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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

(Martes pennanti), in California.

It is a medium-size mammal native to North America. It is a member of the mustelid family, commonly referred to as the weasel family. The fisher is closely related t

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Dr. Sharon Taylor, from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, releases a Northern Gannet at the Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge near St. Petersburg, Fla., May 30, 2010. The bird, along with five oth

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Roseate Spoonbills out in the water. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

A Key Deer in an area burned the previous day in a prescribed fire at National Key Deer NWR

Scientific name: Agelaius xanthomus
Common name Spanish: Mariquita
Common name Yellow-shouldered Blackbird
Photo by Mike Morel
Location: Puerto Rico

More information: ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfil

Scientific name: Agelaius xanthomus
Common name Spanish: Mariquita
Common name Yellow-shouldered Blackbird
Photo by Mike Morel
Location: Puerto Rico

More information: ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfil

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

August 15, 2010 - Mobile Bay Alabama. Juvenile brown pelicans rest in the interior of Gaillard Island. Credit: Michael Assenmacher, USFWS. www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/

When you think of woodpeckers you might think of tree trunks. But Northern Flickers are woodpeckers who also spend a lot of time on the ground searching for their main diet of beetles & ants. You

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: The lone Red Eared Turtle on the bank of a levee. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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As part of an education and outreach program, students got to see and ask questions about a live bald eagle

Photo credit: Greg Thompson/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

By: Danna Liurova, USFWS YAPPuerto Rican Parrot nest
The male feeding their babies after feeding the female.

By: Danna Liurova, USFWS YAP
February 22, 2012

A couple of Puerto Rican Parrot feeding their babies.

May 21, 2011, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, By: Lilibeth Serrano, USFWS

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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/

A large alligator checks out a prescribed fire at Ace Basin NWR. The prescribed fire was conducted by USFWS firefighters on 3/10/14 to help reduce wildfire risk and improve wildlife habitat.

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Five Red Eared Turtles on a log enjoying their day. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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Alligators often cruise Woody Pond disguised by duckweed and other aquatic plants as they enjoy the freshwater impoundments.

Credit: USFWS/Jamie Letendre

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January 2013 - US Fish and Wildlife Service employee Mary Jo Hill attempting to locate two radio collared mountain lions siblings (a male and a female) with radio direction finding equipment. They had

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At Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
www.fws.gov/blackbayoulake/. Thank you Dendroica cerulea for identifying this bird.

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

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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American Bittern in Chase Prarie, along Round Top Trail.
Date: November 2010

Credit: Steve Brooks

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Wood duck box set-up preparations. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

A juvenile Whooping Crane in a hood designed to keep it calm during handling is ready for being banded and having a radio transmitter attached to one of its legs. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Dec

Green turtles are commonly observed at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Photo Credit- Kydd Pollock

American Bittern in Chase Prairie, along Round Top Trail.
Date: November 2010

Credit: Steve Brooks

Credit: G. Peeples/USFWS

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By: Danna Liurova, USFWS YAP
February 22, 2012

Parrots eating their daily diet.

By: Carlos Pacheco USFWS
May 01, 2012

A crested toad was available on our table for the exhibition.

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

The Puerto Rican Crested Toad (Sapo Concho).

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A juvenile Whooping Crane tests its wings shortly after being released from a holding pen on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Bill Gates, USFWS Feb. 10, 2012

A veterinarian prepares to place a hood on a juvenile Whooping Crane. The hood will help keep the bird calm while it is handled. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas)

You are free to use this image with the following photo credit: Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Juvenile Whooping Cranes (Grus Americana) feed shortly after leaving a holding pen on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Bill Gates, USFWS Feb. 10, 2012

Bobcats are nocturnal, they're mostly active at night. It is rare to see them during the day. They are solitary hunters, able to leap up to 10 feet to catch their prey. Their diet consists mostly of s

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A student prepares to band a little brown bat held by Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Alyssa Bennett. In the background is retired New York Department of Environmental Conservation b

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June 12, 2012 - Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, McIntosh County, GA.
These wood stork chicks are roughly 16 days old.
Photo by Becky Skiba, USFWS.

www.fws.gov/harrisneck/

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Wood duck box set-up preparations. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

Weighing a captive juvenile Whooping Crane. The weight of the person is subtrated from the total to determine the bird's weight. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus looking for food. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

Bald Eagle with Common Murre, crow in pursuit

You are free to use this image with the following photo credit: Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

This bird wants to remind you that there's no littering allowed on our refuges :)
Credit: Allie Stewart, USFWS.

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Jenny Sanders, with the Little Tennessee Watershed Association, holds a wavy-rayed lampmussel in her hand.
Credit: Gary Peeples/USFWS

www.fws.gov/asheville/

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USFWS personnel ringing a red knot (Calidris canutus)

Assignment: 48-DPA-N_FWS_PR_Parrot] Reception, [attended by Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall and other Interior officials, publicizing the] Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Program, [a coop

California Sea Lion

You are free to use this image with the following photo credit: Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Sea lemon nudibranch (Anisodoris nobilis)

You are free to use this image with the following photo credit: Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Mulitple James spinymussels (Pleurobema collina) were found during a stream survey in August 2006 in southwestern Virginia. Credit: USFWS

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Closeup photo of James spinymussel (Pleurobema collina) found during a stream survey in August 22, 2006. Credit: USFWS

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By: Danna Liurova (DRV) USFWS YAP
May 02, 2012

A chick inside an artificial nest.

By: Danna Liurova, USFWS YAP
February 22, 2012

A Puerto Rican parrot eating fruit.

USFWS personnel ringing a red knot (Calidris canutus)

August 1, 2010, Apalachicola, Florida - Brown Pelicans flying over St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge. This image was taken during an aerial survey from a helicopter along the Florida coastline and

June 12, 2012 - Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, McIntosh County, GA.
These young wood stork chicks interact in their nest while an adult stands nearby. Notice how the chicks have "fuzzy" heads a

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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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

Houston, Texas, October 1, 2008 -- This Pelican is being held by a wildlife worker. Hurricane Ike disrupted the wildlife, such as birds. The US Fish and Wildlife Service rescued this endangered peli

A pair of California Condors soar above Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge near Maricopa in the southwestern San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California.

Condors usually mate for life, raisin

FWS Biologist with Condor

By: Danna Liurova, USFWS YAP
February 22, 2012

Artificial nest for the breeding of Puerto Rican parrot.

Disney Wilderness Preserve
Credit: Keenan Adams, USFWS

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

The northern gannet can dive for food from as high as 130 feet in the air, entering the water barely causing a splash. While most fish are caught by shallow dives, the gannet has been recorded going d

July 6, 2010 Pensacola, FL - Tri-State Oiled Bird Centers stabilize, clean, and rehabilitate oiled birds. Photo by Bonnie Strawser, USFWS. www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill

The flash didn't work correctly on this one, but it's the only one of the set with all three lions!
Taken March 2014 near Malibu Creek State Park.

Courtesy of National Park Service

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Red-legged Frog eggs

You are free to use this image with the following photo credit: Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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The round hickorynut mussel is an at-risk species that is found throughout the Ohio River System, including the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers. Its shell is round, as the name suggests, which is a sh

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Regional Director, Tom Melius, holds up an endangered winged mapleleaf mussel. The mussel was found during a routine check of underwater lines in the St. Croix

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Fork-tailed Storm Petrels Oceanodroma furcata feeding

You are free to use this image with the following photo credit: Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Assignment: 48-DPA-N_FWS_PR_Parrot] Reception, [attended by Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall and other Interior officials, publicizing the] Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Program, [a coop

Assignment: 48-DPA-N_FWS_PR_Parrot] Reception, [attended by Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall and other Interior officials, publicizing the] Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Program, [a coop

Assignment: 48-DPA-N_FWS_PR_Parrot] Reception, [attended by Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall and other Interior officials, publicizing the] Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Program, [a coop

August 1, 2010, Florida - This healthy common loon was sighted during an aerial survey from a helicopter. Credit: Bart Kicklighter, U.S. Forest Service. www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill

Fish and Wildlife Service biologists used these short-tailed albatross decoys to help attract some of the critically endangered birds to Midway Atoll. The chick on the left is a Laysan albatross. The

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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The Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge trail camera study provides eyes and ears for biologists to study panthers and their favorite food sources remotely. In just 6 months of the study, the re

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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,

A Key Deer in an area burned the previous day in a prescribed fire at National Key Deer NWR Photo by Josh O'Connor - 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

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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Brown pelicans at a dredge spoils island owned by the State of North Carolina called "Pelican Island" near Pea Island National Wildlife refuge. One of the most popular Wings Over Water field trips tak

Endagered oval pigtoe mussel in Spring Creek.

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Canal Run
November 2010

Credit: Steve Brooks

Royal terns at Belle Pass, La. by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS July 11, 2010 5318

Assignment: 48-DPA-N_FWS_PR_Parrot] Reception, [attended by Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall and other Interior officials, publicizing the] Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Program, [a coop

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.

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