A pelican alights atop a cross erected on the sand dunes that line Aransas Pass at Port Aransas, Texas.
A small herd of bighorn sheep stand among rocks near the peak of Colorado’s Pikes Peak.
Cows relax in the sun at the Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company, Point Reyes, California.
An elephant at Hugo, Oklahoma’s Endangered Ark Foundation, a retirement center for former circus elephants.