Diurnal

Cinereous Vulture

Big, black, and built to clean

Griffon Vulture

Nature's high-altitude clean-up crew

Lappet-faced Vulture

Big bill. Bare face. Nature's cleanup boss.

Southern Pacific Rattlesnake

Hear the rattle-give it space.

Golden Lancehead

Snake Island's golden ambush viper

Eurasian Jay

Oak Forest Planter with a Blue Flash

Tiger Rattlesnake

Tiny rattle. Big desert danger.

Midget Faded Rattlesnake

Small snake. Serious rattle.

Junglefowl

Wild roots of the chicken

Bullsnake

Prairie's loudest look-alike

Mahi Mahi (Dolphin Fish)

Neon rocket of the open ocean

Whinchat

Meadow hunter, Africa-bound migrant

Savannah Sparrow

Buzzy song of the open fields

Goshawk

White-browed shadow of the woods

Tennessee Walking Horse

The Smooth Ride of Tennessee

Red-Billed Quelea Bird

The "feathered locust" weaverbird

Cobia Fish

The ray-riding runner of warm seas

Wahoo Fish

Wahoo: speed-striped pelagic predator

Chipping Sparrow

Rufous cap, razor-crisp trill.

Pipefish

Tube snouts. Bony armor. Dad does the brooding.

Steelhead Salmon

Sea-run rainbow, built to return

Black-Capped Chickadee

Big attitude in a tiny winter bird

Mamushi Snake

Small viper, big heat-sensing precision

Needlefish

Built for speed at the surface