4,162 Free Images of National Wildlife And Fish Refuge

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Now is a great time to visit Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge to see black bear cubs exploring with their mothers. The American black bear can live up to 25 years. They eat mostly berries, nut

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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

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

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Wood Duck Box in front of the wildlife refuge. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

Credit: Allie Stewart, USFWS.

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February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Signs of Wildlife. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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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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Eastern Shore of Virginia Refuge. Photo: USFWS

May 21, 2011, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, By: Lilibeth Serrano, USFWS

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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.

Dr. Sharon Taylor and Michael Lusk, both of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, release a rescued Northern Gannet at the Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge near St. Petersburg, Fla., May 23, 2010. Th

Low-flying wood stork at Pelican Island NWR during the celebration of the Centenial of the Naitonal Wildlife Refuge system. Photo by Tom MacKenzie USFWS 3/21/2003

American Alligator at Ten Thousand Islands NWR

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

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

A river otter pauses while hunting refuge wetlands for a meal. Fish make up a large part of their diet, however they consume a large amount of crayfish on Seedskadee NWR. First spotted on the refuge

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

Wood stork at Pelican Island NWR by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS

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 river otter pauses while hunting refuge wetlands for a meal. Fish make up a large part of their diet, however they consume a large amount of crayfish on Seedskadee NWR. First spotted on the refuge

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August 1, 2010, Apalachicola, Florida - Brown Pelicans flying over St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge. This image was taken during an aerial survey from a helicopter along the Florida coastline and

June 12, 2012 - Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, McIntosh County, GA.
These young wood stork chicks interact in their nest while an adult stands nearby. Notice how the chicks have "fuzzy" heads a

June 12, 2012 - Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, McIntosh County, GA.
Alligators enjoy Woody Pond and many large males can be seen patrolling the waters that vary between 5-6 ft in depth. Alligat

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Bell City, Louisiana: Coot Fulica americana waddling away. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

Western Gulls

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

Heermann's Gulls

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

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

This bird wants to remind you that there's no littering allowed on our refuges :)
Credit: Allie Stewart, USFWS.

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A pair of California Condors soar above Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge near Maricopa in the southwestern San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California.

Condors usually mate for life, raisin

A Key Deer in an area burned the previous day in a prescribed fire at National Key Deer NWR

The Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge trail camera study provides eyes and ears for biologists to study panthers and their favorite food sources remotely. In just 6 months of the study, the re

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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,

Elegant Tern

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

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Moorhen hiding from the sun. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

Greater White-fronted Goose

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

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Alligator bathing on the bank. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Alligator looking for fun. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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Steller's Jay, Cape Meares NWR, Tillamook County, Oregon
You are free to use this image with the following photo credit: Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

A veterinarian inspects a juvenile Whooping Crane as part of a health examination. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL.

A brown bear sow prepares to share a fresh-caught salmon with her cubs near the confluence of the Kenai and Russian Rivers in Alaska. Interactions between bears and humans are a favorite topic of the

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Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA
wilderness canoe trip, Nov. 11-13, November 2010

Credit: Steve Brooks

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

Song Sparrow

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

By: Danna Liurova (DRV) USFWS YAP
May 01, 2012

Our second table at the SAVE THE FROG DAY event.

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Roseate Spoonbills looking for the next meal. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Roseate Spoonbills out in the water. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: The Moorhen (aka "Gallinule") waddles alone in pond. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: alligator on the bank. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Roseate Spoonbills feeding and playing. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

Song Sparrow

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

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Alligator bathing in the sun along the bank of a levee. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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Gunshot red wolf found on private property north of the Town of Swanquarter, in western Hyde County, North Carolina, on Tuesday, November 19, 2013. Public domain Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv

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As part of an education and outreach program, students got to see and ask questions about a live bald eagle

Photo credit: Greg Thompson/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Red Eared Turtles on the log. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Geese out in the field. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Coots racing on the water. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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

Dr. Sharon Taylor, from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, releases a Northern Gannet at the Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge near St. Petersburg, Fla., May 30, 2010. The bird, along with five oth

A black tern maneuvering in flight to catch a small fish. The early morning light catches its outstretched wings. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Roseate Spoonbills out in the water. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

A radio transmitter is applied to the leg of a juvenile Whooping Crane. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: The lone Red Eared Turtle on the bank of a levee. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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As part of an education and outreach program, students got to see and ask questions about a live bald eagle

Photo credit: Greg Thompson/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

A Key Deer in an area burned the previous day in a prescribed fire at National Key Deer NWR

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Five Red Eared Turtles on a log enjoying their day. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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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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February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Wood duck box set-up preparations. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

A juvenile Whooping Crane in a hood designed to keep it calm during handling is ready for being banded and having a radio transmitter attached to one of its legs. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Dec

Green turtles are commonly observed at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Photo Credit- Kydd Pollock

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Wood duck box set-up preparations. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

Weighing a captive juvenile Whooping Crane. The weight of the person is subtrated from the total to determine the bird's weight. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus looking for food. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: the Roseate Spoonbill feeding along the levee. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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

A juvenile whooping crane with a hood on to keep it calm appears to be watching biologist Eva Szyszkoski, International Crane Foundation, place a radio transmitter on its leg. Wheeler National Wildli

Fish and Wildlife Service biologists used these short-tailed albatross decoys to help attract some of the critically endangered birds to Midway Atoll. The chick on the left is a Laysan albatross. The

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

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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A Key Deer in an area burned the previous day in a prescribed fire at National Key Deer NWR

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

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

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

Brown pelicans at a dredge spoils island owned by the State of North Carolina called "Pelican Island" near Pea Island National Wildlife refuge. One of the most popular Wings Over Water field trips tak

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

More information: ecos.fws.gov

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January 2013 - US Fish and Wildlife Service employee Mary Jo Hill attempting to locate two radio collared mountain lions siblings (a male and a female) with radio direction finding equipment. They had

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A juvenile Whooping Crane is carried from the holding pen so it can receive a health exam, be banded, and fitted with a radio transmitter. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL.

What did you have for your Thanksgiving meal? This northern river otter was feasting on white suckers at Seedskadee NWR.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

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