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CMR National Wildlife Refuge was established, in part, for pronghorn antelope.

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A great horned owl is seen perched on a log at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.

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

Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides, Carrizo Plain, California. Photo Credit: Sarah Swenty/USFWS

Tree swallow at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

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Red-Breasted Nuthatch at Cape May National Wildlife Refuge.

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

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

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR
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Originally set aside by Congress in 1908 primarily to protect migratory birds, this refuge also shelters many other kinds of wildlif

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SInce breeding began at the Saratoga Fish Hatchery in 1998 they have released 53,866 toads back into the wild. The station currently hosts 80 to 120 toads at one time.

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The painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) is probably the most common of the five species of turtle found in North Dakota.

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American black ducks in the winter at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (MA).

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A greater sage-grouse male struts at a lek (dancing or mating ground) near Bridgeport, CA to attract a mate.

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

A sika elk off the Wildlife Loop at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.

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

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Wilson's phalarope at Mills Lake in Northwest Territories.

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Wilson's phalarope at Mills Lake in Northwest Territories.

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Little brown bat with white-nose syndrome in Greeley Mine, Vermont, March 26, 2009

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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

The leaves are gone but these spiny critters don't mind. Come to Ouray National Wildlife Refuge and check out the porcupines hanging around in the trees.

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Song sparrow at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

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Brown pelicans at Mangrove Island near Grand Isle, La. Aug. 8, 2010 by Tom Mackenzie USFWS 8105

Black tern nest photographed at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

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Lesser yellowlegs at Mills Lake in Northwest Territories.

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Least tern chick at Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.

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Did you know that belted kingfishers nest in burrows? This one was spotted at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa!

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NH Fish and Game Department biologist Emily Burnkhurst and Boston University technician Leon Spencer apply wing band to little brown bat.

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Whoo do you see? This long-eared owl was spotted at Prairie Wetlands Learning Center in Minnesota!

Photo by David Ellis/USFWS.

This pair was spotted at Prairie Wetlands Learning Center in Fergus Falls, Minnesota just 72 hours after their return this spring. Photo by David Ellis/USFWS.

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A group of buffalo trudge across the landscape at the National Elk Refuge.

Credit: Lori Iverson / USFWS

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Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge, MA. Credit: Matt Poole/USFWS

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

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Another view of the top-netted pen with costumed humans interacting with the cranes.

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Three trumpeter swans present a symmetrical image as they duck their heads into Flat Creek on the National Elk Refuge.

Credit: USFWS / Ann Hough, National Elk Refuge volunteer

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Lesser yellowlegs at Mills Lake in Northwest Territories.

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

Long-finned Pilot Whales photographed southeast of Block Island, RI.

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During Friday's den visit, a wildlife biologist locates a collared lynx from the bed of a truck.

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The color variation on a Canada goose gosling shows clearly on this stunning head shot.

USFWS / Ann Hough, National Elk Refuge volunteer

Flying symbol wings

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A greater sage-grouse male struts at a lek (dancing or mating ground) near Bridgeport, CA to attract a mate.

Male greater sage-grouse struts to attract females at a lek (breeding or dancing ground) near Bodie, California in April. (Jeannie Stafford/USFWS)

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

A greater sage-grouse eating leaves from a Wyoming big sagebrush plant on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: 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.

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A mountain bluebird in a narrow leaf cottonwood on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming. A shure sign that spring is on its way. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

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A Cooper's Hawk waits for its next meal on the bird feeder at the Visitor's Center on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Common Grackle fledgling, Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, MA

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Hawk outside of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Regional Office, August 14 2013 on top of a light post.

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Check out this beautiful snapping turtle getting ready to lay her eggs at Seney National Wildlife Refuge in Michigan!

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Grotto Lake in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

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Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
March 2012

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

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Least Sandpiper Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

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Least Sandpiper Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

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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!

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A green heron on the Wildlife Loop at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.

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

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Marsh Wren, Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, MA

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A Northern Pintail duck looks spectacular in the late afternoon sun at the National Elk Refuge.

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A greater sage-grouse male struts at a lek (dancing or mating ground) near Bridgeport, CA to attract a mate.

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

Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge has diverse and productive animal communities.

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The waterfowl are really moving in at the hatchery! Here is a sequence of pictures that captured a redhead drake preparing to land on our bass pond.

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Virginia Rail, Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, MA

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This Upland Sandpiper was spotted near a potential FWS wetland easement acquisition.
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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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Two young kits peek out from their burrow. Black-footed ferrets are one of the nation's most endangered mammals. Thanks to recovery efforts, however, their numbers are bouncing back.

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Northern Saw-whet Owl at Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.

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

A Northwest salamander (Ambystoma gracile) darts along the ground at Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. (Roy W. Lowe/USFWS)

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This willet forages along a wetland edge on the Schneider Waterfowl Production Area in Dickey County, North Dakota.

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Photo Credit: J. Barney

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CBS News camera films USFWS endangered species biologist Susi von Oettingen and VT DFW wildlife technician Alyssa Bennett working up a little brown bat

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Bluebirds are a sign of spring in Jackson Hole. Here, one waits out a snow flurry on the National Elk Refuge.

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A young pelican newly banded on Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge in North Dakota.

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Taken August 2, 2010. Photo by Michael Woodbridge, USFWS.

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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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Moose and black-billed magpies on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Video: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

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Short-eared owl perched on fence in December 2009 at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Utah.

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Pintails in Snow Goose Pool, Wildlife Loop at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.

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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

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