4,162 Free Images of National Wildlife And Fish Refuge

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Strix varia (barred owl) in Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in Sunderland, MA

Please credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Photo from Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi. www.fws.gov/noxubee/

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Wood stork foraging at Pelican Island National Wildlife refuge. Photo by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge

Credit: Keenan Adams (USFWS)

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

www.fws.gov/mattamuskeet/

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A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee holding a tern at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts.

Credit: James Weliver/USFWS

Willet (Tringa semipalmata) at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: USFWS

Juvenile Whooping Cranes in their holding pen at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, Alabama.

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

Credit: David Govatski/USFWS

http://www.fws.gov/r5soc/come_visit/nulhegan_basi

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge

Credit: Keenan Adams (USFWS)

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge

Credit: Keenan Adams (USFWS)

Photo: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Photo: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge.
Photo: Garry Tucker, USFWS

www.fws.gov/mattamuskeet/

Steve Klett, Refuge Manager for Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, shows the CARE group a den made of rocks and other material for the endangered Key Largo woodrat.

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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge

Credit: Keenan Adams (USFWS)

Alligator National Wildlife Refuge. www.fws.gov/alligatorriver/

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

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Photo: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Photo: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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At Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
www.fws.gov/blackbayoulake/

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge

Credit: Keenan Adams (USFWS)

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This yellow-bellied water snake was recently spotted enjoying the sunshine at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge in Missouri. They are nonvenomous and mostly eat fish, frogs, salamanders, and crayfish.

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At Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
www.fws.gov/blackbayoulake/

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

At Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
www.fws.gov/http://www.fws.gov/atchafalaya/

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge

Credit: Keenan Adams (USFWS)

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Photo: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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A bald eagle perched at Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by USFWS.

At Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
www.fws.gov/http://www.fws.gov/atchafalaya/

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

Snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus) at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

At Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
www.fws.gov/blackbayoulake/.

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

Arctic Tern flying with fish in mouth at Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge
credit: USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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At Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia.

Credit: USFWS/Mary Ellen Urbanski.

This stunning belted kingfisher was spotted at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge. Kingfishers will perch in trees overhanging water in search of fish or other aquatic critters like frogs or crawfish. Wh

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

www.fws.gov/mattamuskeet/

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

www.fws.gov/mississippisandhillcrane/

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

www.fws.gov/mattamuskeet/

American white pelican at upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Photo courtesy of Stan Bousson.

Photo by USFWS.

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

www.fws.gov/mattamuskeet/

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

At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. The Refuge’s prime location along the Atlantic Flyway makes it a vitally important stopover for wintering waterfowl.
In total, the Refuge a

Photo: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Image title: * Endemic cyprinid fish at the Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, in southern Nevada, United States. An IUCN Critically endangered species.
Image from Public domain images website,

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Photo: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Photo: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Photo credit: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Alligator at Crocodile Lake

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Drake mallard at Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Photo courtesy of Stan Bousson.

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

photo by Garry Tucker, USFWS

Great Horned Owl at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina.
www.fws.gov/caperomain/

Photographer: Garry Tucker, 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.

Great blue heron (Ardea Herodias) at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

In a field 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.

A biologist measures the length of a portion of the leg of a juvenile Whooping Crane. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, Alabama.

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

www.fws.gov/mattamuskeet/

At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. The Refuge’s prime location along the Atlantic Flyway makes it a vitally important stopover for wintering waterfowl.
In total, the Refuge a

Thanks to the donation of a conservation easement by The Nature Conservancy, Mountain Bogs National Wildlife Refuge was established in April, 2015. Bog conservation partners gathered in North Carolina

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

November 2011.
Photo
Scott Flaherty, USFWS − U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv

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

www.fws.gov/mattamuskeet/

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

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

Black skimmers fly just above the waterline as they hunt for fish at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center shares boundaries with the refuge, which is home to

The Black-bellied Plover is commonly found at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. This one is seen getting ready to snack on a small crab. They also feed on insects, bivalves and a variety of crustac

Male Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina.
www.fws.gov/caperomain/. Thank you to Dendroica cerulea for identifying this bird.

Photographer: Garry Tucker, US

Photo by USFWS.

Used with Permission from Danny Bales. Deer on Merritt Island.
NEWS RELEASE
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2013 Deer Hun

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At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. The Refuge’s prime location along the Atlantic Flyway makes it a vitally important stopover for wintering waterfowl. Credit: Allie Stewart,

Common merganser drake at Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Photo courtesy of Stan Bousson.

A juvenile Whooping Crane stretches while other move about their holding pen. These birds are the new members of a flock being established in the eastern U.S. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur

Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge is one of the places Bobwhite calls home. They nest on the ground and eat a diet consisting of insects, leaves and seeds. One of their calls really does sound

At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. The Refuge’s prime location along the Atlantic Flyway makes it a vitally important stopover for wintering waterfowl.
In total, the Refuge a

At Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia.
Credit: USFWS/Mary Ellen Urbanski.

www.fws.gov/harrisneck/

At Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
www.fws.gov/http://www.fws.gov/atchafalaya/

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

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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An osprey, clutching a fish, pauses for a meal atop a metal structure at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spaceport shares boundaries with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which

At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. The Refuge’s prime location along the Atlantic Flyway makes it a vitally important stopover for wintering waterfowl. Credit: Allie Stewart,

National Eagle Repository, US Fish and Wildlife Service. Staff processing a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

American white pelican at upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Photo courtesy of Stan Bousson.

Prothonotary Warbler 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.

At Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina.
www.fws.gov/caperomain/

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

An American oystercatcher at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina.
www.fws.gov/caperomain/. Thank you Steve Holzman for identifying.

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

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

More information: ecos.fw

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Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge, July 23, 2012. Dew beads up on the back of this lizard as it rests on a Firebush. Photo by: E. Tramontana, USFWS. www.fws.gov/lakewoodruff/

Resting on a branch 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.

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Hatchling at Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge
USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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Merritt Island NWR conducts a prescribed fire on the south end of the refuge. This area of the refuge is considered prime scrub jay habitat. The fire crew works closely with the refuge biologist to

At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. The Refuge’s prime location along the Atlantic Flyway makes it a vitally important stopover for wintering waterfowl. Credit: Allie Stewart,

At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. The Refuge’s prime location along the Atlantic Flyway makes it a vitally important stopover for wintering waterfowl. Credit: Allie Stewart,

At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. The Refuge’s prime location along the Atlantic Flyway makes it a vitally important stopover for wintering waterfowl. Credit: Allie Stewart,

Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge, October 2012. Alligator was photographed during monthly guided bird walk at the impoundment ponds. Photo by: E. Tramontana, USFWS. www.fws.gov/lakewoodruff/

Wood stork at Pelican Island NWR by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

Drake mallard at Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Photo courtesy of Stan Bousson.

Eastern Shore of Virginia Refuge. Photo: USFWS

This common garter snake was spotted at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa. These snakes are active during the day, searching for small frogs, toads, fish, mice and earthworms to eat!

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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

Getting some fresh air at Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
www.fws.gov/blackbayoulake/. Big thanks to Dendroica cerulea and fwsgirl for identifying this bird!

Photographer: Gar

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You are free to use this image with the following photo credit: Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

A rescued baby loggerhead sea turtle waves hello to the camera. This baby was uncovered in a nest at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: Keith Fuller for USFWS.

www.fws.gov/caperomain/

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

photo by Garry Tucker, USFWS

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