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  • A male ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris) displaying its breeding plummage rests on Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. Ring-necked ducks are found on small, wooded ponds. They feed by diving and mainly eat aquatic plants and insects and small fish.
    RingNeckedDuck_ScriberLake_0447.jpg
  • A snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) rests in a grassy prairie on the Icelandic island of Grímsey. Snow buntings breed in the high-Arctic tundra. This particular snow bunting is a female displaying its breeding plumage.
    SnowBunting_Grimsey_1157.jpg
  • A snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) feeds on an inchworm on the Icelandic island of Grímsey. Snow buntings breed in the high-Arctic tundra. This particular snow bunting is a female displaying its breeding plumage.
    SnowBunting_Grimsey_Feeding_1136.jpg
  • A male magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) flies over the Pacific Ocean near Sayulita, Mexico. During breeding season, male magnificant frigatebirds have a bright red throat pouch. The large bird has a wingspan of seven feet (two meters).
    frigatebird_male_0263.jpg
  • 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.
    Guillemot_Pigeon_RunningOnWater_Disc...jpg
  • Two Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) share a rocky ledge in Látrabjarg, Iceland. Puffins form huge colonies in Iceland during the spring breeding season, then scatter all over the Atlantic Ocean.
    Latrabjarg_PuffinPair.jpg
  • Four common mergansers (Mergus merganser) swim on South Teal Lake in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington. The two white birds in the middle are males displaying breeding plumage. The mergansers at the ends are non-breeding adult males.
    Mergansers_Common_Four_ColumbiaNWR_6...jpg
  • Four sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), showing their red breeding coloration, swim up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington toward their spawning grounds. Sockeye salmon are blue-tinged and silver when they live in the ocean; their bodies turn red and their heads green when they return to freshwater rivers to spawn.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Underwater_Renton_080...jpg
  • A male plains zebra (Equus quagga) tries to mate with a female at the start of the spring breeding season in the savannah of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Zebras_Mating_2658.jpg
  • Two sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), showing their red breeding coloration, swim up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington toward their spawning grounds. Sockeye salmon are blue-tinged and silver when they live in the ocean; their bodies turn red and their heads green when they return to freshwater rivers to spawn.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Underwater_Renton_068...jpg
  • A male ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris) displaying its breeding plumage rests on Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. Ring-necked ducks are found on small, wooded ponds. They feed by diving and mainly eat aquatic plants and insects and small fish.
    RingNeckedDuck_ScriberLake_0382.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of four sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), showing their red breeding coloration, swimming fast up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington toward their spawning grounds. Sockeye salmon are blue-tinged and silver when they live in the ocean; their bodies turn red and their heads green when they return to freshwater rivers to spawn.
    Salmon_Sockeye_LongExposure_Renton_4...jpg
  • A sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) showing its red breeding coloration, swims up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington toward its spawning grounds. Sockeye salmon are blue-tinged and silver when they live in the ocean; their bodies turn red and their heads green when they return to freshwater rivers to spawn.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Underwater_Renton_069...jpg
  • A male ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris) displaying its breeding plumage rests in thick fog on Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. Ring-necked ducks are found on small, wooded ponds. They feed by diving and mainly eat aquatic plants and insects and small fish.
    RingNeckedDuck_ScriberLake_Foggy_013...jpg
  • A red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena) in breeding plumage swims on Puget Sound near Edmonds, Washington.
    Grebe-Red-Necked_Puget-Sound_Edmonds...jpg
  • A male ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris) displaying its breeding plumage rests on Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. Ring-necked ducks are found on small, wooded ponds. They feed by diving and mainly eat aquatic plants and insects and small fish.
    RingNeckedDuck_ScriberLake_0347.jpg
  • A red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena) in breeding plumage swims on Puget Sound near Edmonds, Washington.
    Grebe-Red-Necked_Puget-Sound_Edmonds...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of three sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), showing their red breeding coloration, swimming up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington toward their spawning grounds. Sockeye salmon are blue-tinged and silver when they live in the ocean; their bodies turn red and their heads green when they return to freshwater rivers to spawn.
    Salmon_Sockeye_LongExposure_Renton_4...jpg
  • A sea stack off Chapman Point near Cannon Beach, Oregon, is completely covered with Common Murres (Uria aalge), also known as Common Guillemots. The area hosts one of the largest colonies of breeding murres on the Oregon coast.
    Murres_Common_FlockOnSeaStack_Chapma...jpg
  • A breeding hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) pair rests in a Beaver Pond near Juanita Bay in Kirkland, Washington. The male is pictured on the right with his crest partially raised. The hooded merganser is a small duck that feeds on fish. It is frequently seen on shallow waters.
    HoodedMerganser_Pair_4229.jpg
  • A male plains zebra (Equus quagga) tries to mate with a female at the start of the spring breeding season in the savannah of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Zebras_Mating_2664.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of four sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), showing their red breeding coloration, swimming fast up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington toward their spawning grounds. Sockeye salmon are blue-tinged and silver when they live in the ocean; their bodies turn red and their heads green when they return to freshwater rivers to spawn.
    Salmon_Sockeye_LongExposure_Renton_4...jpg
  • Two black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) mate on the frozen Lake Mývatn in northern Iceland. The gull is the smallest gull that breeds in Iceland. This image sequence shows the female waiting for a mate, the gulls singing to each other, and fertalization.
    BlackHeadedGullsMating.jpg
  • A black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) lands next to its nesting mate on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in Iceland. It breeds in colonies in large reedbeds or marshes or on islands in lakes, and nests on the ground.
    Gull_BlackHeaded_Nesting_8119.jpg
  • A tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) swims on Discovery Bay near Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Tufted puffins, also known as crested puffins, are the largest of the three types of puffins, with a wingspan of up to 25 inches (63.5 cm). They are found in the North Pacific, including southeastern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.
    Puffin_Tufted_Swimming_8979.jpg
  • A tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) swims on Discovery Bay near Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Tufted puffins, also known as crested puffins, are the largest of the three types of puffins, with a wingspan of up to 25 inches (63.5 cm). They are found in the North Pacific, including southeastern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.
    Puffin_Tufted_Swimming_8977.jpg
  • A tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) swims on Discovery Bay near Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Tufted puffins, also known as crested puffins, are the largest of the three types of puffins, with a wingspan of up to 25 inches (63.5 cm). They are found in the North Pacific, including southeastern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.
    Puffin_Tufted_Swimming_8734.jpg
  • A tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) swims on Discovery Bay near Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Tufted puffins, also known as crested puffins, are the largest of the three types of puffins, with a wingspan of up to 25 inches (63.5 cm). They are found in the North Pacific, including southeastern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.
    Puffin_Tufted_Swimming_8953.jpg
  • A white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) takes off from its nest in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. The white-backed vulture is found in open savanna and plains and nests in tall trees. As it is highly suspectible to poisoning, the bird populations are plunging rapidly, making it critically endangered. This is an aerial image captured from a hot air balloon.
    Kenya_Maasai-Mara_Vulture-White-Back...jpg
  • A male hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) displaying breeding plumage swims in a beaver pond near Juanita Bay in Kirkland, Washington. Hooded mergansers are small ducks, commonly found in shallow water, that feed on small fish. In this image, its crest is fully extended.
    HoodedMerganser_MaleSwimming_4342.jpg
  • A male wood duck (Aix sponsa) in non-breeding plumage swims among the vegetation in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Duck-Wood_Swimming_Arboretum_3661.jpg
  • A male wood duck (Aix sponsa) in non-breeding plumage stands on a log over the water in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Duck-Wood_Log-Arboretum_3330.jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), right, walks up to check out a razorbill (Alca torda) on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and standing up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. During the breeding season, Látrabjarg hosts as much as 40 percent of the breeding populations of some birds, including razorbills.
    Razorbill_Puffin_Latrabjarg_2375.jpg
  • 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.
    Shorebirds_Dunlin_Bowerman_Golden_88...jpg
  • A very large flock of shorebirds, mainly Dunlin (Calidris alpina) displaying breeding plumage, fly at high tide over 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.
    Shorebirds_Dunlin_HugeFlock_Bowerman...jpg
  • A large flock of Dunlin (Calidris alpina), displaying breeding plumage, fly at high tide over the Bowerman Basin, located in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. A long exposure shows the motion of the birds. More than 30,000 shorebirds pass through the refuge each spring on their way to breeding grounds in the far North..
    Shorebirds_Dunlin_FlyingMotion_Bower...jpg
  • A group of 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.
    Shorebirds_Dunlin_Feeding_Bowerman_7...jpg
  • A razorbill (Alca torda) rests on a rocky perch high above the Atlantic Ocean on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Razorbills are large seabirds, the largest member of the Auk family, and it comes to land only to breed. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and up to 440 meters (1444 feet) high. It hosts up to 40 percent of the breeding populations of some species, including razorbills.
    Razorbill_Latrabjarg_2485.jpg
  • An autumn leaf rests in a junco nest at the end of breeding season in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Nest_Autumn-Leaf_Lynnwood_7684.jpg
  • A male broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) hovers as it looks for a place to feed in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in southern Arizona. The hummingbird's range is primarily in Mexico, though some migrate to the mountain canyons in southern Arizona and New Mexico during breeding season. The broad-billed hummingbird consumes as much as 1.7 times its body weight in nectar each day.
    Hummingbird-Broad-Billed_Male_Hoveri...jpg
  • Two northern shovelers (Spatula clypeata) raise their heads while swimming on a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. The two northern shovelers seen here are drakes, or males, in their breeding plumage. Northern shovelers feed in shallow wetlands, using their distinctive spoon-shaped bills to scoop up and filter water to collect seeds, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates.
    Shovelers-Northern_Drakes_Union-Bay_...jpg
  • A male house sparrow (Passer domesticus) that has mostly transitioned to its breeding plumage looks out from its perch in a tree in Kirkland, Washington.
    Sparrow-House_Perched_High-Key_Juani...jpg
  • A mountain chickadee (Poecile gambeli) looks out from its perch as it looks for food in a Douglas fir tree in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. They feed on insects during the breeding season and conifer seeds through the remainder of the year.
    Chickadee-Mountain_Perched_Yellowsto...jpg
  • A flock of barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) take flight in wetlands near the town of Höfn, Iceland. Barnacle geese typically use Iceland as a migratory stop as they travel between their wintering grounds in Great Britain and their breeding grounds in Greeland, although growing numbers of the birds are now nesting in Iceland as well.
    Geese-Barnacle_Flock_Hofn-Iceland_37...jpg
  • Seven surf scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) fly over the blue water of Hood Canal near Hansville, Washington. Surf scoters are large sea ducks that are native to North America. Their breeding grounds are in Alaska and Northern Canada, but they winter along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, as far south as Baja California and Texas.
    Surf-Scoters_Hood-Canal_7546.jpg
  • A glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens) displaying its breeding plumage feeds on a midshipman fish that it caught in the Hood Canal near Seabeck, Washington.
    Gull_MidshipmanFish_HoodCanal_3443.jpg
  • A group of yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes), also known as Hoiho, preen themselves as they march up the hillside to their colony at Nugget Point in the Catlins at 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).
    NZ_Penguins_YellowEyed_NuggetPoint_7...jpg
  • A yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes), also known as Hoiho, waits for members of its colony to return at the edge of the Pacific Ocean at Nugget Point in the Catlins at 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).
    NZ_Penguin_YellowEyed_NuggetPoint_74...jpg
  • An Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) cries out from its perch on a grassy bluff in Látrabjarg, Iceland. Atlantic Puffins are known for their colorful bills, which are especially colorful during the breeding season. About 60 percent of all Atlantic Puffins nest in Iceland.
    Puffin_Latrabjarg_CryingOut_5000.jpg
  • A large flock of Common Murres (Uria aalge), also known as Common Guillemots, flies over Pacific Ocean near Chapman Point in Cannon Beach, Oregon. The area hosts one of the three largest breeding colonies of the murres on the Oregon coast.
    Murres_Common_LargeFlockInFlight_Cha...jpg
  • A large flock of shorebirds, including Dunlin and Western Sandpipers, fly over the Bowerman Basin mud flats, located in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. A long exposure shows the motion of the birds. More than 30,000 shorebirds pass through the refuge each spring on their way to breeding grounds in the far North.
    Shorebirds_LargeFlock_Motion_Bowerma...jpg
  • Two pairs of Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) rub their bills together, a display known as billing, to select a mate at the top of the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and up to 440 meters (1444 feet) high. It hosts up to 40 percent of the breeding populations of some species.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Billing_3184.jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) guards the entrance to its burrow while its mate tends to their nest in the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland. Puffins nest in burrow at the top of the bird cliff, up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. Látrabjarg, Europe's largest bird cliff, hosts up to 40 percent of the breeding populations of some species.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Burrow_3303.jpg
  • A pair of brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) share a Pacific Ocean beach with dozens of gulls in Cannon Beach, Oregon. The pelicans are displaying their breeding plumage. The gulls are predominantly glaucous winged/western gull hybrids, which are especially common on the Washington and northern Oregon coast.
    Pelicans_Gulls_CannonBeach_6332.jpg
  • Thousands of shorebirds, mainly dunlin (Calidris alpina), fly over the Bowerman Basin in Washington's Grays Harbor. As many as a million shorebirds make a brief stop in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge each spring during their migration north to their breeding grounds.
    Shorebirds_Bowerman_Dunlin_5767.jpg
  • A wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) rests outside its burrow in the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on Kauai, Hawaii. Wedge-tailed shearwaters, called `Ua`u Kani in Hawaiian, nest in burrows just underneat the soil's surface and lay one egg per breeding season.
    shearwater-wedge-burrow.jpg
  • Two horned grebes, also known as Slavonian grebes (Podiceps auritus), swim together on Puget Sound near Edmonds, Washington. These grebes are showing their breeding plumage. They are excellent swimmers and divers and pursue fish underwater.
    HornedGrebes_3618.jpg
  • A male broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) flies to feed in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in southern Arizona. The hummingbird's range is primarily in Mexico, though some migrate to the mountain canyons in southern Arizona and New Mexico during breeding season. The broad-billed hummingbird consumes as much as 1.7 times its body weight in nectar each day.
    Hummingbird-Broad-Billed_Male_Flight...jpg
  • A pair of northern shovelers (Spatula clypeata) swim together on a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. Nothern shovelers are monogamous, forming bonds when they are on their wintering grounds and staying together until just before the fall migration. Northern shovelers are dabbling ducks that feed in shallow wetlands, using their distinctive spoon-shaped bills to scoop up and filter water to collect seeds, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates. The bird in the front is a male, or drake, in breeding plumage; behind him is a female, or hen.
    Shovelers-Northern_Pair_Union-Bay_15...jpg
  • With a Pacific Ocean wave in the background, a Heermann's gull (Larus heermanni) rests on a rock overlooking Las Tunas Beach near Malibu, California. This is an adult Heermann's gull, displaying breeding plumage. Heermann's gulls are native to the west coast of North America, from southwestern British Columbia to Mexico. The gulls are usually found at the shoreline or very far out to sea; they are very rarely spotted inland. Nearly all of the Heermann's gulls nest on Isla Rasa in the Gulf of California.
    Gull_Heermanns_Las-Tunas-Beach_9341.jpg
  • A battered sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) displaying its breeding coloration fights its way up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington, on its way to spawn. Sockeye salmon are also known as blueback salmon, as they are blue tinged with silver while they live in the ocean; they turn red once they return to their freshwater spawning grounds.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Underwater_Renton_113...jpg
  • Three yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes), also known as Hoiho, march up the hillside to their colony at Nugget Point in the Catlins at 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).
    NZ_Penguins_YellowEyed_NuggetPoint_7...jpg
  • An arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) rests on an iceberg floating in Jökulsárlón, the glacier lagoon in Iceland. Arctic Terns have the longest migration of any animal, flying an average of 44,300 miles (70,900 kilometers) each year. They summer in each hemisphere, breeding in the northern polar region during its summer and then flies to the edge of the Antarctic ice for the southern hemisphere summer.
    ArcticTern_Iceberg_Jokulsarlon_5673.jpg
  • Thousands of shorebirds, mainly dunlin (Calidris alpina), fly over the Bowerman Basin in Washington's Grays Harbor. As many as a million shorebirds make a brief stop in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge each spring during their migration north to their breeding grounds.
    Shorebirds_Bowerman_6176.jpg
  • A green-winged teal swims in the Meadowbrook Pond in Seattle, Washington. The dabbling duck, the smallest in North America, is strongly migratory and winters far south of its breeding range.
    GreenWingedTeal_3023.jpg
  • A Wilson's warbler (Cardellina pusilla) pauses on a branch in the Coronado National Monument in Arizona during its spring migration to breeding grounds in the northern reaches of North America.
    Warbler-Wilsons_Perched_Coronado-AZ_...jpg
  • A northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) swims on a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle, Washington. The northern shoveler seen here is a drake, or male, in his breeding plumage. Northern shovelers feed in shallow wetlands, using their distinctive spoon-shaped bills to scoop up and filter water to collect seeds, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates.
    Shoveler-Northern_Drake_Union-Bay_17...jpg
  • A belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) flies against the blue sky over the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Its breeding range covers inland bodies of water across much of North America.
    Kingfisher-Belted_In-Flight_Arboretu...jpg
  • Several house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) congregate at the top of a tree in Snohomish County, Washington. Except during breeding season, house finches are usually found in large flocks, sometimes consisting of hundreds of birds.
    Finches_House_Treetop_Lynnwood_1469.jpg
  • An Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) looks out from its perch on a grassy bluff in Látrabjarg, Iceland. Atlantic Puffins are known for their colorful bills, which are especially colorful during the breeding season. About 60 percent of all Atlantic Puffins nest in Iceland.
    Puffin_Latrabjarg_Portrait_5068.jpg
  • A battered sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) displaying its breeding coloration fights its way up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington, on its way to spawn. Sockeye salmon are also known as blueback salmon, as they are blue tinged with silver while they live in the ocean; they turn red once they return to their freshwater spawning grounds.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Underwater_Renton_115...jpg
  • A large flock of Common Murres (Uria aalge), also known as Common Guillemots, dives off one of the Bird Rocks at Chapman Point near Cannon Beach, Oregon. The area is home to one of the largest colonies of breeding murres on the Oregon coast.
    Murres_Common_Diving_ChapmanPoint_23...jpg
  • Four yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes), also known as Hoiho, dry their wings after emerging from the Pacific Ocean at Jack's Bay in the Catlins at 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).
    NZ_Penguins_YellowEyed_JacksBay_8290.jpg
  • 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).
    NZ_Penguins_YellowEyed_JacksBay_8291.jpg
  • An Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) looks out from its perch on a grassy bluff in Látrabjarg, Iceland. Atlantic Puffins are known for their colorful bills, which are especially colorful during the breeding season. About 60 percent of all Atlantic Puffins nest in Iceland.
    Puffin_Latrabjarg_CloseUp_4603.jpg
  • A large flock of Common Murres (Uria aalge), also known as Common Guillemots, flies over Pacific Ocean near Chapman Point in Cannon Beach, Oregon. The area hosts one of the three largest breeding colonies of the murres on the Oregon coast.
    Murres_Common_LargeFlockInFlight_Cha...jpg
  • 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.
    Shorebirds_Sandpipers_FeedingReflect...jpg
  • A large flock of shorebirds, mainly Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri), fly in tight formation over the Bowerman Basin in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. More than 30,000 shorebirds stop in the refuge each spring to feed during their migration to breeding grounds in the far North.
    Shorebirds_Sandpipers_Bowerman_Refle...jpg
  • Thousands of shorebirds, mainly dunlin (Calidris alpina), fly over the Bowerman Basin in Washington's Grays Harbor at sunrise. As many as a million shorebirds make a brief stop in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge each spring during their migration north to their breeding grounds.
    Shorebirds_Bowerman_Sunrise_5249.jpg
  • An exceptionally large concentration of shorebirds flies over Bowerman Basin in the Grays Harbor National Refuge in Washington during the spring migration. This flock consists mainly of dunlin (Calidris alpina) and western sandpipers (Calidris mauri). As many as a million shorebirds make a brief stop in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge each spring during their migration north to their breeding grounds.
    Shorebirds_Bowerman_LargeFlock_6343.jpg
  • 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.
    SandhillCranes_Othello_FlyingInForma...jpg
  • An Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) looks out from its perch atop the Látrabjarg, Iceland, bird cliff. Atlantic Puffins are known for their colorful bills, which are especially colorful during the breeding season. About 60 percent of all Atlantic Puffins nest in Iceland.
    Puffin_Latrabjarg_Portrait_6403.jpg
  • An Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) looks out from its perch atop the Látrabjarg, Iceland, bird cliff. Atlantic Puffins are known for their colorful bills, which are especially colorful during the breeding season. About 60 percent of all Atlantic Puffins nest in Iceland.
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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 arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea) rest on icebergs floating in Jökulsárlón, the glacier lagoon in Iceland. Arctic Terns have the longest migration of any animal, flying an average of 44,300 miles (70,900 kilometers) each year. They summer in each hemisphere, breeding in the northern polar region during its summer and then flies to the edge of the Antarctic ice for the southern hemisphere summer.
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  • A flock of Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea) flies over a small lake on Grímsey Island, Iceland. Grímsey, located on the Arctic Circle, is the northernmost point in Iceland. Arctic Terns have the longest migration of any animal, flying an average of 44,300 miles (70,900 kilometers) each year. They summer in each hemisphere, breeding in the northern polar region during its summer and then fly to the edge of the Antarctic ice for the southern hemisphere summer.
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  • An arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) guards the two eggs in her nest in Iceland's West Fjords. The arctic tern migrates farther than any other known animal, spending the southern hemisphere summer in the ocean off Antarctica and breeding during the northern hemisphere summer near the Arctic Circle. One study found the average arctic tern flies 44,300 miles (70,900 km) per year.
    ArcticTern_Nesting_5950.jpg
  • A pair of trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) take flight against a backdrop of trees, some of which are still showing autumn color, in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. Most of the swans breed in the northern reaches of Canada and Alaska, and a large population winters in northern Washington state. Trumpeter Swans average more than 5 feet (152 cm) in length and can weigh up to 30 pounds (13 kg), making them the longest and heaviest living bird native to North America.
    Swans-Trumpeter_Pair_Skagit-Valley_2...jpg
  • A pair of trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) are rendered in silhouette as they fly in the bright golden sky against the sun in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. Most of the swans breed in the northern reaches of Canada and Alaska, and a large population winters in northern Washington state. Trumpeter Swans average more than 5 feet (152 cm) in length and can weigh up to 30 pounds (13 kg), making them the longest and heaviest living bird native to North America.
    Swans-Trumpeter_Pair_Silhouette_Skag...jpg
  • A male wood duck (Aix sponsa), called a drake, swims in a channel of the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Wood ducks typically breed in wooded swamps, shallow lakes, marshes or ponds, and creeks in the eastern United States and along the west coast from Washington state into Mexico.
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  • A trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) is rendered in silhouette as it flies against the sun in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. The swans breed in the northern reaches of Canada and Alaska, and a large population of them winters in northern Washington state. Trumpeter Swans average more than 5 feet (152 cm) in length and can weigh up to 30 pounds (13 kg), making them the longest and heaviest living bird native to North America.
    Swan-Trumpeter_Silhouette_Skagit-Val...jpg
  • A female golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa) hangs upside down to feed on insects on an alder branch in Snohomish County, Washington.  Golden-crowned kinglets mainly eat insects and their eggs, though they will eat seeds in the winter. They breed in the far North and can survive -40 degree nights.
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  • A long exposure captures the motion of a large flock of snow geese (Chen caerulescens) taking off from a field at sunset in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. Snow geese, which breed in the northern reaches of Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Sibera, winter throughout the United States and into Mexico. Tens of thousands of snow geese winter in the Skagit Valley to feed in farmers' fields.
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  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), surrounded by summer wildflowers, rests on a bluff above the Atlantic Ocean on the island of Grímsey, Iceland. Tens of thousands of puffins breed on Iceland's cliffs during the summer. They spend the rest of the year at sea. The island of Grímsey, which straddles the Arctic Circle, is the northernmost inhabited Icelandic territory.
    Puffin_Atlantic_Wildflowers_Grimsey_...jpg
  • A male wood duck (Aix sponsa), called a drake, swims in a channel of the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Wood ducks typically breed in wooded swamps, shallow lakes, marshes or ponds, and creeks in the eastern United States and along the west coast from Washington state into Mexico. They usually nest in cavities in trees close to water. Unlike most other ducks, the wood duck has sharp claws for perching in trees.
    WoodDuck_DrakeSwimming_Arboretum_115...jpg
  • A common guillemot (Uria aalge) nests on a small ledge on the Látrabjarg bird cliff in western Iceland. Látrabjarg is Europe's largest bird cliff: 14 km (8.7 miles) long and standing up to 440 meters (1444 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. Common guillemots, also known as common murres or thin-billed murres, are members of the auk family. They breed in very dense colonies, laying a single egg on a bare rocky ledge..
    Guillemot_Nesting_Latrabjarg_2834.jpg
  • An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) dives off the Látrabjarg bird cliff in Iceland in search of food. Millions of birds, including Atlantic puffins, northern gannets, guillemots and razorbills, breed on the cliff in the summer. Látrabjarg is the western-most point in Europe and its largest bird cliff. It's 14 km (8.6 imles) long and as much as 440 meters (1,444) feet high.
    Iceland_Latrabjarg_PuffinDiving_9138.jpg
  • Five trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) are rendered in silhouette as they fly in the bright golden sky against the sun in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. While most breed in the northern reaches of Canada and Alaska, a large population winters in northern Washington state. Trumpeter Swans average more than 5 feet (152 cm) in length and can weigh up to 30 pounds (13 kg), making them the longest and heaviest living bird native to North America.
    Swans-Trumpeter_Silhouette_Skagit-Va...jpg
  • A female golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa) searches for food on an alder branch in Snohomish County, Washington.  Golden-crowned kinglets mainly eat insects and their eggs, though they will eat seeds in the winter. They breed in the far North and can survive -40 degree nights.
    Kinglet_Golden-Crowned_3957.jpg
  • A pair of Atlantic puffins share a ledge high above the Atlantic Ocean in Látrabjarg, Iceland. Látrabjarg, 14 kilometers (8.5 miles) long and up to 440 metres (1,444 feet) high, is Europe's largest bird cliff. About 60 percent of all Atlantic puffins breed in Iceland.
    Puffins_Latrabjarg_Pair_WideView_864...jpg
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