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This group of young Double- crested Cormorants were found on the south island of Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
Location: Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, ND (2012)
Credit: Char Binstock /

Elk antlers come in all shapes and sizes. Many factors can influence their growth and patterns.

Credit: USFWS / Tony Hough, National Elk Refuge volunteer

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A short-eared owl flies past with its lunch, a meadow vole it has just caught. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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A pair of magpies and pair of bald eagles create a nice composition on a buck and rail fence.

Credit: USFWS / Katrina Krebs, National Elk Refuge winter naturalist

A short-eared owl flies past with its lunch, a meadow vole it has just caught. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Tundra swans are the smallest and most numerous swans at J. Clark Salyer NWR. The adults are white, while the young are gray.

Photo Credit: Colette Guariglia/USFWS

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Contemplating his next move. He is so tiny compared to the little holes in the sand and the fine lines left by the last waves.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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A greater sandhill crane wanders through a wet meadow on Seedskadee NWR. A group of red-winged blackbirds hurry it along. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A male Northern harrier above and female below engage in aerial acrobatics as part of a courtship flight.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

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

A Key Deer in an area burned the previous day in a prescribed fire at National Key Deer NWR Photo by Josh O'Connor - USFWS

At Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina.
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Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Hatchling at Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge
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Photographer: Keenan Adams

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Northern pintails search for seeds, weeds, snails, aquatic insects, and other types of food around the refuge lakes.

Photo Credit: USFWS / Georgia Hart, Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refug

Two juvenile Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) recently released from their holding pen fly around the area on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, Alabama. Photo by Bill Gates, USFWS Feb. 10, 20

July 25, 2010, Indian Pass, Florida- Willets are large shorebirds that are common along the Florida panhandle. Credit: Nicole Rankin, USFWS. www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill

American White Pelican with its head up and neck stretched swallowing a large carp. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in animal behavior category.

Photo Credit: Wayne Watson / USFWS

July 11, 2010 Destin, FL - A Northern Gannet with no visible oil was rescued near Destin Harbor, FL. The gannet could not fly but was not visibly oiled. Photo by USFWS. www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill

A golden eagle flies low over the sage steppe at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Killdeer standing over its eggs in their ground nest. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in bird life category.

Photo Credit: Judy Watson / USFWS

December-6-2011, Wood duck boxes can be found in marshes all along the island. Photo taken by Zach Brooker, USFWS. www.fws.gov/charleston

Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Photo: Steve Emmons, USFWS

Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens) & Ross's Geese (Chen rossii)

Auto tour, Sacramento NWR, Willows, CA

Tagged endangered oval pigtoe mussel from Spring Creek, nearly Colquitt, Ga. Held by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Biolgist Sandy Abbott.
Photo by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS
NEWS RELEASE 20111206, Dec. 7, 2011

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A laughing gull stands on eroded shoreline filled with decayed tree roots on Boneyard Beach at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.
Photo: Stacy Shelton, USFWS.

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August 2010 - Mobile Bay Alabama. A young pelican balances on a hard oil boom off the shore of Gaillard Island, an island made of silt dredged from Mobile Bay. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS. w

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) juvenile, at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

Three juvenile Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) begin to leave a holding pen on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, Alabama. Photo by Bill Gates, USFWS Feb. 10, 2012

Elegant Tern chicks and parents in the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, on San Diego Bay in San Diego County, California. Photo: Brian Collins/USFWS − U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Sou

A large alligator checks out a prescribed fire at Ace Basin NWR. The prescribed fire was conducted by USFWS firefighters on 3/10/14 to help reduce wildfire risk and improve wildlife habitat.

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The distinctive plumage of a soaring rough-legged hawk over Seedskadee NWR. They are one of the few Buteos that will routinely hover in place while hunting. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo credit: USFWS/George Gentry

In populated coastal areas, wetland migration is often constrained by land development and shoreline stabilization measures. These conditions can result in the crowd

A veterinarian prepares to place a hood on a juvenile Whooping Crane. The hood will help keep the bird calm while it is handled. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

National Bison Range, MT
October 2003
Photo: Ryan Hagerty, USFWS

Bison had been hunted to the verge of extinction when Congress created the National Bison Range in 1908, helping set the stage for the

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Black bear takes a morning stroll across a harvested field at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. A percentage of refuge farm crops are grown for wildlife.

Photo credit: Rock, USFWS

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Juvenile Whooping Cranes (Grus Americana) feed shortly after leaving a holding pen on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Bill Gates, USFWS Feb. 10, 2012

The distinctive plumage of a soaring rough-legged hawk over Seedskadee NWR. They are one of the few Buteos that will routinely hover in place while hunting. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

These geese, mallards, and a coot swim on a wetland protected by a USFWS wetland easement. Wetland easements perpetually protect wetlands from drainage, burning, or filling. For more information about

August 2010 - Mobile Bay Alabama. A young pelican balances on a hard oil boom off the shore of Gaillard Island, an island made of silt dredged from Mobile Bay. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS. w

June 12, 2012 - Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, McIntosh County, GA.
These wood stork chicks are roughly 16 days old.
Photo by Becky Skiba, USFWS.

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A juvenile Whooping Crane tests its wings shortly after being released from a holding pen on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Bill Gates, USFWS Feb. 10, 2012

Glossy ibis, white ibis, laughing gulls, and a snowy egret feed in the pools off Swan's Cove Trail at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: Emma Kerr/USFWS

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher public domain from USFWS

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Scientific name: Dermochelys coriacea
Common name Spanish: Tinglar
Photo by Claudia Lombard, USFWS
Location, Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, US Virgin Islands

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