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July 6, 2010 Pensacola, FL - Tri-State Oiled Bird Center staff wrestle an oiled immature Northern Gannet. Photo by Bonnie Strawser, USFWS. www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill

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

A veterinarian is placing a hood on a juvenile Whooping Crane. This will help keep the bird calm while it is handled. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, 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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A short-eared owl flies past with its lunch, a meadow vole it has just caught. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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The first black-footed ferret to set foot in Kansas after a 50-year absence needed to get a good look at its surroundings before exiting the pet carrier and familiarizing itself with its new home.
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A veterinarian is placing a hood on a juvenile Whooping Crane. This will help keep the bird calm while it is handled. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

Returning from its pampas wintering grounds in Argentina, the Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda takes advantage of the nesting and feeding habitat that Kirwin NWR and adjacent private land prairie

Entrance tracks of a Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)
Credit: Keenan Adams, USFWS

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July 24, 2012- Blackbeard Island, GA
The spikes on the turtle's carapace or shell will eventually smooth out as the scutes, little "patches", grow over time.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

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A Brewer's sparrow perched on a Wyoming big sagebrush at Seedskadee NWR. They are a common nester here, but getting a good look at one can be a challenge.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

This group of young Double- crested Cormorants were found on the south island of Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
Location: Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, ND (2012)
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A golden eagle flies low over the sage steppe at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Killdeer standing over its eggs in their ground nest. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in bird life category.

Photo Credit: Judy Watson / USFWS

December-6-2011, Wood duck boxes can be found in marshes all along the island. Photo taken by Zach Brooker, USFWS. www.fws.gov/charleston

Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA
Photo: Steve Emmons, USFWS

Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens) & Ross's Geese (Chen rossii)

Auto tour, Sacramento NWR, Willows, CA

Tagged endangered oval pigtoe mussel from Spring Creek, nearly Colquitt, Ga. Held by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Biolgist Sandy Abbott.
Photo by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS
NEWS RELEASE 20111206, Dec. 7, 2011

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Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Hatchling at Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge
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Photographer: Keenan Adams

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Northern pintails search for seeds, weeds, snails, aquatic insects, and other types of food around the refuge lakes.

Photo Credit: USFWS / Georgia Hart, Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refug

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

July 25, 2010, Indian Pass, Florida- Willets are large shorebirds that are common along the Florida panhandle. Credit: Nicole Rankin, USFWS. www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill

At Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina.
www.fws.gov/caperomain/

Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.

American White Pelican with its head up and neck stretched swallowing a large carp. Entrant in Bear River Refuge 2014 photo contest in animal behavior category.

Photo Credit: Wayne Watson / USFWS

July 11, 2010 Destin, FL - A Northern Gannet with no visible oil was rescued near Destin Harbor, FL. The gannet could not fly but was not visibly oiled. Photo by USFWS. www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill

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 large alligator checks out a prescribed fire at Ace Basin NWR. The prescribed fire was conducted by USFWS firefighters on 3/10/14 to help reduce wildfire risk and improve wildlife habitat.

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The distinctive plumage of a soaring rough-legged hawk over Seedskadee NWR. They are one of the few Buteos that will routinely hover in place while hunting. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

August 2010 - Mobile Bay Alabama. A young pelican balances on a hard oil boom off the shore of Gaillard Island, an island made of silt dredged from Mobile Bay. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS. w

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.

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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

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.

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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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

Photo credit: USFWS/George Gentry

In populated coastal areas, wetland migration is often constrained by land development and shoreline stabilization measures. These conditions can result in the crowd

National Bison Range, MT
October 2003
Photo: Ryan Hagerty, USFWS

Bison had been hunted to the verge of extinction when Congress created the National Bison Range in 1908, helping set the stage for the

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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

These geese, mallards, and a coot swim on a wetland protected by a USFWS wetland easement. Wetland easements perpetually protect wetlands from drainage, burning, or filling. For more information about

August 2010 - Mobile Bay Alabama. A young pelican balances on a hard oil boom off the shore of Gaillard Island, an island made of silt dredged from Mobile Bay. Credit: Catherine J. Hibbard/USFWS. w

The distinctive plumage of a soaring rough-legged hawk over Seedskadee NWR. They are one of the few Buteos that will routinely hover in place while hunting. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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

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/

Glossy ibis, white ibis, laughing gulls, and a snowy egret feed in the pools off Swan's Cove Trail at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.

Credit: Emma Kerr/USFWS

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

Photographer: Keenan Adams

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Scientific name: Dermochelys coriacea
Common name Spanish: Tinglar
Photo by Claudia Lombard, USFWS
Location, Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, US Virgin Islands

More information: ecos.fws.gov

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