Eastern newts (Caudata: Salamandridae: Notophthalmus viridescens) are relatively common in most of the eastern US and southeast Canada. Terrestrial juveniles like this one are brightly colored to warn potential predators of their toxic secretions. Zaleski State Forest near Athens Ohio, 03 May 2014.

Meteor Shower and Orion in Mongolia 🇲🇳

📸 yin hao

Reddish Egret and the art of foraging...
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings

Some cool mushrooms in the North Yorkshire Moors.
(They were actually growing on a bit of old dead wood behind a public toilet - not the most glamorous spot).

Omar curl

Avolcanic light pillar. More typically, light pillars are caused by sunlight and so appear as a bright column that extends upward above a rising or setting Sun. /1

Amanita a day, 15: An old Amanita Pantherina that had started to dry up, contract, and the usually straight gills had curled. I loved how it looked. Old can be beautiful! The spiderweb with dots of moisture made me happy too. Other shots below.⬇️
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

Whispers of the night in the twilight magic. 🦉🌙✨

© jennilsphotography
#Owl #wild #Nature

Here are some nice mushrooms

Red foxes help to control populations of their prey animals, such as rodents and rabbits. They also disperse seeds by eating fruit. In some areas where foxes had been killed off, rodents increased so much that farmers brought in other foxes. Please be kind. #StopEnglandsFoxHunt #AnimalLove

Dark-eyed junco wondering why it stopped snowing 🪶

Today’s daily dose of nature is an epic end to the day at Scarista beach the other evening. #scotland

An impressively chonky Dark-eyed Junco