8,389 Free Photos of Usfws. National Wildlife Refuges

animals bird ornithology birdwatching feather nature anseriformes of seedskadee national wildlife refuge mammals fly bird in flight

Blanding's turtle release, Assabet River, MA.

Credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

reptiles animals

White-faced ibis on Bowdoin NWR

Credit: Kathy Tribby/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

amphibia animals

A sage thrasher perched on a Wyoming big sagebrush.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Tom Koerner/USFWS

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.

Three juvenile Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) begin to leave a holding pen on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, Alabama. Photo by Bill Gates, USFWS Feb. 10, 2012

A laughing gull stands on eroded shoreline filled with decayed tree roots on Boneyard Beach at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.
Photo: Stacy Shelton, USFWS.

www.fws.gov/caperomain/

Elegant Tern chicks and parents in the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, on San Diego Bay in San Diego County, California. Photo: Brian Collins/USFWS − U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Sou

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

Credit: USFWS / Max Aldredge, National Elk Refuge volunteer

Low-flying wood stork at Pelican Island NWR during the celebration of the Centenial of the Naitonal Wildlife Refuge system. Photo by Tom MacKenzie USFWS 3/21/2003

Tundra swans are the smallest and most numerous swans at J. Clark Salyer NWR. The adults are white, while the young are gray.

Photo Credit: Colette Guariglia/USFWS

A cinnamon teal feeding on submerged aquatic plants and insects. Reflections from the waters surface make a kaleidoscope of colors. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

White faced ibis on Seedskadee NWR. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A mule deer buck in riparian habitat along the Green River on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

Marsh Wren Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

18 May 2012

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A pair of greater sage grouse headed to wetland habitat on Seedskadee NWR.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A greater sage-grouse eating Wyoming Big Sagebrush leaves and flowers. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Seedskadee/" rel="nofollow">www.facebook.com/Seedskadee/</a>

The first rays of sunshine sure feels good after an overnight low of -24F.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

animals mammals

Blanding's turtle release, Assabet River, MA.

Credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

animals vehicle

Days from hatching. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

An albino muskrat in the foreground with a typically colored muskrat in the background.

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

animals mammals

A muskrat glides past with a rose colored reflection from the waters surface at sunset on Seedskade NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

animals mammals

Blanding's turtle release, Assabet River, MA.

Credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

animals vehicle

A gadwall brood appears out of the emergent vegetation on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

Northern leopard frogs concentrate in the fall at an overwintering site on Sand Lake WMD. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

amphibia animals

A mule deer along the Green River in riparian habitat. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

animals mammals

Muskrat Kit Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

18 May 2012

animals mammals

Credit: Bill Butcher/USFWS

Credit: Rosie Walunas/USFWS

Credit: Greg Thompson/USFWS

Stay warm bunny. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Seedskadee/" rel="nofollow">www.facebook.com/Seedskadee/</a>

animals mammals

A flock of long billed dowitchers lands on a seasonal wetland on Seedskadee NWR.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A trumpeter swan pair preens and rests on a muskrat house on Seedksaee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Riding the storm out.... Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

This bird wants to remind you that there's no littering allowed on our refuges :)
Credit: Allie Stewart, USFWS.

www.fws.gov/mattamuskeet/

A veterinarian prepares to place a hood on a juvenile Whooping Crane. The hood will help keep the bird calm while it is handled. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

Juvenile Whooping Cranes (Grus Americana) feed shortly after leaving a holding pen on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Bill Gates, USFWS Feb. 10, 2012

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

Marsh Wren Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

18 May 2012

Wood stork at Pelican Island NWR by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS

Eye to Eye A trumpeter swan headed upriver at Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Wyoming big sagebrush provides habitat for a number of species of sparrows. This savannah sparrow was sunning itself on sagebrush on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A hen greater sage grouse and her brood head to Seedskadee NWR wetlands to spend the day.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

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

wildlife animals

A western meadowlark, in crisp new plumage, sits on a Wyoming big sagebrush.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A juvenile Swainson's hawk on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A juvenille (cygnet) trumpeter swan front left and an adult tundra swan rear right on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Least Bittern, Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

04 May 2013

Least Bittern, Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

04 May 2013

The nest of an upland sandpiper found in grassland of Sand Lake Wetland Management District. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

An adult trumpeter swan leads four cygnets to a roost site for the night. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Trumpeter swans flying upriver on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Credit: Greg Thompson/USFWS

A pygmy rabbit (Sylvilagus idahoensis) feeds on sagebrush during the winter on Seedskadee NWR

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Seedskadee/" rel="nofollow">www.facebook.com/Seedskadee/</a>

Shimmering Blue

Do you have a favorite color? Today, mine is blue. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A young black-billed magpie emerges from its nest to investigate the big world. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

This young muskrat was repeatedly diving into shallow portions of the river and returning to shore with submerged aquatic vegetation to eat. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

animals mammals

Greater sage-grouse eating Wyoming Big Sagebrush leaves and flowers. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Seedskadee/" rel="nofollow">www.facebook.com/Seedskadee/</a>

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Seedskadee/" rel="nofollow">www.facebook.com/Seedskadee/</a>

These young pelicans formed a creche (group).

Credit: Char Binstock / USFWS (2012)

Great frigate birds at home in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. Photo credit: B. Flint/USFWS

A gadwall hen and brood appear out of the emergent vegetation on Seedskade;e NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Seedskadee/" rel="nofollow">www.facebook.com/Seedskadee/</a>

Northern leopard frogs concentrate in the fall at an overwintering site on Sand Lake WMD. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A fox squirrel and woodchuck scrounge for sunflower seeds below the bird feeder at Waubay NWR headquarters.

Credit: Laura Hubers / USFWS

animals mammals

June 12, 2012 - Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, McIntosh County, GA.
These wood stork chicks are roughly 16 days old.
Photo by Becky Skiba, USFWS.

www.fws.gov/harrisneck/

A juvenile Whooping Crane tests its wings shortly after being released from a holding pen on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Bill Gates, USFWS Feb. 10, 2012

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

Muskrat houses or lodges make a perfect nesting platform for Canada geese. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A brood of greater sage grouse feed as they move along, headed to a wet meadow along the Green River at Seedskadee NWR.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Least Sandpiper Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

18 May 2012

Least Sandpiper Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

18 May 2012

Song Sparrows walk or hop on the ground and flit or hop through branches, grass, and weeds. Here, a banded sparrow makes its way through some shallow water on the National Elk Refuge.

USFWS / Ann Hou

A marsh wren in the Sand Lake Wetland Management District, stops long enough for a quick photo. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A family group of trumpeter swans on the Hawley Unit of Seedskadee NWR. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Charles M. Russell NWR staff track lions with the help of hounds. Credit: USFWS

animals mammals

A rough-legged hawk perches on Wyoming big sagebrush at Seedskadee NWR.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

1201 - 1300 of 8,389 Next page

/ 84