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  • A rock squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus) climbs on mesquite on a cliff overlooking Montezuma Well in Montezuma Castle National Monument near Camp Verde, Arizona. The rock squirrel belongs to the ground squirrel family, although it is known to climb trees and boulders.
    Squirrel-Rock_Mesquite_Montezuma-Wel...jpg
  • A Downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) climbs a tree in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington. The Downy woodpecker is the smallest woodpecker to be found in the Pacific Northwest, with a length of less than 7 inches (17 centimeters) and a wingspan of one foot (30 centimeters).
    Woodpecker-Downy_Marymoor_1373.jpg
  • A brown creeper (Certhia americana) climbs a tree, hunting for insects on the bark in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Creeper-Brown_Climbing_Yellowstone_4...jpg
  • A captive brown bear (Ursus arctos) climbs on a rock during a rain storm in a forested area of the Pacific Northwest. Brown bears are the largest land-based preditors and are found across northern North America, Europe and Asia.
    Bear_Brown_Captive_Woodland_3403.jpg
  • A family of mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) climbs the steep rugged wall known as Goat Lick in Glacier National Park, Montana. The mountain goats travel for miles to lick the mineral-laden cliffs during the spring and early summer. The cliffs are full of calcium, potassium and magnesium and smaller amounts of sodium and phosphorous. Scientists believe the goats may lick the cliffs to replace minerals they lose from their bones over the long winter. The minerals may also serve as a digestive aid. It's also possible the goats have simply developed a taste for salt.
    Goats_Mountain_Goat-Lick_Glacier_011...jpg
  • A family of mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) climbs the steep rugged wall known as Goat Lick in Glacier National Park, Montana. The mountain goats travel for miles to lick the mineral-laden cliffs during the spring and early summer. The cliffs are full of calcium, potassium and magnesium and smaller amounts of sodium and phosphorous. Scientists believe the goats may lick the cliffs to replace minerals they lose from their bones over the long winter. The minerals may also serve as a digestive aid. It's also possible the goats have simply developed a taste for salt.
    Goats_Mountain_Goat-Lick_Glacier_013...jpg
  • The jet stream streaks high above Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in Washington state, in this view from the summit of Mount Adams. Jet streams are fast-flowing, narrow air currents. Shown here is the northern hemisphere polar jet, which flows over the middle to northern latitudes of North America, Europe, and Asia and their intervening oceans, typically between 23,000-39,000 feet (7-12 km) above sea level. Mount Rainier is 14,410 feet (4,392 meters) tall. Both Rainier and Adams are volcanoes.
    Rainier_JetStream_FromMtAdams_0520.jpg
  • The remains of a dead ivy plant cling to the bark of a western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) tree in Yost Park, Edmonds, Washington.
    Hemlock-Western_Ivy-Remains_Yost_872...jpg
  • Climbers planning to climb Mount Adams in Washington typically camp at the Lunch Counter, located at about 9,000 feet elevation. Mount Hood in Oregon, also part of the Cascade mountain range, is visible on the horizon.
    Adams_HighCamp.jpg
  • The dramatic Cathedral Spires rise nearly a thousand feet from the surrounding landscape in Custer State Park, South Dakota. This image was captured from the summit of Little Devils Tower.
    CathedralSpires.jpg
  • Black, feral goats (Capra hircus) climb a grassy cliff on the Big Island of Hawai`i. The goats, found near steep cliffs and lava fields, are descendants of Spanish goats were introduced to the Hawaiian Islands in the 1700s by explorer George Vancouver. They have put other animal populations, including the endangered palila bird, in jeopardy.
    HI_Black-Goats_8466.jpg
  • Several lightning flashes light up the night sky during a thunderstorm over Snohomish County, Washington. Lightning is usually produced by towering cumulonimbus clouds, which can climb to heights of more than 9 miles (15 km); the lightning flashes temporarly balance the electrical charge in the cloud. Only about 25 percent of all lightning flashes reach the ground; those flashes are known as strikes.
    Lightning_SnohomishCounty_8479.jpg
  • Fay Peak and red cirrus clouds and reflected at sunrise in Mowich Lake, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Fay Peak, named for Fay Fuller, the first woman to climb Mount Rainier, has an elevation of 6,492 feet (1,979 meters).
    WA_MowichLake_FayPeak_4231.jpg
  • Two North American Beavers (Castor canadensis) groom each other on the top of their lodge in North Creek, Bothell, Washington. Beavers are typically most active at night and spend the winter in the safety of their lodges. During significant floods, however, the beavers climb on top of their lodges, waiting for the waters to recede.
    Beavers_Lodge_Grooming_NorthCreek_90...jpg
  • Great Sand Dunes National Park is home to the tallest sand dunes in North America. The tallest of the dunes climb 750 feet from the San Luis Valley. The valley is very windy and the sands are trapped by the Sangre de Christo Mountains, visible in the background.
    GreatSandDunes_SangreDeChristo_2244.jpg
  • A Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus saturatus) feeds on seeds from a low branch of a maple tree near Eatonville, Washington. The Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel is native in British Columbia and Washington state, found in the Cascade mountains from Nicola River to the Columbia River. As the name suggests, the ground squirrel normally feeds on fungi, vegetation, seeds and small fruits that are found on the ground, although it will climb into bushes and trees to feed.
    Squirrel_Cascade-Golden-Mantled-Grou...jpg
  • Storm clouds climb up the crater in Haleakala National Park on the Hawaiian island of Maui at sunset.
    maui-haleakala-storm-sunset.jpg
  • A Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus saturatus) feeds on seeds from a low branch of a maple tree near Eatonville, Washington. The Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel is native in British Columbia and Washington state, found in the Cascade mountains from Nicola River to the Columbia River. As the name suggests, the ground squirrel normally feeds on fungi, vegetation, seeds and small fruits that are found on the ground, although it will climb into bushes and trees to feed.
    Squirrel_Cascade-Golden-Mantled-Grou...jpg
  • Several lightning flashes light up the night sky during a thunderstorm over Snohomish County, Washington. Lightning is usually produced by towering cumulonimbus clouds, which can climb to heights of more than 9 miles (15 km); the lightning flashes temporarly balance the electrical charge in the cloud. Only about 25 percent of all lightning flashes reach the ground; those flashes are known as strikes.
    Lightning_SnohomishCounty_8470.jpg
  • Several fronds of a western sword fern (Polystichum munitum) climb the base of a western red cedar (Thuja plicata) tree on Bainbridge Island, Washington.
    SwordFern_CedarTrunk_Bloedel_2501.jpg
  • Several Seattle skyscrapers climb above the fog that settled in over Puget Sound at sunrise. Among the buildings in this image are the Columbia Tower at far right (Seattle's tallest building) and the Washington Mutual Tower, which has the pyramid-shaped roof.
    seattle-skyline-foggy-sunrise.jpg
  • Great Sand Dunes National Park is home to the tallest sand dunes in North America. The tallest of the dunes climb 750 feet from the San Luis Valley. The valley is very windy and the sands are trapped by the Sangre de Christo Mountains, visible in the background.
    GreatSandDunesMountainsCO.jpg
  • Great Sand Dunes National Park is home to the tallest sand dunes in North America. The tallest of the dunes climb 750 feet from the San Luis Valley. The valley is very windy and the sands are trapped by the Sangre de Christo Mountains, not visible in this frame.
    GreatSandDunesCO.jpg
  • Low cumulus clouds climb up the southeast face of Mount Shasta in this aerial view taken from above the 14,179-foot (4321 meter) volcano located in the Cascade Range in California.
    Mount-Shasta_Aerial_Winter_1408.jpg
  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) sits on a branch over its nest. Nearly eight weeks old, this eaglet repeatedly climbed to this branch and then jumped down and glided into the nest, several feet below. A little over one week later, this eaglet made its first flight.
    BaldEagle_Eaglet_BranchAboveNest_434...jpg
  • A coyote (Canis latrans) climbs up onto a snow-covered log after crossing a shallow portion of the Madison River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Coyote_Madison-River_Yellowstone_487...jpg
  • A Florida tree snail (Liguus fasciatus) climbs a tree along the Gumbo Limbo Trail in the Everglades National Park, Florida. The trail winds through a tropical hardwood hammock, a dense forest that forms only in areas that are protected from fires and floods. This area is only three feet higher than the neighboring wetlands. There are 52 different color forms of the Florida tree snail found in south Florida.
    Everglades_Florida-Tree-Snail_3369.jpg
  • A bald eagle chick (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) that is just over one month old tests its wings while sitting on the nest. It spent several more weeks flapping its wings on the nest, standing at the edge of the nest, and climbing onto branches before it made its first flight.
    BaldEagle_Chick_TestingWings_1561.jpg
  • An American mink (Neovison vison) climbs on the rocks above Puget Sound in Anacortes, Washington. Mink are no truly aquatic, but they are good swimmers and are commonly found in riparian, wetland and coastal marine habitats.
    Mink_4121.jpg
  • A cactus wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) climbs on the buds of a saguaro in the Sonoran Desert near Chandler, Arizona. A single saguaro can produce 100 blooms in a single season, but the flowers are very short lived, lasting just over 24 hours.
    Wren_Cactus_Saguaro_Chandler_7361.jpg
  • A cap cloud covers the summit of Mount Baker, a 10,778 feet (3,285 m) volcano in Washington state. Cap clouds, technically called orographic stratiform clouds, form when moist air is forced over a mountaintop. The moisture condenses into water droplets as it climbs in elevation.
    Baker_CapCloud_0523.jpg
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