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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

Western Grebe swimming with a chick on its back. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in Grebes! category.

Photo Credit: Michelle Rochette / 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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What did you have for your Thanksgiving meal? This northern river otter was feasting on white suckers at Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/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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A black-capped chickadee is spotted one wintry morning at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.

Photo Credit: USFWS / John Carr

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

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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

Missisquoi NWR hosts one of the largest nesting populations of great blue herons on Lake Champlain.

Credit: USFWS

A Northern Pintail dips its beak into the icy water near Flat Creek on the National Elk Refuge.

Credit: USFWS / Ann & Tony Hough, National Elk Refuge volunteers

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

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

Black tern photographed at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

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

Photo Credit: USFWS / Cindy Souders

Photo was taken after Hurricane Irma. 9/15/17

Photo by Dan Chapman, USFWS.

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A bald eagle soars over the Green River on Seedskadee NWR. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

White ibis (mature and immature) and egrets rest in a tree off of Swan's Cove Trail at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: Emma Kerr/USFWS

Two small fawns cautiously step out of the tall grass. Fawns will usually stay with their mother for the first 5 months of life.

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

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

Credit: USFWS / Max Aldredge, National Elk Refuge volunteer

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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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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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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After the bats were tagged, they were released into the night.
Find out more about white-nose syndrome at www.whitenosesyndrome.org/ and www.facebook.com/usfwswns
Photo credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

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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/

April 28, 2007: Endangered Puerto Rican parrot at the old aviary.
To learn more about the Puerto Rican parrot, visit www.fws.gov/southeast/prparrot/

Photo by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS.

This timber wolf was one of a pair seen near the visitor center at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 12, 2012

Photo: USFWS

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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 Juvenile Whooping Crane is examined by a veterinarian to insure it is healthy. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Deatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

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Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, NC
Photo: DJ Sharp/USFWS

Endangered red wolves are raised in captivity at FL's St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge and released into the wild at

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

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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

Black-billed magpies not only pick ticks and other pests from big game, but also from livestock.

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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White ibis at Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. Credit: Allie Stewart, USFWS.

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A raccoon walking the shoreline suddenly notices a trumpeter swan staring it down. After a brief pause, they both went their separate ways. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Bald eagle soaring over Cape May National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: Don Freiday/USFWS

This Burmese python was captured in Everglades National Park in Florida, where the invasive snakes have established a large breeding population. (Susan Jewell/USFWS)

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At Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia.

Credit: USFWS/Mary Ellen Urbanski.

Gadwall (Anas strepera) are a common duck nesting in grasslands of the prairie pothole region of the U.S. and Canada.

Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS

A lone canvasback swims in open water near Rock Dam at J. Clark Salyer NWR. Canvasbacks are normally late to migrate.

Photo Credit: Colette Guariglia/USFWS

At Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
www.fws.gov/blackbayoulake/. Thanks Dendroica cerulea for identifying this bird.

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island
The world is sooooo big!

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Climbing all the ripples and touching wet sand for the first time!

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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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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Tracks left in the snow of a Northern river otter sliding down the hill. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Tracks of a Northern river otter, hop, hop, slide, hop, hop, hop, slide. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Petit Manan Island, Maine Coastal Islands NWR. Summer with the Seabirds blog: http://mainecoastalislands.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/terns/
Credit: Amanda Boyd/USFWS

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

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A tagged, endangered Mississippi sandhill crane at MIssissippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: Scott Hereford, USFWS.

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This red-winged blackbird nest was spotted at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa. The average nest contains 2-4 eggs.

Photo by Jessica Bolser/USFWS.

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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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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A uniquely numbered aluminum band is being placed on the leg of a juvenile Whooping Crane. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

Tuque mearued over 7 feet and 7 inches long.
Photo by Danna Luirova, USFWS
Dorado, Puerto Rico

October 5, 2011

According to USFWS, it is R. mangle in Florida
Image title: Close view of red mangrove leaves
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This bird wants to remind you that there's no littering allowed on our refuges :)
Credit: Allie Stewart, USFWS.

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

Though they can climb tree trunks and hammer on wood like other woodpeckers as seen here, Northern Flickers prefer to find food on the ground.

Credit: USFWS / Ann and Tony Hough, National Elk Refuge

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

November 2011.
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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Hard to find in the mixed texture of the wet sand.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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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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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What do American kestrels and helicopters have in common? They are both able to hover motionless in the air.

Photo Credit: USFWS / Susan Drobniak

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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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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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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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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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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Elizabeth Ann, the first cloned black-footed ferret and first-ever cloned U.S. endangered species, at 26-days old.
Credit: USFWS National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center

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Ross's geese are a pretty rare sighting on Seedskadee NWR and in Wyoming. This Ross's goose arrived on Seedskadee NWR along with 2 others during a warm spell in February. Tom Koerner/USFWS

August 2010 - Dauphin Island, Alabama. A laughing gull rests on a sign across from Fort Gaines. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/

Lower Red Rock Lake
Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, MT
early autumn 2011

Photo: Erin Clark/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

This waterbird, which can be easily mistaken for a duck, dives under water in the pursuit of its prey--small fish, insects, and crustaceans.

Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS

Black tern photographed at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

A pair of trumpeter swans re-establishing a nesting territory on Seedskadee NWR as the managed wetlands are slowly filled. The Wyoming Range can be seen in the background. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Enjoying a swim at Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge.
Photo: Garry Tucker, USFWS

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A raccoon walking the shoreline suddenly notices a trumpeter swan staring it down. After a brief pause, they both went their separate ways. Photo: Tom Koerner/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.

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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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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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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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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Elizabeth Ann, the first cloned black-footed ferret and first-ever cloned U.S. endangered species, at 26-days old.
Credit: USFWS National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center

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Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: 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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Recovering pelicans, Alabama Credit: Tom MacKenzie, USFWS, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration images

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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Roseate Spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

Eight American Pelicans standing in shallow water resting. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in animal behavior category.

Photo Credit: Michelle Rochette / USFWS

Hooded Merganser hen greeting dawn from atop her nest box, Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

18 May 2012

A pronghorn stands in a field dotted by arrowleaf balsamroot, a yellow flower in the sunflower family (Asteraceae) commonly found in mountain fields in the western United States.

Credit: USFWS / Barb

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Photographed at Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: Steve Norris/USFWS Volunteer

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By: Danna Liurova (DRV) USFWS YAP
May 02, 2012

The white egg on the hand (first one) is a Yellow-shouldered Blackbird egg. The others are from the Cowbird (Tordo). A parasite bird that is adapted to

This little bison set a new record! This is the first time a bison calf has been born in November at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa.

Photo by Doreen Van Ryswyk/USFWS.

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Elizabeth Ann, the first cloned black-footed ferret and first-ever cloned U.S. endangered species, with her domestic ferret siblings and surrogate mother.
Credit: USFWS National Black-footed Ferret C

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