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Neil Losin Photography

Visual stories of science, nature, conservation and adventure

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A juvenile burrowing owl ( Athene cunicularia ) hovers while hunting after dusk at Wildhorse Golf Course in Davis, California.

A Red-masked Parakeet ( Aratinga erythrogenys ), an invasive species from South America, peers from a nest cavity in Miami, Florida.

A male Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus ) sings at sunrise, its breath condensing in the cold morning air. Photographed in Davis, California.

A Pied Kingfisher ( Ceryle rudis ) hovers over the Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda.

A Sharp-shinned Hawk ( Accipiter striatus ) in the southern California chaparral.

Three adult burrowing owls ( Athene cunicularia ) at an artificial burrow entrance at Wildhorse Golf Course in Davis, California.

A male Green-chinned Euphonia ( Euphonia chalybea ), an uncommon endemic species in Brazil’s Atlantic rainforest.

An American Bittern ( Botaurus lentiginosus ) freezes with its bill in the air, a posture that provides camouflage in its preferred marsh habitat. Davis, California.

A Black-crowned Night Heron ( Nycticorax nycticorax ) waits for spawning grunion on a beach near Los Angeles, California.

A Snowy Egret ( Egretta thula ) in a southern California coastal wetland, performing a unique “bill-vibrating” behavior to attract small fish to the water’s surface. Malibu, California.

A Spotted Owl ( Strix occidentalis ) in Los Angeles County, California.

Closeup of a breeding-plumage American Avocet ( Recurvirostra americana ) in a wetland in Davis, California.

A male Barn Swallow ( Hirundo rustica ) sings in a coastal marsh in southern California.

A California Thrasher ( Toxostoma redivivum ) perches ona Laurel Sumac inflorescence in the southern California chaparral.

Pied Kingfisher ( Ceryle rudis ) in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda.

A male Dusky Grouse ( Dendragapus obscurus ) displaying on Flagstaff Mountain, Boulder County, Colorado.

A Black-chinned Sparrow ( Spizella atrogularis ) sings in Embudito Canyon just outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

A male Allen’s hummingbird ( Selasphorus sasin ) stretches and displays its colorful gorget on native Coyote Brush in southern California.

Two Guira Cuckoos ( Guira guira ) sunbathe in the Pantanal, Brazil. This species is highly social, often moving around the woodlands of the Pantanal in large groups.

Two Buff-necked Ibis ( Theristicus caudatus ) perched on a gnarled snag in Brazil’s Pantanal.

A pair of endangered Hyacinth Macaws ( Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus ) in flight in the Pantanal, Brazil.

Two Least Terns ( Sternula antillarum ) exchange a fish as part of courtship in a coastal wetland in southern Florida.

A female American Kestrel ( Falco sparverius ) with a background of fall sycamore leaves in southern California.

A Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis ) dives in pursuit of fish in a southern California coastal wetland.

An adult burrowing owl ( Athene cunicularia ) emerges from its burrow at sunset at Wildhorse Golf Course in Davis, California.

A Chestnut-backed Antbird ( Myrmeciza exsul ) brings insects back to its nest in the Costa Rican rainforest.

A Phainopepla ( Phainopepla nitens ) in silhouette in the southern California desert.

A Jabiru ( Jabiru mycteria ), the largest stork in the New World, drinks from a pond in the Pantanal, Brazil.

A Limpkin ( Aramus guarauna ) captures a snail in a Costa Rican wetland. This species, found widely in the New World tropics, feeds almost exclusively on snails.

An adult burrowing owl ( Athene cunicularia ) curiously cocks its head at Wildhorse Golf Course in Davis, CA, USA.

A White-tailed Kite ( Elanus leucurus ) hovers above the southern California coast.

A pair of Black Swans ( Cygnus atratus ) swims in a wetland at Canning River Regional Park, Perth, Western Australia.

An Anhinga ( Anhinga anhinga ) at the appropriately-named Anhinga Trail in Everglades National Park.

Closeup of a breeding-plumage Double-crested Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax auritus ) on the southern California coast.

A Green Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas ) provides a splash of color in an otherwise muted scene in southern Texas.

A Great Blue Heron ( Ardea herodias ) poses with a Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) it has captured in central California.

A Marsh Wren ( Cistothorus palustris ) adds some wet reeds to a nest it is building in a central California wetland.

A female Phainopepla ( Phainopepla nitens ) in the southern California desert.

A male Yellow-headed Blackbird ( Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus ) flutters its wings overhead in a defensive display in a western Wyoming marsh.

A Snowy Plover ( Charadrius alexandrinus ) rests in the sand on a southern California beach.

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