In response to a blog post encouraging people to post their best photos of the year on The Compound Eye blog, here are the photos I consider my best of the year.
Sometimes it is not just about nature–it is about people interacting with nature, as in this photo from a bioblitz at Whiterock Conservancy.
And the photo below was about nature at the Burger King. At the Texas Butterfly Festival, about two dozen butterfliers visited a tree near the drive through window that was a host plant for the red-bordered pixie. I liked my photo of the butterfly also, but I like this photo better.
Have a happy new year.
The roused bear 
The Burger King nature shot is great!
Great Photos!