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One of the first tasks in spring for a white-tailed prairie dog is to repair tunnels and entrance holes that have been neglected during the winters slumber. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Are we there yet?

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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At Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
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Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

Forest elephants socialize and get minerals at clearings in the rainforest like Mbeli Bai. Credit: Michelle Gadd/USFWS

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Photo of the Week - 10/6/10
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Missouri Department of Conservation biologists at a gray bat survey site.
Credit: Ann Froschauer/USFWS

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Arctic Tern flying with fish in mouth at Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge
credit: USFWS

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

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

Eastern Shore of Virginia Refuge. Photo: USFWS

Black-throated Sparrows are common in the sagebrush steppe ecosystem.

You are free to use this photo with the following credit: Elizabeth Materna, USFWS

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, MA
Nov. 15, 2011

Photo: Ranger Poole, USFWS

Tagged endangered oval pigtoe mussel in Spring Creek, nearly Colquitt, Ga. Photo by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS

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J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, FL

Camera trap photo: USFWS

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Sandhill Crane at the Disney Wilderness Preserve
Credit: Keenan Adams, USFWS

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Wild turkey are ready to greet you at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Now is a great time to get outside!

Photo by Mara Koenig/USFWS.

The Western fence lizard eats beetles, flies, caterpillars, ants, other insects, and spiders.

You are free to use this photo with the following credit: Elizabeth Materna, USFWS

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

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Tree Swallow at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

Photo Credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

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A western meadowlark, in crisp new plumage, sits on a Wyoming big sagebrush.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Silhouette of a swainson's hawk on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Common Gallinule, Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

13 June 2014

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Greater Sage-grouse on lek in spring. Males display to attract females in open, designated areas called leks, or dancing grounds. Bowdoin WMD.

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

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

I believe I can fly..........
Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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These blue jays were spotted hanging out at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin.

Photo by Katie Goodwin/USFWS.

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Category: Bird Life

Photo Credit: J. Barney

Photo of the week - 7/2/12

Young raccoon in crab apple tree at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in Philadelphia.

Credit: Bill Buchanan/USFWS

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At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. Credit: Allie Stewart, USFWS.

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Scenery and wildlife at Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge in North Dakota

Credit: USFWS

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Photo of the Week - 2/13/12

White-breasted nuthatch photographed in Hadley, Massachusetts.

Credit: Bill Thompson/USFWS

A bald eagle feeding newly hatched eaglets on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Hey what are we having for breakfast? Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A black-capped chickadee is spotted one wintry morning at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.

Photo Credit: USFWS / John Carr

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge

Credit: Keenan Adams (USFWS)

Photo Credit: Jeannie Stafford/USFWS

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

Broad banded watersnakes have been hanging around at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge in Missouri. If you like snakes, spring is the time to visit Mingo!

Photo by Anna Weyers/USFWS.

Petit Manan Island, Maine Coastal Islands NWR. Summer with the Seabirds blog: http://mainecoastalislands.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/terns/
Credit: Kayla Pelletier/USFWS

The song of the western meadowlark is a commonly heard on Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.

Photo Credit: USFWS / George Ho, Jr., a Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge volu

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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

A drake and hen mallard pair sunning on a muskrat house on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Baby birds like these barn swallows are fledging everywhere it seems, leaving their nests for a new phase of life!

Photo by David Ellis/USFWS

Photo of the Week - 12/15/09

A group of puffins at Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: USFWS

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Service intern Jessica Sutt examines an Appalachian elktoe mussel found in the North Toe River during the 2011 Endangered Species Day float.
Credit: G. Peeples/USFWS

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Eastern Kingbird Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

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Roseate Spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
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Photographer: Keenan Adams

Snow geese coming in for a landing on Snow Goose Pool, Wildlife Loop at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: Emma Kerr/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A bald eagle perched at Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by USFWS.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

These common, vocal birds are usually easy to find by call or sight at Santa Ana, often near one of the refuge wetlands.

Photo credit: Marvin DeJong/USFWS

The bog turtle is protected under the Endangered Species Act and has suffered heavily from poaching.
Photo credit: Gary Peeples/USFWS

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Black Skimmer at Belle Pass, La. by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS during a search a rescue mission July 11, 2010 5351

Snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus) at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
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Photographer: Keenan Adams

Trumpeter swans feeding in the Green River on Seedskadee NWR. The last light of the day illuminates them as the sun slips below the horizon. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Snow geese take flight over Tom's Cove at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge / Assateague Island National Seashore.

Credit: Emma Kerr/USFWS

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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.

Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Photo: USFWS

Note: Hopper Mountain and Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuges were created as habitat for the critically endangered California condor. Captiv

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Check out these distinctive ducks! These northern shovelers were spotted taking a break at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa.

Photo by Jessica Bolser/USFWS.

Wood frog egg mass at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: Zachary Cava/USFWS

Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge is part of the Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex.

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BCI staff Jim Kennedy takes photo of Mexican free-tailed bats emerging from Bracken Bat Cave

credit: USFWS/Ann Froschauer

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At Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
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Photographer: Garry Tucker, 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
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At Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
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Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

Photo by Mary Ellen Urbanski for USFWS.

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Song sparrow at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

Credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

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Grotto Lake in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

Photo by Tim Weissman/USFWS.

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

Photo credit: Carrie Thompson/USFWS

Harlequin Duck and Western Gull at Yaquina Bay in Newport, OR.

You are free to use this photo with the following credit: Joseph Sands, USFWS

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

Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS

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

Credit: USFWS

A distinguishing characteristic of the wood frog is the dark mask around its eyes.

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

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

Red-Breasted Nuthatch at Cape May National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: Laura Perlick / USFWS

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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A rough-legged hawk keeps an eye on its surroundings from a post on the National Elk Refuge.

Credit: USFWS / Ann Hough, National Elk Refuge volunteer

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.

Credit: USFWS

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Photo Credit: Jeannie Stafford/USFWS

Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) are endemic to interior western and central North America. In North America they are commonly referred to as pronghorn antelop

Photo Credit: Jeannie Stafford/USFWS

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

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

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Credit: Lily Dancy-Jones/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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Black tern nest photographed at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

This short-eared owl is hunting while perched on a No Hunting Zone Sign. Maybe it knows that hunting is allowed on all of Seedskadee NWR for short-eared owls.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Piping plover wintering at Turks and Caicos Islands

Photo credit: Craig Watson/USFWS

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May 02, 2012

The Yellow-shouldered Blackbird's natural nest. They build their nests in the mangroves. Their favorite is the black mangrove.

Bison graze on Ordway Prairie, owned and managed by the Nature Conservancy. Site has a USFWS grassland easement protecting it in perpetuity. It is situated in the center of a large block of the Prai

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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

Least Bittern, Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

12 June 2015

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Getting closer!

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

White ibis at Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. Credit: Allie Stewart, USFWS.

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Dolphins playing and feeding.
October 13, 2012 - Savannah, GA
Refuge Week celebration at Wassaw NWR.

photo by Garry Tucker, USFWS

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