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  • A hunting western blong-eared myotis (Myotis evotis) and a forest moth, at night in the Ochoco National Forest, Oregon. The moth and the bat were photographed in the wild and digitally combined for this image.
    echolocation_62007BT-13.jpg
  • A townsend's big-eared bat (Plecotus townsendii) pursues a spanworm moth. Photo illustration created by digital composite. Both bat and insect were photographed at night in free flight.
    bat_hunting_moth_9705TownsendMoth1.jpg
  • A wild barn owl (Tyto alba) photographed on the Sauvie Island State Wildlife Refuge, Sauvie Island, Oregon.
    barn_owl_landing_MDurham236_10.jpg
  • A female yuma myotis (Myotis yumanensis) pursuing a moth on the wing. Bats catch their prey in the wing membrane and then scoop it into their mouth. digital composite.
    bat_chasing_moth_Yuma_Moth2.jpg
  • A male yuma myotis (Myotis yumanensis) bat zeroes in on a forest moth. This is a digital composite of two images.
    bat_and_moth_Yuma_Moth1.jpg
  • A wild barn owl (Tyto alba) photographed on the Sauvie Island State Wildlife Refuge, Sauvie Island, Oregon.
    barn_owl_landing_MDurham234_10.jpg
  • A wild barn owl (Tyto alba) photographed on the Sauvie Island State Wildlife Refuge, Sauvie Island, Oregon.
    barn_owl_landing_MDurham237_10.jpg
  • A wild barn owl (Tyto alba) photographed on the Sauvie Island State Wildlife Refuge, Sauvie Island, Oregon.
    barn_owl_landing_MDurham235_10.jpg
  • A wild Mountain Lion (Puma concolor), photographed at night in the Wind River National Forest, Washingon, part of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The rocks were home to pika and bushy-tailed wood-rats and it appears the lion is hunting.
    Wild_lion_at_night-52414nt-122.jpg
  • A male bobcat (Felis rufus) eating a grouse.
    bobcat-MDurham199_4.jpg
  • A house mouse (Mus musculus) hiding from a domestic cat. Captive.
    cat_and_mouse_DurhM408.jpg
  • A fishing cat (Felis viverrina OR Prionailurus viverrinus) searchng a pool for fish at dusk. Captive, Singapore. Range: India, Malaysia, Thailand, and Pakistan.
    fishing_cat_90806FSC1.jpg
  • An adult bewick's wren (Thryomanes bewickii) with an insect on the handle of a backyard yard debris can. Western Oregon.
    bewick's_wren_51306BW2.jpg
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Washington.
    great_blue_heron_(Ardea_herodias)313...jpg
  • Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax) captured in mid-jump with a high-speed camera. © Michael Durham / www.Durmphoto.com.
    Jumping_spider_IMG_0666.jpg
  • A marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) with a small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) along the shore of James Bay, Santiago Island, Galapagos Archipelago - Ecuador.
    bird_preening_igunana_82410PPre2-157.jpg
  • A fishing cat (Felis viverrina OR Prionailurus viverrinus) searchng a pool for fish at dusk. Captive, Singapore. Range: India, Malaysia, Thailand, and Pakistan.
    fishing_cat_90806FSC2.jpg
  • Portrait of a nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) showing its large nocturnal eye. Nighthawks hunt insects early in the morning and late into the evening, when light is minimal.
    nighthawk_(Chordeiles_minor)_110407S...jpg
  • This young fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes) bat has just learned to fly. It will, however, contnue to nurse from its mother until it is able to hunt on the wing. Coconino National Forest, Arizona.
    fringed_bat_(Myotis_thysanodes)_7160...jpg
  • This young fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes) bat has just learned to fly. It will, however, contnue to nurse from its mother until it is able to hunt on the wing. Coconino National Forest, Arizona.
    fringed_bat_(Myotis_thysanodes)_7160...jpg
  • The edible root of a camas plant (Camassia quamash) after being cooked in an earthen oven, on Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_root_52711CM2s-129.jpg
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) and a cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) hunting in the salt marsh at Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Florida.
    51115gf3-145.jpg
  • Camas flowers (Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Camassia_quamash_53011-286.jpg
  • Camas flowers (Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Camassia_quamash_53011-262.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-195.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-164.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-156.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-106.jpg
  • Camas flowers (Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Camassia_quamash_52711CMs-166.jpg
  • The edible root of a camas plant (Camassia quamash) after being cooked in an earthen oven, on Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_root_52711CM2s-118.jpg
  • The edible root of a camas plant (Camassia quamash) after being cooked in an earthen oven, on Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_root_52711CM2s-114.jpg
  • The edible root of a camas plant (Camassia quamash) after being cooked in an earthen oven and canned, on Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_root_52711CM2s-113.jpg
  • The edible root of a camas plant (Camassia quamash) after being cooked in an earthen oven, on Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_root_52711CM2s-110.jpg
  • Storm clouds at dusk move across Weippe Prairie over a field of camas flowers (Camassia quamash), Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_prairie_storm_52611V2-681.jpg
  • A single camas flower(Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_flower_52211CMs-101.jpg
  • Northern Arizona University graduate assistant Ben Solvesky uses a receiver to pick up a radio signal from a Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) that he placed a transmitter on the night before. He wants to find the day-roosting location (usually well hideen during the day) of the bat to better understand how how far they travel while hunting at night.
    bat_research_71907GCt-26.jpg
  • A juvenile female veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) hunting. Native range: North africa, Yemen to Saudi Arabia. Captive.
    veiled_chameleon_42806VC1.jpg
  • A common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) on a fence rail in the in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon. These birds are crepuscular and fly mostly at dusk or dawn hunting moths and other insects. During the day they try to be inconspicious and blend into their perch. They are also called a nightjar.
    common_nighthawk_(Chordeiles_minor)_...jpg
  • A spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) flying at night in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona. (1.5 miles from the edge of the Grand Canyon). This lactating female was later tracked 17 miles back to her day roost in a crevice on the vertical face of a canyon wall in the Grand Canyon National Park. It is likely she had a pup waiting to feed upon her return after a nights hunting.
    spotted_bat_(Euderma_maculatum)__110...jpg
  • A spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) flying at night in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona. (1.5 miles from the edge of the Grand Canyon). This lactating female was later tracked 17 miles back to her day roost in a crevice on the vertical face of a canyon wall in the Grand Canyon National Park. It is likely she had a pup waiting to feed upon her return after a nights hunting.
    spotted_bat_(Euderma_maculatum)__110...jpg
  • A spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) flying at night in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona. (1.5 miles from the edge of the Grand Canyon). This lactating female was later tracked 17 miles back to her day roost in a crevice on the vertical face of a canyon wall in the Grand Canyon National Park. It is likely she had a pup waiting to feed upon her return after a nights hunting.
    spotted_bat_(Euderma_maculatum)__110...jpg
  • A wild Mountain Lion (Puma concolor), photographed at night in the Wind River National Forest, Washingon, part of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The rocks were home to pika and bushy-tailed wood-rats and it appears the lion is hunting.
    Wild_lion_at_night-52414nt-123.jpg
  • A camas flower(Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Camassia_quamash_53011-338.jpg
  • Camas flowers (Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Camassia_quamash_53011-294.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-214.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-211.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-190.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-178.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-173.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-161.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-143.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-136.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-112.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-100.jpg
  • Camas flowers (Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Camassia_quamash_52711CMs-146.jpg
  • Camas flowers (Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Camassia_quamash_52711CMs-101.jpg
  • The edible root of a camas plant (Camassia quamash) after being cooked in an earthen oven, on Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_root_52711CM2s-140.jpg
  • The edible root of a camas plant (Camassia quamash) after being cooked in an earthen oven, on Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_root_52711CM2s-135.jpg
  • A rain squall moves across Weippe Prairie over a field of camas flowers (Camassia quamash), Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_prairie_storm_52611V2-248.jpg
  • Camas flowers (Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_flower_prairie_52511TLC1-709.jpg
  • Northern Arizona University graduate assistant Ben Solvesky uses a receiver to pick up a radio signal from a Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) that he placed a transmitter on the night before. He wants to find the day-roosting location (usually well hideen during the day) of the bat to better understand how how far they travel while hunting at night.
    bat_research_71907GCt-5.jpg
  • Northern Arizona University wildlife technician Eddie Perry uses a receiver to pick up a radio signal from a Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) that he placed a transmitter on the night before. He wants to find the day-roosting location (usually well hideen during the day) of the bat to better understand how how far they travel while hunting at night.
    bat_research_71907GCt-46.jpg
  • Northern Arizona University wildlife technician Eddie Perry uses a receiver to pick up a radio signal from a Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) that he placed a transmitter on the night before. He wants to find the day-roosting location (usually well hideen during the day) of the bat to better understand how how far they travel while hunting at night.
    bat_research_71907GCt-43.jpg
  • Northern Arizona University wildlife technician Eddie Perry uses a receiver to pick up a radio signal from a Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) that he placed a transmitter on the night before. He wants to find the day-roosting location (usually well hideen during the day) of the bat to better understand how how far they travel while hunting at night.
    bat_research_71907GCt-39.jpg
  • Northern Arizona University graduate assistant Ben Solvesky uses a receiver to pick up a radio signal from a Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) that he placed a transmitter on the night before. He wants to find the day-roosting location (usually well hideen during the day) of the bat to better understand how how far they travel while hunting at night.
    bat_research_71907GCt-24.jpg
  • Northern Arizona University graduate assistant Ben Solvesky uses a receiver to pick up a radio signal from a Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) that he placed a transmitter on the night before. He wants to find the day-roosting location (usually well hideen during the day) of the bat to better understand how how far they travel while hunting at night.
    bat_research_71907GCt-20.jpg
  • Northern Arizona University graduate assistant Ben Solvesky uses a receiver to pick up a radio signal from a Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) that he placed a transmitter on the night before. He wants to find the day-roosting location (usually well hideen during the day) of the bat to better understand how how far they travel while hunting at night.
    bat_research_71907GCt-13.jpg
  • A spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) flying at night in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona. (1.5 miles from the edge of the Grand Canyon). This lactating female was later tracked 17 miles back to her day roost in a crevice on the vertical face of a canyon wall in the Grand Canyon National Park. It is likely she had a pup waiting to feed upon her return after a nights hunting.
    spotted_bat_(Euderma_maculatum)__110...jpg
  • A spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) flying at night in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona. (1.5 miles from the edge of the Grand Canyon). This lactating female was later tracked 17 miles back to her day roost in a crevice on the vertical face of a canyon wall in the Grand Canyon National Park. It is likely she had a pup waiting to feed upon her return after a nights hunting.
    spotted_bat_(Euderma_maculatum)__110...jpg
  • A spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) flying at night in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona. (1.5 miles from the edge of the Grand Canyon). This lactating female was later tracked 17 miles back to her day roost in a crevice on the vertical face of a canyon wall in the Grand Canyon National Park. It is likely she had a pup waiting to feed upon her return after a nights hunting.
    spotted_bat_(Euderma_maculatum)__110...jpg
  • A spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) flying at night in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona. (1.5 miles from the edge of the Grand Canyon). This lactating female was later tracked 17 miles back to her day roost in a crevice on the vertical face of a canyon wall in the Grand Canyon National Park. It is likely she had a pup waiting to feed upon her return after a nights hunting.
    spotted_bat_(Euderma_maculatum)__110...jpg
  • A spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) flying at night in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona. (1.5 miles from the edge of the Grand Canyon). This lactating female was later tracked 17 miles back to her day roost in a crevice on the vertical face of a canyon wall in the Grand Canyon National Park. It is likely she had a pup waiting to feed upon her return after a nights hunting.
    spotted_bat_(Euderma_maculatum)__110...jpg
  • A spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) flying at night in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona. (1.5 miles from the edge of the Grand Canyon). This lactating female was later tracked 17 miles back to her day roost in a crevice on the vertical face of a canyon wall in the Grand Canyon National Park. It is likely she had a pup waiting to feed upon her return after a nights hunting.
    spotted_bat_(Euderma_maculatum)__110...jpg
  • Camas flowers (Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Camassia_quamash_53011-281.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-116.jpg
  • Storm clouds at dusk move across Weippe Prairie over a field of camas flowers (Camassia quamash), Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
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  • A common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) on a fence rail in the in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon. These birds are crepuscular and fly mostly at dusk or dawn hunting moths and other insects. During the day they try to be inconspicious and blend into their perch. They are also called a nightjar.
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