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Greater sage-grouse eating phlox on 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

A bevy of trumpeter swans on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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The view looking north at La Push, WA

Black-billed magpies quickly move in on what is left of a white-tailed jackrabbit killed by a golden eagle.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia )

Credit: Rosie Walunas/USFWS

Marsh Wren Great Meadows NWR, Concord, MA

Credit: Steve Arena/USFWS

18 May 2012

New England cottontails, the region's only native rabbit, are released to a rabbit sanctuary on Patience Island off the coast of Warwick, Rhode Island. The rare rabbits started their journey to the is

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Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus sanctijohannis, Bosque del Apache NWR, New Mexico, USA

Stamped pottery sherd, simple stamped, Refuge Period, 1000 BC - AD 350 - Fernbank Museum of Natural History - DSC00177

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Stříška na cestě nad Liškou

self-published work benches in teplice

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Outdoors nesting nest

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

A hen and drake cinnamon teal. The slight spatulate tip of the bill on the hen identifies her as a cinnamon teal and not a blue-winged teal hen.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Greater Sage-grouse on lek in spring. Males display to attract females in open, designated areas called leks, or dancing grounds. Bowdoin WMD.

Credit: USFWS

I believe I can fly..........
Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Credit: Allie Stewart, USFWS.

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February 15, 2012- Bell City, Louisiana: Signs of Wildlife. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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Category: Animal Behavior

Photo Credit: J. Hodges

Bristol County Agricultural School sophomores partnered with species experts to raise Blanding's turtles and released them in late spring into wetland habitat.

Credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS

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A hen sage grouse leads her brood from wetlands to a night roost in sagebrush on Seedskadee NWR. Photo Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

A greater sage-grouse hen and her brood feed on insects and green leaves as they stroll towards the wet meadows for the day.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

This rough-legged hawk was injured. After resting for a few hours, the hawk recovered and was released.

Photo Credit: Colette Guariglia/USFWS

New England cottontails, the region's only native rabbit, are released to a rabbit sanctuary on Patience Island off the coast of Warwick, Rhode Island. The rare rabbits started their journey to the is

animals mammals

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

Castle citadel defence

medieval castle

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self-published work pages with maps

Cottages meadow green

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Look close, one mule deer buck is watching the front while the other is watching the back. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Swainson's hawk gladly uses a center pivot sprinkler system as a perch to scan the surrounding sagebrush sea for prey.

K. Theule/USFWS

A photo of a great horned owl perched among tree branches won second place in 2011.

Photo Credit: Shelly Goonis

Sandhill Crane , Grus canadensis, photograph

National Eagle Repository, US Fish and Wildlife Service. Staff processing a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Canada Geese Branta canadensis. Location: Lido Beach WMA, Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Photo Credit: Tom Sturm/FWS

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

Photo: Northern Fur Seal on St. Paul Island, part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, by Greg Thompson/USFWS.

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Pygmy rabbit droppings on Seedskadee National Wildlife. They are described as the size of a BB and round. Surveying after a fresh snow is one of the best ways to detect pygmy rabbits. Their tracks a

Bushy-tailed woodrats are interesting creatures when they are not wreaking havoc on vehicles and buildings.
In addition to natural materials, bushy-tailed woodrats gather tinfoil, bottle caps, brok

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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

For most of the year, trumpeter swans are social, forming groups of family members, pairs without young, and unpaired adults and juvenilles. In the winter, groups can be as large as 50+ birds that con

A little preening and stretching before turning in for the night. Two adult trumpeter swans with one of their cygnets on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Bombay Hook NWR, Smyrna, Delaware: hundreds of thousands of ducks and geese arrive in the fall to rest and feed before heading further south or to winter over.

South tyrol alpine gebrige

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Argentina bariloche patagonia

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Argentina bariloche patagonia

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Bell City, Louisiana: Coot Fulica americana waddling away. Photo by Corey Douglas www.fws.gov/swlarefugecomplex

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

White-tailed jackrabbits primarily live in the sage steppe on and around Seedskadee NWR. Occassionally, they can be found in the wet meadows adjacent to the sage steppe. This one was lying on the ed

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Erminia takes Refuge with the Shepherds, Annibale Carracci, between 1600 and 1625

italian baroque paintings in the national gallery, london baroque

US Navy 071223-N-7029R-004 Navy dependents take refuge at the Naval Air Station North Island gym after being evacuated from their homes as major wildfires strike several San Diego communities

naval air station north island in the 2000s

Having a beautiful flight!

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

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

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A male mountain bluebird checking in. He was also on guard duty, keeping an eye on several tree swallows that were interested in this prime real estate. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A flame with wings is a good description for a male western tanager. Western tanagers migrate through Seedskadee NWR in late May and early June each year. They are headed to mixed coniferous-deciduo

A flame with wings is a good description for a male western tanager. Western tanagers migrate through Seedskadee NWR in late May and early June each year. They are headed to mixed coniferous-deciduo

A fox squirrel balancing on a small tree branch. Fox squirrels are larger and heavier than gray squirrels.

Photo Credit: Gary Eslinger/USFWS

Dr. Carol Bocetti of the California University of Pennsylvania holds a Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel. The squirrel is in a fabric cone that is used to handle the captured animals during a fox squirr

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A black-billed magpie soaks up some sun on a cold morning. Hoar frost clings to the cottowoods.

Magpies are familiar birds throughout western North America.
According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, magpies have associated with people for a long time.They frequently followed hunting parties

Flock of gulls.
October 13, 2012 - Savannah, GA
Refuge Week celebration at Wassaw NWR.

photo by Garry Tucker, USFWS

Green-winged teal on Seedskadee NWR. 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

Cinnamon teal are one the most common species of waterfowl nesting on Seedskadee NWR. There are also blue-winged teal nesting here, and the hens look almost identical. The slightly spatulate tip of

A mountain cottontail browsing on a black greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) stem on Seedskadee NWR. Black greasewood plants contain sodium and potassium oxalates and are toxic to livestock. It app

A mountain cottontail browsing on a black greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) stem on Seedskadee NWR. Black greasewood plants contain sodium and potassium oxalates and are toxic to livestock. It app

US Navy 071023-N-3659B-047 A young evacuee from Spring Valley, Calif., wakes up from a nap while taking refuge in the Sports Warehouse Gym on board Naval Air Station North Island

naval air station north island in the 2000s

Spotted this red-naped sapsucker at the Visitors Center. This male was doing what it is famous for, drilling sap wells in a cottonwood. They drill a series of holes, wait for the sap to fill up the ho

25 The Demon Cat - A Naval Melo-Drama, Refuge below 29, 1898

the demon cat - a naval melo-drama

A Safe Refuge, John Henry Dolph

19th-century paintings of cats by john henry dolph 19th-century paintings of dogs by john henry dolph

Snow nice weather white

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Northern harrier

A flame with wings is a good description for a male western tanager. Western tanagers migrate through Seedskadee NWR in late May and early June each year. They are headed to mixed coniferous-deciduo

The loggerhead shrike is a songbird with a raptor’s habits. This masked black, white, and gray predator hunts from utility poles, fence posts and other conspicuous perches, preying on insects, birds,

A black tern maneuvering in flight to catch a small fish. The early morning light catches its outstretched wings. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Great horned owls are covered in soft feathers that allow them to quietly pursue their prey.

Photo Credit: Rich Keen / DPRA

American White Pelicans and a Brown Pelican at rest on Pelican Island NWR

Missisquoi NWR protects one of the largest great blue heron rookeries on Lake Champlain, Vermont.

Credit: USFWS

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Getting a little crowded in there? Eastern phoebes lay up to 6 eggs in a nest with inside dimensions of about 2.5 inches wide and 2 inches deep!

Video by Jessica Bolser/USFWS.

Heermann's Gulls

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Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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A muskrat surfaces though a thin layer of ice, wearing several pieces on its head and back. Brrrrr....... Muskrats live in cold/icy water in the winters and keeping a waterproof coat is essential to

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BULL ISLAND IS A WILD LIFE REFUGE NORTH OF CHARLESTON

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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White-crowned sparrows are common on Seedskadee NWR during spring and fall migrations. Large flocks can be spotted in sagebrush and in the willows along the river. They hop along the ground and stay

Category: Bird Life

Photo Credit: E. Owen

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

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

Trumpeter swans are one of a number of bird species that may have feathers stained a rusty color. It is believed that iron deposits in soils that the feathers come in contact with stain them a rusty

Douglas. Tower of Refuge. (NBY 440133), 1903/19uu

curt teich postcard archives, raphael tuck & sons postcards of the british crown dependencies

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