Such a great idea!! 👍
shoot with your camera, not your weapon. ididnthavemyglasseson.com/2026/10/05/s...
ididnthavemyglasseson.com
shoot with your camera, not your weapon.
Orangutans in Borneo – critically endangered A program in Borneo is paying villagers to photograph wildlife instead of hunting it, turning former hunters into protectors of end…
![A bright yellow Golden Eyelash Viper [Bothrops schlegelii] photographed against a dark shaded background in the understory of Gandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica This is a viper and very venomous so the brilliant yellow coloration is good protection for it and anyone who comes too close. A fine warning!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hvqo2343soyczzb5ettp6x7e/bafkreiexipytued3g2vjptp5exegg2j3yxjgi4kt4mr2uxilyj325uob3u)
![Mule Deer [Odocoileus hemionus] doe with newly born twin fawns (1-2 hours old) checking each other out muzzle to muzzle while mom rests on the right licking her nose. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming in spring.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hvqo2343soyczzb5ettp6x7e/bafkreib2mwhsmktiobljzobu3vup6blzurabfln7memb2yccyly5govn4y)
![Beautiful brown and tan striped Slender Glass Lizard [Ophisaurus attenuatus] sunning on a sunlit boulder. Looks a bit like a lined garter snake. Imagine picking up a harmless lizard who looks like a snake and having it break apart?! A defensive reaction. That's what happened here in the Tall Grass Prairie, Ok. Ignorance is bliss until it isn't. Fortunately, the broken tail grows back.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hvqo2343soyczzb5ettp6x7e/bafkreiaz2vygxkjn5skrmivpageshhr2hilk56qy5aatfukjpbcfcczr7a)
![A tiny black, white and gray bird, the White-breasted Nuthatch [Sitta carolinensis] adult feeding 2 begging nestlings with gaping red/yellow open mouths squeezed together in a cavity nest built inside a narrow split in a reddish bark Ponderosa Pine tree trunk. Hungry!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hvqo2343soyczzb5ettp6x7e/bafkreid2ie57v7gubrtjm6wmeyrfmu27bdk7f5az2si5yfqt4wf5bd4dky)
![In the deep green rainforest of the Amazon, brilliant green and turquoise Cobalt-Winged Parakeets [Brotogeris cyanoptera] with salmon colored beaks, perching on a bare tree limb above a clay lick along the Napo River, Ecuador](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hvqo2343soyczzb5ettp6x7e/bafkreih7nkeuvbozv6wszt5ustwngepnzkyeeb6ek472e527oiz76hq2xm)
![A golden brown patterned Rainforest Hognosed Pitviper "Tamaga" [Porthidium nasutum] photographed in leaf litter in Costa Rica, photographed after I discovered it curled up for a nap right next to my feet! What a surprise! Nothing short of dismay that it didn't strike. I was lucky that is was apparently a mellow juvenile who didn't wake up to feel threatened allow I could easily have stepped on it. At the moment, I was photographing plants for a book.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hvqo2343soyczzb5ettp6x7e/bafkreih7zi7t2psxv5l4klakpcb3ujyxysk6ybvj7prnvdc2vbzq5pdelm)
!["Jesus Christ Lizard" so named because occasionally it looks like it's walking on water is a Chameleon [Corytophanes cristatus], a sit and wait predator, sitting in rainforest pool; Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica This chameleon true to its name, changes color to suit its environment and in the dark, wet understory here it has taken on a golden color, surrounded by yellow, orange and brown leaf litter under green vegetation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hvqo2343soyczzb5ettp6x7e/bafkreieyx4l6zrcbpeohacttzewrrij45bejxg4bc2gtraf3nbum2sl3hm)
![Perfectly camoflaged, a Great Horned Owl [Bubo virginianus] is incubating eggs in her annual nest in the crotch of a thick barked cottonwood tree; Monte Vista NWR, Colorado](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hvqo2343soyczzb5ettp6x7e/bafkreibakkwww3p6jislefp6wfybdkufiwbyq6scemv3vwv4mucyevgeam)
![Two, black with white beaks, American Coots [Fulica americana] breast to breast, feet to feet , churning up water while fighting over spring nesting territory in a blue shallow lake at Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado. Tall green aquatic grasses frame the foreground.
#PronghornWildlifePhotography](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hvqo2343soyczzb5ettp6x7e/bafkreigjahiqmbghz3tbbcpjuoc4tt5rfh3w6qvdicvp7r4lh3bm4dlj3e)
![Continuation of American Coots [Fulica americana] fighting over spring nesting territory in a blue shallow lake at Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado. One is holding his opponent on his back, nearly underwater. Tall green aquatic grasses frame the foreground.
#PronghornWildlifePhotography](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hvqo2343soyczzb5ettp6x7e/bafkreibphh6rv72haivro5ceqgmsutrw7eiyulomzj2ubzg37llsspqcsu)
![Last year's visitor, a Broadtailed Hummingbird [Selasphorus platycercus] female was perched on the stem of a bright red Crocosmia crocosmiiflora in full bloom. The female is facing the camera showing her bright rusting colored breast with white speckled throat, feeding on the nectar of the flowers. Long green narrow leaves poke up all around behind her. Purple and greens from neighboring flowers and plants color the background. #PronghornWildlifePhotography @ Property of Barbara Magnuson and Larry Kimball](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hvqo2343soyczzb5ettp6x7e/bafkreictymv4yztyobkt2ihdcvciplbke2ziovzfmqgjicdu73c6hh26jm)
![A bright yellow critically endangered frog, the Panamanian Golden Frog [Atelopus zeteki] with black/brown spots sitting on a mossy green log at a reproductive facility, El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center in El Valle, Panama.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hvqo2343soyczzb5ettp6x7e/bafkreibbrlicyg62jnbscebjsddl6lt2iamt5hrndgl74kkibutmwrwpl4)
![Western Prairie Rattlesnake [Crotalus viridis] showing mating behavior as male wraps around female in a green lichen covered granite outcrop on top of a bed of pine needles; Colorado](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hvqo2343soyczzb5ettp6x7e/bafkreic772xftilu5254km7td2mhilqekslqyiqt6ulu5ivipr7p23kyzu)
![Two Collared Lizards [Crotaphytus collaris] in full breeding colors; vibrant aqua-green with yellow spots. With tail raised high the female has climbed up the back side of a boulder looking astonished at the brilliant male side view with his back arched, (closest to the photographer) This is mating season behavior in western Colorado.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hvqo2343soyczzb5ettp6x7e/bafkreid3gludn4xohrlzlavqje7awftjouu6527ttil3ieewoxtcb3dgxi)
