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Black Huckleberry A Pacific Northwest delicacy! The black huckleberry is an important and nutritious food source for black and grizzly bears, which consume not only the berries but also other plant parts, as well as deer, elk, moose, and ruffed grouse. Commonly reaching 6 feet in height, it is common to understory shrub, dry to moist coniferous forests, and open areas. These were found growing in the Western Olympic Mountains of Washington in the Hoh Rainforest. See more at: www.richleighton.com #NorthAmerica #photography #photographer #nature #naturephotography #naturephotographer #photooftheday #NANP #PNW #PacificNW #PacificNorthwest #Washington #WashingtonState #berries #berry #fruit #foraging #wildfood #foragedfoods #wildeats #food #foodsource #JeffersonCounty #OlympicMountains #Vaccinium #Vacciniummembranaceum #huckleberry #blackhuckleberry #bluehuckleberry #mountainhuckleberry

Female Lesser Goldfinch A female lesser goldfinch rests in a tree in Cochise County in southeastern Arizona. Smallest of the goldfinches, this attractive yellow finch was photographed near the San Pedro River near Sierra Vista on a stormy springtime afternoon. See more at: www.richleighton.com #NorthAmerica #photography #photographer #nature #naturephotography #naturephotographer #wildlife #WildAmerica #photooftheday #NANP #animal #birdwatching #ornithology #bird #birdsofinstagram #birding #Arizona #ChihuahuanDesert #CochiseCounty #Fringillidae #SanPedroRiparianNationalConservationArea #SierraVista #Spinus #Spinuspsaltria #darkbackedgoldfinch #desert #goldfinch #songbird #southwest #yellow

California Pitcher Plants A field of California pitcher plants (Darlingtonia californica) growing in a wet bog in full flower! The flowers of this carnivorous plant open downward unlike many other species of our native pitcher plants, and this is believed to to keep water out, while allowing pollinators in. Wet flowers tend not to get pollinated. This makes sense as they are native to Northern California and Southern Oregon and if there's one thing the Pacific Northwest gets, it's a lot of rain. These were found growing in a peat bog in rural Josephine County, Oregon near the California border. See more at: www.richleighton.com #NorthAmerica #photography #photographer #nature #naturephotography #naturephotographer #WildAmerica #photooftheday #NANP #Oregon #PNW #PacificNW #PacificNorthwest #bog #JosephineCounty #Selma #EightDollarMountain #botany #carnivorousplant #CarnivorousPlantsofInstagram #pitcherplant #pitcherplantsofinstagram #carnivore #carnivorous #flower #Darlingtonia #Darlingtoniacalifornica #red #Californiapitcherplant #rareplants

Cranefly Orchid (Tipularia discolor) As you can see in this image - the greenish brown colors match perfectly with the general background color of this North Florida forest. I had no idea they were so common until I found hundreds of winter leaves in scattered locations around the Florida Panhandle. See more at: www.richleighton.com #NorthAmerica #photography #photographer #nature #naturephotography #naturephotographer #wildlife #WildAmerica #photooftheday #NANP #endangered #protected #terrestrial #flower #native #orchid #Calypsoeae #plant #orchidsofinstagram #wildflower #nativeorchid #botany #Orchidaceae #Chattahoochee #GadsdenCounty #Tipularia #Tipulariadiscolor #Florida #NorthFlorida #craneflyorchid

Moab Desert at Night One of the 2000+ arches found in the Moab Desert in Arches National Park, lit by an extraordinary moon on a hot summer night. See more at: www.richleighton.com #NorthAmerica #photography #nature #naturephotography #landscape #pointofinterest #landmark #landscapesofinstagram #landscapephotography #ArchesNationalPark #GrandCounty #Moab #Utah #adventure #desert #evening #light #midnight #moonlight #night #nightscape #nighttime #rock #rockformations #silhouette #skyscape #travel #wild #wilderness #nightlandscape

Mother Desert Bighorn Ewe with Pair of Lambs A close-up of a desert bighorn sheep in Zion National Park in Southern Utah. I was hiking through the hills when in the early evening I came upon a large group of about thirty individuals, including other rams, ewes, and lambs. It took me an hour to get this close for this shot. See more at: www.richleighton.com #NorthAmerica #photography #photographer #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #WildAmerica #photooftheday #bighornsheep #Bovidae #IronCounty #KaneCounty #Ovis #Oviscanadensis #Utah #WashingtonCounty #Zion #ZionNationalPark #animal #bighorn #bovid #desert #mammal #sheep #desertbighorn #lamb #babyanimals #wildlifeofinstagram #babiesinthewild #babywildlife

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Hi, my name is Rich Leighton and I'm a full-time, professional commercial/nature photographer and master naturalist who spends my working hours (and a way too much of my free time) photographing the incredible nature and wildlife all over North America.

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All subjects are photographed in their natural environments. No animals are in captivity or posed, and all plants, including orchids, are native and non-cultivated.

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