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Green froggy

Green froggy

Spotted this little fellow among the pond lilies while paddling a canoe along the Orange River in Downeast Maine this summer.


Fledgling in the grass

Fledgling in the grass

This one ventured a bit farther than its sibling


Great horned owl fledgling

Great horned owl fledgling

Watching from the rafters


Aspen with mountain ash

Aspen with mountain ash

Took this during a Christmas Eve snowshoe in Utah's North Fork State Park because I thought it looked like Christmas.


Hidden insect

Hidden insect

Nature's camouflage is an amazing thing. Talk about an award-winning Halloween costume.


Aspen glow

Aspen glow

Here in Utah, the forests at higher elevations are awash in gold as the aspen begin to turn.


Mormon fritillary butterfly

Mormon fritillary butterfly

Taken in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo., September 2008


Brown garden snail

Brown garden snail

Gastropod taking its morning constitutional.


Tiny visitor

Tiny visitor

This fawn and its twin (which is not in the photo) wandered into our nature camp this week, bringing the day's activities to a screeching halt.


Gray wolf

Gray wolf

Taken in February at the Gizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Mont., gateway to Yellowstone National Park.


Short-eared owl

Short-eared owl

This short-eared owl was hunting along the causeway that crosses Utah's Great Salt Lake and provides access to Antelope Island State Park.


DOH! A deer ...

DOH! A deer ...

Spotted this little gal at the Ogden Nature Center on New Year's Day. She was quite curious.


First boulder?

First boulder?

A young couple helps their baby explore Arches National Park's sandstone on his own terms.


Mormon fritillary

Mormon fritillary


A coworker

A coworker

This deer trotted out of the brush to join four of its pals, crossing our path as we hiked a group of kids across the center on a recent morning.


Ogden Nature Center, Utah

Ogden Nature Center, Utah

A view from my "office," showing the view across Ogden Nature Center's Teal Pond and snow-capped Ben Lomond in the distance.


Outstanding in its field

Outstanding in its field


Fall colors near Snowbasin, UT

Fall colors near Snowbasin, UT


Top o' the Wellsvilles

Top o' the Wellsvilles

The "big rock" that says we are atop the ridgeline that leads us to HawkWatch International's fall raptor migration spot.


North Rim

North Rim


Spider web

Spider web

By Douglas Murray, taken July 2007


Walden Pond

Walden Pond

Photo by Doug Murray, July 2007


Birdie in her nest

Birdie in her nest

A robin sits atop her eggs in our back yard this past spring.