information, so here we go for August 2011. This information is based on the community encounters posted to WildObs.

Wildlife Species

The most popular species observed this month:

• Osprey — Pandion haliaetus
• White-tailed Deer — Odocoileus virginianus
• Brown Pelican — Pelecanus occidentalis
• Great Egret — Ardea alba
• Double-crested Cormorant — Phalacrocorax auritus
• Mule Deer — Odocoileus hemionus
• Monarch Butterfly — Danaus plexippus
• Red-tailed Hawk — Buteo jamaicensis
• Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Wildlife Places

The 10 most popular places for wildlife spotting this month:

• Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, OK
• Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, WY
• Frenchman’s Forest Natural Area, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
• John D MacArthur Beach State Park, FL
• Deerfield Trail, Blacksburg, VA
• Northwood Park, New Hope, MN
• Grand Teton National Park, WY
• Caribou Ranch Open Space, CO
• Juno Dunes, Juno Beach, FL
• Cape Hatteras National Seashore, NC

Wildlife Observers

The 10 most prolific observers.

• screek
• sharonissharing
• MickiP65
• mrsroadrunner
• preskittgurl
• KerriFar
• drgnflyz
• rangerous
• BeverlyEverson
• Jeanspics