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  • A male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) lands on a maple tree on a rainy day. Males in the Calypte genus of hummingbirds are quite distinctive with iridescent crowns. All hummingbirds, however, have iridescent plumage, which reflects certain wavelengths of light and reflects them directly in front of the bird. The bright flashes of color are visible only when the bird is facing you. Several features of the feathers result in the iridescence. Barbules, which are flat in most birds, are angled to form a V shape in hummingbirds. Also, the surface of the barbules is covered with microscopic discs containing tiny air bubbles that amplify certain colors of light and cancel out others..
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  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) takes off the branch of a maple tree. Hummingbirds can fly up to 60 miles per hour (96 km/h). When flying, their heart rate can reach 1,250 beats per minute, five times as fast as their heart rate at rest.
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  • An arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) flies over a field on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in western Iceland. Arctic terns migrate farther than any other bird, traveling in pursuit of a continuous summer. They spend the northern hemisphere in Iceland and other areas in the far north, then travel to spend the southern hemisphere summer near Antarctica.
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  • A black swan (Cygnus atratus) swims across New Zealand's Lake Mangamahoe with Taranaki (Mount Egmont) in the background. While black swans were brought from Australia to New Zealand in the 1860s, there's some debate as to whether the species should be considered introduced. Black swan populations grew rapidly, suggesting the many of the birds may have found their own way to the country. The black swan is New Zealand's largest wetland bird.
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  • A Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) wades in the water of the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge near Kehei, Maui, Hawaii. The Hawaiian stilt, or ae'o in Hawaiian, is an endangered subspecies of the black-necked stilt and has the longest legs in proportion to its body of any bird in the world. Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge is a coastal salt marsh. During the rainy winter season, the pond swells to more than 400 acres. It shrinks to about half that size in the dry summer, leaving a slaty residue behind as it dries out.
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  • An arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) flies with a capelan it caught in Jökulsárlón, Iceland (Glacier Lagoon). Arctic terns nest throughout Iceland during the summer. The bird migrates farther than any other. The arctic tern is found off South Africa and in the Antarctic Ocean during summer in the southern hemisphere.
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  • A common myna (Acridotheres tristis) rests on the frond of a coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) tree on the island of Maui, Hawai`i. The common myna, sometimes referred to as the Indian Myna or spelled mynah, is native to Asia, but is rapidly spreading its territory. Its native range spans southern Asia from Iran to Singapore, but the bird has since been introduced in many other parts of the world, including Australia, Hawaii, Canada, and islands in the Indian Ocean. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) declared the myna one of the world's most invasive species.
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  • Seven trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) fly in formation over a pond in Brady, Washington at dawn. With a length of as much as 64 inches (163 cm) and a weight of as much as 26 pounds (11.8 kg), the trumpeter swan is the largest bird native to North America.
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  • Dozens of sea  birds, including albatross and petrels, congregate on the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Kaikoura, New Zealand.
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  • A murder of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) roosts in a tree at twilight. A projected flash causes the birds' eyes to glow. A flock of crows is known as a murder.
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  • A small flock of western sandpipers (Calidris mauri) flies over and is reflected on the waters of the Edmonds Marsh, Edmonds, Washington.
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  • Four yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes), also known as Hoiho, walk across the beach at Jack's Bay, located in the Catlins on the southern tip of the South Island of New Zealand. Yellow-eyed penguins are endangered and are one of the most rare penguins in the world with a total population of only about 4,000. About 90 percent of the yellow-eyed penguin's diet consists of fish. During the breeding season, many of the penguins spend the entire day hunting in the ocean. They enter the Pacific Ocean at dawn and return at dusk, venturing as far as 25 kilometers (16 miles) offshore and diving to depts of up to 120 meters (394 feet).
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  • A glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) prepares to land on the water of Edmonds Marsh in Edmonds, Washington.
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  • An adult Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis), right, passes a fish to a young Western Grebe on Fern Ridge Lake near Eugene, Oregon.
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  • A large flock of Common Murres (Uria aalge), also known as Common Guillemots, dives off Chapman Point near Cannon Beach, Oregon. The area is home to one of the largest colonies of breeding murres on the Oregon coast.
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  • A flock of shorebirds, mainly Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri), feed in the mudflats of the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge in Washington as other shorebirds fly by. Tens of thousands of shorebirds briefly stop in the refuge, located near the city of Hoquiam, each spring on their way to breeding groudns in the far North.
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  • Thousands of shorebirds, mainly Dunlin (Calidris alpina) displaying breeding plumage, feed at high tide in the Bowerman Basin, located in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. More than 30,000 shorebirds pass through the refuge each spring on their way to breeding grounds in the far North.
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  • A long camera exposure captures the motion of a large flock of European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) as they fly over a field in Skagit County, Washington. Starlings typically fly in very large groups, often visible from large distances, to protect themselves against hawks and other predators.
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  • A double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) lands to join a dozen others in a tree on a foggy winter morning. Most types of cormorants are found only along coastlines. The double-crested cormorant is the only kind that ventures very far inland. These cormorants were roosting in a tree along the Snohomish River in Kenmore, Washington.
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  • A large flock of pigeons, otherwise known as rock doves (Columba livia), comes in for a landing on a perch above the Snohomish River in Kenmore, Washington.
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  • Several sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) fly in formation over the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington. Tens of thousands of cranes spend part of the spring near Othello, feeding during their migration to their summer breeding grounds. Cranes fly thousands of miles per year and can glide up to 500 miles (800 km) in nine or ten hours.
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  • Three sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) lift off from a marsh in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.
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  • Two gulls feed on a salmon carcass in the Squamish River near Brackendale, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Two Canada geese (Branta canadensis) rest on a tiny, grassy island in the middle of a foggy pond in the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
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  • Dozens of brown pelicans preen themselves and rest as huge Pacific Ocean waves crash into their rocky bluff at Pescadero Beach, California.
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  • A pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba) runs across Discovery Bay to take flight near the Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. This pigeon guillemot is displaying its breeding plumage; nonbreeding adults have mostly white heads.
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  • A female mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos), surrounded by wildflowers, rests in tall grass in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
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  • A Pied-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) preens itself on a small pond off North Creek in Bothell, Washington.
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  • A male Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) searches for food on a decaying Pacific Silver Fir tree (Abies amabilis) in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Pileated Woodpeckers are the largest woodpeckers and are typically found in mature forests where they feed on carpenter ants. Male Pileated Woodpeckers can be identified by the red color at the base of their bills; all Pileated Woodpeckers have red feathers at the top of their crown.
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  • A perched American robin (Turdus migratorius) is partially obscured by several inches of snow on its branch. The American robin is a songbird and is found year-round in nearly all of the contiguous United States.
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  • A common merganser (Mergus merganser) lifts off from the Snohomish River near Kenmore, Washington. The merganser's motion is blurred by a long exposure.
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  • Two young Pied-Billed Grebes (Podilymbus podiceps) swim in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington as their mother watches.
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  • An osprey (Pandion haliaetus) delivers a fish to its nesting mate on an old piling off Jetty Island in Everett, Washington. Osprey find their prey by hovering over water, then plunging head and feet first. Barbed pads on their feet help them grip slippery fish.
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  • An adult barred owl (Strix varia) cuddles with one of its owlets in its nest in Interlaken Park, Seattle, Washington. Barred owls typically nest in natural cavities that form in decaying trees.
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  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias), shown in silhouette, lands on Hood Canal near Seabeck, Washington, during a golden sunrise. Numerous great blue herons flock to the bay near Big Beef Creek at low tide to feed on fish trapped in oyster beds.
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  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) rests in the tall marsh grasses in the Edmonds Marsh, Edmonds, Washington.
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  • Four great blue herons (Ardea herodias), rendered in silhouette at sunrise, fish in the Hood Canal near Seabeck, Washington.
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  • Thousands of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) fly in tight formation over Skagit Bay, located in Skagit County, Washington.
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  • Thousands of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) fly over Skagit Bay, Washington. Mount Rainier, at 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the tallest mountain in Washington state.
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  • A great blue heron lands on a tree overlooking a large pond along the Anhinga Trail in the Florida Everglades. While the water in the Everglades averages just six inches deep, this is one of several larger ponds, attracting birds and alligators year round..
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  • A herring gull (Larus argentatus) flies into the mist from Horseshoe Falls, one of the waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls on the border of New York and Ontario.
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