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Marsh Wren Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

18 May 2012

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Stříška na cestě nad Liškou

self-published work benches in teplice

The view looking north at La Push, WA

Stamped pottery sherd, simple stamped, Refuge Period, 1000 BC - AD 350 - Fernbank Museum of Natural History - DSC00177

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A hen and drake cinnamon teal. The slight spatulate tip of the bill on the hen identifies her as a cinnamon teal and not a blue-winged teal hen.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

Look close, one mule deer buck is watching the front while the other is watching the back. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Canada Geese Branta canadensis. Location: Lido Beach WMA, Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Photo Credit: Tom Sturm/FWS

Muskrat houses or lodges make a perfect nesting platform for Canada geese. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A photo of a great horned owl perched among tree branches won second place in 2011.

Photo Credit: Shelly Goonis

Sandhill Crane , Grus canadensis, photograph

A brood of greater sage grouse feed as they move along, headed to a wet meadow along the Green River at Seedskadee NWR.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Swainson's hawk gladly uses a center pivot sprinkler system as a perch to scan the surrounding sagebrush sea for prey.

K. Theule/USFWS

Photo: Northern Fur Seal on St. Paul Island, part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, by Greg Thompson/USFWS.

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Pygmy rabbit droppings on Seedskadee National Wildlife. They are described as the size of a BB and round. Surveying after a fresh snow is one of the best ways to detect pygmy rabbits. Their tracks a

Bushy-tailed woodrats are interesting creatures when they are not wreaking havoc on vehicles and buildings.
In addition to natural materials, bushy-tailed woodrats gather tinfoil, bottle caps, brok

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For most of the year, trumpeter swans are social, forming groups of family members, pairs without young, and unpaired adults and juvenilles. In the winter, groups can be as large as 50+ birds that con

A little preening and stretching before turning in for the night. Two adult trumpeter swans with one of their cygnets on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Bombay Hook NWR, Smyrna, Delaware: hundreds of thousands of ducks and geese arrive in the fall to rest and feed before heading further south or to winter over.

Cottages meadow green

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Babies tropical bird bird

Landscape mountain blanc

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US Navy 071023-N-4776G-142 Ensign Nelson Mozzin, an officer on board USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), and his family take refuge in the naval barracks on Naval Air Station Coronado

naval air station north island in the 2000s

BUTT WHERE IT ITCHES; THIS YOUNG RAM SCRATCHES HIS ITCHING HORNS ON A DWARF ALDER (ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF THE DESIGNATED PIPELINE CROSSING IN THE ATIGUN GORGE)

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Red-headed woodpeckers are year-round residents Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa. This colorful and vocal species can be found in the floodplain forest and along the forest's edge.

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Black-billed magpies quickly move in on what is left of a white-tailed jackrabbit killed by a golden eagle.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A pygmy rabbit burrow on Seedskadee National Wildlife. They are described as the size of a BB and round. Surveying after a fresh snow is one of the best ways to detect pygmy rabbits. Their tracks an

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Pygmy rabbit droppings on Seedskadee National Wildlife. They are described as the size of a BB and round. Surveying after a fresh snow is one of the best ways to detect pygmy rabbits. Their tracks a

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Least Bittern, Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

04 May 2013

Least Bittern, Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

04 May 2013

A juvenille (cygnet) trumpeter swan front left and an adult tundra swan rear right on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Anas acuta NBII

Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. Photo credit: Kydd Pollock

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

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

South tyrol alpine gebrige

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

A greater sage-grouse surrounded by Wyoming big sagebrush on Seedskadee NWR in SW Wyoming. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

White-tailed jackrabbits primarily live in the sage steppe on and around Seedskadee NWR. Occassionally, they can be found in the wet meadows adjacent to the sage steppe. This one was lying on the ed

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Argentina bariloche patagonia

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Argentina bariloche patagonia

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Snow nice weather white

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Getting a little crowded in there? Eastern phoebes lay up to 6 eggs in a nest with inside dimensions of about 2.5 inches wide and 2 inches deep!

Video by Jessica Bolser/USFWS.

American White Pelicans and a Brown Pelican at rest on Pelican Island NWR

Heermann's Gulls

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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A muskrat surfaces though a thin layer of ice, wearing several pieces on its head and back. Brrrrr....... Muskrats live in cold/icy water in the winters and keeping a waterproof coat is essential to

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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White-crowned sparrows are common on Seedskadee NWR during spring and fall migrations. Large flocks can be spotted in sagebrush and in the willows along the river. They hop along the ground and stay

Category: Bird Life

Photo Credit: E. Owen

Great horned owls are covered in soft feathers that allow them to quietly pursue their prey.

Photo Credit: Rich Keen / DPRA

Missisquoi NWR protects one of the largest great blue heron rookeries on Lake Champlain, Vermont.

Credit: USFWS

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

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

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

Northern harrier

A flame with wings is a good description for a male western tanager. Western tanagers migrate through Seedskadee NWR in late May and early June each year. They are headed to mixed coniferous-deciduo

The loggerhead shrike is a songbird with a raptor’s habits. This masked black, white, and gray predator hunts from utility poles, fence posts and other conspicuous perches, preying on insects, birds,

BULL ISLAND IS A WILD LIFE REFUGE NORTH OF CHARLESTON

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

Trumpeter swans are one of a number of bird species that may have feathers stained a rusty color. It is believed that iron deposits in soils that the feathers come in contact with stain them a rusty

Erminia takes Refuge with the Shepherds, Annibale Carracci, between 1600 and 1625

italian baroque paintings in the national gallery, london baroque

25 The Demon Cat - A Naval Melo-Drama, Refuge below 29, 1898

the demon cat - a naval melo-drama

A Safe Refuge, John Henry Dolph

19th-century paintings of cats by john henry dolph 19th-century paintings of dogs by john henry dolph

Castle citadel defence

medieval castle

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self-published work pages with maps

Least Sandpiper Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

18 May 2012

Least Sandpiper Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

18 May 2012

New England cottontails, the region's only native rabbit, are released to a rabbit sanctuary on Patience Island off the coast of Warwick, Rhode Island. The rare rabbits started their journey to the is

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This rough-legged hawk was injured. After resting for a few hours, the hawk recovered and was released.

Photo Credit: Colette Guariglia/USFWS

Credit: Allie Stewart, USFWS.

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A hen sage grouse leads her brood from wetlands to a night roost in sagebrush on Seedskadee NWR. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A flock of greater sage-grouse fly across the Green River at Sunset on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A greater sage-grouse hen and her brood feed on insects and green leaves as they stroll towards the wet meadows for the day.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Category: Animal Behavior

Photo Credit: J. Hodges

Bristol County Agricultural School sophomores partnered with species experts to raise Blanding's turtles and released them in late spring into wetland habitat.

Credit: Keith Shannon/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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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Category: Other Wildlife - Fan Favorite

Photo Credit: J. Barney

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A flame with wings is a good description for a male western tanager. Western tanagers migrate through Seedskadee NWR in late May and early June each year. They are headed to mixed coniferous-deciduo

A rusty red fox squirrel rests in a snow-covered tree near the Visitor Center at Waubay NWR. Squirrels are common in the winter as they scrounge for sunflower seeds below the bird feeder. A special bi

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A Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel in a fabric cone that is used to handle the captured animals during a fox squirrel population survey. Credit: USFWS/Ryan Hagerty

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A ferret peers out at what will soon be its new home.

Photo Credit: Steve Segin / USFWS

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Northern shovelers swim with their spoon-shaped bills in the water, filtering out invertebrates and other food.

Photo Credit: Rich Keen / DPRA

The location and angle of the American Bittern's eyes allow it to point is head to the sky and still see what is going on front, below and all around. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A greater sage-grouse hen sounds the alarm with a soft call and the chicks head for cover. Overhead, an eagle soars past, the cause for alarm. Video: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A brood of greater sage-grouse on their morning foraging stroll headed towards the wet meadows for the day. Along the way they snack on Western harvester ants, grasshoppers, and other invertebrates

A white-tailed jackrabbit enjoying some Wyoming big sagebrush on Seedskadee NWR.
Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Spotted this red-naped sapsucker at the Visitors Center. This male was doing what it is famous for, drilling sap wells in a cottonwood. They drill a series of holes, wait for the sap to fill up the ho

Argentina bariloche patagonia

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A winter scene of five furry prairie dogs won third place in 2012.

Photo Credit: Lee Winnike

While greater sage-grouse do not require water, as they can extract it from the vegetation they eat, they will readily use it when available. On Seedskadee NWR, they are often spotted drinking water

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