8,389 Free Photos of Usfws. National Wildlife Refuges

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR
Photo: Barbara Wheeler, USFWS

Originally set aside by Congress in 1908 primarily to protect migratory birds, this refuge also shelters many other kinds of wildlif

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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

Photo: 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

The color variation on a Canada goose gosling shows clearly on this stunning head shot.

USFWS / Ann Hough, National Elk Refuge volunteer

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

A cinnamon teal landing on a wetland at Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo by Karen Viste-Sparkman/USFWS.

Ruddy ducks at South Dakota’s Sand Lake NWR.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS.

Photo: Tom Koerner/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 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.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo by Joanna Gilkeson/USFWS

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A greater sage-grouse drinks from a wetland on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

American white pelicans feeding on Saratoga Lake, Wyoming. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A mule deer buck feeds on rubber rabbitbrush. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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A pair of tree swallows soak up the sun on a cool morning at Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo Credit: Cindy Souders / USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis at Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: USFWS

A male yellow-headed blackbird on his perch of cattail. Bowdoin NWR

Credit: USFWS

Where does the bird end and the sky begin? Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Blanding's turtle release, Assabet River, MA.

Credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

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Blanding's turtle release, Assabet River, MA.

Credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Northern Saw-whet Owl at Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: Bri Rudinsky/USFWS

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Video: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Mountain Bluebird in a late spring snowstorm on Seedskadee NWR Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Swainson's hawk in Russian olive tree on Bowdoin NWR

Credit: USFWS

Blanding's turtle release, Assabet River, MA.

Credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

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Blanding's turtle release, Assabet River, MA.

Credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

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Blanding's turtle release, Assabet River, MA.

Credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

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Now I know why they are called horned larks........ Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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.

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

More information: ecos.fw

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Nothing like a good stretcccccccccccch........

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Credit: Greg Thompson/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Sleepy time in the sun.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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A male western tanager feeding on a tiny inch worm. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Blanding's turtle release, Assabet River, MA.

Credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

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Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge, October 2012. Alligator was photographed during monthly guided bird walk at the impoundment ponds. Photo by: E. Tramontana, USFWS. www.fws.gov/lakewoodruff/

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/

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

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A red-tailed hawk soars over Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge in West Virginia. Photo: 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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Lower Red Rock Lake
Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, MT
early autumn 2011

Photo: Erin Clark/USFWS

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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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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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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A greater sage-grouse chick on Seedskadee NWR.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A leopard frog in a South Dakota seasonal wetland. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Hatchling at Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge
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Photographer: Keenan Adams

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At Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina.
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Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A sage thrasher perched on a Wyoming big sagebrush,

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A pair of blue-winged teal at Sand Lake NWR.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A mule deer buck at sunset on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Shelley C. Koerner/USFWS

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A white-tailed jackrabbit runs through the sage steppe on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A red necked phalarope (adult male) on Seedskadee NWR.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A moment of Zen, preening female Wilson's phalarope on Seedskadee NWR. Video: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Greater sage grouse on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo by Ariel Kallenbach/USFWS

Photo by Joanna Gilkeson/USFWS

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Blanding's turtle release at Assabet River, MA.

Credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo by Tina Shaw/USFWS.

Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS

Greater Sage-Grouse on Seedskadee NWR in Wyoming. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Credit: Greg Thompson/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo by Joanna Gilkeson/USFWS

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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