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Black Phoebe

You are free to use this image with the following photo credit: Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

A Nihoa Millerbird being handled by a Fish and Wildlife Service staff member during the project to translocate some to Laysan

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

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February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Moorhen hiding from the sun. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

THEODORE, Ala. – An oiled gannet is cleaned at the Theodore Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center June 17, 2010. The center in Theodore is one of four wildlife rehabilitation centers established in sup

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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Hairy Woodpecker

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Orange-crowned Warbler

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Western Sandpiper

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Jackie Jeffrey shows a northern long-eared bat during the 2013 Bat Blitz in Oklahoma. Credit: Pete Pattavina/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Evening Grosbeak female

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American Goldfinch

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River Otters

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Oiled pelican on Queen Bess Island, Louisiana, USA

Taken August 2, 2010. Photo by Michael Woodbridge, USFWS.

www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/

Getting some fresh air at Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
www.fws.gov/blackbayoulake/. Big thanks to Dendroica cerulea and fwsgirl for identifying this bird!

Photographer: Gar

Biologist Jesús Rios measuring trees as part of a Hispaniolan Parrot (Amazona ventralis) habitat evaluation on Isla Saona, Dominican Republic. Photo by Service Biologist, Tom White in December 2011.

All sections of Surf and Wall Beaches are slated to close March 1, for the nesting season of the western Snowy Plover. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be implementing the seasonal restrictions

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

Our second table at the SAVE THE FROG DAY event.

A killdeer guards its nest in the gravel just off the Service Road at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge / Assateague Island National Seashore.

Credit: Emma Kerr/USFWS

The biologists are looking for endangered Appalachian elktoe mussels that are carrying young mussels. They’ll be taken to a hatchery run by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission where the y

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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/

At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. The Refuge’s prime location along the Atlantic Flyway makes it a vitally important stopover for wintering waterfowl.
In total, the Refuge a

A veterinarian inspects a juvenile Whooping Crane as part of a health examination. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL.

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Roseate Spoonbills looking for the next meal. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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

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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Wave bird wild birds

Credit: G. Peeples/USFWS

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Steller Sea Lions

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Common Murre colony

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By: Danna Liurova, USFWS YAP
February 22, 2012

Puerto Rican Parrot

Photo credit: Mike Carlo/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

July 21, 2011

Credit: Randy Browning, USFWS

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Pectoral Sandpiper

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Horned Grebe

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Caspian Terns

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Black-tailed Deer

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Red-breasted Sapsucker

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Harbor Seals

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Photo by Steve Martarano, USFWS.

Black bear takes a morning stroll across a harvested field at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. A percentage of refuge farm crops are grown for wildlife.

Photo credit: Rock, USFWS

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Agelaius xanthomus, Puerto Rico. Photo by JPZegarra, USFWS

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Roseate Spoonbills out in the water. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Roseate Spoonbills feeding and playing. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

Facing threats from habitat loss and degradation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to add 49 species from Hawaii to the Endangered Species Act. . Photo by Andre Raine KESRP

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: The Moorhen (aka "Gallinule") waddles alone in pond. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: alligator on the bank. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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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.

www.fws.gov/caperomain/

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At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. The Refuge’s prime location along the Atlantic Flyway makes it a vitally important stopover for wintering waterfowl. Credit: Allie Stewart,

At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. The Refuge’s prime location along the Atlantic Flyway makes it a vitally important stopover for wintering waterfowl.
In total, the Refuge a

Great horned owl in a conservation buffer along Bear Creek, Iowa.

Black Brant

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Chase Prarie
Date: November 2010

Credit: Steve Brooks

Photo credit: Gary Peeples/USFWS

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July 22, 2010 - Theodore, Alabama: An oiled laughing gull is rinsed at the Theodore Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/

At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. The Refuge’s prime location along the Atlantic Flyway makes it a vitally important stopover for wintering waterfowl. Credit: Allie Stewart,

At Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. The Refuge’s prime location along the Atlantic Flyway makes it a vitally important stopover for wintering waterfowl. Credit: Allie Stewart,

Short eared owl in Hawaii

Credit: G. Peeples/USFWS

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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

Leatherbacks crawling to the sea. Tinglares arrastrandose hasta el mar

As part of an education and outreach program, students got to see and ask questions about a live bald eagle

Photo credit: Greg Thompson/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
at J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Credit: USFWS

Photographer: Keenan Adams

In an ongoing effort to track bog turtle populations, biologists recently spent several days visiting southern Appalachian bogs in western North Carolina, searching for the rare turtles. Measurements

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In an ongoing effort to track bog turtle populations, biologists recently spent several days visiting southern Appalachian bogs in western North Carolina, searching for the rare turtles. Measurements

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February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Red Eared Turtles on the log. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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Dr. Sharon Taylor and Michael Lusk, both of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, release a rescued Northern Gannet at the Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge near St. Petersburg, Fla., May 23, 2010. Th

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Geese out in the field. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

Image title: * Endemic cyprinid fish at the Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, in southern Nevada, United States. An IUCN Critically endangered species.
Image from Public domain images website,

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Jo Santiago, a wildlife biologist and a raptor rehabilitation specialist, handles Zacchaeus, a Merlin during a presentation in Washington D.C., April 24, 2019. (Forest Service photo by Tanya Flores)

Thanks to the donation of a conservation easement by The Nature Conservancy, Mountain Bogs National Wildlife Refuge was established in April, 2015. Bog conservation partners gathered in North Carolina

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When you think of woodpeckers you might think of tree trunks. But Northern Flickers are woodpeckers who also spend a lot of time on the ground searching for their main diet of beetles & ants. You

Photo: Mary Ellen Urbanski.

Canal Run Trail
November 2010

Credit: Steve Brooks

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

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

Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas)

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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

John Organ of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service weighs a Canada Lynx kitten.

Credit: James Weliver / USFWS

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August 5, 2010 - Dauphin Island, Alabama. Kerri Burns (left) and Karen Burns transport an oiled juvenile Northern Gannet from a boat to a van for transportation to the Theodore, Alabama Oiled Wildlif

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: The lone Red Eared Turtle on the bank of a levee. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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August 15, 2010 - Mobile Bay Alabama. Juvenile brown pelicans rest in the interior of Gaillard Island. Credit: Michael Assenmacher, USFWS. www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/

(Martes pennanti), in California.

It is a medium-size mammal native to North America. It is a member of the mustelid family, commonly referred to as the weasel family. The fisher is closely related t

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A uniquely numbered aluminum band is being placed on the leg of a juvenile Whooping Crane. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Coots racing on the water. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

Bobcats are nocturnal, they're mostly active at night. It is rare to see them during the day. They are solitary hunters, able to leap up to 10 feet to catch their prey. Their diet consists mostly of s

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