8,389 Free Photos of Usfws. National Wildlife Refuges

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Tagged and released. Photo by Ariel Kallenbach/USFWS

Blanding's turtle release, Assabet River, MA.

Credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

A rescued baby loggerhead sea turtle waves hello to the camera. This baby was uncovered in a nest at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: Keith Fuller for USFWS.

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Listen for the call of the yellow-headed blackbird along the shores of the refuge lakes and among the cattails.

Photo Credit: USFWS / Cindy Souders

Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Photo: Steve Emmons, USFWS

Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens) & Ross's Geese (Chen rossii)

Auto tour, Sacramento NWR, Willows, CA

A greater sandhill crane wanders through a wet meadow on Seedskadee NWR. A group of red-winged blackbirds hurry it along. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Refuge staff band a blue-winged teal at Bowdoin NWR.

Credit: USFWS

Eastern Shore of Virginia Refuge. Photo: USFWS

Wood stork at Pelican Island NWR by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS

A Brewer's sparrow perched on a Wyoming big sagebrush at Seedskadee NWR in Wyoming. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Shelley Koerner/USFWS

These common, vocal birds are usually easy to find by call or sight at Santa Ana, often near one of the refuge wetlands.

Photo credit: Marvin DeJong/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A Wilson's phalarope (adult female) forages in a shallow wetland on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/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.

Wonder what got this greater sage-grouse so ruffled? Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Greater sage-grouse eating Wyoming big sagebrush leaves. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Taken at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, just outside of Denver, Colorado. Bison will use just about anything to scratch that itch!

Photo Credit: Ryan Moehring / USFWS

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Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) juvenile, at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

A Mountain Bluebird sits on a post on the National Elk Refuge. A common sight in open areas of the American West, Mountain Bluebirds are recognizable by their brilliant blue color.

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Last light ibis on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A beaver busy at work carrying a branch. Photo by USFWS.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Credit: Rosie Walunas/USFWS

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

Connect the dots to find this speckled fawn.

Credit: USFWS

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A muskrat feeds on hardstem bulrush while sitting on the ice at Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A sharp-tailed grouse nest in South Dakota prairie. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

OK, everyone line up shortest to tallest. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Riding the Storm Out Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

American Bittern at Cokeville Meadows NWR next to the Pixley Ditch. Credit: USFWS Katie Theule

Dolphins playing and feeding.
October 13, 2012 - Savannah, GA
Refuge Week celebration at Wassaw NWR.

photo by Garry Tucker, USFWS

Dolphins playing and feeding.
October 13, 2012 - Savannah, GA
Refuge Week celebration at Wassaw NWR.

photo by Garry Tucker, USFWS

A coyote pup looking for breakfast on Seedskadee NWR.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Long-eared owl chicks at Bowdoin NWR.

Credit: Carmen Luna/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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American bittern in flight.

Credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

A mule deer buck silhouetted by the skyline.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Credit: Greg Thompson/USFWS

Credit: Greg Thompson/USFWS

A fall migrant orange-crowned warbler rests in a narrow-leaf cottonwood on Seedskadee NWR. Orange-crowned warblers are common spring and fall migrants through the Refuge. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A cinnamon teal brood feeding on submerged aquatic vegetation and insects on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

An adult male mourning dove feeding in the sage-steppe on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A greater sage-grouse feeds on Wyoming big sagebrush on Seedskadee NWR in SW Wyoming. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Two mature mule deer bucks in late summer on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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This species of shorebirds can be seen throughout the southern Great Plains in shortgrass habitats.

Photo credit: USFWS

Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus, Neal Smith NWR, Iowa.

Credit: Paul Roisen/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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A mallard drake floats into a wetland on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A greater sage-grouse walks to a night roost in sage-steppe habitat on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

The first Canada goose gosling of the spring on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A Brewer's sparrow perched on a Wyoming big sagebrush at Seedskadee NWR in Wyoming. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Two juvenile Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) recently released from their holding pen fly around the area on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, Alabama. Photo by Bill Gates, USFWS Feb. 10, 20

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

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Yellow-rumped warblers eat mainly insects in the summer. Here, a warbler has plenty to choose from in the wetlands near the visitor center.

USFWS / Ann Hough, National Elk Refuge volunteer

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

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.

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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Eastern Shore of Virginia Refuge. Photo: USFWS

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

Photo Credit: USFWS / Cindy Souders

Credit: Allie Stewart, USFWS.

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A coyote pup looking for breakfast on Seedskadee NWR.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Cackling Geese near Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge. You are free to use this photo with the following credit: Joseph Sands, USFWS

Ryan holding the Blanding's Turtle.

Credit: Juancarlos Giese/USFWS

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Pintails in a courtship flight on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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A white-tailed jackrabbit in the sage steppe at Seedskadee NWR backlit by the setting sun. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

The distinctive call of a Swanison's hawk, with a western meadowlark in the background.

Video: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A family group of 2 adults and 3 cygnets.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Great blue heron taking off.

K. Theule/ USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A greater sage-grouse hen feeds in a wet meadow on Seedskadee NWR in Wyoming. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Harris's Hawks are common at Santa Ana, and often permit photographers to get relatively close.

Photo credit: Marvin DeJong/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Greater sage-grouse eating Wyoming big sagebrush leaves. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Gathering seeds from needle-and-thread grass. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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