Courtney Celley

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The sun glows through smoke over a black spruce bog in the Superior National Forest
August 6, 2025August 5, 2025
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Smoky sun

Ring-billed gull drinking from a lake
August 5, 2025August 5, 2025
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Ring-billed gull

Common banded skipper butterfly sipping nectar from early goldenrod
August 4, 2025August 5, 2025
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Common banded skipper

Burned trees line a wetland with lush green grass under a blue sky with white clouds
July 28, 2025July 29, 2025
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Jenkins Creek Fire

Eastern kingbird perched on a fence post
July 23, 2025July 24, 2025
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Eastern kingbird

Common snapping turtle with its head above water
July 22, 2025July 23, 2025
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Snapping turtle

A patch of blooming fireweed
July 17, 2025July 18, 2025
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Fireweed

A red-winged blackbird perched on a cattail
July 11, 2025July 20, 2025
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Red-winged blackbird

A viceroy butterfly resting in a tree
July 10, 2025
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Viceroy butterfly

Blue flag iris in bloom
July 7, 2025July 7, 2025
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Blue flag

A northern house wren sings from a tree
July 5, 2025
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House wren

A red squirrel sitting on a boardwalk eating
July 1, 2025July 1, 2025
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Red squirrel

A log covered in coral fungus
June 30, 2025July 1, 2025
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Coral fungus

A cedar waxwing perched in a tree
June 25, 2025June 26, 2025
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Cedar waxwing

A white-tailed deer yearling shedding its winter coat
June 24, 2025June 25, 2025
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Yearling

A creek runs through a lush green opening as vegetation rebounds in a forest recently impacted by wildfire
June 23, 2025June 25, 2025
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Petrell Creek

Black-and-white warbler foraging on a tree trunk
June 11, 2025June 25, 2025
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Black-and-white warbler

A group of tiger swallowtail butterflies puddling
June 10, 2025
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Tiger swallowtails

Purple pitcher plant growing among roundleaf sundew
June 9, 2025June 9, 2025
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Pitcher plant

Broad-winged hawk calling from the top of a dead tree
June 8, 2025June 9, 2025
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Broad-winged hawk

A western painted turtle basking in the sun on a log
June 6, 2025June 9, 2025
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Turtle time

A cluster of pink lady's slippers in bloom
June 5, 2025June 9, 2025
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Lady’s slipper

Red-eyed vireo singing from a tree
June 3, 2025June 3, 2025
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Red-eyed vireo

Spiny baskettail dragonfly adult emerging from nymph
June 2, 2025June 3, 2025
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Spiny baskettail dragonfly

Wild blue indigo in bloom
May 31, 2025June 3, 2025
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Wild blue indigo

A blue-headed vireo perched in a tree
May 14, 2025May 14, 2025
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Blue-headed vireo

Marsh marigolds in bloom
May 10, 2025May 13, 2025
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Marsh marigolds

Rose-breasted grosbeak perched in a red pine tree
May 9, 2025
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Rose-breasted grosbeak

Western painted turtle
May 8, 2025May 8, 2025
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Western painted turtle

A calm wetland reflects the trees surrounding the water
May 6, 2025
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Like a mirror

Tree swallow pair perched on a sign post
May 3, 2025
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Tree swallows

North American beaver
May 2, 2025May 2, 2025
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Busy beaver

A wetland in front of tamarack and black spruce trees
April 25, 2025April 26, 2025
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Spring in the bog

A song sparrow singing
April 23, 2025April 26, 2025
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Song sparrow singing

A red squirrel perched in a red pine tree
April 22, 2025April 26, 2025
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Chattering from the pines

A northern Minnesota wetland finally thawed for the spring
April 21, 2025April 26, 2025
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Finally unfrozen

A brown creeper perched on a tree trunk
April 3, 2025April 9, 2025
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Brown creeper

A white-tailed deer in an open woodland
March 20, 2025April 9, 2025
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Hey deer

A river with some open water lined by thick ice
March 18, 2025April 9, 2025
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Opening ice

A boreal owl with frosty feathers
February 26, 2025April 9, 2025
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Frosty boreal owl

A young white-tailed deer with snow on its face
February 25, 2025April 9, 2025
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Snowy deer

Snow along the shores of Lake Superior under a partially cloudy sky
February 24, 2025April 9, 2025
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The greatest lake

Great gray owl perched in a tree
January 22, 2025January 22, 2025
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Great gray owl

A red squirrel with black pigment
January 21, 2025January 21, 2025
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Melanistic red squirrel

A creek runs through a snowy wetland
January 17, 2025January 17, 2025
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Snowy wetland

Northern shrike perched in a tree
January 15, 2025January 16, 2025
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Northern shrike

A red squirrel perched on a tree branch
January 14, 2025January 14, 2025
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Red squirrel

Blue sky over a river flowing through a snowy forest
January 13, 2025January 13, 2025
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Sun and snow

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