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Semipalmated Sandpipers with leg bands only (no flag). Leg flags do not affect shorebird nests. Nome, AK, US.

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Bowl with bird, Egypt, Fatimid period, 11th century AD, earthenware with overglaze luster painting - Cincinnati Art Museum - DSC04165

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Earth System Science Office scientists have helped find ways to increase populations of the American Bald Eagle by studying the thermal energy balance of eggs. This information will contribute to the

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.

A common moorhen hides among the water plants in a steam near the turn basin in Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The turn basin is a refuge for manatees and other marine li

This barred owl was perched right next to the boardwalk at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge in Missouri! It fixated on something moving in the water, swooped down and grabbed a crawfish. After eating it

Feeding the swan in the park.

The #mypubliclandsroadtrip moves from the Washington D.C. area down to the Gulf Coast for some behind-the-scenes science. We first visit the Lathrop Bayou in Florida where the BLM Eastern States, Sout

We saw a greater than usual number of snowy owls in the Kulm Wetland Management District this year. During some winters, they expand south from Canada to find more food. They are commonly spotted perc

Piping Plover feeding on edge of wetland
Location: Lostwood Wetland Management District Complex, North Dakota
Credit: USFWS / Steven Tucker

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Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. A great egret stalking its lunch among new cypress shoots. Weeks Bay, Alabama.

Troglodytes aedon (House Wren)
Caption: "No. 29. Nest and eggs of House Wren in sack hanging on fence. Hole in sack was enlarged to show nest."

A Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens). Photo taken with an Olympus E-P1 in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, FL, USA.Cropping and post-processing performed with The GIMP.

Melospiza melodia next.
Original caption: "No. 20. Nest and four eggs of Song Sparrow."

A pair of Florida scrub jays survey their territory on the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. NASA's Kennedy Space Center is located on the refuge, which provides a habitat for 330 sp

Frankish - Peacock-Shaped Fibula - Walters 57570

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An oiled reddish egret near the water in Grand Isle, La., May 20, 2010. Oil from the damaged Deepwater Horizon wellhead began washing up on beaches here exactly one month after the drilling unit explo

Yucca rupicola, twistleaf yucca at Laby Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

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

A Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus was spotted at Smithville Lake on the rip rap of the dam on 2 Jan 2012. Three Snowy Owls have been seen at the lake since early December 2011. Photo courtesy of Christine C

Vireo solitarius nest.
Original caption: No. 23. Nest and three eggs of Blue-headed Vireo, with Cowbird egg.

The upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) is found feeding and nesting in grasslands--especially dry, short grasses, native prairie, or grazed areas. It nests in a shallow scrape in the ground, and

A great egret (Ardea alba) fishing in a pond!
The BLM manages public lands in Oregon and Washington that are home to some of the most diverse and incredible wildlife species and habitats.
The BLM

An Adélie penguin waddles toward U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his traveling party in Antarctica on November 11, 2016, as the Secretary conducted a helicopter tour of U.S. research facilities

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Hawaii, NWHI, Tern Island.

Turkeys in a small meadow between Federal Road and the North Fork of the Holston River, southwest of Mendota, in extreme western Washington County, Virginia, United States. Comparatively poor quality

Four wild turkeys walk through tall grass at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Kennedy shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge encompasses 140,000 acres th

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

Credit: Steve Brooks

Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi) and Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals

This Florida scrub jay’s bright blue and gray plumage stands out against a backdrop of scrub oaks in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. NASA's Kennedy Space Center is located on t

Black skimmers take a break from flying on a riverbank at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center shares boundaries with the refuge, which is home to more than

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are investigating the shooting of an adult Bald Eagle approximately 14 miles east of Vonore, Tennessee, near the intersec

Sub-adult and juvenile northern gannets recovering from the BP oil spill at the Theodore Bird Rehabilitation Center, Theodore, Ala.. Photo by Tom MacKenzie, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, May. 26, 2

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Carolina chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) in my yard in Austin, TX USA

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lady bird and lyndon johnson birthday celebrations

Brown Pelican, North Carolina. Photo credit: Jackie Orsulak, USFWS

Photo: Mary Ellen Urbanski.

May 21, 2011, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, By: Lilibeth Serrano, USFWS

May 21, 2011, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, By: Lilibeth Serrano, USFWS

Black tern at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

Credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

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Canal Run Trail
November 2010

Credit: Steve Brooks

Decagonal Wine Vessel (Hu) with Bird Decor and Pushou-Mask Ring Handle, 475-221 BC, Warring States period, China, cast bronze with gold and turquoise inlay - Sackler Museum - DSC02612

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The United States Congress designated the Wild Rogue Wilderness in 1978 and it now has a total of 35,806 acres. All of this wilderness is located in Oregon and is managed by the Bureau of Land Managem

Big Bend National Park
Description Sometimes considered "three parks in one," Big Bend includes mountain, desert, and river environments. An hour’s drive can take you from the banks of the Rio Grande

The Sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) is a native species. Unlike the introduced Ring-necked pheasant, which can thrive in grasslands, tree rows, and other variable habitats, grouse rely

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.

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

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.

Five young Northern harrier chicks wait in anticipation of the next meal. On Seedskadee NWR, they are fed a steady diet of meadow voles and other small mammals and birds. Northern harriers nest on th

Starting in late August and September, nearly the whole population of Swainson’s hawks migrates from North America to Argentina, a roundtrip of more than 12,000 miles for the northernmost breeders. .

An Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with a fist full of sushi. Photo taken with an Olympus E-P1 in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, FL, USA.Cropping and post-processing performed with The GIMP.

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

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

Wyoming has an unbelievable variety of world class wildlife. From grizzly bears to marmots, golden eagles to cutthroat trout, Wyoming offers something for everyone. BLM lands are vital to big game, up

A pied-billed grebe paddles in one of the many waterways at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center shares boundaries with the refuge, which is home to more tha

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.

Great Egret, Ardea alba, and male Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos, at Agua Caliente Springs, near Tucson, AZ, photo taken at 4:56:15 p.m. 03/25/07

Snow, Canada, and white-fronted geese rest and feed in a field in McIntosh County, ND.

Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS

An ostrich stands on the horizon in Nairobi National Park in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 3, 2015, as seen while U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made a wildlife tour and visited the Sheldrick Elephant Or

Four wild turkeys walk through tall grass at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Kennedy shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge encompasses 140,000 acres th

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM
Camera trap project by Matthew Farley, Jennifer Miyashiro and James Stuart

Photo made available by J.N. Stuart, Creative Commons

With Antarctica's Mount Erebus in the background, an Adélie penguin is seen on November 11, 2016, while U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry conducted a helicopter tour of U.S. research facilities aroun

All 16 members of the LA class of 2011. They are held temporarily in the top-netted pen to give them time to acclimate to their new surroundings and give the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fish

From its perch on a tree branch, a curious Florida scrub jay makes eye contact with a NASA photographer at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. NASA's Kennedy Space Center is locate

1002 Area: Polar Bear sow and two cubs on the Beaufort Sea coast (Ursus arctos).

A Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus was spotted at Smithville Lake on the rip rap of the dam on 2 Jan 2012. Three Snowy Owls have been seen at the lake since early December 2011. Photo courtesy of Christine C

...is in breeding plumage.
This Feb. 18, 2012 photo is from j.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge in FL

Photo: Bryan Samuel, Creative Commons

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

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

A juvenile Whooping Crane stretches while other move about their holding pen. These birds are the new members of a flock being established in the eastern U.S. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur

...combined with extra-intense feather colors are signs that roseate spoonbills are breeding.
This Feb. 18, 2012 photo is from j.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge in FL.

Photo: Bryan Samuel,

A Florida scrub jay is camouflaged among the brush on the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. NASA's Kennedy Space Center is located on the refuge, which provides a habitat for 330 spe

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

More information:

A great blue heron fishes in a soybean field. Sustained heavy rain had caused widespread flooding in northwestern Ohio, and here the Auglaize River had far exceeded its banks and was flowing through

Snowy egret from Branford Trolley Trail 194

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By: Danna Liurova, USFWS YAP
February 22, 2012

A couple of Puerto Rican Parrot feeding their babies.

Sanderling Calidris alba in sunrise walking on coast

Double-crested cormorant at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia.

Credit: USFWS

Piping plover photographed at Cape May National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: Don Freiday/USFWS

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Nephrite buckle with pair of quail, China, Qing dynasty, late 19th century, Honolulu Museum of Art

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BLACK BRANT GEESE REST ON THE WATERS OF PUGET SOUND AT ALKI POINT DURING THEIR ANNUAL MIGRATION BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE. OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS IN BACKGROUND

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

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Piping plover at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia.

Credit: USFWS

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By: Danna Liurova, USFWS YAPPuerto Rican Parrot nest
The male feeding their babies after feeding the female.

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Piranga rubra - National Museum of Natural History, United States - DSC00398

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Mispillion Harbor, Delaware. Credit: Gregory Breese/USFWS

Brown pelican chicks on Mangrove Island by Tom MacKenzie USFWS aug 22 2010

A willow ptarmigan with its winter feathers. (NPS Photos/Katie Thoresen)

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.

American Herring Gulls sitting on the Indian Lake spillway at the source of the Great Miami River in Russells Point, Ohio, United States.

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