A family portrait of Great egrets in Texas in 2016.
Author: Ellie Teramoto
A beautiful Great blue heron at Caddo Lake, Texas
Red-crowned cranes are among the largest cranes in the world.
Brown pelicans and their history in the United States.
Brown pelicans were always around whenever I went out to see shore birds in Texas. Back in the 70s, they were listed as endangered in the United States.
Ezo Red Fox near Kushiro Marsh National Park in Hokkaido, Japan.
Ezo Red Fox (Kitakitsune / Vulpes vulpes schrencki) was digging and sniffing around the snow-covered highlands.
Ezo (Yezo) deer siblings at Kushiro Marsh National Park in Hokkaido, Japan.
A Painted Bunting – a super colorful bird I met in Texas.
Blue Grosbeak by a swamp in Texas in 2016.
Blue Grosbeak was jumping around in a bush enjoying his food by a swamp in Texas in 2016. A beautiful blue bird.
Whooper swans in hot spring in Hokkaido, Japan.
I love hot springs (onsen). But so do whooper swans and many other wildlife in Japan. Japan is volcanic, but at the same time, the volcanic earth provides hot springs that help wildlife survive frigid winters 😀
Yezo Ural Owl (Strix uralensis japonica) and his female partner grooming.
A male Yezo Ural Owl (Strix uralensis japonica) grooms his female partner in a tree hollow in Hokkaido, Japan. It is said that grooming (preening) is one of the ways for owls to form stronger bonds.