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March 25, 2011 - Black Creek (Rapides Parish)
These are adult LA Pearshell mussels in Black Creek, one of the two field sites. The mussels are tagged with a number by Tony Brady.
Photographer: Tony

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USFWS biologist Chris Davidson holds three winged mapleleaf mussels, which are tagged with identification numbers for monitoring purposes.

Photo credit: Sarah Sorenson - USFWS

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Getting closer!

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

By: Danna Liurova (DRV) USFWS YAP
May 02, 2012

The Yellow-shouldered Blackbird's natural nest. They build their nests in the mangroves. Their favorite is the black mangrove.

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

The juvenile American alligator reigns over his enclosure on his rock perch.
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Photo Taken By: Cody Meshes, USFWS

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Based on the earliest records for the species (Wetmore 1919), the historical range of the Puerto Rican nightjar likely included both the northern and southern karst forests of the Island, and may have

August 5, 2010 - Dauphin Island, Alabama. Disaster Animal Response Team Kerri Burns (left) and Karen Burns transport an oiled juvenile Northern Gannet from a boat to a van for transportation to the T

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The whitish down on the chick continues until around 25 days of age, at which point it is gradually replaced by dark contour feathers that eclipse the down.

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Items are prepared to place an aluminum and colored leg bands and a radio transmitter on the legs of a juvenile Whooping Crane. The colored leg bands, in unique color arrangements on the leg, allow a

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Taking a break after a long crawl!

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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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The whitish down on the chick continues until around 25 days of age, at which point it is gradually replaced by dark contour feathers that eclipse the down.

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Pacific Golden Plover, most common migratory bird in Hawaii. It journeys to Alaska every spring. Common around wetlands adn grasslands from sea level to above 9000' elevation.

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

The Carolina northern flying squirrel is a cold-weather animal descendent from the northern flying squirrels pushed south by the ice sheets that covered northern latitudes during the last ice age. Whe

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At up to two and a half feet in length, Eastern hellbenders can be an impressive sight. These aquatic salamanders are found in Appalachian streams, and have declined to the point that they’ve been con

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At up to two and a half feet in length, Eastern hellbenders can be an impressive sight. These aquatic salamanders are found in Appalachian streams, and have declined to the point that they’ve been con

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January 15, 2011 - Natchitoches, LA
These are two baby Little Spectaclecase mussels under the microscope. They were also just harvested from their host fish earlier that morning.
Photographer: Tony

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Hawk outside of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Regional Office, August 14 2013, allowed for some close ups to be taken while it looked for prey.

Photo Credit: Beth Decker/USFWS

Scientific name: Accipiter striatus venator
Common name in Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk
Common name in Spanish: falcón de sierra
Photo by Mike Morel
Location: Puerto Rico

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August 2010 - Dauphin Island, Alabama. Disaster Animal Response Team Kerri Burns (left) and Karen Burns transport an oiled juvenile Northern Gannet from a boat to a van for transportation to the Theo

Operation Migration Lead pilot Richard van Heuvelen performs a perfect air pick-up on Nov. 19 in Union County, Ky. to lead the eight endangered whooping cranes into Tennessee. Photo by Heather Ray, O

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Two distressed sea turtles rescued on the coast after winter storms have taken an important next step in their journey to return to the ocean. On April 21, they

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When a bog turtle is found, a host of information is collected, including shell length, collected here by Gabrielle Graeter with the N.C.Wildlife Resources Commission.
Photo credit: Gary Peeples/USFW

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A northern pintail drake rests on a shallow wetland in Cascade County. April 2018

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After the bats were tagged, they were released into the night.
Find out more about white-nose syndrome at www.whitenosesyndrome.org/ and www.facebook.com/usfwswns
Photo credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island
The world is sooooo big!

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Climbing all the ripples and touching wet sand for the first time!

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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Jo Santiago, a wildlife biologist and a raptor rehabilitation specialist, handles Isaiah, an Eastern Screech Owl during a presentation in Washington D.C., April 24, 2019. (Forest Service photo by Tany

Scientific name: Charadius melodius
Common name Piping Plover
Common name Spanish: Playero melódico
Status: Threatened
Listed on December 11, 1985
Location: Puerto Rico
Photo by Mike Morel
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March 18, 2011 - Black Creek (Rapides Parish)
Another awesome pic! These are fertilized LA pearlshell embroys!
Photographer: Tony Brady, mussel propogation biologist

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Tuque mearued over 7 feet and 7 inches long.
Photo by Danna Luirova, USFWS
Dorado, Puerto Rico

October 5, 2011

This Northern long-eared bat was found dead in the Avery County mine, sent to be tested for white-nose syndrome, and came back positive.
Credit: Gabrielle Graeter/NCWRC

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A Key Deer in an area burned the previous day in a prescribed fire at National Key Deer NWR

Johnston Atoll NWR is working to eradicate the yellow crazy ant. A non-native ant species that is causing harm to seabirds and disrupting their ability to reproduce. Learn more about how the Service i

January 15, 2011 - Natchitoches, LA
These are two baby Little Spectaclecase mussels under the microscope. They were also just harvested from their host fish earlier that morning.
Photographer: Tony

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Long way to go...

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

Late developmental stages of the tadpole metamorphosis. Notice the colors and hourglass pattern distinctive of the species.
Scientific name: Peltophryne lemur, Puerto Rican Crested Toad, Spanish:

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April 28, 2007: Endangered Puerto Rican parrot at the old aviary.
To learn more about the Puerto Rican parrot, visit www.fws.gov/southeast/prparrot/

Photo by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS.

November 5, 2010 - Natchitoches, LA
This is the only resident snapper at the hatchery, and he is an albino!

Photographer: Daniel Mayer

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July 1, 2010 Gulf Shores, AL - Most marsh areas require boat transportation for surveying for oil impacts. Pelicans are standard scenery. Photo by Bonnie Strawser. www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill

Scientific name: Sterna dougallii dougallii
Common name Roseate Tern
Common name Spanish: Palometa
Photo by Dr. Jorge Saliva
Location, Puerto Rico

More information: ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile

March 24, 2011 - Natchitoches National Fish Hatchery
Close up pic of Louisiana pearlshell mussel glochidia.
Photographer: Tony Brady, mussel propogation biologist

www.fws.gov/natchitoches/

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July 17, 2012 - Blackbeard Island, GA
Barnacles on the back of a Loggerhead sea turtle covering her nest. Barnacles and other organisms that grow on top of the turtle's carapace are called "epibiota".

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Hard to find in the mixed texture of the wet sand.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

August 12, 2010 - Dauphin Island, Alabama. Loggerhead turtle hatchlings rest in a cooler before being transported to the eastern shore of Florida. The turtles hatched from a nest that was scheduled t

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March 3, 2011- Green County, Georgia. Photographed by Clare Callahan. www.fws.gov/athens/

Vultures love quarries for their heat and endless possible perching sites.

August 2010 - Dauphin Island, Alabama. A laughing gull rests on a sign across from Fort Gaines. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/

An individually-numbered metallic band is attached to the bat's forearm using banding pliers.
Photo credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

Follow USFWS Northeast on social at www.facebook.com/usfwsnortheast and

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The Carolina northern flying squirrel is a cold-weather animal descendent from the northern flying squirrels pushed south by the ice sheets that covered northern latitudes during the last ice age. Whe

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The Carolina northern flying squirrel is a cold-weather animal descendent from the northern flying squirrels pushed south by the ice sheets that covered northern latitudes during the last ice age. Whe

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A White River Crayfish and a Yellow Belly Slider. These were two of the animals in the display pool. They were collected and now held for outreach events.

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an injured bald eagle was found on the northern end of Chickamauga Lake along the Tennessee River in Hamilton County near Thatch Road Gravel Boat Ramp and just south of Eldridge Slough. An examinatio

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
See how faint the trail is that he leaves behind?

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

Black bears are at the top of their food chain. Like most wild animals, this young Black bear will spend a majority of its waking hours searching for food. They're not picky eaters. They eat grasses,

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Amazona vittata eggs, from captive breeding program. By: Danna Liurova, USFWS YAP. The Puerto Rican Parrot has two to three offspring. If a pair of parrots doesn't want their eggs, the eggs are moved

US Navy 070604-N-4965F-002 Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. Robert F. Willard and the Honorable Linda Lingle, Governor of Hawaii, speak with a member of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as they cross the flight line of Mid

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Jo Santiago, a wildlife biologist and a raptor rehabilitation specialist, handles Isaiah, an Eastern Screech Owl during a presentation in Washington D.C., April 24, 2019. (Forest Service photo by Tany

The Hooded merganser is an elegant duck. Like wood ducks, they nest in tree cavities. The female lays about a dozen eggs. Ducklings leave the nest when only 1 day old. A long, narrow bill with serrate

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

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

In May, bog conservationists from Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia convened in the north Georgia mountains for the spring, 2014 meeting of the Bog Learning Network. The event provided an opportu

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Public involvement underway for the proposal to designate critical habitat for the threatened loggerhead sea turtle-NW Atlantic Ocean.August 7, 2013
Photo by Lilibeth Serrano, Public Affairs Specialis

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Loggerhead sea turtles begin life out of their nest about the size of a silver dollar. If they survive (most do not) they can grow to be the largest hard-shelled turtles in the world. When you're on

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By: Danna Liurova (DRV) USFWS YAP
May 02, 2012

The white egg on the hand (first one) is a Yellow-shouldered Blackbird egg. The others are from the Cowbird (Tordo). A parasite bird that is adapted to

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

Juvenile American alligators in the holding house. Staff are cleaning the tank for the two alligators. The alligators are held at the Warm Springs Regional Fisheries Center to teach the public about r

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A juvenile Whooping Crane has been captured for a health check by a veterinarian and banding by biologists. An aluminum band with a unique number and colored, plastic bands and a radio transmitter wil

This little brown bat found in the Avery County mine shows the classic symptom of white-nose syndrome - the white tufts of fungal growth on its muzzle.
Credit: Gabrielle Graeter/NCWRC

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The Carolina northern flying squirrel is a cold-weather animal descendent from the northern flying squirrels pushed south by the ice sheets that covered northern latitudes during the last ice age. Whe

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The Carolina northern flying squirrel is a cold-weather animal descendent from the northern flying squirrels pushed south by the ice sheets that covered northern latitudes during the last ice age. Whe

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a second injured bald eagle was found in the area of Tellico Lake along the Tellico River arm in Monroe County. It was found on Scenic River Road where it crosses the land bridge approximately 3.4 mi

July 17, 2012 - Blackbeard Island, GA
Loggerhead sea turtle tracks on the beach. You can tell the direction the turtle is traveling by which way the head of the triangle is pointing. If the tip is poi

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Climbing over the wrack and balancing on narrow, hollowed shoots is a difficult task for new turtles. They trudge on as if they do not mind the hindrance.

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Our perspective of the turtle's voyage.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
It's hatchling season! The babies are emerging and ready to tackle the many challenges that come their way! This little Loggerhead is the first one out of the nest

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
The turtle leaves behind tiny scratches in the sand as it wobbles its way to the sea.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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This nest was found and marked by volunteers patrolling Carolina Beach in North Carolina. On August 7, a crowd gathered at an adjacent nest that was expected to hatch that night but it didn't. Whil

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Biologists check bats for signs of white-nose syndrome, which can cause lesions on wings.
Photo credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

Follow USFWS Northeast on social at www.facebook.com/usfwsnortheast and twi

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November 5, 2010 - Natchitoches, LA
Here is this year's newly hatched clutch of alligator snapping turtles.

Photographer: Daniel Mayer

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August 2010 - Gaillard Island, Alabama. Pelicans sit on a hard boom washed ashore at Gaillard Island in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/

August 15, 2010 - Gaillard Island, Alabama. A pelican chick sits in a nest on Gaillard Island in Mobile Bay, Alabama with older juveniles in the background. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS www.

To mount the PIT (passive integrated transponders) tag, biologists carefully parted hair on the back of bats.
Photo credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

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Scientific name: Charadius melodius
Common name Piping Plover
Common name Spanish: Playero melódico
Status: Threatened
Listed on December 11, 1985
Location: Puerto Rico
Photo by Mike Morel

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The American Eagle Foundation provided a Bald Eagle as part of the opening ceremony.
2013 Regional Director's Honor Awards cereony.

Photos by Garry Tucker, USFWS

When it's feeding time Great Egrets can be found wading in shallow water (both salt and fresh) for their meals. They hunt frogs, fish and other small aquatic animals. In flight their wingspan can reac

A tri-color bat found in the Avery County mine where white-nose syndrome was discovered, showing white fungal growth on its muzzle.
Credit: Gabrielle Graeter/NCWRC

www.fws.gov/whitenosesyndrome

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A tri-color bat in the Avery County mine where white-nose syndrome was confirmed, with the tell-tale white fungus growing on its nose.
Credit: Gabrielle Graeter/NCWRC

www.fws.gov/whitenosesyndrome

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August 15, 2010 - Gaillard Island, Alabama. Two juvenile pelicans with natal down sit on Gaillard Island in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/

July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
One mountain of dead, dry marsh grass down and oh so many more to go!

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
Closeup of a hatchling sliding over the ripples of a tide pool. This is his first comparison to the waves that await him.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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Scientific name: Peltophryne lemur
Puerto Rican Crested Toad
Spanish: Sapo Concho Puertorriqueño
Location, Puertu Rico
Photo by Carlos Pacheco,USFWS

More information about the Puerto Rican Creste

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July 17, 2012 - Blackbeard Island, GA
The knobbed whelk is a popular among beachcombers, who often mistake them for conch shells. Knobbed whelk females make these egg casings and stuff them under roc

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Brown pelicans flying near Queen Bess Island, Louisiana, USA, during BP oil spill response.

Brown Pelicans feeding during BP oil spill response off Queen Bess Island, Louisiana, USA.

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