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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Our perspective of the turtle's voyage.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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Scientific name: Charadius melodius
Common name Piping Plover
Common name Spanish: Playero melódico
Status: Threatened
Listed on December 11, 1985
Location: Puerto Rico
Photo by Mike Morel
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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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Tuque mearued over 7 feet and 7 inches long.
Photo by Danna Luirova, USFWS
Dorado, Puerto Rico

October 5, 2011

Late developmental stages of the tadpole metamorphosis. Notice the colors and hourglass pattern distinctive of the species.
Scientific name: Peltophryne lemur, Puerto Rican Crested Toad, Spanish:

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November 5, 2010 - Natchitoches, LA
Here is this year's newly hatched clutch of alligator snapping turtles.

Photographer: Daniel Mayer

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

Items are prepared to place an aluminum and colored leg bands and a radio transmitter on the legs of a juvenile Whooping Crane. The colored leg bands, in unique color arrangements on the leg, allow a

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

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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/

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

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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/

THEODORE, Ala. – An oiled gannet is cleaned at the Theodore Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center June 17, 2010. The center in Theodore is one of four wildlife rehabilitation centers established in sup

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

Scientific name: Epicrates inornatus
Common name Puerto Rican Boa
Common name Spanish: Culebron, Boa de Puerto Rico
Status: Endangered
Listed on October 13, 1970
Photo by Mike Morel

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Scientific name: Peltophryne lemur
Common name Puerto Rican Crested toad
Common name Spanish: Sapo Concho Puertorriqueño
Status, Threatened
Listed on August 4, 1987
Location: Gabia, Coamo, Pue

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July 17, 2012 - Blackbeard Island, GA
See how well Loggerheads camouflage with the wrack line on the beach? This mama just finished laying her nest and is now covering it from predators such as wild h

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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

The Hooded merganser is an elegant duck. Like wood ducks, they nest in tree cavities. The female lays about a dozen eggs. Ducklings leave the nest when only 1 day old. A long, narrow bill with serrate

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

Public involvement underway for the proposal to designate critical habitat for the threatened loggerhead sea turtle-NW Atlantic Ocean.August 7, 2013
Photo by Lilibeth Serrano, Public Affairs Specialis

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
The turtle leaves behind tiny scratches in the sand as it wobbles its way to the sea.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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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

Recovering white and brown pelicans at the Theodore Oiled Bird Rehabilitation Center in Alabama. Photo by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS. June 2, 2010 4270

an injured bald eagle was found on the northern end of Chickamauga Lake along the Tennessee River in Hamilton County near Thatch Road Gravel Boat Ramp and just south of Eldridge Slough. An examinatio

In May, bog conservationists from Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia convened in the north Georgia mountains for the spring, 2014 meeting of the Bog Learning Network. The event provided an opportu

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The Carolina northern flying squirrel is a cold-weather animal descendent from the northern flying squirrels pushed south by the ice sheets that covered northern latitudes during the last ice age. Whe

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March 18, 2011 - Black Creek (Rapides Parish)
Another awesome pic! These are fertilized LA pearlshell embroys!
Photographer: Tony Brady, mussel propogation biologist

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
One mountain of dead, dry marsh grass down and oh so many more to go!

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
See how faint the trail is that he leaves behind?

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

August 12, 2010 - Dauphin Island, Alabama. Loggerhead turtle hatchlings rest in a cooler before being transported to the eastern shore of Florida. The turtles hatched from a nest that was scheduled t

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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

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

Scientific name: Accipiter striatus venator
Common name in Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk
Common name in Spanish: falcón de sierra
Photo by Mike Morel
Location: Puerto Rico

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Scientific name: Sterna dougallii dougallii
Common name Roseate Tern
Common name Spanish: Palometa
Photo by Dr. Jorge Saliva
Location, Puerto Rico

More information: ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile

This Northern long-eared bat was found dead in the Avery County mine, sent to be tested for white-nose syndrome, and came back positive.
Credit: Gabrielle Graeter/NCWRC

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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

A White River Crayfish and a Yellow Belly Slider. These were two of the animals in the display pool. They were collected and now held for outreach events.

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The Carolina northern flying squirrel is a cold-weather animal descendent from the northern flying squirrels pushed south by the ice sheets that covered northern latitudes during the last ice age. Whe

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July 1, 2010 Gulf Shores, AL - Most marsh areas require boat transportation for surveying for oil impacts. Pelicans are standard scenery. Photo by Bonnie Strawser. www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill

Felix Lopez and Vessel of Opportunity Captain Jake Scardino Jr. carry rescued oiled laughing gull to the stabilization center at Grand Isle, La. July 9, 2010. . Photo by Tom MacKenzie, U.S. Fish and

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,

August 5, 2010 - Dauphin Island, Alabama. Kerri Burns (left) and Karen Burns transport an oiled juvenile Northern Gannet from a boat to a van for transportation to the Theodore, Alabama Oiled Wildlif

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

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.

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

Greater black back gull & royal tern near Port Fourchon La. July 11, 2010. It was extremely unusuall to see the black back gull at his location at this time. Photo by Tom MacKenzie, U.S. Fish an

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

Scientific name: Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri
Common name Mona Island Iguana
Common name Spanish: Iguana de Mona
Status: Threatened
Listed on February 3, 1978
Location: Puerto Rico
Photo by Mike M

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July 6, 2010 Pensacola, FL - Tri-State Oiled Bird Centers - oiled bird - ready for cleaniong.... Of course, for safety of the bathers, the most important thing is to hold the head! Photo by Bonnie S

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.

In an ongoing effort to track bog turtle populations, biologists recently spent several days visiting southern Appalachian bogs in western North Carolina, searching for the rare turtles. Measurements

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Loggerhead sea turtles begin life out of their nest about the size of a silver dollar. If they survive (most do not) they can grow to be the largest hard-shelled turtles in the world. When you're on

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A tri-color bat found in the Avery County mine where white-nose syndrome was discovered, showing white fungal growth on its muzzle.
Credit: Gabrielle Graeter/NCWRC

www.fws.gov/whitenosesyndrome

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August 15, 2010 - Gaillard Island, Alabama. Two juvenile pelicans with natal down sit on Gaillard Island in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
The spikes on the turtle's carapace or shell will eventually smooth out as the scutes, little "patches", grow over time.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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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

A juvenile Whooping Crane with a hood on it's head to keep it calm during handling appears to be watching biologists glue a colored band to its leg. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Pho

Entrance tracks of a Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)
Credit: Keenan Adams, USFWS

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Scientific name: Epicrates inornatus
Common name Puerto Rican Boa
Common name Spanish: Culebron, Boa de Puerto Rico
Status: Endangered
Listed on October 13, 1970
Photo by Mike Morel

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November 5, 2010 - Natchitoches, LA
This red ear slider turtle and American alligator are having a staring contest. There is a third turtle which is almost not visible behind the alligator.

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This little brown bat found in the Avery County mine shows the classic symptom of white-nose syndrome - the white tufts of fungal growth on its muzzle.
Credit: Gabrielle Graeter/NCWRC

www.fws.gov/whi

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Scientific name: Charadius melodius
Common name Piping Plover
Common name Spanish: Playero melódico
Status: Threatened
Listed on December 11, 1985
Location: Puerto Rico
Photo by Mike Morel

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A juvenile Whooping Crane has been captured for a health check by a veterinarian and banding by biologists. An aluminum band with a unique number and colored, plastic bands and a radio transmitter wil

August 15, 2010 - Gaillard Island, Alabama. A pelican chick sits in a nest on Gaillard Island in Mobile Bay, Alabama with older juveniles in the background. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS www.

Amazona vittata eggs, from captive breeding program. By: Danna Liurova, USFWS YAP. The Puerto Rican Parrot has two to three offspring. If a pair of parrots doesn't want their eggs, the eggs are moved

July 17, 2012 - Blackbeard Island, GA
Barnacles on the back of a Loggerhead sea turtle covering her nest. Barnacles and other organisms that grow on top of the turtle's carapace are called "epibiota".

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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

August 2010 - Gaillard Island, Alabama. Pelicans sit on a hard boom washed ashore at Gaillard Island in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/

A tri-color bat in the Avery County mine where white-nose syndrome was confirmed, with the tell-tale white fungus growing on its nose.
Credit: Gabrielle Graeter/NCWRC

www.fws.gov/whitenosesyndrome

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July 17, 2012 - Blackbeard Island, GA
Loggerhead sea turtle tracks on the beach. You can tell the direction the turtle is traveling by which way the head of the triangle is pointing. If the tip is poi

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In an ongoing effort to track bog turtle populations, biologists recently spent several days visiting southern Appalachian bogs in western North Carolina, searching for the rare turtles. Measurements

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Black bears are at the top of their food chain. Like most wild animals, this young Black bear will spend a majority of its waking hours searching for food. They're not picky eaters. They eat grasses,

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The Carolina northern flying squirrel is a cold-weather animal descendent from the northern flying squirrels pushed south by the ice sheets that covered northern latitudes during the last ice age. Whe

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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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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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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

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.

www.fws.gov/caperomain/

Operation Migration Lead pilot Richard van Heuvelen performs a perfect air pick-up on Nov. 19 in Union County, Ky. to lead the eight endangered whooping cranes into Tennessee. Photo by Heather Ray, O

July 6, 2010 Pensacola, FL - Tri-State Oiled Bird Centers offer media tours on various days during the week. Tuesdays at 11 am, media converge on the Center in Pensacola. Of course, for safety of t

Scientific name: Chelonia mydasCommon name Spanish: Peje blanco, tortuga verde
Photo: Caroline S. Rogers, USGSStatus: Threatened, Listed on July 28, 1978
For more information: ecos.fws.gov/speciesProf

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The Carolina northern flying squirrel is a cold-weather animal descendent from the northern flying squirrels pushed south by the ice sheets that covered northern latitudes during the last ice age. Whe

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a second injured bald eagle was found in the area of Tellico Lake along the Tellico River arm in Monroe County. It was found on Scenic River Road where it crosses the land bridge approximately 3.4 mi

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
The gentle warmth of the early morning sand comforts a young Loggerhead emerging from the nest, allowing the baby to rest and assess it's environment. At any give

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This nest was found and marked by volunteers patrolling Carolina Beach in North Carolina. On August 7, a crowd gathered at an adjacent nest that was expected to hatch that night but it didn't. Whil

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Scientific name: Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri
Common name Mona Island Iguana
Common name Spanish: Iguana de Mona
Status: Threatened
Listed on February 3, 1978
Location: Puerto Rico
Photo by Jan Pa

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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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Glue is applied to a part of the radio transmitter that will surround another part after it is placed on the leg of a Whooping Crane. Two colored leg bands are already on the other leg. These help to

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Climbing over the wrack and balancing on narrow, hollowed shoots is a difficult task for new turtles. They trudge on as if they do not mind the hindrance.

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August 12, 2010 - Dauphin Island, Alabama. Loggerhead turtle hatchlings rest in a cooler before being transported to the eastern shore of Florida. The turtles hatched from a nest that was scheduled t

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
It's hatchling season! The babies are emerging and ready to tackle the many challenges that come their way! This little Loggerhead is the first one out of the nest

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Closeup of a hatchling sliding over the ripples of a tide pool. This is his first comparison to the waves that await him.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Good morning! The hatchlings use the limited space in the "neck" of the lighbulb shaped nest and each others' backs to squeeze and climb out of the chamber.

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