Michael Brown Photography hiker - Arches National Park north american badger - Wind Cave National Park male pronghorn - Wind Cave National Park tongue - Wind Cave National Park water moccasin - "snake road", La Rue Pine Hills, Shawnee National Forest wary companion - Wind Cave National Park where the antelope play - east Colorado watchful - Wind Cave National Park water moccasin - Shawnee National Forest attempted murder - Bryce Canyon National Park side blotched lizard - Capitol Reef National Park bald eagles - Shawnee National Forest bighorn sheep - Badlands National Park prairie dog - Wind Cave National Park prairie dog - Wind Cave National Park western ground squirrel - Black Canyon of the Gunnison ant nest tiger swallowtail - central Illinois tiger swallowtail larvae - central Illinois Garden of the Gods - Shawnee National Forest water moccasin - La Rue Pine Hills, Shawnee National Forest lizard spp.- Black Canyon of the Gunnison lizard spp. - Black Canyon of the Gunnison cicada - central Illinois Badwater Basin - Death Valley National Park Forest fire smoke cloud moving east from the Colorado Rockies, Pawnee National Grasslands Forest fire smoke cloud moving east from the Colorado Rockies, Pawnee National Grasslands Grand Canyon National Park sunrise from Mount Democrat - first stop on the Decalbrion, Pike National Forest mountain goat - Glacier National Park snapping turtle hatchling - central Illinois "hi!" central Illinois monarch larvae - central Illinois ptarmigan Glacier National Park dusk from Sperry Chalet Glacier National Park Glacier National Park Badwater Basin - Death Valley National Park sunrise on Lake Superior - North County Trail, Pictured Rocks National Seashore weather moving in - Pikes Peak Colorado morning coffee - North County Trail, Pictured Rocks National Seashore Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah Rx fire - central Illinois winter paddle at sunrise - Lake Evergreen Central Illinois Deadhorse Point State Park, Utah Mackinaw River - Merwin Nature Preserve, central Illinois Deadhorse Point State Park, Utah White Rim Trail, Canyonlands National Park monarch on ironweed - central Illinois damselfly - Lake Evergreen, central Illinois snapping turtle hatchling - Menominee River Wisconsin fox snake - central Illinois Maah Daah Hey Trail - North Dakota sunset paddle - Banner Marsh, central Illinois morning mist - Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness vintage Smokercraft a.k.a. "the tank" - Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness honeybee on gray headed coneflower - central Illinois salamander on "snake road" - La Rue Pine Hills, Shawnee National Forest