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A greater sage-grouse in grazed baltic rush in a seasonal wetland on Seedskadee NWR in Wyoming. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A blue winged teal nest found in grassland in the Sand Lake Wetland Management District. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A mule deer buck along the banks of the Green River on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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A golden eagle eating a white-tailed jackrabbit on Seedskadee NWR.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A gadwall hen and her brood appear from the emergent vegetation on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A gadwall hen and her brood appear out of emergent vegetation on Seedskadee NWR 02. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Millions of seabirds of over 19 different species call the Monument home. They raise their young in the protected national wildlife refuges. Photo credit: B.Flint/USFWS

Bio Tech Sarah holds a least auklet by Laney White/USFWS. St George Island, Alaska

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

A greater sage-grouse in grazed baltic rush in a seasonal wetland on Seedskadee NWR in Wyoming. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Credit: Rosie Walunas/USFWS

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

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Common goldeneyes at last light on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

For the second year in a row, Missisquoi NWR provides nesting habitat for bald eagles.

Credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

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

Here's a new one, hoar frost on a white-tailed jackrabbit at Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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An adult trumpeter swan and two cygnets flying upriver on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Four condors await medical evaluation at the condor capture facility at Hopper Mountain NWR. Jon Myatt/USFWS

Four condors await medical evaluation at the condor capture facility at Hopper Mountain NWR. Jon Myatt/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

This group of greater sage-grouse was selectively picking the flowerheads off of Wyoming big sagebrush as they fed their way to a night roost. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

This group of greater sage-grouse was selectively picking the flowerheads off of Wyoming big sagebrush as they fed their way to a night roost. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

Green-winged teal on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A distinguishing characteristic of the wood frog is the dark mask around its eyes.

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

This trumpeter swan cob (male) was keeping guard, while the pen (female) fed with her cygnets on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A juvenille white-crowned sparrow rests in a narrow-leaf cottonwood on Seedskadee NWR. White-crowned sparrows are common spring and fall migrants through the Refuge. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Marsh Wren Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

18 May 2012

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Brrrrr....... Muskrats live in cold/icy water in the winters and keeping a waterproof coat is essential to survival. Taken on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Mosquitoes bugging you? You’re not the only one! Check out this irritated turtle.

Video by Courtney Celley/USFWS.

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The first rays of sunshine shure feels good after an over night low of -24F.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

It is always a good idea to check your backtrail when you are a mule deer. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Only days away from their first attempt at flight. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A greater sage grouse walks past the Seedskadee NWR headquarters on the way to the Green River. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Male yellow-headed blackbirds sitting on the fence next to a water hole on the Pixley Ditch at Cokeville Meadows, WY.

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The electric blue of a mountain bluebird stands out against the subdued background of greasewood and Wyoming sagebrush. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A Northern harrier hunts during a foggy sunrise on Seedskadee NWR.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

On the first day western meadowlarks returned to Seedskadee NWR, we had a spring snow squall to welcome their arrival.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A short-eared owl perched on a Wyoming big sagebrush. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

By: Danna Liurova (DRV) USFWS YAP
May 01, 2012

Our second table at the SAVE THE FROG DAY event.

A red tailed hawk perched on Wyoming big sagebrush.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

The burrowing owl only stands 9-11 inches tall and lives in underground burrows.

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

The Cooper's hawk preys on starlings, robins, blackbirds, meadowlarks, and small mammals.

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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A pair of nesting Western grebes in a colony of approximately 200.
Location: Haglund Waterfowl Production Area, Chase Lake Wetland Management District
Credit: Neil Shook / USFWS

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Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica at Tijuana Slough NWR, California. (R. Baak/USFWS).

The snowy owl is the most powerful North American owl. This owl is active during the day and night.

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

For the second year in a row, Missisquoi NWR provides nesting habitat for bald eagles.

Credit: ken sturm/USFWS

Least Bittern, Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA
Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

04 May 2013

A flock of greater sage-grouse fly across the Green River at Sunset on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Ahem, I think you have a little something on your face.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

This white-tailed jackrabbit heads over the hill and into the sunset on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Nestled on an alder leaf, this spring peeper will add its voice to a chorus of croakers as the season arrives.

Credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

Piping plover chicks and eggs at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge

Photo credit: Josh Seibel/USFWS

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Credit: Bill Butcher/USFWS

An algae-covered snapping turtle ignores a nosy photographer while digging a nest at Waubay NWR.

Credit: Laura Hubers / USFWS

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Two cygnets, or young of the year, trumpeter swans feed among the ice floes in the Green River on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A recently released ferret peers out at its new home.

Photo Credit: Steve Segin / USFWS

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On the first day western meadowlarks returned to Seedskadee NWR, we had a spring snow squall to welcome their arrival.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

As spring approaches, the white winter coat is slowly replaced with a brown coat on this white-tailed jackrabbit. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

On the first day western meadowlarks returned to Seedskadee NWR, we had a spring snow squall to welcome their arrival.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Piping plover chicks and eggs at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge

Photo credit: Josh Seibel/USFWS

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Blanding's turtle release, Assabet River, MA.

Credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

One of the first tasks in spring for a white-tailed prairie dog is to repair tunnels and entrance holes that have been neglected during the winters slumber. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Young mountain bluebirds on Seedskadee NWR that have just fledged. One is stretching a wing and flashing the blue. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

The color of this frog varies from green to gray. They are also known as the "meadow frog."

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

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Apparently the rules don't apply to this American kestrel, sitting atop a No Hunting Zone sign with a decapitated mouse clutched in its talons. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A white-tailed deer backlit by the rising sun at Lacreek NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Elk antlers come in all shapes and sizes. Many factors can influence their growth and patterns.

Credit: USFWS / Tony Hough, National Elk Refuge volunteer

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Roseate Spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

A female mountain bluebird with a big meal. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: American coots feeding during a foggy sunrise on Seedskadee NWR. Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Here's a new one, hoar frost on a white-tailed jackrabbit at Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Horned larks, Wyoming big sagebrush, and snow.
Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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