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Elizabeth Ann, the first cloned black-footed ferret and first-ever cloned U.S. endangered species, at 60-days old, checks out a snack.
Credit: USFWS National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center

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August 15, 2010 - Gaillard Island, Alabama. Two juvenile pelicans with natal down sit on Gaillard Island in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/

Common loon at Horn River, North West Territories.

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

Great Horned Owl at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina.
www.fws.gov/caperomain/

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

According to USFWS, it is R. mangle in Florida
Image title: Close view of red mangrove leaves
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Rhinoceros auklets can walk as soon as they are hatched, are fed nightly by both parents and develop contour feathers within 4 weeks of hatching. It's quite a look. Photo credit: Roberta Swift/ USFW

A pair of trumpeter swans re-establishing a nesting territory on Seedskadee NWR as the managed wetlands are slowly filled. The Wyoming Range can be seen in the background. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Lower Red Rock Lake
Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, MT
early autumn 2011

Photo: Erin Clark/USFWS

Eleven trumpeter swans sleeping on the shelf ice along the Green River at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Enjoying a swim at Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge.
Photo: Garry Tucker, 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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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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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 white-tailed prairie dog emerges from its burrow under a Wyoming big sagebrush. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

endangered
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, NC
Photo: DJ Sharp/USFWS

Endangered red wolves are raised in captivity at FL's St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge and released into the wild at

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Hard to find in the mixed texture of the wet sand.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

Though they can climb tree trunks and hammer on wood like other woodpeckers as seen here, Northern Flickers prefer to find food on the ground.

Credit: USFWS / Ann and Tony Hough, National Elk Refuge

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

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.

Wyoming big sagebrush flowers are on the menu for this brood of greater sage-grouse. Sometimes access to the flowers is easier when they just hop onto the sagebrush to dine. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Elizabeth Ann, the first cloned black-footed ferret and first-ever cloned U.S. endangered species, with her domestic ferret siblings and surrogate mother.
Credit: USFWS National Black-footed Ferret C

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

Photo Credit: USFWS / Susan Drobniak

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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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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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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Bison graze on Ordway Prairie owned and managed by the Nature Conservancy. Site has a USFWS grassland easement protecting it in perpetuity. It is situated in the center of a large block of the Prair

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A juvenile red-tailed hawk on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Now is a great time to go birding at Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. Yesterday alone, we spotted more than 15 bird species at the Jameson Island Unit!

Photo by Anna Weyers/USFWS.

Prothonotary Warbler 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.

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

Song Sparrows walk or hop on the ground and flit or hop through branches, grass, and weeds. Here, a banded sparrow makes its way through some shallow water on the National Elk Refuge.

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August 2010 - Gaillard Island, Alabama. Pelicans sit on a hard boom washed ashore at Gaillard Island in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/

Fish aren't the only creatures hatching around here. This morning we found this painted turtle, which barely eclipsed a quarter.

Photo Credit: Spencer Neuharth / USFWS

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Our perspective of the turtle's voyage.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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Snowy Egret wading in water with a bug in its beak. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in bird life category.

Photo Credit: Jerry Whetstone / USFWS

At Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia.
Credit: USFWS/Mary Ellen Urbanski.

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Double-crested Cormorant swimming in water with a struggling fish in its mouth. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in animal behavior category.

Photo Credit: Jeremy Freshwater / USFWS

Ross's geese are a pretty rare sighting on Seedskadee NWR and in Wyoming. This Ross's goose arrived on Seedskadee NWR along with 2 others during a warm spell in February. Tom Koerner/USFWS

At Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
www.fws.gov/http://www.fws.gov/atchafalaya/

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

A golden eagle soars over Seedskadee NWR. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

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This little bison set a new record! This is the first time a bison calf has been born in November at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa.

Photo by Doreen Van Ryswyk/USFWS.

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Regal Rascal - The luxurious golden hood of the yellow-headed blackbird may belie the fact that he is indeed very common in our Prarie Pothole wetlands.
Location: Medicine Lake NWR
Credit: Jamieson S

Photo: Tom Koerner/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

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

Low-flying wood stork at Pelican Island NWR during the celebration of the Centenial of the Naitonal Wildlife Refuge system. Photo by Tom MacKenzie USFWS 3/21/2003

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

This snowy egret was stalking food on the Zahn WPA in Dickey County, North Dakota. It had solid black legs and bright yellow feet that helped to identify it.

Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS

A short-eared owl flies past with its lunch, a meadow vole it has just caught. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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... then grabs another from a nearby branch. Bohemian Waxwings will pluck fruit while perched, or they may hover briefly to snatch it.

Credit: Lori Iverson / USFWS

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

An American oystercatcher at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina.
www.fws.gov/caperomain/. Thank you Steve Holzman for identifying.

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Closeup of a hatchling sliding over the ripples of a tide pool. This is his first comparison to the waves that await him.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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Scientific name: Dermochelys coriacea
Common name Spanish: Tinglar
Photo by Al Woodson, USFWS volunteer
Location, Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, US Virgin Islands

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Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge, July 23, 2012. Dew beads up on the back of this lizard as it rests on a Firebush. Photo by: E. Tramontana, USFWS. www.fws.gov/lakewoodruff/

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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This photo was taken during lek counts in April, 2010 in core sage-grouse habitat in south central Wyoming. North Table Rock is in background.
Location: Sweetwater County, WY
Credit: Mark Bellis / USF

A male Northern harrier above and female below engage in aerial acrobatics as part of a courtship flight.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

This group of young Double- crested Cormorants were found on the south island of Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
Location: Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, ND (2012)
Credit: Char Binstock /

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

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

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
The spikes on the turtle's carapace or shell will eventually smooth out as the scutes, little "patches", grow over time.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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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

Mountain lions are present on the west end of Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge and a study is currently underway to learn more about these big cats. Credit: USFWS

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The beaver (genus Castor) is a primarily nocturnal, large, semi-aquatic rodent.
Here, two beavers enjoy the beautiful Fall weather on Des Lacs Lake.

Photo Credit: Kirsten Brennan/USFWS

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The first black-footed ferret to set foot in Kansas after a 50-year absence needed to get a good look at its surroundings before exiting the pet carrier and familiarizing itself with its new home.
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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

July 17, 2012 - Blackbeard Island, GA
Reddish egrets and juveniles gather on the beach to feed in the shallow waves.

Credit: USFWS/Molly Martin

Scientific name: Peltophryne lemur
Puerto Rican Crested Toad
Spanish: Sapo Concho Puertorriqueño
Location, Puertu Rico
Photo by Carlos Pacheco,USFWS

More information about the Puerto Rican Creste

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Resting on a branch 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.

A red-tailed hawk soars over Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge in West Virginia. Photo: 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.

Credit: Bill Butcher/USFWS

A short-eared owl flies past with its lunch, a meadow vole it has just caught. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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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

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

A bald eagle prepares to pick off a common murre from Colony Rock in Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, OR.

Photo: Roy W. Lowe/USFWS

A golden eagle flies low over the sage steppe at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A soaring northern harrier over Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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American White Pelican with its head up and neck stretched swallowing a large carp. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in animal behavior category.

Photo Credit: Wayne Watson / USFWS

A pair of magpies and pair of bald eagles create a nice composition on a buck and rail fence.

Credit: USFWS / Katrina Krebs, National Elk Refuge winter naturalist

A flying flock of Dowitchers and Stilt Sandpipers flying at Mills Lake in Northwest Territories.

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

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