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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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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge

Credit: Keenan Adams (USFWS)

CBS News Anchorwoman Betty Nguyen and VT DFW Commissioner Patrick Berry look on as USFWS endangered species biologist Susi von Oettingen inspects a little brown bat.

photo credit: Ann Froschauer/USFW

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A group of puffins at Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: USFWS

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Given their rarity, biologists were excited when northern long eared bats were able to be tagged.
Photo credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

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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

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

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

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

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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Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

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Eastern Kingbird Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

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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

Gathering cranberries near Cape Cod, Mass., photo from The Encyclopedia of Food by Artemas Ward (photo credit: Copyright, Underwood & Underwood)

A prairie dog keeps watch as it balances over the entrance to its tunnel at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.

Photo Credit: Rich Keen / DPRA

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A black-capped chickadee is spotted one wintry morning at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.

Photo Credit: USFWS / John Carr

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

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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

Missisquoi NWR hosts one of the largest nesting populations of great blue herons on Lake Champlain.

Credit: USFWS

Single healthy Virginia big-eared bat in Hellhole, Pendleton County, WV

Credit: Jeff Hajenga, WVDNR

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Song Sparrow

You are free to use this image with the following photo credit: Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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

This Wilson's Snipe was making himself known from his perch in the prairie. Location: Long Lake WMD, Burleigh County, North Dakota. Credit: Doug Mosser / USFWS

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

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

Great horned owls have excellent night vision and are able to turn their heads more than 180 degrees.

Photo Credit: Rich Keen / DPRA

The northern flicker is the most common woodpecker species on Lee Metcalf NWR, seen here at the Wildlife Viewing Area of the refuge.

Credit: David L. Buck

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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

Piping plover wintering at Turks and Caicos Islands

Photo credit: Craig Watson/USFWS

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A Northern Pintail dips its beak into the icy water near Flat Creek on the National Elk Refuge.

Credit: USFWS / Ann & Tony Hough, National Elk Refuge volunteers

Black tern photographed at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

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

Photo Credit: USFWS / Cindy Souders

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The Greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) is a common shorebird in North Dakota. It finds its prey by probing in the mud or by sweeping its bill side-to-side through the water.

Photo Credit: Krista

Song Sparrow

You are free to use this image with the following photo credit: Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

As part of an education and outreach program, students got to see and ask questions about a live bald eagle

Photo credit: Greg Thompson/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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

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

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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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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

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/

A wildlife biologists tags finds an appropriate location on the back of a lynx kitten for an RFID implant which will allow for future recollection of this lynx's habitat and behavior.

Credit: James

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

Photo Credit: Rich Keen / DPRA

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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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Black-tailed prairie dog pups greet each other at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.

Photo Credit: Rich Keen / DPRA

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After the bats were tagged, they were released into the night.
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Photo credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

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

Credit: USFWS / Max Aldredge, National Elk Refuge volunteer

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

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Bald eagle soaring over Cape May National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: Don Freiday/USFWS

At Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia.

Credit: USFWS/Mary Ellen Urbanski.

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

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

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

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Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: USFWS

This Northern long-eared bat was found dead in the Avery County mine, sent to be tested for white-nose syndrome, and came back positive.
Credit: Gabrielle Graeter/NCWRC

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The green-winged teal is a very common duck at J. Clark Salyer NWR. Drakes are easily identified by the green crescent around the eye.

Photo Credit: Colette Guariglia/USFWS

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

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

While their looks and behavior can be reminiscent of a domesticated cat (Felis Catus), they are very much a wild species, as demonstrated by this kitten's reaction.

Credit: James Weliver / USFWS

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Recovering pelicans, Alabama Credit: Tom MacKenzie, USFWS, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration images

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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

18 May 2012

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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Photographed at Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: Steve Norris/USFWS Volunteer

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Metinic Island, Maine Coastal Islands NWR. Summer with the Seabirds blog: http://mainecoastalislands.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/metinic-island-a-glimpse-into-our-nesting-season/
Credit: Brette Soucie/US

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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University of Montana field technician Brandon Sandau holding a newly radio-marked female sage-grouse. Roundup, MT study March 31, 2011. Credit photographer Shawna Sandau and University of Montana.

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

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

Photo Credit: USFWS / Susan Drobniak

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

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

American River Otters at Picnic Springs on Culver Pond at the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.
Credit: James "Newt" Perdue / USFWS

Photo Contest Entry #132

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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

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA
wilderness canoe trip, Nov. 11-13, November 2010

Credit: Steve Brooks

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