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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 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
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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.

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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

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

Credit: Emma Kerr/USFWS

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

Common loon at Horn River, North West Territories.

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

Western kingbirds may be distinguished from eastern kingbirds (which also occur on the refuge) by their yellow bellies.

Photo Credit: USFWS / Cindy Souders

Grebes dancing in the open water of the marsh. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in Grebes! category.

Photo Credit: Jeremy Freshwater / USFWS

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Taking a break after a long crawl!

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

Porcupines feed on evergreen needles and the inner bark of trees during the winter. They prefer buds, small twigs, and grasses during the summer.

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

A female mountain bluebird shows off the wings that give the species its name.

Credit: USFWS / Max Aldredge, National Elk Refuge volunteer

Visitors are treated to a rich variety of waterfowl near the visitor center. Here, a Green Winged Teal stands on the spring ice on Flat Creek.

Credit: USFWS / Ann Hough, National Elk Refuge volunteer

Black tern photographed at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

A fall migrant orange-crowned warbler rests in a narrow-leaf cottonwood on Seedskadee NWR. Orange-crowned warblers are common spring and fall migrants through the Refuge. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

This Marbled godwit stands on a fencepost brace on the Hille Waterfowl Production Area of the Kulm Wetland Management District in Dickey County, North Dakota.

Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS

A juvenille white-crowned sparrow rests in a narrow-leaf cottonwood on Seedskadee NWR. White-crowned sparrows are common spring and fall migrants through the Refuge. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/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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Lesser yellowlegs at Mills Lake in Northwest Territories.

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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

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

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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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.

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

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Credit: Victoria Lima/USFWS

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

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

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

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

29 May 2015

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.

A mule deer buck bedded down in Wyoming big sagebrush in southwest Wyoming. Sagebrush is an important part of the diet for mule deer, especially during the winter months.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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A mule deer buck soaking up the warming rays of the sun along a red rock wall in SW Wyoming. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Long way to go...

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

A Northern river otter leaves behind tracks in the snow on Seedskadee NWR. Hop, hop, hop, hop, slide, hop, hop, hop, slide. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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One of the best things about our new office at the Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District is our summer visitors. These toads seem to enjoy our building and I can't thank them enough for consumin

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Approximately 332,000 snow geese on a Rainwater Basin wetland during spring migration. This is an untouched photo of a privately owned wetland known as Moses Hill in Phelps Co., NE. The few remaining

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

At Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia.

Credit: USFWS/Mary Ellen Urbanski.

A greater sage-grouse hen leads her chicks to a wet meadow in the morning. Along the way, they feed on insects and green leaves from a number of plant species. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

The color of this frog varies from green to gray. They are also known as the "meadow frog."

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

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Rhinoceros auklets like to nest about 3 feet apart but sometimes have burrows more densely packed together. Look at the view! Photo credit: Roberta Swift/ USFWS

Female Peregrine Falcon photographed at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge.

photo credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/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 feathered-friend made a visit to the Bear River Migratory BIrd Refuge wetlands - an American White Pelican.

Photo: Jason St. Sauver / USFWS

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

This Upland Sandpiper was spotted near a potential FWS wetland easement acquisition.
Location Long Lake WMD, Burleigh County, North Dakota
Credit: Doug Mosser / USFWS

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Wilson's phalarope at Mills Lake in Northwest Territories.

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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

The Great Basin collared lizard (Crotaphytus Bicinctores) is found throughout much of the western U.S. The species occurs in the western half of Utah in the Great Basin in dry, rocky areas with little

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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.

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.

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Credit: Victoria Lima/USFWS

A family group of three cygnets and two adults at Seedskadee NWR. The cygnets gray feathers will be replaced by white feathers during their next molt.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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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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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