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**Archive of Next-Door Nature of the Week Photos**

05.13.13 – 05.19.13 A rock dove (Columba livia) whispers sweet nothings in Seattle, Washington, USA (Photo: Ingrid Taylar, Creative Commons license).

05.06.13 – 05.12.13 Sparrow ready to take in a movie in Cleveland, Ohio, USA (Photo: Jen Goelinitz, Creative Commons license).

04.29.13 – 05.05.13 Rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) gossiping in suburban Sydney, Australia (Photo: Richard Taylor, Creative Commons license).

04.22.13 – 04.28.13 Heron executes a delicate balancing act while fishing in Mumbai, India (Photo: gentlesound, Creative Commons license).

04.15.13 – 04.21.13 A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) chillin’ in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Photo: Ron Dunnington, Creative Commons license).

04.08.13 – 04.14.13 Seal lions sun-bathing on a pier (Photo: Madhusudan Katti, Creative Commons license).

04.01.13 – 04.07.13 Skink sunbathing near a foundation in Goolwa, South Australia (Photo: mundoo, Creative Commons license).

03.25.13 – 03.31.13 Multi-tasking sparrow takes a drink and a shower (Photo: reasonable excuse, Creative Commons license).

03.18.13 – 03.24.13 A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) chooses an unusual water taxi (Photo: Kenneth Cole Schneider, Creative Commons license).

03.11.13 – 03.17.13 A black bear cub (Ursus americanus) combines thirst quenching and art appreciation (Photo: anoldent, Creative Commons license).

03.04.13 – 03.10.13 A family of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) heads into London, England. Bagels for breakfast, anyone? (Photo: nickzeff, Creative Commons license).

02.25.13 – 03.03.13 Nature’s sanitation worker (Didelphis virginiana) making the rounds in Chicago, Illinois,USA(Photo: Mary Anne Enriquez, Creative Commons license).

02.18.13 – 02.24.13 Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) fishing near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Photo- James Wheeler, Creative Commons license).

02.11.13 – 02.17.13 Sibling rivalry in a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) family (Photo: David Kingham, Creative Commons license).

02.04.13 – 02.10.13 A dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) surveys new vistas in Guelph, Ontario, Canada (Photo: jackanapes, Creative Commons license).

01.28.13 – 02.03.13 A tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) in East Berlin, Pennsylvania, USA (Photo: Mark Lehigh, Creative Commons license).

01.21.13 – 01.27.13 A young raccoon (Procyon lotor) explores the wilds of suburban Los Angeles, California, USA (Photo: Bolt of Blue, Creative Commons license).

01.14.13 – 01.20.13 Canada geese (Branta canadensis) steppin’ out on the waterfront in Chicago, Illinois, USA (Photo: John W. Iwanski, Creative Commons license).

01.07.13 – 01.13.13 Australian white ibises (Threskiornis molucca) agree–good fences make good neighbors (Photo: Richard Taylor, Creative Commons license).

12.31.12 – 01.06.13 Say goodbye to 2012… but hopefully not to polar bears (Ursus maritimus; Photo: metrognome0, Creative Commons license).

12.24.12 – 12.30.12 Merry Christmas from one of Rudolph’s relatives (Rangifer tarandus) living in Nordkapp Kommune, Norway (Photo: Peter Nijenhuis, Creative Commons license).

12.17.12 – 12.23.12 A northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) enjoys a bright winter day in Georgia, USA (Photo: Vicki Deloach, Creative Commons license).

12.10.12 – 12.16.12 A least weasel (Mustela nivalis) pauses to enjoy the scenery at the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve in Alaska, USA (Photo: BLBNP, Creative Commons license).

12.03.12 – 12.09.12 Gulls resting in Bremen, Westphalia, Germany (Photo: Dirk Duckhorn, Creative Commons license).

11.26.12 – 12.02.12 Slip-sliding away in East Hagbourn, England, Great Britain (Photo: Bramblejungle, Creative Commons license).

11.19.12 – 11.25.12 An urban oasis in Chicago, Illinois, USA (Photo: Chicago Man, Creative Commons license).

11.12.12 – 11.18.12 A Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) commuting in Fredonia, Washington, USA (Photo: liquidnight, Creative Commons license).

11.05.12 – 11.11.12 A western scrub jay (Aphelocoma californica) hanging out in Portland, Oregon, USA (Photo: liquidnight, Creative Commons license).

10.29.12 – 11.04.12 Asking for trouble in Richmond, California, USA (Photo: TJ Gehling, Creative Commons license).

10.22.12 – 10.28.12 A greener approach to lawn mowing in Evergreen, Colorado, USA (Photo: Kent Kanouse, Creative Commons license).

10.15.12 – 10.21.12 A northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) surveys his/her domain down south in Allen, Texas, USA (Photo: Robert Nunnally, Creative Commons license).

10.08.12 – 10.14.12 Mother Rabbit and the kids spending the day at home in suburban Sydney, Australia (Photo: Richard Taylor, CCL).

10.01.12 – 10.07.12 Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) enjoying the patio in NE Florida, USA (Photo: Sandy Auriene Sullivan, CCL).

09.24.12 – 09.30.12 Why did the tarantula cross a California highway? If you have an answer, let me know! (Photo: John Krzesinski, Creative Commons license).

09.17.12 – 09.23.12 A moose (Alces alces) stops by to say hello to the neighbors in Anchorage, Alaska, USA (Photo: travis-s, Creative Commons license).

09.10.12 – 09.16.12 A preening peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Photo: nebirdsplus, Creative Commons license).

09.03.12 – 09.09.12 Pedestrians have the right-of-way in Oregon, USA (Photo: Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, Creative Commons license).

08.27.12 – 09.02.12 The pond is above, the frog below. Wishing for wings in Bradford, UK (Photo: Albert Freeman, Creative Commons license).

08.20.12 – 08.26.12 A gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) discovers that finding a snack is much easier when the humans considerately provide a ladder (Photo: liquidnight, Creative Commons license).

08.13.12 – 08.19.12 A Portland, Oregon crow takes a walk on the roof (Photo: liquidnight, Creative Commons license).

08.06.12 – 08.12.12 Slow life in the fast lane (Photo: pedrik, Creative Commons license).

07.30.12 – 08.05.12 A luna moth (Actias luna) comes to call in Manassas, Virginia, USA (Photo: kostia, Creative Commons license).

07.23.12 – 07.29.12 A western tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) stands his ground in Tuscon, Arizona, USA (Photo: Carla Kishinami, Creative Commons license).

07.14.12 – 07.22.12 Squirrel-proof? Ain’t no such thing! (Photo: ehpien, Creative Commons license).

07.09.12 – 07.15.12 Go west, young opossum (Didelphis virginiana)! Exploring the wilds of suburban North Dakota, USA (Photo: Peter Baer, Creative Commons license).

07.02.12 – 07.08.12 A green anole (Anolis carolinensis) stealing a sugary sip near Houston, Texas, USA (Photo: Karen Morris, Creative Commons license).

06.25.12 – 07.01.12 Australian pelicans (Pelecanus conspicillatus) panhandling in Nambour, Queensland, Australia (Photo: jeanette’s ozpix, Creative Commons license).

06.18.12 – 06.24.12 A gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) considers other life paths in Concord, California, USA (Photo: Ward Kadel, Creative Commons license).

06.11.12 – 06.17.12 A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) meeting the new neighbor in suburban Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Photo: Brian Carson, Creative Commons license).

06.04.12 – 06.10.12 Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) sharing the neighborhood gossip in Carson City, Nevada, USA (Photo: Scott Schrantz, Creative Commons license).

05.28.12 – 06.03.12 Baboon (Papio ursinus) searching for a parking space in Capetown, South Africa (Photo: Marko Kudjerski, Creative Commons license).

05.21.12 – 05.27.12 A javelina (Tayassu tajacu, aka collared peccary) crosses the road at Sabino Canyon, Arizona, USA (Photo: Alan Vernon, Creative Commons license).

05.14.12 – 05.20.12 A neotropical blue morpho butterfly a long way from home in Quebec, Canada (Photo: Louise Leclerc, Creative Commons license).

05.07.12 – 05.13.12 A peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) enjoys lunch in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA (Photo: Ira Machefsky, Creative Commons license).

04.30.12 – 05.06.12 A green iguana (Iguana iguana) people-watching in the Parque de Las Iguanas, Guayaquil, Ecuador (Photo: Windell Oskay, Creative Commons license).

04.23.12 – 04.29.12 An inchworm (Geometridae) measuring Spring in western Massachusetts, USA (Photo: Michael Marlow, Creative Commons license).

04.16.12 – 04.22.12 Backlit egret in Baja, California, USA (Photo: Victor L. Antunez, Creative Commons license).

04.09.12 – 04.15.12 Checking chipmunk (Tamias spp.) email in Sun Valley, Idaho, USA (Photo: Stephen Coles, Creative Commons license).

04.02.12 – 04.08.12 A sika deer (Cervus nippon) people-watching in Hiroshima, Japan (Photo: Marco Barbieri, Creative Commons license).

03.26.12 – 04.01.12 Noisy miners (Manorina melanocephala) try to figure out the tap in Sydney, Australia (Photo: Richard Taylor, Creative Commons license).

03.19.12 – 03.25.12 European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) inspecting the foundation (Photo: laurimyllyvirta, Creative Commons license).

03.12.12 – 03.18.12 A toad checks out the backyard scene in St. Louis, Missouri, USA (Photo: Heath Harris, Creative Commons license).

03.05.12 – 03.11.12 Central Park slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), Manhattan, New York, USA (Photo: Eddie Crimmins Creative Commons license)

02.27.12 – 03.04.12 Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) boating near Miami, Florida, USA (Photo: Captain Victor, Creative Commons license).

02.20.12 – 02.26.12 A western screech-owl (Otus kennicottii ) checks to see if Spring has come to Colorado, USA (Photo: Pat Gaines, Creative Commons license).

02.13.12 – 02.19.12 Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) hanging out by the pool in Florida, USA (Becky Arnold, used with permission).

02.06.12 – 02.12.12 Belted kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) fishing from a marina lamp in Seattle, Washington, USA (Photo: Ingrid Taylar, Creative Commons license).

01.30.12 – 02.05.12 California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) chillin’ on the pier in San Francisco, USA (Photo: Madhusudan Katti, Creative Commons license).

01.23.12 – 01.29.12 Male house sparrow (Passer domesticus) takes a breather on a railing in India (Photo: Sahana Chattopadhyay, Creative Commons license).

01.16.12 – 01.22.12 A fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) up on the roof in Chicago, Illinois, USA (Photo: liquidnight, Creative Commons license).

01.09.12 – 01.15.12 A blue beak spoils this ashy woodswallow’s (Artamus fuscus) attempt to become invisible against a gray sky in Ernakulam, Kochi, Southern India (Photo: Sahana Chattopadhyay, Creative Commons license).

01.02.12 – 01.08.12 A turtle and two cormorants sunning on Ibirapuera Lake in Sao Paulo, Brazil (Photo: Diego Torres Silvestre, Creative Commons license).

12.12.11 – 12.18.11 Coyote pup (Canis latrans) snuggled up in hot tub plumbing, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, USA (Photo: Pauly4560, Creative Commons license).

12.05.11 – 12.11.11 White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) posing as songbirds in Kansas City, Missouri, USA (Photo: +++CoolValley+++, Creative Commons license).

11.28.11 – 12.04.11 A northern walkingstick (Diapheromera fermorata) inspects the siding in Omaha, Nebraska, USA (Photo: RickyNJ, Creative Commons license).

11.21.11 – 11.27.11 Tom (Meleagris gallopavo) hangs out at a service station in New Jersey, USA (Photo: RickyNJ, Creative Commons license).

11.14.11 – 11.20.11 Unidentified hawk at dusk in Toronto, Canada (Photo: The Natural Philosopher, Creative Commons license).

11.07.11 – 11.13.11 An English sparrow (Passer domesticus) peeks out from a wall in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India (Photo: Janny McKinnon, Creative Commons license).

10.31.11 – 11.06.11 Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) at the pool in Florida, USA (Photo: Becky Arnold, used with permission).

10.24.11 – 10.30.11 A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in Dunkirk, Nottingham, England (Photo: blinkingidiot, Creative Commons license).

10.17.11 – 10.23.11 A young fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) unclear about how to order at the McDonalds drive-thru in Florida, USA (Photo: Becky Arnold, Creative Commons license).

10.10.11 – 10.16.11 Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) vixen at a concrete plant in the UK (Photo: Dan Davison, Creative Commons license).

09.12.11 – 09.18.11 Flowerbed fawn (Odocoileus virginianus) in suburbia, USA (Photo: Nikki Vail, Creative Commons license).

09.05.11 – 09.11.11 White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) in Oregon, USA (Photo: Ian Sane, Creative Commons license).

08.29.11 – 09.04.11 Young raccoon (Procyonis lotor) napping on a stoop in Austin, Texas, USA (Photo: Dixie Wells, Creative Commons license).

08.22.11 – 08.28.11 A coatimundi (Nasua nasua) panhandles the tourists in Cataratas del Iguazu, Misiones, Argentina (Photo: Florian Knorn, Creative Commons license).

08.15.11 – 08.21.11 Moorish wall gecko (Tarentola mauritanica) living up to its name in Tarco, Corsica, France (Photo: Coralie Mercier, Creative Commons license).

08.08.11 – 08.14.11 A female rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus, altho I’m willing to be talked out of that ID) takes a break on Sandia Peak, near Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (Photo: Mr. T in DC, Creative Commons license).

08.01.11 – 08.07.11 An American toad (Bufo americanus) crawls out from beneath a sidewalk on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA (Photo: Drew Bryden, Creative Commons license).

07.25.11 – 07.31.11 An opossum (Didelphis virginiana) makes a midnight visit in Omaha, Nebraska, USA (Photo: Nancy Hawekotte, used with permission).

07.18.11 – 07.24.11 A bobcat (Lynx rufus) chills in Tucson, Arizona, USA (Photo: Erin and Lance Willett, Creative Commons license).

07.11.11 – 07.17.11 Black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) hanging out near a highway in Kansas, USA (Photo: Tanya Impeartrice, Creative Commons license).

07.04.11 – 07.10.11 An eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) views urban art in Virginia (Photo: Geoff Parsons, Creative Commons license).

06.27.11 – 07.03.11 Eurasian collared doves (Streptopelia decaocto) about to lift off for a flight over Bucharest, Romania (Photo: Horia Varian, Creative Commons license).

06.20.11 – 06.26.11 Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) on a patio in Sacramento, California, USA (Photo: Robert Couse-Baker, Creative Commons license).

06.11.11 – 06.19.11 A female Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) takes a public bath in Omaha, Nebraska, USA (Photo: Nancy Hawekotte, used with permission).

05.31.11 – 06.10.11 Groundhog (Marmota monax) guarding a parking lot in Fort Meade, Maryland, USA (Photo: Matt Reinbold, Creative Commons license).

05.23.11 – 05.30.11 Lesser goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria) quenching its thirst in Somewhere, USA (Photo: Larry and Flo Miller, Creative Commons license).

05.16.11 – 05.22.11 Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) nestlings in New Hampshire, USA (Photo: Joanne Luebbert, used with permission).

05.09.11 – 05.15.11 Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) in New York, USA (Photo: Tracy Lee Carroll, Creative Commons license).

05.02.11 – 05.08.11 A sled dog-sized coyote (Canis latrans) in Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Photo: Kathy Vespaziani, used with permission).

04.25.11 – 05.01.11 Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis pratensis) bring the kids to the hotel from a nearby pond, looking for handouts from the tourists. Florida, USA (Photo: Becky Arnold, used with permission).

04.18.11 – 04.24.11 A rehabilitated opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in Humble, Texas (Photo: Patrick Feller, Creative Commons license).

04.11.11 – 04.17.11 Sea lions (Zalophus californianus) sunning on Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, California, USA (Photo:Bill Lim, Creative Commons license).

04.04.11 – 04.10.11 Acrobatic fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) – aren’t they all? Somewhere, USA (Photo: James Marvin Phelps, Creative Commons license).

03.28.11 – 04.03.11 Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) on a street. Somewhere, USA (Photo: John Lamb, Creative Commons license).

03.21.11 – 03.27.11 American kestrel (Falco sparverius) in Rio Hondo, Texas, USA (Photo: Jeff Whitlock, Creative Commons license).

03.14.11 – 03.20.11 Flying squirrels on a feeding platform, Silver Springs, Maryland, USA (Photo: Craig Bruce, Creative Commons license).

03.07.11 – 03.13.11 Black rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta) on a softball field in Columbia, Maryland, USA (Photo: Matt Reinbold, Creative Commons license).

02.28.11 – 03.06.11 Coyote (Canis latrans) on a road in California, USA (Photo: Sequoia Hughes, Creative Commons license).

02.21.11 – 02.27.11 Fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) at bird feeder in Missoula, Montana, USA (Photo: Sharon Brogan, Creative Commons license).

02.14.11 – 02.20.11 Valentine’s Day European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) in St. Louis, Missouri, USA (Photo: Nancy Sevier, used with permission).

02.07.11 – 02.13.11 Deer (Odocoileus spp.) in Carson City, Nevada, USA (Photo: Scott Schrantz, Creative Commons license).

01.31.11 – 02.06.11 Northern caracara (Caracara cheriway; aka crested caracara) in Florida, USA (Photo: Brian Garrett, Creative Commons license).

01.24.11 – 01.30.11 A Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in North Texas, USA (Photo: Lee Theisen-Watt, used with permission).

01.17.11 – 01.23.11 A female northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) explores her territory in South Carolina, USA (Photo: Jim Isaacs, used with permission).

01.10.11 – 01.16.11 Canada geese (Branta canadensis) at Rumsey Station in Omaha, Nebraska, USA (Photo: Nancy Hawekotte, used with permission).

01.03.11 – 01.09.11 A pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) peers out on a cold Wisconsin day (Photo: Milt West, used with permission).

12.27.10 – 01.02.11 Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) sunning in Dallas, Texas, USA (Photo: Lee Theisen-Watt, used with permission).

12.13.10 – 12.26.10 Common cranes (Grus grus) grazing at a residential development in Tampa, Florida, USA (Photo: Amy Scurlock Connell, used with permission).