Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus), family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes, Michigan, USA
Yes yes yes, I know. We all know this bird isn't purple. You're not that clever for noticing.
The word purple, historically, referred to deep shades of red (crimson), and not necessarily violet.
photograph by Glen Noyer (@glen.noyer)
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Photographs of men from the Assiniboine tribe;by Frank Rinehart;
Chief Yellow Boy giving a piece sign, 1890-1891
Four Bull and Chief Wets-It, 1898
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By Monascherie
Bow Lake, Alberta, Canada
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Yucatán white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus yucatanensis
Observed by fredlelievre, CC BY-NC-ND
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"Elk Centaur" by Francois Lelong
Stevens Point Sculpture Park, Wisconsin, USA
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Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus), in white winter coat, family Leporidae, Alaska
photograph by Loren Merrill
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Utah Arches / USA (by Daniel Fowler).
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Bomber Fly (Heterostylum robustum), family Bombyliidae, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
This fly is in the Bee Fly family.
photograph by Craig Lipski
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Lake Huron Sunrise (x,x)
August 13, 2022, Michigan, USA
by Marie Barns Green
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