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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

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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At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. Credit: Allie Stewart, USFWS.

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The painted turtle is often seen basking in the sun on a rock or stump along the waters edge.

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

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Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: USFWS

As part of a battery of tests, a kitten is swabbed for a DNA sample. The reluctance of the kittens was obvious and made it a difficult task for the biologists.

Credit: James Weliver / USFWS

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
One mountain of dead, dry marsh grass down and oh so many more to go!

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
See how faint the trail is that he leaves behind?

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

What did you have for your Thanksgiving meal? This northern river otter was feasting on white suckers at Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Nothing like a tiny frog on a tiny branch to brighten your day! This spring peeper was spotted hanging out at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin.

Photo by Ariel Lepito/USFWS.

Ferruginous hawk nestlings in the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area

You are welcome to use this photo with the following credit: Matthew Stuber, USFWS

A short-eared owl eats a meadow vole for lunch on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Meadow voles are the preferred prey for short-eared owls. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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It can be hard to keep your eyes open while sitting in the sun after eating a big meadow vole for lunch. Video: Short-eared owl on Seedskadee NWR.
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This Ruddy Duck was showing off to his mate who was watching from the safety of the cattails. Picture captured during inspection of this new wetland easement acquisition.
Location: Audubon WMD, Sherid

As antlers grow, they are covered with a "velvet" that provides a rich blood supply. The velvet is later shed to reveal hard antlers.

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

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California condor at Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge, in the southwestern San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California.

November 2011.
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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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Male spruce grouse at the Nulhegan Basin Division of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in Vermont.

Credit: David Govatski/USFWS

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Photo of the Week - 11/21/11

Yellow-rumped Juvenile "yellow" palm warbler (Setophaga palmarum hypochrysea) photographed at Kennebago Lake, ME.

Credit: Bill Thompson/USFWS

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

The Cheat Mountain Salamander has been listed by the USFWS as threatened throughout its range since 1989. This small woodland salamander makes its home in mixed spruce/hardwood forest. Improving the s

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Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Photo: Bonita Caldwell/USFWS

A black-footed ferret peers out of a trap just prior to being transported to a facility where it will be vaccinated against canine distemper and fitted with a transponder chip. These surveys help mon

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Three 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

During the first den visit, a litter of two Canada Lynx kittens were discovered in a den covered in thick growth behind the structure of fallen trees.

Credit: James Weliver / USFWS

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Chutes and ladders on the beach. This baby is doing great!

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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The characteristic red and yellow shoulder patches can barely be seen on this Red-winged Blackbird in the wetlands outside of the visitor center.

USFWS / BJ Baker, National Elk Refuge volunteer

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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A Mountain Bluebird sits on a post on the National Elk Refuge. A common sight in open areas of the American West, Mountain Bluebirds are recognizable by their brilliant blue color.

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A female mountain bluebird with a big meal. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A Northern harrier hunts during a foggy sunrise on Seedskadee NWR.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo of the Week - 08/24/2010

A newly hatched bog turtle in northern New Jersey with yolk sac still attached.

Credit: Rosie Walunas/USFWS

The bog turtle was federally listed as a threatened specie

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The juvenile American alligator reigns over his enclosure on his rock perch.
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Photo Taken By: Cody Meshes, USFWS

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Yellow-rumped warblers eat mainly insects in the summer. Here, a warbler has plenty to choose from in the wetlands near the visitor center.

USFWS / Ann Hough, National Elk Refuge volunteer

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

Dolphins playing and feeding.
October 13, 2012 - Savannah, GA
Refuge Week celebration at Wassaw NWR.

photo by Garry Tucker, USFWS

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

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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

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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.
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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

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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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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

We spotted this thirteen-lined ground squirrel enjoying a snack on the lawn. When we looked at the pictures we were surprised to see it was eating a baby painted turtle!
Photo by Courtney Celley/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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Hawk outside of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Regional Office, August 14 2013, allowed for some close ups to be taken while it looked for prey.

Photo Credit: Beth Decker/USFWS

Two male northern harriers fighting over a nesting territory on Seedskadee NWR Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

When a bog turtle is found, a host of information is collected, including shell length, collected here by Gabrielle Graeter with the N.C.Wildlife Resources Commission.
Photo credit: Gary Peeples/USFW

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Wilson's phalarope at Mills Lake in Northwest Territories.

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

That's the spot! Bison at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa enjoy using signs and other objects as scratching posts.

Video by Tenlea Turner/USFWS.

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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What do American kestrels and helicopters have in common? They are both able to hover motionless in the air.

Photo Credit: USFWS / Susan Drobniak

July 22, 2010 - Theodore, Alabama: An oiled laughing gull is rinsed at the Theodore Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. Credit: USFWS www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/

Two pairs of Western Grebes dancing on water into opposite directions. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in sunrise/sunset category.

Photo Credit: Lloyd Bush / USFWS

Amazona vittata eggs, from captive breeding program. By: Danna Liurova, USFWS YAP. The Puerto Rican Parrot has two to three offspring. If a pair of parrots doesn't want their eggs, the eggs are moved

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August 15, 2010 - Gaillard Island, Alabama. A pelican chick sits in a nest on Gaillard Island in Mobile Bay, Alabama with older juveniles in the background. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS www.

Great blue heron (Ardea Herodias) at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

Photo of the Week - 7/30/12

Snowy egret photographed at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum in Philadelphia, PA.

Credit: Ron Holmes/USFWS

Photo of the Week - 6/24/2013

The common goldeneye is the representative species on the 2013-2014 Federal Duck Stamp. To learn more go to http://1.usa.gov/19plJZt

Credit: Bill Thompson/USFWS

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This Key deer was wandering alongside a damaged
home owned by the NWR after Hurricane Irma.
Photo by Dan Chapman, USFWS.

9/15/17

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In a field 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.

According to USFWS, it is R. mangle in Florida
Image title: Close view of red mangrove roots
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Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: 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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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/

The Raptor Conservancy exhibit displayed live raptors, like this red-tailed hawk, for attendees.

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At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. Credit: Allie Stewart, USFWS.

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Two small fawns cautiously step out of the tall grass. Fawns will usually stay with their mother for the first 5 months of life.

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

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A tagged, endangered Mississippi sandhill crane at MIssissippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: Scott Hereford, USFWS.

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This Swift fox (Vulpes velox) doesn't mind living in town (a black-tailed prairie dog town), where the grocery store is never far. He prefers to do his shopping at night and just might bump into his

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Petit Manan Island, Maine Coastal Islands NWR. Summer with the Seabirds blog: http://mainecoastalislands.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/terns/
Credit: Amanda Boyd/USFWS

Photo was taken after Hurricane Irma. 9/15/17

Photo by Dan Chapman, USFWS.

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White ibis at Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. Credit: Allie Stewart, USFWS.

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Black-billed magpies not only pick ticks and other pests from big game, but also from livestock.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Bald eagle soaring over Cape May National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: Don Freiday/USFWS

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

Taken at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, just outside of Denver, Colorado. Bison will use just about anything to scratch that itch!

Photo Credit: Ryan Moehring / USFWS

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