Rolf Nussbaumer / Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), adult drinking, Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, Texas, USA. June

Tim Fitzharris / River in gorge, Rio Grande Gorge, Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, New Mexico

MYN / Seth Patterson / Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas) perched, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Mexican Treefrog (Smilisca baudinii) Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Forbes' silkmoth (Rothschildia forbesi) Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Texas bow-legged bug (Hyalymenus tarsatus) nymph on Tamaulipan fiddlewood (Citharexylum berlandieri) berries, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.n...

MYN / Seth Patterson / Dung beetle (Dichotomius colonicus) in flight, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Texas toad (Bufo / Anaxyrus speciosus) Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, July. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

B&S Draker / Yellow Mud Turtle (Kinosternon flavescens) adult sunning on log with dragonfly perched on its nose. Starr County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA.

David Welling / Desert Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus audubonii) drinking from a pond. Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, June.

Daniel Heuclin / Rio Grande Cottonwood tree (Populus fremonti wislizenii) on a sand "pedestal" White Sands National Park. New-Mexico, USA, August 2009