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  • A fiery sunrise fills the sky over the mudflats of Bowerman Basin, part of the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge in Hoquiam, Washington.
    Bowerman-Basin_Fiery-Sunrise_8852.jpg
  • Backlit by the evening sun, a harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) stretches as Pacific Ocean waves splash against the small rock it's resting on in the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge near Bandon, Oregon.
    Seal-Harbor_Backlit_Bandon_2645.jpg
  • A harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) hides in a patch of sea foam on Puget Sound in Ballard, Washington.
    Seal-Harbor_Sea-Foam_Ballard_7306.jpg
  • Backlit by the evening sun, a harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) climbs out of the Pacific Ocean and onto a rock to join another in the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge near Bandon, Oregon.
    Seals-Harbor_Backlit_Bandon_9313.jpg
  • Backlit by the evening sun, a harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) stretches as it rests on a small rock in the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge near Bandon, Oregon.
    Seal-Harbor_Backlit_Bandon_2801.jpg
  • Backlit by the evening sun, two harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) rest on a small rock in the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge near Bandon, Oregon.
    Seals-Harbor_Backlit_Bandon_7585.jpg
  • A dark harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) stretches while hauled out on a rock near Ratner Beach in Malibu, California.
    Harbor-Seal_Stretching_Malibu_3660.jpg
  • A large group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), including many young pups, rest on the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_HarborSeals_5422.jpg
  • A large group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), including many young pups, backlit by the evening sun, rest on the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_HarborSeals_8243.jpg
  • A young harbor seal pup (Phoca vitulina) swims with its mother in Discovery Bay near the Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    HarborSeals_MotherAndPup_DiscoveryBa...jpg
  • A large group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), including many young pups, rest on the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_HarborSeals_5437.jpg
  • Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) and glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) share the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_SealsAndGulls_52...jpg
  • A large group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), including many young pups, rest on the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_HarborSeals_5316.jpg
  • A large group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), including many young pups, rest on the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_HarborSeals_5262.jpg
  • A group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), including many young pups, rest on the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_HarborSeals_8223.jpg
  • A group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) rest on the eastern tip of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington, as Mount Baker towers in the background.  Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals. Mount Baker is a 10,781 foot (3,286 meter) volcano that is part of the Cascade Mountain Range.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_Seals_MountBaker...jpg
  • A large group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), including many young pups, rest on the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_HarborSeals_5399.jpg
  • A large group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), including many young pups, rest on the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington as hundreds of gulls fly in the background. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_HarborSeals_5552.jpg
  • A large group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), including many young pups, rest on the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_HarborSeals_5369.jpg
  • A large group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), including many young pups, rest on the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_HarborSeals_5606.jpg
  • A harbor or harbour seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as a common seal, swims between icebergs in Jökulsárlón, the glacier lagoon in Iceland. The harbor seal is Iceland's second-smallest seal, and one of only two types that pup there.
    Iceland_HarborSeal_Jokulsarlon_5620.jpg
  • A young harbor seal pup (Phoca vitulina) swims with its mother in Puget Sound near Port Townsend, Washington.
    HarborSeals_MotherAndPup_RatIsland_0...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
  • A cruise ship sails among the Porcupine Islands in Bar Harbor, Maine. This view was captured from the summit of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park, which at 1,532 feet, is the highest point along the North Atlantic seaboard.
    Acadia_BarHarbor_CruiseShip_0606.jpg
  • Several of the Porcupine Islands are visible in Bar Harbor, Maine in this view from the summit of Cadillac Mountain. From right to left, the islands are Bald Porcupine Island, Long Porcupine Island, Burnt Porcupine Island (and Rum Key), and Sheep Porcupine Island. Stave Island is also visible along the oppose coast on the right side. Several of the Porcupine Islands have relatively gentle slopes on their north sides and steep drops on the south. Like much of Acadia National Park, they were carved by retreating glaciers.
    Acadia_PorcupineIslands_BarHarbor_Su...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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • Several Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) attempt to sun themselves on the rocky shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca off Vancouver Island, but they are constantly interrupted by crashing waves.
    VancouverIsland_HarborSeals_5017.jpg
  • A harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) swims among the towering icebergs in the glacial lagoon, Jökulsárlón, Iceland. The icebergs floating in the lake calved off from the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier with some of the ice being more than 1,000 years old. Jökulsárlón covers an area of about 18 square kilometers (6.9 square miles) and ranks as the deepest lake in Iceland.
    Iceland_Jokulsarlon_Seal_3631.jpg
  • A marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris) sings from its perch in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge in Hoquiam, Washington. Marsh wrens have very large song repertoires. Western species know about 150 songs, on average; eastern species know about 50. Scientists studied one western marsh wren that sang 219 songs.
    MarshWren_Singing_GraysHarbor_5991.jpg
  • A song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) sings from a perch high in a tree in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    SongSparrow_Singing_5120.jpg
  • Three double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) dry themselves on a large rock in Rye Harbor, New Hampshire. The double-crested cormorant is the most widespread cormorant in North America..
    Cormorant_DoubleCrested_RyeHarbor_05...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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Thousands of shorebirds, mainly dunlin (Calidris alpina), fly over the Bowerman Basin in Washington's Grays Harbor at sunrise.
    Shorebirds_Bowerman_Sunrise_5833.jpg
  • Two Caspian Terns (Hydroprogne caspia, formerly Sterna caspia) chase another that has just caught a fish in Grays Harbor, Washington.
    Terns_Caspian_Chasing_9159.jpg
  • Flatey Lighthouse, located on the small island of Klofningur about a half-mile from Flatey's Harbor, helps to guide vessels on the waters of Breidafjörður, Iceland. The Flatey Lighthouse was built in 1926.
    Iceland_FlateyLighthouse_6823.jpg
  • A common harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) catches a salmon in the Squamish River near Brackendale, British Columbia, Canada.
    HarborSeal_fish_4121.jpg
  • Several of the Porcupine Islands are visible off the coast of Maine in this view from the summit of Cadillac Mountain. From right to left, the islands are Bald Porcupine Island, Long Porcupine Island, Burnt Porcupine Island (and Rum Key), and Sheep Porcupine Island. Stave Island is also visible along the oppose coast on the right side. Several of the Porcupine Islands have relatively gentle slopes on their north sides and steep drops on the south. Like much of Acadia National Park, they were carved by retreating glaciers.
    Acadia_CadillacMountainView_Sunset_0...jpg
  • Viewed from the north, a forest is visible on the high bluffs of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_8180.jpg
  • A Canada goose (Branta canadensis) flies over the Bowerman Basin in Grays Harbor County, Washington, at sunrise.
    canada-goose-bowerman-8349.jpg
  • Numerous Northern Giant Horsetails (Equisetum telmateia braunii) in various stages of development are clustered together in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge near Hoquiam, Washington..
    Horsetail_NorthernGiant_Development_...jpg
  • Colorful bluebells are surrounded by Northern Giant Horsetail (Equisetum telmateia braunii) in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge near Hoquiam, Washington.
    GraysHarbor_Bluebells_Horsetail_7643.jpg
  • A song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) feasts on an insect along a tidal marsh in Grays Harbor, Washington. Song sparrows are found throughout North America and are about 5 to 7 inches tall (12 to 17 cm) with a wingspan of 7 to 9 inches (18 to 24 cm). The song sparrow uses songs to defend its territory and attract mates. Laboratory research shows that females prefer males that sing more complicated songs.
    SongSparrow.jpg
  • This view of the southwestern side of Protection Island shows the erosion that has been reudcing the size of the island, located in Jefferson County, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_8257.jpg
  • Numerous Northern Giant Horsetails (Equisetum telmateia braunii) in various stages of development are clustered together in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge near Hoquiam, Washington.
    Horsetail_NorthernGiant_Development_...jpg
  • Numerous stalks of Northern Giant Horsetail (Equisetum telmateia braunii) are clustered together in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge near Hoquiam, Washington.
    Horsetail_Stalks_Young_7653.jpg
  • Panning the camera during a long exposure creates an impressionistic view of these horsetails growing in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge near Hoquiam, Washington.
    Horsetail_Impressionistic_7651.jpg
  • An adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) soars against the solid blue sky over Drayton Harbor near Blaine, Washington.
    Bald-Eagle_Soaring_Blaine_3414.jpg
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