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  • A field of flowering goldenrods color the valley below a towering basalt cliff in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Adams County, Washington.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Goldenrod_Cliffs_758...jpg
  • The sun sets over the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island in northeastern Massachusetts. The refuge was established in 1942 to provide habitat for migratory birds. The habitat includes stretches of beach, dunes and saltwater and freshwater marshes. Here the setting sun is reflected on the water of one of the marshes.
    MA_Parker-River-NWR_Marsh-Sunset_051...jpg
  • The first light of day illuminates the shrubs atop a basalt cliff that rises over a small pond in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Adams County, Washington.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Basalt-Cliff-Sunrise...jpg
  • Five willets feed (Tringa semipalmata) forage in the mudflats of the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island in Massachusetts.
    MA_Parker-River-NWR_Willets_Mudflats...jpg
  • Ripples spread across Soda Lake after a fish jumped out of the water in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. The sunrise bathes the basalt cliffs on the opposite side of the lake in golden light.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Soda-Lake_Ripples_09...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of an American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) flying over the Potholes Canal on its way to hunt in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Grant County, Washington.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Pelican_Flying-Motio...jpg
  • A flock of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flies in formation over the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington. Thousands of sandhill cranes stop briefly near Othello on their northward migration each spring.
    SandhillCranes_Othello_FlyingInForma...jpg
  • A band of clouds is reflected on the water of Soda Lake, located in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Soda-Lake-Panorama_8...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of several gulls flying over the water of Potholes Canal on their way to fish in Soda Lake in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Gulls_Flying-Motion_...jpg
  • A variety of summer wildflowers, including goldenrod, wild teasel and purple loosestrife, grow near Crab Creek in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Grant County, Washington.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Wildflowers_Crab-Cre...jpg
  • The sun rises over the edge of a basalt cliff that lines the Potholes Canal near Soda Lake in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Basalt-Cliff_Sunrise...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of a ring-billed gull as it flies over the water of the Potholes Canal at sunrise on its way to fish in Soda Lake in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Gull_Flying-Motion_0...jpg
  • A rock wren (Salpinctes obsoletus) rests on a basalt rock in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. Rock wrens mainly feed on insects and spiders, using their long, curved bills to probe around rocks and other objects on the ground.
    Wren-Rock_Columbia-NWR_8491.jpg
  • A basalt wall is partially reflected onto the water of McMannaman Lake in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_McMannaman-Lake_8782.jpg
  • Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) shines in the sky above the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington, casting its reflection onto McMannaman Lake. Comet NEOWISE is a long-period comet and its current orbital path will take about 6,800 years to complete. Its nucleus is about 3 miles (5 kilometers) across and is covered with sooty, dark particles left over from its formation near the birth of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Comet-NEOWISE_8737.jpg
  • Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) shines in the sky above the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington, casting its reflection onto McMannaman Lake. Comet NEOWISE is a long-period comet and its current orbital path will take about 6,800 years to complete. Its nucleus is about 3 miles (5 kilometers) across and is covered with sooty, dark particles left over from its formation near the birth of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Comet-NEOWISE_8072.jpg
  • Bands of high clouds are turned golden by the rising sun and reflected on the waters of the Potholes Canal in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Grant County, Washington.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Potholes-Canal_Sunri...jpg
  • Bulrush (Schoenoplectus americanus) stalks are reflected onto the calm blue water of McMannaman Lake at dawn in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington.
    Bulrush_Reflections_Columbia-NWR_875...jpg
  • A killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) sits on her nest on the rocks in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Killdeer, like other plovers, nest on the ground, such as this nest, built on a gravel bar along Mud Lake. When threatened, the killdeer tries to distract predators away from the nest, often by pretending it has a broken wing.
    KIlldeer_Nesting_Malheur_5630.jpg
  • 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
  • A long exposure captures the motion of Caribbean Sea waves as they crash ashore at Playa Pata Prieta, also known as Secret Beach, in the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
    Puerto-Rico_Vieques_Pata-Prieta_0321.jpg
  • A mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) rests in the grass in Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1992 on the site of a former U.S. Army chemical weapons manufacturing facility.
    Deer-Mule_Grass_Rocky-Mountain-Arsen...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
  • Two black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) meet at the entrance to a burrow in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge near Denver, Colorado. Black-tailed prairie dogs are native to North American grasslands although their populations are well below historical levels. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1992 on the site of a former U.S. Army chemical weapons manufacturing facility.
    Prairie-Dogs_Black-Tailed_Rocky-Moun...jpg
  • A black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) feeds on grass in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge near Denver, Colorado. Black-tailed prairie dogs are native to North American grasslands although their populations are well below historical levels. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1992 on the site of a former U.S. Army chemical weapons manufacturing facility.
    Prairie-Dog_Black-Tailed_Rocky-Mount...jpg
  • A mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) rests in the grass in Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1992 on the site of a former U.S. Army chemical weapons manufacturing facility.
    Deer-Mule_Grass_Rocky-Mountain-Arsen...jpg
  • A mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) rests in the grass in Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1992 on the site of a former U.S. Army chemical weapons manufacturing facility.
    Deer-Mule_Grass_Rocky-Mountain-Arsen...jpg
  • A pair of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) take off from a pond in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico as other cranes continue to preen.
    SandhillCranes_TakingOff_Bosque_1392.jpg
  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) hunts for food on ths cliffs of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Nearly three-quarters of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area use Protection Island and they are a target for bald eagles.
    BaldEagle_Hunting_ProtectionIsland_6...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 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_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 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 pair of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) hunt on the cliffs 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 mainly covered with grass and low brush. The island, which also has high sandy bluffs, serves as a nesting ground for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area. Bald eagles prey on those seabirds and their young.
    BaldEagles_Hunting_ProtectionIsland_...jpg
  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) rests on driftwood on Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington as a glaucous gull flies by. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island mainly covered with grass and low brush. The island, which also has high sandy bluffs, serves as a nesting ground for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area. Bald eagles prey on those seabirds and their young.
    BaldEagle_Juvenile_ProtectionIsland_...jpg
  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) rests on driftwood that washed up on the beach of 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 mainly covered with grass and low brush. The island, which also has high sandy bluffs, serves as a nesting ground for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area. Bald eagles prey on those seabirds and their young.
    BaldEagle_Juvenile_Driftwood_Protect...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. 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 pair of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) stand guard next to a National Wildlife Refuge sign on Protection Island 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 mainly covered with grass and low brush. The island, which also has high sandy bluffs, serves as a nesting ground for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_RefugeSign_Eagle...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 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 juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) rests on driftwood that washed up on the beach of 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 mainly covered with grass and low brush. The island, which also has high sandy bluffs, serves as a nesting ground for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area. Bald eagles prey on those seabirds and their young.
    BaldEagle_Juvenile_Driftwood_Protect...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 pair of trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) stretch their wings on a pond in the National Elk Refuge, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
    Swans_Trumpeter_Wyoming_StretchingWi...jpg
  • Three trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) rest and preen on a pond in the National Elk Refuge, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
    Swans_Trumpeter_Wyoming_ThreeOnPond_...jpg
  • A bright rainbow is reflected on a pool of water in the Burbank Slough, located in the McNary National Wildlife Refuge in the Columbia Basin of Washington state.
    WA_McNary-NWR_Rainbow_5811.jpg
  • A flock of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) circles over the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    Cranes_Sandhill_Flock_ColumbiaNWR_02...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
  • Basalt cliffs tower over one of the Sage Lakes, located in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington. The wildlife refuge is home to numerous lakes, even though the area receives less than eight inches of rain per year.
    WA_ColumbiaNWR_SageLakes_5767.jpg
  • Two tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus) swim together in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Ridgefield, Washington. Hundreds of swans spend part of the winter in the refuge.
    ridgefield-tundra-swans-4614.jpg
  • Several sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) fly in formation as they prepare to land in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.
    SandhillCranes_Flight_Bosque_9926.jpg
  • Dozens of turtles — yellow-bellied sliders — rest on exposed stumps as the late afternoon sun shines on Pool C in the Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina.
    SC_Carolina-Sandhills_Pool-C_1207.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) taking off from a pond in the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
    Swans_Trumpeter_Wyoming_LongExposure...jpg
  • A Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) preens itself in 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.
    Stilt_Hawaiian_Preening_KealiaPond_M...jpg
  • 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.
    Stilt_Hawaiian_KealiaPond_Maui_1786.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, 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
  • 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
  • Thousands of red-footed boobies (Sula sula rubripes) roost on the cliffs of the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge in Kauai, Hawaii. The refuge is popular with many different types of marine birds, though the red-footed boobies are one of the few that use it year-round. They nest in trees and shrubs and incubate their eggs with their large webbed feet.
    red-footed-boobies-many.jpg
  • A horse and its foal graze in the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge on the Caribbean island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. About 2,000 horses live on the island. They are not technically wild. Most are owned by island residents, who let the horses roam free.
    Horses_Mare-And-Foal_Vieques_8251.jpg
  • A large flock of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) fly over the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington.
    Cranes_Sandhill_Flock_Columbia_NWR_0...jpg
  • Dozens of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) rest on a foggy pond in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.
    SandhillCranes_FoggyPond_Bosque_0695.jpg
  • Seven yellow-bellied sliders bask on a log floating in Martin Lake, located in the Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina. The yellow-bellied slider is a pond slider that's native to the southeastern United States from southeastern Virginia to Florida. It's a diurnal turtle that feeds mainly in the morning and spends the rest of the day basking.
    Sliders_Yellow-Bellied_Carolina-Sand...jpg
  • A trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) runs across the water of a pond to take flight in the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
    Swan_Trumpeter_Wyoming_TakingOff_340...jpg
  • 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.
    Stilt_Hawaiian_KealiaPond_Maui_1330.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 band of altocumulus clouds, partially illuminated by city lights, pass over rugged cliffs that are remnants of ancient lava flows in Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Night-Clouds_9837.jpg
  • Three trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) rest and preen on a pond in the National Elk Refuge, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
    Swans_Trumpeter_Wyoming_ThreeOnPond_...jpg
  • Six Canada geese (Branta canadensis) fly in formation over the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. The Canada goose is the most widespread goose in North America and is found on ponds and marshes throughout the year in Canada and the northern United States.
    CanadaGeese_Nisqually_1994.jpg
  • A large flock of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) take off from the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    CanadaGeese_flock_5018.jpg
  • A sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) flies over the rugged landscape of the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.
    SandhillCrane_Flying_BosqueDelApache...jpg
  • Three sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) prepare to land after sunset on a pond at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.
    SandhillCranes_LandingSunsetSilhouet...jpg
  • A red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) rests on cattails at the edge of the Sage Lakes in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington.
    Blackbird_RedWinged_Cattails_Columbi...jpg
  • Seven Canada geese (Branta canadensis) fly in formation, tracing the outline of a cloud over the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    CanadaGeese_Nisqually_1983.jpg
  • An Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) calls out from its perch in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Frenchglen, Oregon. Especially in the summer, Eastern Kingbirds feed on insects, primarily flies. They wait on a perch for an insect to approach and they fly off to catch it in mid-air.
    Kingbird_Eastern_Malheur_5178.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
  • Two tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus) watch the sun rise over the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, located in Ridgefield, Washington.
    ridgefield-tundra-swans-4655.jpg
  • A tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) swims in a marsh located in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Ridgefield, Washington. Hundreds of tundra swans spend part of the winter in Ridgefield, feeding on aquatic plants and mollusks.
    ridgefield-tundra-swan-4687.jpg
  • A painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) appears to check out its own reflection in a river in the Ridgefiled National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    PaintedTurtle_Ridgefield_8727.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 red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) rests on cattails in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington.
    Blackbird_RedWinged_Cattails_Columbi...jpg
  • Several North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) swim together in a channel in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington. The river otters most commonly eat fish, but they also consume various amphibians, turtles, and crayfish.
    RiverOtters_Swimming_5054.jpg
  • A North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) feeds on a fish on the banks of a channel in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    RiverOtter_Feeding_4978.jpg
  • A red-tailed hawk takes off from thorny brush to catch prey in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    Ridgefield_RedTailedHawk_5151.jpg
  • Three tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus) swim and feed on grass in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Ridgefield, Washington. Hundreds of swans spend part of the winter there.
    ridgefield-tundra-swans-4493.jpg
  • A red-footed booby (Sula sula rubripes) preens itself on a branch high above the Pacific Ocean in the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge in Kauai, Hawaii.
    red-footed-booby-preen.jpg
  • A marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris) sings from its perch in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    MarshWren_Ridgefield_Singing_8364.jpg
  • An adult killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) watches over one of its chicks at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon. Killdeer chicks are precocial, which means they are not confined to the nest when they hatch. Newly hatched killdeer are able to run around.
    Killdeer_AdultWithChick_Malheur_5541.jpg
  • Three white-faced ibis (Plegadis chihi) feed at the edge of a pond in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon. Ibises forage in groups by walking slowly with their heads down, probing the mud with their long, curved bills.
    Ibis_WhiteFaced_Malheur_5334.jpg
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) stands with its mouth wide open in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    Heron_MouthOpen_8078.jpg
  • A Belding's ground squirrel (Urocitellus beldingi) feeds on grass in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Frenchglen, Oregon. Belding's ground squirrels hibernate longer than most other mammals - 7 to 9 months per year - so their ability to survive the winter is dependent on how much body fat they are able to accumulate in the summer.
    GroundSquirrel_Beldings_Malheur_4845.jpg
  • A great frigatebird (Fregata minor palmerstoni) soars above the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on Kauai, Hawaii. The Hawaiian word for the bird is "'Iwa", which means "thief." The bird is known to harass other marine birds until they drop their food.
    great-frigatebird.jpg
  • 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.
    CanadaGeese_Nisqually_Fog_6759.jpg
  • Four Canada geese (Branta canadensis) fly in formation over the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. The Canada goose is the most widespread goose in North America and is found on ponds and marshes throughout the year in Canada and the northern United States.
    CanadaGeese_Nisqually_2003.jpg
  • A red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) rests in the cattails in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    blackbird_ridgefield_cattails_4665.jpg
  • A group of turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) circles over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon. The turkey vultures circled to catch rising pockets of hot air, known as thermals, which carried them higher in the sky.
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  • A song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) sings from a perch high in a tree in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
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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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  • A Belding's ground squirrel (Urocitellus beldingi) feeds on grass in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Frenchglen, Oregon. Belding's ground squirrels hibernate longer than most other mammals - 7 to 9 months per year - so their ability to survive the winter is dependent on how much body fat they are able to accumulate in the summer.
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