Tomorrow is the 4th of July and before taking a break for barbeques and fireworks, we asked you to share your own photos of animals and plants in the shades of the moment – red, white and blue!
The natural world is bursting with beautiful colors and hues, and we wanted to celebrate the 4th with a curation of shots in each patriotic tone. From bright red cardinals to blue scaled-fish (plus a few extras we couldn’t resist sharing,) browse our gallery of selects from your submitted photos below!
Photo by Nita Monroe - Eastern Bluebird
Photo by Margaret Shields - Black Diamons Crepe, Myrtle, CA
Photo: Male Gabels Quail - Kingman, AZ
Photo by Lori Larson
Photo by Lori Larson - Red White Blue flowers
Photo by Leslie A. Pardo - Sedona, AZ
Photo by Leslie A Pardo - Eagle
Photo by Leslie A Pardo - Desert
Photo by Kathy Potts
Photo by Julie DiDavide
Photo by Josh Reaves
Photo by Jennifer Brown - koi in a water garden in Lincoln, Nebraska
Photo by Jean Killen
Photo by Janice_Connett - Red Leafed tree flowing in the breeze, Albuquerque, NM
Photo by Heather Marie - Hummingbird
Photo by Emily Boemanns - White Flowers
Photo by Emily Boemanns - Blue Flowers
Photo by Emily Boemann - Rose
Photo by Elyse McKenna - Western Scrub Jay , California
Photo by Donna Bare Howlett - Blue Globe Thistle
Photo by Dianne D'Andrea - Chincoteague
Photo by Diane Jensen - My patriotic cat, Louie
Photo by Della Falbo
By Della Falbo - Dandelion
Photo by Deb Dell - Male Northern Cardinal in Michigan
Dardanelle State Park - Arkansas
Photo by Chriss Halleck - Northern Cardinal with the first snow of the season this past winter in Michigan
Photo by Chriss Halleck - A storm was rolling in over Lake Huron at the Tawas Point Lighthouse in Tawas, Michigan
Photo by Beth Sganga Deir - White Flowers
Photo by Beth Sganga Deir - Red Lobster
Photo by Beth Sganga Deir - Blue Dragonfly
Photo by Barbara Griffin McKenna - Sunflowers in our school garden- Folsom, CA
Photo by Alice Whitney Webb
- Summer Azure butterfly - Massachusetts
Photo by Alan Snyder - Red sunset from July 2018, Florida Keys
Photo by Si T Ondes
Photo by Rhonda Shotts
Photo by Paulette Borosky
Photo by Noelle Cook - Dolphins in the turquoise blue waters of the Gulf
Photo by Nita Monroe - sunset over Maryville, TN
Photo by Nita Monroe - Rose