An osprey returns to the nest with dinner fresh from the Yellowstone River in Livingston, Montana's Miles Park.
A prairie rattlesnake coils into striking position, flicking its forked tongue in and out on a sunny, dry hillside outside of Livingston, Montana.
A rich magenta-hued sky reflects off the placid waters of McGregor Lake at sunset on Nov. 2, 2019. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A female Merlin, a species of falcon, tears into her freshly-dispatched pigeon on the side walk in front of the Murray Hotel on Monday evening. Merlins, due the grayish color of the males, are sometimes
referred to as pigeon hawks, said retired Yellowstone National Park Ornithologist Terry McEneaney.
Merlins' diets consist primarily of other birds, which the pluck from midair with their powerful talons in high-speed surprise attacks.
Emigrant Peak sleeps beneath a blanket of snow and low clouds in Montana's Paradise Valley on Nov. 4, 2017.
An aerial view about 100 feet over ice formations on McGregor Lake outside of Marion on March 15, 2020. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A painted turtle hides inside its shell near Ashley Creek west of Kalispell on May 30, 2020. It is North American’s most widely distributed native turtle. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Dewdrop-studded blades of grass sparkle at sunrise in Livingston, Montana on May15, 2018.
Tulip blossom in Livingston, Montana on May 9, 2018.
Evening sunlight casts the shadow of a honeybee on the petals of poppy flower in Somers, Montana on June 12, 2019.
Fall leaves adrift in a stream in the Trail Creek area of Montana on Sept. 23, 2018.
A mangrove tree off the coast of Caye Caulker, Belize in May 2016.
Low tide on Whidbey Island, Washington.
A blood star is pictured in the sand on the shore of Whidbey Island, Washington at low tide on August 29, 2016.
Low tide on Whidbey Island, Washingston on Sept. 16, 2017.
A bee pollinates the blooming flowerbeds of the Livingston Food Resource Center’s Community Garden in front of the Lincoln School in Livingston on July 6, 2016.
A tarpon lunges for bait in the waters of Caye Calker, Belize in May 2016.
Sheep Mountain east of Livingston, Montana at sunset on Oct. 25, 2017.
The last light of day kisses the Absaroka Mountains in Paradise Valley, Montana as viewed from the junction of Suce Creek and East River Road on Sep. 24, 2016. After days of gray and rain, the sun will return with highs well into the 70s expected throughout the week.
White-tailed deer poke their heads up from the grass along Old Clyde Park Road in Livingston
A clutch of Canada goose eggs awaits hatching in a feathery nest on the shores of Foys Lake in Kalispell on May 3, 2019.