Gerrit Vyn / Dead Barn Owl (Tyto alba) on road, Cimarron National Grassland, Kansas, USA, April.

Paul D Stewart / Giant hailstone retrieved from a field in Kansas in the wake of a tornado. The hailstone formed as smaller hailstones fused and froze in the massive updrafts of a storm supercell. Kansas, USA, June.

Mike Read / Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) perched in tree, Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, Stafford County, Kansas, USA July

Gerrit Vyn / Grashopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) adult male singing, Cimarron National Grassland, Kansas, USA, April.

Tim Fitzharris / Monument Rocks National Landmark, Kansas

Tim Fitzharris / Thunder Hole, Acadia National Park, Maine

Gerrit Vyn / Sand sagebrush (Artemisia filifolia) Prairie yucca (Yucca) and approaching thunderstorm. This is the habitat of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicintus) Cimarron National Grassland, Kans...

Gerrit Vyn / Sand sagebrush (Artemisia filifolia) Prairie yucca (Yucca) and approaching thunderstorm. This is the habitat of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicintus) Cimarron National Grassland, Kans...

Gerrit Vyn / Adult male Lesser Prairie-Chicken displaying. This species dwindling remaining breeding range lies at the heart of the wind belt where large wind energy project are planned.Cimarron National Grassland...

Gerrit Vyn / Adult male Lesser Prairie-Chicken displaying. This species dwindling remaining breeding range lies at the heart of the wind belt where large wind energy project are planned.Cimarron National Grassland...

Gerrit Vyn / Adult female Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanachus pallidicinctus) on a lek in spring. Cimarron National Grassland, Kansas, USA, April

Gerrit Vyn / Adult male Lesser Prairie-Chicken displaying. This species dwindling remaining breeding range lies at the heart of the wind belt where large wind energy project are planned.Cimarron National Grassland...