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Peace on Earth

by birdsandbeesandblooms on December 25, 2025December 25, 2025

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Honey Bee with Borage

Bee Tongue in Squash Flower

Merlin in Setting Sunlight

Bumble Bee Tongue with Aster

Sideways Glance

Honey Bee and Syrphid Fly with Pussy Willows

Bee Fly with Siberian Squill

Tri-coloured Bumble Bee with Crocus

Bumble Bee with Chive Flower

Giant Swallowtail with Lilacs

Hummingbird Moth with Spotted Dead-Nettle Flower

Katytdid with Red Hibiscus Pistil

Katydid Eating Yellow Hibiscus Pollen 1

Katydid Eating Yellow Hibiscus Pollen 2

Bumble Bee with Pickerel Weed

Monarch with Hyssop

Tricoloured Bumble Bee with Goldenrod

Tree Frog Reflecting

Monarch with Echinacea

Honey Bee with Goldenrod

Bald-Faced Hornet with Asters

Paper Wasp with Siberian Squill

Giant Swallowtail with Verbenas

Bumble Bee in Cactus Flower

Bumble Bee with Cactus Flower

Skipper Butterfly with Blackberry Blossom

Backlit Chickadee

Skipper Butterfly with Purple Coneflower

White Admiral Butterfly

Little Bee Tongue with Aster Flower

Red Squirrel with Almond

Hummingbird Moth with Verbenas

Bumble Bee with Russian Sage

Little Bees with Trout Lily Flower

Little Bee with Crocus

Black Swallowtail with Dandelion

Peeking Chickadee

Hoverfly with Crocus

Tachinid Flies on Coltsfoot Flower

Little Bee on Siberian Squill Flower

Little Bee with Red and Yellow Tulip

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Eating Sunflower Seed

Backlit Narcissus with Little Fly

Hummingbird Moth with Phlox Flowers

Bumble Bee with Allium

Giant Swallowtail with Chives

Crescent Butterfly on Daisy

White Admiral with Valerian

Hoverfly on Hoverfly on Chicory Flower

Longhorned Beetle on Queen Anne’s Lace

Crescent Butterfly on Butterfly Weed

Tachinid Fly on Thyme

Skipper Butterfly with Echinacea

Giant Swallowtail with Zinnia

Katydid with Blazing Star

Honey Bee in Water Lily Flower

Bumble Bee with Cosmos Flower

Orchard Orb Weaver

Painted Lady on Zinnia

Bumble Bee in Cosmos Flower

Metallic Green Bee on Aster Flower

Last of the Goldenrod

Metallic Green Bee with Fleabane Flower

Metallic Green Bee in Calendula Flower

How the Stars are Held

Megachile Bee with Goldenrod

Bumble Bee Hanging on Aster Flower

Squirrel Monkey Profile

Tachinid Fly on Aster Flower

Painted Lady with Zinnia Disk Florets

White-Breasted Nuthatch with Sunflower Seed

American Lady with Creeping Phlox

Eyes Right in Black and White

Monarch on Fire

Skipper Butterfly with Chive Flowers

Mallard Unveiling

Chickadee Drying

Last Seed Before Sunset

Fat Squirrel with Crab Apple

Chickadee Swirl

Chickadee Braking

Honey Bee with White Crocuses

Little Bee with White Crocus Pistil

Honey Bee with Frilly Narcissus Flower

Honey Bee in Frilly Narcissus Flower

Little Bee on Dandelion Flower

Little Bee with Allium Flower

Hummingbird Moth with Chive Flower

Bumble Bee Between Chive Flowers

Giant Swallowtail with Dame’s Rocket

Hummingbird Moth with Catmint

Squash Vine Borer Moth with Catmint

Fritillary Butterfly on Orange Butterfly Weed

Virginia Ctenucha Moth on White Sweet Clover

Skipper Butterfly on Lavender Flowers

Bumble Bee Emerging from Morning Glory Flower

Giant Swallowtails with Pink Cosmos Flower

Crab Spider in Morning Glory Flower

Little Bee in Calendula Flower

Hummingbird with Coleus Flowers

Giant Swallowtail Caterpillar on Prickly Ash

Green Grey Tree Frog, Black and Blue

Common Merganser Take-Off

Kingfisher Dive

Nuthatch Handout

Green Metallic Bee on Fleabane Flower

A Mix of Moon and Cloud

Stretched Bumble Bee with Aster Flowers

Anointed Chickadee

Woodpecker Hole

Three Fingers, Three Legs, and a Tongue

Cormorant in Flight

Evening Grosbeak in the Snow

In the Blue Canadian Winter

White Butterfly with Catmint

Goldenrod Crab Spiders on Wintercress

Wolf Spiders Mating

Bumble Bee with Wild Pea Flower

Great Golden Digger Wasp on White Sweet Clover

Leafcutter Bee with Wild Pea Flower

Tiger Swallowtail with Catmint

Bumble Bee with Vetch Flowers

Trumpeter Swan Preening

Common Redpoll with Sunflower Seed

Welcome Happy Mourning Cloak

Red-Necked False Blister Beetle on Tulip Flower

Little Fuzzy Bee in White Crocuses

Comma Butterfly with Crocuses

Bumble Bee with Narcissus Flower

Long-Horned Beetle on Trillium Petal

Red and Black Beetle on Narcissus Flower

Green Bee in Wood Geranium Flower

Clearwing with Catmint

Little Bee with Calibrachoa Flower

Tiger Swallowtail with Petunias

Bumble Bee with Catmint

Little Bee in Cactus Flower

Calico Pennant with Wild Pea Flowers

Bee Flies with Black-Eyed Susan

Honey Bee with Elecampane Flowers

Fritillary with Echinacea Flower

Giant Swallowtail with Echinacea Flower

Horsefly on Queen Anne’s Lace

Finger and Stick

Hummingbird with Zinnia Flower

Bumble Bee with Cosmos Flower

Tussock Moth Caterpillar

Tall Sunflowers with Bumble Bee

Sunstruck Bumble Bee in Cosmos Flower

Monarch on Small Zinnia Flower

Diving Into the Cosmos

Spotted Cucumber Beetle

Cormorant Stretched Around

Christmas Cactus Detail

Tiger Swallowtail with Sunflower

Fledgling Oriole

Chickadee Fade-Out

Chickadee Impression

Perched Cormorant

Giant Swallowtail on Chive Flower

Hoverfly with Allium Blossoms

Stretching Bumble Bee with Wild Peas

Painted Lady on Echinacea

Red Squirrel in Snow

Tree Frog on Leaf

Grasshopper on Borage Flower

Self-Portrait in Vernal Spring

Red-Necked False Blister Beetle in Crocus Flower

Honey Bee with Pussy Willows

Little Fly on Crocus Flower

Little Bee Grooming on Eastern Leatherwood Flower

Bumble Bee on Coltsfoot Flower

Red-Necked False Blister Beetle on Daffodil Flower

Little Fly on Early Meadow-Rue

Hummingbird Points

Skipper Butterfly with Chive Flower

Bumble Bee with Catmint Flower

Moulting Mallard Head

Syrphid Fly on Perennial Sunflower

Bumble Bee with Orange Butterfly Weed

Great Golden Digger Wasp with White Sweet Clover

Hummingbird with Red Zinnia Flower

Bumble Bee Approaching Pickerel Weed

Hummingbird with Red and Yellow ZInnias

Giant Swallowtail on Zinnia Flower

Deer in Light and Shadow

Swallowtail Liftoff, Late Summer

Bumble Bees with Tall Sunflower

Great Golden Digger Wasp with Goldenrod

Bumble Bee and Spider on Goldenrod

Monarch on Zinnia Flower

Bumble Bee with Aster Petals

Striped Sweat Bee on Aster Flower

Syrphid Fly on Aster Flower

Paper Wasp with Old Goldenrod Leaves

November Sunrise

Nuthatch Peering

Cormorant in Complicated Water

Chickadee Sweep

Nuthatch Dissolution

Giant Swallowtail on Orange Zinnia

Bumble Bee with Locust Blossoms

Blue Cohosh, January Thaw

Robber Fly Pair

White Butterfly with Pickerel Weed

Monarch with Zinnia and Sky

Covering the Angles

Creeper Creeping

Sugaring Squirrel

Red-Necked False Blister Beetle in Hepatica Flower

Two Red-Necked False Blister Beetles in Hepatica Flower

Woodpecker Yawn

Bumble Bee with White Hyacinths

Little Beetle on Flowering Grass

Small Carpenter Bee on Coltsfoot Flower

Nomad Bee with Winter Cress

Long-Horned Beetle Emerging from Trillium Flower

Crab Spider on Narcissus Petal

Bumble Bee Hanging from Locust Blossoms

Tiger Swallowtail Around Chive Flower

Beetle on Beetle on Daisy

Swan Moving Rocks

Virginia Ctenucha Moth on False Sunflower

Tricoloured Bumble Bee with Pickerel Weed

Confusing Bumble Bee on False Sunflower

Bumble Bee on Orange Cosmos Flower

Spring Peeper in Day Lily

Giant Swallowtail with Red Zinnia Flowers

Bald-Faced Hornet Hanging on Queen Anne’s Lace

Red Admiral on Yellow Cosmos Flower

Great Spangled Fritillary on Pink Zinnia Flower

Bald-Faced Hornet Hanging on Goldenrod

Tricoloured Bumble Bee Hanging on Goldenrod

Bumble Bee Clutching Aster Flower

Bumble Bee in Calendula Flower

Sweat Bee in Aster Flower

Small Carpenter Bee on Aster Flower

Bumble Bee Stretching Into Calendula Flower

Two Sweat Bees in Calendula Flower

Chickadee Flash

Yawn Fiery Oes and Eyes of Light

Holding the Line

Mourning Dove with Sunflower Seed

Goldfinch with Seed and Snow

Herring Gull with Catfish

Swans Head Back

Meltwater Frozen

Green Bottle on Green Bottle on Coltsfoot

Little Bee in Daffodil Flower

Honey Bee on Daffodil Flower

Syrphid Fly on Narcissus Flower

Paper Wasp on Daffodil Flower

Black Swallowtail with Lilac Blossoms

Blackbird Spread

Giant Swallowtail with Locust Blossoms

Tiger Swallowtail Tiptoe on Catmint

What’s Over There

Bee Mimic Robber Fly in False Sunflower

Fritillary Back

Red Admiral on False Sunflower

Paper Wasp on White Sweet Clover

Preparing for Takeoff

Leafcutter Bee on White Sweet Clover

Dragonfly on Russian Sage

Cloud Stem Flower Bee Sky

Hummingbird Above Two Red Zinnia

Honey Bee on New England Aster Flower

American Lady on Purpletop Vervain

At the End of the Cosmos

Late Light in the Cosmos

Bumble Bee Climbing Out of Calendula Flower

Red-Breasted Nuthatch with Sunflower Seed

Duck and Darkness

Bumble Bee and Shadow

The Waters Above and the Waters Below

Black and White and Blue All Over

I Have You In My Eye

Red Squirrel with Sumac Berries

Squirrel with Snow and Sunflower Seeds and Something to Say

Between the Lines

Tree Sparrow Angles

Goldfinch Back in the Snow

Cardinal Curves

Falcon with Shadow on Concrete

Early Spring Leaves with Chipmunk

Nuthatch with Lichens

Paper Wasp Leaning Into Daffodil Flower

Little Tachnid Fly in Coltsfoot Flower

Tern with Rock Bass

Flower Lebia Beetle on Trillium Flower

Beetle In Narcissus Flower

Jumping Spider in Narcissus Flower

Beaver with Greenery

Giant Swallowtail with Honeysuckle Blossoms

Giant Swallowtail Hanging from Locust Blossoms

Syrphid Fly on Buttercup Flower

Tiger Swallowtail with False Sunflower

Virginia Ctenucha Moth with Pink Yarrow Flowers

Tiger Swallowtail with Wild Bergamot

Spotlit Loon Chicks

Two Loons and a Bluegill

Skipper Butterfly with Zinnia Disc Florets

Hummingbird with Pink Zinnia

Dove with a Twist

Ruffle-Winged Heron

Great Egret Tongue

Honey Bee in Cosmos Flower

Hoverfly Wings with Aster Flowers

Drinking Up the Cosmos

Striped Sweat Bee with Cosmos Flower

Bee Head in Calendula Flower

Sideways Woodpecker

Swans and Clouds

Reflective Quack

Vaporous Woodpecker

Swan in the Dark

Duck Identity Crisis

Goldfinch Squabble

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