A juvenile Peninsular Cooter Turtle swims toward, instead of away, from the underwater photographer and gets a close up look of the camera in the shallow clear freshwaters of Merritts Mill Pond, Marianna, FL in June 2013.
"Ready for Flight"
Juvenile Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) stands balancing with wings outspread on a large eucalyptus tree near the Huntington Library in California.

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"Stay Away!"
Two juvenile Red-Tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis)  cry in alarm as a murder of Crows harass their nest from above.

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Least Tern (first winter)
Flagler Beach, Florida
Least Tern (first winter)
Flagler Beach, Florida
Immature blue-faced honeyeater
Immature blue-faced honeyeater
See photo in original gallery.