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Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea), Petit Manan Island, Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge/USFWS

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

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.

Credit: Ryan Mollnow / USFWS

Lesser yellowlegs at Mills Lake in Northwest Territories.

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

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

Credit: Emma Kerr/USFWS

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

Flock of gulls.
October 13, 2012 - Savannah, GA
Refuge Week celebration at Wassaw NWR.

photo by Garry Tucker, USFWS

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

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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

Muskrats are large rodents that always live near water. They are excellent swimmers, as demonstrated by this one outside of the visitor center.

USFWS / BJ Baker, National Elk Refuge volunteer

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Two eagles sit in a cottonwood tree along Flat Creek on the National Elk Refuge.

Credit: Lori Iverson / USFWS

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

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

12 June 2015

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

Photo credit: USFWS

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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

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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

18 May 2012

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

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

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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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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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

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

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

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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Black tern nest photographed at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

Hen Hooded Merganser and Chicks, Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

30 May 2015

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Young mountain bluebirds on Seedskadee NWR that have just fledged. One is stretching a wing and flashing the blue. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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May 02, 2012

A Yellow-shouldered Blackbird chick. This chick has 12 days old.

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

Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS

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

A male greater sage-grouse in Wyoming big sagebrush on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in Southwest Wyoming. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A greater sage-grouse feeds on the seeds of Wyoming big sagebrush on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in SW Wyoming. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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First winter Herring Gull eating a crab at Beavertail State Park, Jamestown, RI.

Credit: Bill Thompson/USFWS

Wilson's phalarope at Mills Lake in Northwest Territories.

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

Wilson's phalarope 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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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

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A red tailed hawk perched on Wyoming big sagebrush.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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

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

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

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A late migrant or wintering coot feeding in warm water spring discharge site (Pond 6) on Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: Bob Danley / USFWS

Brown pelican balance on boom at Mangrove Island (Bird Island 2) Aug 8, 2010 by Tom MacKenzie USFWS

Check out this cranky visitor spotted at Neosho National Fish Hatchery in Missouri! Have you seen any snapping turtles lately?

Photo by Bruce Hallman/USFWS.

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

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A hawk stares down from its perch in a tree at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.

Photo Credit: USFWS / John Carr

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

Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge/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

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

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

29 May 2015

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

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

29 May 2015

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 greater sage-grouse hen sounds the alarm with a soft call and the chicks head for cover. Overhead, an eagle soars past, the cause for alarm. Video: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

Credit: USFWS / Ann Hough, National Elk Refuge volunteer

Can you spot the albino bat among the many Mexican free-tailed bats exiting Bracken Bat Cave?

photo credit: USFWS/Ann Froschauer

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

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A bald eagle soars over the Green River on Seedskadee NWR. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

White ibis (mature and immature) and egrets rest in a tree off of Swan's Cove Trail at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: Emma Kerr/USFWS

This leopard frog was spotted soaking in some sunshine at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin. Have you seen any lately?

Photo by Katie Goodwin/USFWS.

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April 28, 2007: Endangered Puerto Rican parrot at the old aviary.
To learn more about the Puerto Rican parrot, visit www.fws.gov/southeast/prparrot/

Photo by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS.

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island
The world is sooooo big!

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Climbing all the ripples and touching wet sand for the first time!

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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Tracks left in the snow of a Northern river otter sliding down the hill. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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