331 Free Images of Usfws Photo Contest

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Osprey recovering on the shoreline from a dive into Lake Ogallala in Nebraska during the fall of 2011.
Photo Credit: Jamie Jones / USFWS

Photo Contest Entry #90

A very curious and photogenic mammal. Location: Rocky Mountain National Park
Credit: Amanda Horvath / USFWS

Photo Contest Entry #158

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Piping plover on alkali lake nesting habitat in Northern Great Plains.
Location: Lostwood Wetland Management District Complex
Credit: USFWS / Steven Tucker

Photo Contest Entry #61

American River Otters at Picnic Springs on Culver Pond at the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.
Credit: James "Newt" Perdue / USFWS

Photo Contest Entry #132

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Piping Plover feeding on edge of wetland
Location: Lostwood Wetland Management District Complex, North Dakota
Credit: USFWS / Steven Tucker

Photo Contest Entry #59

Category: Other Wildlife

Photo Credit: L. Bush

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This Montana painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) is not so sure about getting back into the Jessup Mill Pond after he was found on the road.

At the in Montana.
Evie Bradley / USFWS

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These young American White Pelicans were just banded at Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
Location: Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, ND (2012)
Credit: Char Binstock / USFWS

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This Coot carefully gaurded her nest and wasn't moving for anyone.
Location: Long Lake WMD, Burleigh County, North Dakota
Credit: Doug Mosser / USFWS

Photo Contest Entry #165

This porcupine was taking a nap until a USFWS biologist with a camera showed up.
Photo taken in the Kansas Partners for Fish and Wildlife Southwest Prairie Focus Area.
Credit: Tony Ifland / USFWS

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A pair of nesting Western grebes in a colony of approximately 200.
Location: Haglund Waterfowl Production Area, Chase Lake Wetland Management District
Credit: Neil Shook / USFWS

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Category: Bird Babies

Photo Credit: D. Dotson

Category: Animal Behavior

Photo Credit: H. Clark

Category: Animal Behavior - 1st place

Photo Credit: R. Welker

Category: Creative Nature

Photo Credit: E. Owen

Category: Other Wildlife - 3rd place

Photo Credit: K. Hodges

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Red Spotted Toad (Bufo punctatus)in Red Hills, Kansas

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Category: Bird Life

Photo Credit: D. Dotson

Category: Other Wildlife

Photo Credit: V. Shearer

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Piping plover in flight over alkali lake nesting habitat in North Dakota
Location: Lostwood Wetland Management District Complex
Credit: USFWS / Steven Tucker

Photo Contest Entry #60

Category: Bird Life

Photo Credit: V. Shearer

Category: Other Wildlife - 2nd place

Photo Credit: J. Barney

Category: Other Wildlife

Photo Credit: J. Hodges

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Category: Creative Nature - 3rd place

Photo Credit: L. Bush

Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) on a lek in the Red Hills of Kansas

This creche of juvenile American White Pelicans was gathering on the south island of Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge during banding.
Photo Credit: Char Binstock/USFWS; Woodworth, ND (2012)

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Category: Animal Behavior

Photo Credit: L. Bush

Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps on nest. Photo Credit: K. Hodges

Category: Bird Life

Photo Credit: J. Hodges

Category: Bird Life

Photo Credit: J. Barney

Category: Bird Life

Photo Credit: E. Owen

Category: Animal Behavior

Photo Credit: J. Hodges

Weasel Standing up on rock near a cement roadway. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in other wildlife category.

Photo Credit: Jeremy Freshwater / USFWS

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Category: Other Wildlife - Fan Favorite

Photo Credit: J. Barney

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Skunk with its tail up trying to hide in vegetation. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in other wildlife category.

Photo Credit: Lloyd Bush / USFWS

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This Wilson's Snipe was making himself known from his perch in the prairie. Location: Long Lake WMD, Burleigh County, North Dakota. Credit: Doug Mosser / USFWS

Western Grebe swimming with a chick on its back. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in Grebes! category.

Photo Credit: Michelle Rochette / USFWS

Greater prairie-chickens on the booming grounds, putting on their best dance moves in the largest remaining block ofin the world.
Photo taken on a private ranch in the Flint Hills of Kansas
Credit: G

Western Grebe swimming with an open mouthed chick on its back. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in Grebes! category.

Photo Credit: Jerry Whetstone / USFWS

Grebes dancing in the open water of the marsh. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in Grebes! category.

Photo Credit: Jeremy Freshwater / USFWS

Eight American Pelicans standing in shallow water resting. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in animal behavior category.

Photo Credit: Michelle Rochette / USFWS

This Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda was spotted near a potential FWS wetland easement acquisition, at Long Lake WMD, Burleigh County, North Dakota. Credit: Doug Mosser / USFWS.

Approximately 332,000 snow geese on a Rainwater Basin wetland during spring migration. This is an untouched photo of a privately owned wetland known as Moses Hill in Phelps Co., NE. The few remaining

This curious gray jay landed in a tree right above me as I was about to enjoy my lunch while hiking one afternoon in the mountains.
Location: Rocky Mountain National Park
Credit: Amanda Horvath / USFW

Four American White Pelicans on the water with two of them preening their feathers. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in animal behavior category.

Photo Credit: Jerry Whetstone / USFWS

Two pairs of Western Grebes dancing on water into opposite directions. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in sunrise/sunset category.

Photo Credit: Lloyd Bush / USFWS

In preparation for starting our own reintroduced population of black-footed ferrets in Kansas, Tony Ifland of Kirwin NWR and I spent time learning capture methods in the Conata Basin of South Dakota.

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Snowy Egret wading in water with a bug in its beak. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in bird life category.

Photo Credit: Jerry Whetstone / USFWS

Double-crested Cormorant swimming in water with a struggling fish in its mouth. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in animal behavior category.

Photo Credit: Jeremy Freshwater / USFWS

This Upland Sandpiper was spotted near a potential FWS wetland easement acquisition.
Location Long Lake WMD, Burleigh County, North Dakota
Credit: Doug Mosser / USFWS

Photo Contest Entry #164

The Great Basin collared lizard (Crotaphytus Bicinctores) is found throughout much of the western U.S. The species occurs in the western half of Utah in the Great Basin in dry, rocky areas with little

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This photo was taken during lek counts in April, 2010 in core sage-grouse habitat in south central Wyoming. North Table Rock is in background.
Location: Sweetwater County, WY
Credit: Mark Bellis / USF

A black-footed ferret peers out of a trap just prior to being transported to a facility where it will be vaccinated against canine distemper and fitted with a transponder chip. These surveys help mon

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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

One of the best things about our new office at the Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District is our summer visitors. These toads seem to enjoy our building and I can't thank them enough for consumin

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This Swift fox (Vulpes velox) doesn't mind living in town (a black-tailed prairie dog town), where the grocery store is never far. He prefers to do his shopping at night and just might bump into his

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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

This Ruddy Duck was showing off to his mate who was watching from the safety of the cattails. Picture captured during inspection of this new wetland easement acquisition.
Location: Audubon WMD, Sherid

Regal Rascal - The luxurious golden hood of the yellow-headed blackbird may belie the fact that he is indeed very common in our Prarie Pothole wetlands.
Location: Medicine Lake NWR
Credit: Jamieson S

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 /

The first black-footed ferret to set foot in Kansas after a 50-year absence needed to get a good look at its surroundings before exiting the pet carrier and familiarizing itself with its new home.
Cre

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Returning from its pampas wintering grounds in Argentina, the Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda takes advantage of the nesting and feeding habitat that Kirwin NWR and adjacent private land prairie

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