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Scientific name: Chelonia mydasCommon name Spanish: Peje blanco, tortuga verde
Photo: Caroline S. Rogers, USGSStatus: Threatened, Listed on July 28, 1978
For more information: ecos.fws.gov/speciesProf

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The Sierra Nevada red fox, one of 10 subspecies of red fox in North America, occurs in two small and isolated populations in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.
It is currently being consider

At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. The Refuge’s prime location along the Atlantic Flyway makes it a vitally important stopover for wintering waterfowl. Credit: Allie Stewart,

July 17, 2012 - Blackbeard Island, GA
As alligators age, they tend to lose the "callico" or yellowish coloring on their heads and bodies. Usually, gators loose this pattern around 4 years of age. you

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The Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge trail camera study provides eyes and ears for biologists to study panthers and their favorite food sources remotely. In just 6 months of the study, the re

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A pair of California Condors soar above Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge near Maricopa in the southwestern San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California.

Condors usually mate for life, raisin

Golden eagle
The whitish down on the chick continues until around 25 days of age, at which point it is gradually replaced by dark contour feathers that eclipse the down.

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

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

Items are prepared to place an aluminum and colored leg bands and a radio transmitter on the legs of a juvenile Whooping Crane. The colored leg bands, in unique color arrangements on the leg, allow a

In an ongoing effort to track bog turtle populations, biologists recently spent several days visiting southern Appalachian bogs in western North Carolina, searching for the rare turtles. Measurements

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In an ongoing effort to track bog turtle populations, biologists recently spent several days visiting southern Appalachian bogs in western North Carolina, searching for the rare turtles. Measurements

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Golden eagle
The whitish down on the chick continues until around 25 days of age, at which point it is gradually replaced by dark contour feathers that eclipse the down.

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In an ongoing effort to track bog turtle populations, biologists recently spent several days visiting southern Appalachian bogs in western North Carolina, searching for the rare turtles. Measurements

The Carolina northern flying squirrel is a cold-weather animal descendent from the northern flying squirrels pushed south by the ice sheets that covered northern latitudes during the last ice age. Whe

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At up to two and a half feet in length, Eastern hellbenders can be an impressive sight. These aquatic salamanders are found in Appalachian streams, and have declined to the point that they’ve been con

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At up to two and a half feet in length, Eastern hellbenders can be an impressive sight. These aquatic salamanders are found in Appalachian streams, and have declined to the point that they’ve been con

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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

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Two distressed sea turtles rescued on the coast after winter storms have taken an important next step in their journey to return to the ocean. On April 21, they

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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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After the bats were tagged, they were released into the night.
Find out more about white-nose syndrome at www.whitenosesyndrome.org/ and www.facebook.com/usfwswns
Photo credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

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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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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

www.fws.gov/whitenosesyndrome

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March 18, 2011 - Black Creek (Rapides Parish)
Another awesome pic! These are fertilized LA pearlshell embroys!
Photographer: Tony Brady, mussel propogation biologist

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Tuque mearued over 7 feet and 7 inches long.
Photo by Danna Luirova, USFWS
Dorado, Puerto Rico

October 5, 2011

Scientific name: Charadius melodius
Common name Piping Plover
Common name Spanish: Playero melódico
Status: Threatened
Listed on December 11, 1985
Location: Puerto Rico
Photo by Mike Morel
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Late developmental stages of the tadpole metamorphosis. Notice the colors and hourglass pattern distinctive of the species.
Scientific name: Peltophryne lemur, Puerto Rican Crested Toad, Spanish:

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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, GA
Long way to go...

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

A Key Deer in an area burned the previous day in a prescribed fire at National Key Deer NWR

Scientific name: Accipiter striatus venator
Common name in Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk
Common name in Spanish: falcón de sierra
Photo by Mike Morel
Location: Puerto Rico

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July 6, 2010 Pensacola, FL - Tri-State Oiled Bird Centers - oiled bird - ready for cleaniong.... Of course, for safety of the bathers, the most important thing is to hold the head! Photo by Bonnie S

Greater black back gull & royal tern near Port Fourchon La. July 11, 2010. It was extremely unusuall to see the black back gull at his location at this time. Photo by Tom MacKenzie, U.S. Fish an

July 1, 2010 Gulf Shores, AL - Most marsh areas require boat transportation for surveying for oil impacts. Pelicans are standard scenery. Photo by Bonnie Strawser. www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill

March 3, 2011- Green County, Georgia. Photographed by Clare Callahan. www.fws.gov/athens/

Vultures love quarries for their heat and endless possible perching sites.

The Carolina northern flying squirrel is a cold-weather animal descendent from the northern flying squirrels pushed south by the ice sheets that covered northern latitudes during the last ice age. Whe

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The Carolina northern flying squirrel is a cold-weather animal descendent from the northern flying squirrels pushed south by the ice sheets that covered northern latitudes during the last ice age. Whe

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July 17, 2012 - Blackbeard Island, GA
Barnacles on the back of a Loggerhead sea turtle covering her nest. Barnacles and other organisms that grow on top of the turtle's carapace are called "epibiota".

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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

August 12, 2010 - Dauphin Island, Alabama. Loggerhead turtle hatchlings rest in a cooler before being transported to the eastern shore of Florida. The turtles hatched from a nest that was scheduled t

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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/

An individually-numbered metallic band is attached to the bat's forearm using banding pliers.
Photo credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

Follow USFWS Northeast on social at www.facebook.com/usfwsnortheast and

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A White River Crayfish and a Yellow Belly Slider. These were two of the animals in the display pool. They were collected and now held for outreach events.

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Scientific name: Sterna dougallii dougallii
Common name Roseate Tern
Common name Spanish: Palometa
Photo by Dr. Jorge Saliva
Location, Puerto Rico

More information: ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile

Black bears are at the top of their food chain. Like most wild animals, this young Black bear will spend a majority of its waking hours searching for food. They're not picky eaters. They eat grasses,

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an injured bald eagle was found on the northern end of Chickamauga Lake along the Tennessee River in Hamilton County near Thatch Road Gravel Boat Ramp and just south of Eldridge Slough. An examinatio

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

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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

US Navy 070604-N-4965F-002 Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. Robert F. Willard and the Honorable Linda Lingle, Governor of Hawaii, speak with a member of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as they cross the flight line of Mid

battle commemorations on midway atoll linda lingle

Public involvement underway for the proposal to designate critical habitat for the threatened loggerhead sea turtle-NW Atlantic Ocean.August 7, 2013
Photo by Lilibeth Serrano, Public Affairs Specialis

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Loggerhead sea turtles begin life out of their nest about the size of a silver dollar. If they survive (most do not) they can grow to be the largest hard-shelled turtles in the world. When you're on

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In May, bog conservationists from Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia convened in the north Georgia mountains for the spring, 2014 meeting of the Bog Learning Network. The event provided an opportu

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The Hooded merganser is an elegant duck. Like wood ducks, they nest in tree cavities. The female lays about a dozen eggs. Ducklings leave the nest when only 1 day old. A long, narrow bill with serrate

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

Scientific name: Agelaius xanthomus
Common name Spanish: Mariquita
Common name Yellow-shouldered Blackbird
Photo by Mike Morel
Location: Puerto Rico

More information: ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfil

August 5, 2010 - Dauphin Island, Alabama. Disaster Animal Response Team member Karen Burns receives an oiled juvenile Northern Gannet from Thea Hamm while team member Lisa Pittman looks on. Credit: C

A juvenile whooping crane with a hood on to keep it calm appears to be watching biologist Eva Szyszkoski, International Crane Foundation, place a radio transmitter on its leg. Wheeler National Wildli

Meanwhile, on the refuge's west side, the cameras cap-tured a second family group with two kittens. They look to be about one month older than those in the first family group. Unique morphological cha

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July 6, 2010 Pensacola, FL - Tri-State Oiled Bird Centers offer media tours on various days during the week. Tuesdays at 11 am, media converge on the Center in Pensacola. Of course, for safety of t

Juvenile American alligators in the holding house. Staff are cleaning the tank for the two alligators. The alligators are held at the Warm Springs Regional Fisheries Center to teach the public about r

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The Carolina northern flying squirrel is a cold-weather animal descendent from the northern flying squirrels pushed south by the ice sheets that covered northern latitudes during the last ice age. Whe

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The Carolina northern flying squirrel is a cold-weather animal descendent from the northern flying squirrels pushed south by the ice sheets that covered northern latitudes during the last ice age. Whe

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A juvenile Whooping Crane has been captured for a health check by a veterinarian and banding by biologists. An aluminum band with a unique number and colored, plastic bands and a radio transmitter wil

This little brown bat found in the Avery County mine shows the classic symptom of white-nose syndrome - the white tufts of fungal growth on its muzzle.
Credit: Gabrielle Graeter/NCWRC

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a second injured bald eagle was found in the area of Tellico Lake along the Tellico River arm in Monroe County. It was found on Scenic River Road where it crosses the land bridge approximately 3.4 mi

July 17, 2012 - Blackbeard Island, GA
Loggerhead sea turtle tracks on the beach. You can tell the direction the turtle is traveling by which way the head of the triangle is pointing. If the tip is poi

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Climbing over the wrack and balancing on narrow, hollowed shoots is a difficult task for new turtles. They trudge on as if they do not mind the hindrance.

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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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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
It's hatchling season! The babies are emerging and ready to tackle the many challenges that come their way! This little Loggerhead is the first one out of the nest

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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 nest was found and marked by volunteers patrolling Carolina Beach in North Carolina. On August 7, a crowd gathered at an adjacent nest that was expected to hatch that night but it didn't. Whil

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Biologists check bats for signs of white-nose syndrome, which can cause lesions on wings.
Photo credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

Follow USFWS Northeast on social at www.facebook.com/usfwsnortheast and twi

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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/

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.

A tri-color bat found in the Avery County mine where white-nose syndrome was discovered, showing white fungal growth on its muzzle.
Credit: Gabrielle Graeter/NCWRC

www.fws.gov/whitenosesyndrome

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A tri-color bat in the Avery County mine where white-nose syndrome was confirmed, with the tell-tale white fungus growing on its nose.
Credit: Gabrielle Graeter/NCWRC

www.fws.gov/whitenosesyndrome

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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/

The American Eagle Foundation provided a Bald Eagle as part of the opening ceremony.
2013 Regional Director's Honor Awards cereony.

Photos by Garry Tucker, USFWS

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
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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To mount the PIT (passive integrated transponders) tag, biologists carefully parted hair on the back of bats.
Photo credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

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Scientific name: Charadius melodius
Common name Piping Plover
Common name Spanish: Playero melódico
Status: Threatened
Listed on December 11, 1985
Location: Puerto Rico
Photo by Mike Morel

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Red wolf found shot in Washington County, N.C. on Nov. 18, 2013 This is the fifth red wolf killed or missing in less than a month. Photo by USFWS.

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August 5, 2010 - Dauphin Island, Alabama. Disaster Animal Response Team Kerri Burns (left) and Karen Burns transport an oiled juvenile Northern Gannet from a boat to a van for transportation to the T

A Key Deer in an area burned the previous day in a prescribed fire at National Key Deer NWR

August 12, 2010 - Dauphin Island, Alabama. Loggerhead turtle hatchlings rest in a cooler before being transported to the eastern shore of Florida. The turtles hatched from a nest that was scheduled t

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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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July 17, 2012 - Blackbeard Island, GA
The knobbed whelk is a popular among beachcombers, who often mistake them for conch shells. Knobbed whelk females make these egg casings and stuff them under roc

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In an ongoing effort to track bog turtle populations, biologists recently spent several days visiting southern Appalachian bogs in western North Carolina, searching for the rare turtles. Measurements

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Brown pelicans flying near Queen Bess Island, Louisiana, USA, during BP oil spill response.

Brown Pelicans feeding during BP oil spill response off Queen Bess Island, Louisiana, USA.

lue-winged Teals are small dabbling ducks that are occasionally found in the shallow ponds and wetlands of our local refuges. During migration some of them fly all the way to South America!

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July 17, 2012 - Blackbeard Island, GA
Even though the initial waves have washed the carapace clean, this female loggerhead is on her way out into the Atlantic Ocean to mate again. She weighs close to

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
It's a long haul, but every step is invaluable to the hatchling's survival. The hatchlings imprint the beach as they walk using the magnetic field to return 35 yea

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Resting in the shade before stretching his flippers, this baby needs to be alert to bypass all of the obstacles that await him on his journey to adulthood.

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Colored leg bands and a radio transmitter designed to indicate movement on the legs of a juvenile Whooping Crane. The transmitter will allow biologists to locate it using a special receiver. Wheeler N

Image title: Aleutian cackling goose survey crew
Image from Public domain images website, http://www.public-domain-image.com/full-image/events-happenings-public-domain-images-pictures/aleutian-cacklin

Scientific name: Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri
Common name Mona Island Iguana
Common name Spanish: Iguana de Mona
Status: Threatened
Listed on February 3, 1978
Location: Puerto Rico
Photo by Jan Pa

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