150 Free Photos of Port Louisa

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Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge, MO
Fall 2011

Photo: Alex Galt/USFWS

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Coluber constrictor from Port Louisa National Wildlife Service. Photo by Jessica Bolser/USFWS.

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Check out this bunch of pectoral sandpipers spotted at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa!

Photo by Jessica Bolser/USFWS.

Now that spring has arrived, we've been seeing a lot of muskrat activity at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa.

Photo by Jessica Bolser/USFWS.

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This tufted titmouse was spotted near the Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge headquarters in Iowa.

Photo by Jessica Bolser/USFWS.

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

Photo by Jessica Bolser/USFWS.

This muskrat at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa is ready for lunch! Vegetation makes up the majority of a muskrat’s diet. Bulrush and cattail are a couple favorites.

Photo by Jessica Bo

Check out this Fowler's toad spotted at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa. These toads can be found in woodlands, prairie and fields. They’ll even burrow to escape the heat!
Photo by Avery

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Bufflehead migrating through Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge on its way to breeding grounds in Canada. These small diving ducks nest in old woodpecker cavities, especially those of northern flick

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.

Birds are on the move through Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa. The refuge provides essential habitat to refuel for the journey ahead. This northern waterthrush will travel all the way to

This common snapping turtle hatchling was found at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa. After hatching, they will instinctively head towards water, but they are vulnerable to predators and ve

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Photo by Alex Galt/USFWS.

Barred owls typically hunt around sunset or during the night, but can occasionally be spotted hunting during the day as well. This one was spotted at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa!

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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.

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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Photo by Jessica Bolser /USFWS.

This common garter snake was spotted at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa. These snakes are active during the day, searching for small frogs, toads, fish, mice and earthworms to eat!

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Photo by Jessica Bolser/USFWS.

Photo by Alex Galt/USFWS.

This red-winged blackbird nest at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa is looking a little full! Young remain in the nest for about two weeks.

Photo by Jessica Bolser/USFWS.

We spotted this copperbelly watersnake at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa. This species is threatened with only a couple hundred snakes remaining in the northern population. These snakes

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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!

Video by Jessica Bolser/USFWS.

Red-headed woodpeckers are year-round residents Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa. This colorful and vocal species can be found in the floodplain forest and along the forest's edge.

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Port Louisa Waterfowl

Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters and Visitor Center

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Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters and Visitor Center

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Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters and Visitor Center

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Spring at Port Louisa

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Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge

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Snowy morning at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge

Egret and Heron at Port Louisa

Waterfowl at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge

Sedge

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Viceroy

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Fiddlehead

Spike rush

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Spiderwort

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White-tailed Deer at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa

Blood Root

Dutchmans Breeches

Slender Corydalis

Wild Ginger

Blood Root

Virginia Bluebell

Northern Harrier

Rue Anemone

Jack in the Pulpit

Dutchmans Breeches

Spring Beauty

Spring Beauty

Opossum at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge

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White Trout Lily

Red-headed woodpecker

Common Blue Violet

Sharped-Lobed Hepatica

False Rue Anemone

New England Aster

Chocolate Tube Slime Mold

White Trout Lily

False Rue Anemone

Recently Emerged Dragonfly

Tickseed sunflowers

Milkweed Seeds

Crowd

Red-tailed Hawk

Alex Galt

Opossum at Port Lousia National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa

Port Louisa NWR Wildlife Biologist Jessica Bolser

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Prothonotary Warbler

Sunflower

Cathy Henry

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Great-spangled Fritillary

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Katie Hammond

Waterfowl at Port Louisa

Spring is in the air!

Cutleaf Toothwort

Rick Schultz

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Moving Dirt

Swimming Snapper

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Wild Columbine

Eastern bluebird

Indigo Bunting

Prairie Trillium

Ring-necked pheasant

Roosting Monarch Butterflies

Roosting Monarch Butterflies

Bloodroot in Bloom

Northern Water Snake

Wading Buck

Young Bald Eagles

Roosting Monarch Butterflies

Cricket frog blending in with its surroundings

Common Snapping Turtle

Blooming Prairie

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Bald Eagle Nest

Gray Treefrog on Milkweed

Blooming Common Milkweed

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