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Tracks of a Northern river otter, hop, hop, slide, hop, hop, hop, slide. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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What did you have for your Thanksgiving meal? This northern river otter was feasting on white suckers at Seedskadee NWR.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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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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A Juvenile Whooping Crane is examined by a veterinarian to insure it is healthy. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Deatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

Tuque mearued over 7 feet and 7 inches long.
Photo by Danna Luirova, USFWS
Dorado, Puerto Rico

October 5, 2011

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

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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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.
www.fws.gov/http://www.fws.gov/atchafalaya/

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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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

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

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.

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
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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

Swamp Sparrow, Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

08 June 2014

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

A snow goose stopped by the National Elk Refuge during its spring migration. During spring and fall, the geese will stop over in open habitats along four major North American flyways.

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The burrowing owl only stands 9-11 inches tall and lives in underground burrows.

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

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.

Credit: USFWS

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Lesser yellowlegs at Mills Lake in Northwest Territories.

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

Lesser yellowlegs at Mills Lake in Northwest Territories.

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

North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge

Credit: Keenan Adams (USFWS)

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A short-eared owl perched on a Wyoming big sagebrush. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Piping Plover chick photographed at Second Beach in Middletown, Rhode Island.

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Credit: Victoria Lima/USFWS

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

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

12 June 2015

By: Danna Liurova (DRV) USFWS YAP
May 01, 2012

Our second table at the SAVE THE FROG DAY event.

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.

Photo Credit: Spencer Neuharth / USFWS

Snow geese and white- fronted geese over South Dakota cornfield in spring. Laura Hubers/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.

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.

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.

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 fox squirrel balancing on a small tree branch. Fox squirrels are larger and heavier than gray squirrels.

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

29 May 2015

A raccoon walking the shoreline suddenly notices a trumpeter swan staring it down. After a brief pause, they both went their separate ways. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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This timber wolf was one of a pair seen near the visitor center at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 12, 2012

Photo: USFWS

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Recovering pelicans, Alabama Credit: Tom MacKenzie, USFWS, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration images

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

Hooded Merganser hen greeting dawn from atop her nest box, Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

18 May 2012

A Cooper's hawk sits on the back deck of the Visitor's Center at Seedskadee NWR during a late spring snowstorm. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A pronghorn stands in a field dotted by arrowleaf balsamroot, a yellow flower in the sunflower family (Asteraceae) commonly found in mountain fields in the western United States.

Credit: USFWS / Barb

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This red-winged blackbird nest was spotted at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa. The average nest contains 2-4 eggs.

Photo by Jessica Bolser/USFWS.

A male red-winged blackbird scolds a greater sandhill crane that has strayed across its territory. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS.

Photographed at Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: Steve Norris/USFWS Volunteer

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This Burmese python was captured in Everglades National Park in Florida, where the invasive snakes have established a large breeding population. (Susan Jewell/USFWS)

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Gadwall (Anas strepera) are a common duck nesting in grasslands of the prairie pothole region of the U.S. and Canada.

Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS

A lone canvasback swims in open water near Rock Dam at J. Clark Salyer NWR. Canvasbacks are normally late to migrate.

Photo Credit: Colette Guariglia/USFWS

After the bats were tagged, they were released into the night.
Find out more about white-nose syndrome at www.whitenosesyndrome.org/ and www.facebook.com/usfwswns
Photo credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

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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

August 2010 - Dauphin Island, Alabama. A laughing gull rests on a sign across from Fort Gaines. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/

Check out this close up from Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa! Garter snakes eat small prey including worms, minnows, leeches and rodents.

Photo by Jessica Bolser/USFWS.

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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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This waterbird, which can be easily mistaken for a duck, dives under water in the pursuit of its prey--small fish, insects, and crustaceans.

Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS

Black tern photographed at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

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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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

animals mammals

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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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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Elizabeth Ann, the first cloned black-footed ferret and first-ever cloned U.S. endangered species, at 26-days old.
Credit: USFWS National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center

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A radio transmitter is applied to the leg of a juvenile Whooping Crane. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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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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

The name ermine is often used for the long-tailed weasel in its pure white winter coat. Despite their small size and cute appearance, they are very aggressive carnivores.

Credit: USFWS / Ann Hough, N

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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

Missisquoi NWR hosts one of the largest nesting populations of great blue herons on Lake Champlain.

Credit: USFWS

A Northern Pintail dips its beak into the icy water near Flat Creek on the National Elk Refuge.

Credit: USFWS / Ann & Tony Hough, National Elk Refuge volunteers

Photo Credit: Jeannie Stafford/USFWS

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

This thirteen-lined ground squirrel was attempting to blend in next to the Bloomington Visitor Center at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS.

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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

Mallards can frequently be seen on the ponds outside of the visitor center. Here, a group suns on the sidewalk just outside the visitor center front door.

Credit: USFWS / Mike Nordell, NER winter nat

Atlantic puffin lineup led by a razorbill at Maine Coastal Island National Wildlife Refuge
credit: USFWS

Black tern photographed at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

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

This trumpeter swan cob (male) was keeping guard, while the pen (female) fed with her cygnets on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/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

This painted turtle was laying eggs at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS.

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A great blue heron off the Wildlife Loop at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: Emma Kerr/USFWS

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

Credit: USFWS / Ann Hough, National Elk Refuge volunteer

Piping Plover chicks photographed at Second Beach in Middletown, Rhode Island.

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Credit: Victoria Lima/USFWS

Piping Plover chicks photographed at Second Beach in Middletown, Rhode Island.

http://www.fws.gov/endangered/map/state/RI.html
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Credit: Victoria Lima/USFWS

Wilson's phalarope at Mills Lake in Northwest Territories.

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

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

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