A northern cardinal perched in a common winterberry bush in Marion County, Illinois (© Richard and Susan Day/Danita Delimont)

South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida (© Claudia Uripos/eStock Photo)

Mountain goats at Glacier National Park in Montana (© Sumio Harada/Minden Pictures)

Holiday lights in the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Georgia (© Natalia Kuzmina/Alamy)

Borovets, Bulgaria (© Grigor Ivanov/Cavan Images)

Great horned owls and a gilded flicker on a saguaro cactus in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona (© John Cancalosi/Minden Pictures)

Hallstatt, Austria (© Jon Arnold Images Ltd/Alamy)

Poinsettia plants (© Elizabeth Fernandez/Getty Images)

Tangle Creek Falls in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada (© Jeff Foott/Minden Pictures)

Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia (© Theo Allofs/Minden Pictures)