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The Great Basin collared lizard (Crotaphytus Bicinctores) is found throughout much of the western U.S. The species occurs in the western half of Utah in the Great Basin in dry, rocky areas with little

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Photo Credit: Jeannie Stafford/USFWS

A greater sage-grouse male struts at a lek (dancing or mating ground) near Bridgeport, CA to attract a mate.

This feathered-friend made a visit to the Bear River Migratory BIrd Refuge wetlands - an American White Pelican.

Photo: Jason St. Sauver / USFWS

A family group of three cygnets and two adults at Seedskadee NWR. The cygnets gray feathers will be replaced by white feathers during their next molt.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Female Peregrine Falcon photographed at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge.

photo credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A female mountain bluebird shows off the wings that give the species its name.

Credit: USFWS / Max Aldredge, National Elk Refuge volunteer

Common loon at Horn River, North West Territories.

You are free to use this photo with the following credit: Joseph Sands, USFWS

Porcupines feed on evergreen needles and the inner bark of trees during the winter. They prefer buds, small twigs, and grasses during the summer.

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

Black tern photographed at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

This Marbled godwit stands on a fencepost brace on the Hille Waterfowl Production Area of the Kulm Wetland Management District in Dickey County, North Dakota.

Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS

A juvenille white-crowned sparrow rests in a narrow-leaf cottonwood on Seedskadee NWR. White-crowned sparrows are common spring and fall migrants through the Refuge. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Roseate Spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
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Photographer: Keenan Adams

Western kingbirds may be distinguished from eastern kingbirds (which also occur on the refuge) by their yellow bellies.

Photo Credit: USFWS / Cindy Souders

Grebes dancing in the open water of the marsh. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in Grebes! category.

Photo Credit: Jeremy Freshwater / USFWS

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Taking a break after a long crawl!

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

Visitors are treated to a rich variety of waterfowl near the visitor center. Here, a Green Winged Teal stands on the spring ice on Flat Creek.

Credit: USFWS / Ann Hough, National Elk Refuge volunteer

A fall migrant orange-crowned warbler rests in a narrow-leaf cottonwood on Seedskadee NWR. Orange-crowned warblers are common spring and fall migrants through the Refuge. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

The Cheat Mountain Salamander has been listed by the USFWS as threatened throughout its range since 1989. This small woodland salamander makes its home in mixed spruce/hardwood forest. Improving the s

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Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Photo: Bonita Caldwell/USFWS

A black-footed ferret peers out of a trap just prior to being transported to a facility where it will be vaccinated against canine distemper and fitted with a transponder chip. These surveys help mon

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Three Lesser yellowlegs at Mills Lake in Northwest Territories.

You are free to use this photo with the following credit: Joseph Sands, USFWS

Lesser yellowlegs at Mills Lake in Northwest Territories.

You are free to use this photo with the following credit: Joseph Sands, USFWS

During the first den visit, a litter of two Canada Lynx kittens were discovered in a den covered in thick growth behind the structure of fallen trees.

Credit: James Weliver / USFWS

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Chutes and ladders on the beach. This baby is doing great!

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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The characteristic red and yellow shoulder patches can barely be seen on this Red-winged Blackbird in the wetlands outside of the visitor center.

USFWS / BJ Baker, National Elk Refuge volunteer

A mule deer buck soaking up the warming rays of the sun along a red rock wall in SW Wyoming. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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A Mountain Bluebird sits on a post on the National Elk Refuge. A common sight in open areas of the American West, Mountain Bluebirds are recognizable by their brilliant blue color.

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A female mountain bluebird with a big meal. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A Northern harrier hunts during a foggy sunrise on Seedskadee NWR.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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A newly hatched bog turtle in northern New Jersey with yolk sac still attached.

Credit: Rosie Walunas/USFWS

The bog turtle was federally listed as a threatened specie

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The juvenile American alligator reigns over his enclosure on his rock perch.
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Photo Taken By: Cody Meshes, USFWS

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Yellow-rumped warblers eat mainly insects in the summer. Here, a warbler has plenty to choose from in the wetlands near the visitor center.

USFWS / Ann Hough, National Elk Refuge volunteer

This group of greater sage-grouse was selectively picking the flowerheads off of Wyoming big sagebrush as they fed their way to a night roost. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Dolphins playing and feeding.
October 13, 2012 - Savannah, GA
Refuge Week celebration at Wassaw NWR.

photo by Garry Tucker, USFWS

Taken at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, just outside of Denver, Colorado. Bison will use just about anything to scratch that itch!

Photo Credit: Ryan Moehring / USFWS

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Four American White Pelicans on the water with two of them preening their feathers. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in animal behavior category.

Photo Credit: Jerry Whetstone / USFWS

A Red-Tailed Hawk flies straight ahead for an exciting shot in flight. The birds are amazingly adapted for life in the air.

Credit: USFWS / Ann Hough, National Elk Refuge volunteer

An apparent shotgun pellet is shown just left of Condor #42's breast bone. The Hexagon shape below left is the nut and bolt that affixes the condor tag. Photo: Jon Myatt/USFWS

Photo Credit: Jeannie Stafford/USFWS

A greater sage-grouse male struts at a lek (dancing or mating ground) near Bridgeport, CA to attract a mate.

Sometimes, gaining a little altitude helps with the view. This greater sage-grouse hen was using a western harvester ant mound to watch her chicks. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

The green-winged teal is a very common duck at J. Clark Salyer NWR. Drakes are easily identified by the green crescent around the eye.

Photo Credit: Colette Guariglia/USFWS

July 22, 2010 - Theodore, Alabama: An oiled laughing gull is rinsed at the Theodore Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. Credit: USFWS www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/

Snow, Canada, and white-fronted geese rest and feed in a field in McIntosh County, ND.

Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS

While their looks and behavior can be reminiscent of a domesticated cat (Felis Catus), they are very much a wild species, as demonstrated by this kitten's reaction.

Credit: James Weliver / USFWS

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Wood ducks nest in cavities and when it’s finally time to emerge from the nest, the ducklings will fall from the entrance all the way down without injuries. Photo by USFWS.

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Check out this stunning close up of a wood duck! Students at Prairie Wetlands Learning Center in Minnesota recently got the chance to band these beauties.

Photo by USFWS.

Elizabeth Ann, the first cloned black-footed ferret and first-ever cloned U.S. endangered species, at 60-days old, checks out a snack.
Credit: USFWS National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center

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August 15, 2010 - Gaillard Island, Alabama. Two juvenile pelicans with natal down sit on Gaillard Island in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/

Common loon at Horn River, North West Territories.

You are free to use this photo with the following credit: Joseph Sands, USFWS

Great Horned Owl at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina.
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Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

A Cooper's Hawk perches on the back deck of the Visitor's Center at Seedskadee NWR during a late spring snowstorm. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

One of the best things about our new office at the Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District is our summer visitors. These toads seem to enjoy our building and I can't thank them enough for consumin

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Approximately 332,000 snow geese on a Rainwater Basin wetland during spring migration. This is an untouched photo of a privately owned wetland known as Moses Hill in Phelps Co., NE. The few remaining

Rhinoceros auklets like to nest about 3 feet apart but sometimes have burrows more densely packed together. Look at the view! Photo credit: Roberta Swift/ USFWS

A mule deer buck bedded down in Wyoming big sagebrush in southwest Wyoming. Sagebrush is an important part of the diet for mule deer, especially during the winter months.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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A mule deer buck soaking up the warming rays of the sun along a red rock wall in SW Wyoming. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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At Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia.

Credit: USFWS/Mary Ellen Urbanski.

A greater sage-grouse hen leads her chicks to a wet meadow in the morning. Along the way, they feed on insects and green leaves from a number of plant species. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

The color of this frog varies from green to gray. They are also known as the "meadow frog."

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Long way to go...

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

A Northern river otter leaves behind tracks in the snow on Seedskadee NWR. Hop, hop, hop, hop, slide, hop, hop, hop, slide. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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We spotted this thirteen-lined ground squirrel enjoying a snack on the lawn. When we looked at the pictures we were surprised to see it was eating a baby painted turtle!
Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS

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Photo Credit: Jeannie Stafford/USFWS

Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) are endemic to interior western and central North America. In North America they are commonly referred to as pronghorn antelop

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Hawk outside of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Regional Office, August 14 2013, allowed for some close ups to be taken while it looked for prey.

Photo Credit: Beth Decker/USFWS

Two male northern harriers fighting over a nesting territory on Seedskadee NWR Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

When a bog turtle is found, a host of information is collected, including shell length, collected here by Gabrielle Graeter with the N.C.Wildlife Resources Commission.
Photo credit: Gary Peeples/USFW

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Wilson's phalarope at Mills Lake in Northwest Territories.

You are free to use this photo with the following credit: Joseph Sands, USFWS

That's the spot! Bison at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa enjoy using signs and other objects as scratching posts.

Video by Tenlea Turner/USFWS.

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Nothing like a tiny frog on a tiny branch to brighten your day! This spring peeper was spotted hanging out at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin.

Photo by Ariel Lepito/USFWS.

In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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Photo of the Week - 11/21/11

Yellow-rumped Juvenile "yellow" palm warbler (Setophaga palmarum hypochrysea) photographed at Kennebago Lake, ME.

Credit: Bill Thompson/USFWS

Roseate Spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
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Photographer: Keenan Adams

Ferruginous hawk nestlings in the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area

You are welcome to use this photo with the following credit: Matthew Stuber, USFWS

A short-eared owl eats a meadow vole for lunch on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Meadow voles are the preferred prey for short-eared owls. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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It can be hard to keep your eyes open while sitting in the sun after eating a big meadow vole for lunch. Video: Short-eared owl on Seedskadee NWR.
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This Ruddy Duck was showing off to his mate who was watching from the safety of the cattails. Picture captured during inspection of this new wetland easement acquisition.
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At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. Credit: Allie Stewart, USFWS.

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The painted turtle is often seen basking in the sun on a rock or stump along the waters edge.

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

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Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: USFWS

As part of a battery of tests, a kitten is swabbed for a DNA sample. The reluctance of the kittens was obvious and made it a difficult task for the biologists.

Credit: James Weliver / USFWS

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
One mountain of dead, dry marsh grass down and oh so many more to go!

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
See how faint the trail is that he leaves behind?

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

What did you have for your Thanksgiving meal? This northern river otter was feasting on white suckers at Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

As antlers grow, they are covered with a "velvet" that provides a rich blood supply. The velvet is later shed to reveal hard antlers.

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

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California condor at Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge, in the southwestern San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California.

November 2011.
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Alligators often cruise Woody Pond disguised by duckweed and other aquatic plants as they enjoy the freshwater impoundments.

Credit: USFWS/Jamie Letendre

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Male spruce grouse at the Nulhegan Basin Division of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in Vermont.

Credit: David Govatski/USFWS

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Bison graze on Ordway Prairie owned and managed by the Nature Conservancy. Site has a USFWS grassland easement protecting it in perpetuity. It is situated in the center of a large block of the Prair

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A juvenile red-tailed hawk on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Now is a great time to go birding at Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. Yesterday alone, we spotted more than 15 bird species at the Jameson Island Unit!

Photo by Anna Weyers/USFWS.

Prothonotary Warbler at Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
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Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

Brown pelican snares a stick for nest building at Breton NWR. May 3, 2010 by USFWS Tom MacKenzie. Taken during a bird count preassessment prior to the oil spill making landfall. 1868

Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: USFWS

In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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August 15, 2010 - Mobile Bay Alabama. Juvenile brown pelicans rest in the interior of Gaillard Island. Credit: Michael Assenmacher, USFWS. www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/

The Raptor Conservancy exhibit displayed live raptors, like this red-tailed hawk, for attendees.

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At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. Credit: Allie Stewart, USFWS.

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