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  • A pair of American coots (Fulica americana) swim among bulrush stalks as the sun sets over Lake Sammamish in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Coots-American_Bulrush_Sunset_Lake-S...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
  • 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 pair of horned grebes (Podiceps auritus) generate ripples as they swim on the water of Puget Sound near Edmonds, Washington. The grebes here are shown in their winter, nonbreeding plumage.
    Grebes-Horned_Pair-Swimming_Edmonds_...jpg
  • Five Canada geese (Branta canadensis) swim in a channel of water in the Edmonds Marsh, Edmonds, Washington.
    Geese_Canada_Swimming_Edmonds-Marsh_...jpg
  • A pair of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) swim in a channel in Edmonds Marsh, Edmonds, Washington.
    Geese_Canada_Swimming_EdmondsMarsh_2...jpg
  • Two horned grebes (Podiceps auritus), displaying their winter nonbreeding plumage, swim on Puget Sound near Hansville, Washington.
    Grebes_Horned_WinterPlumage_Hansvill...jpg
  • A sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) struggles to swim upstream against the fast-moving 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_131...jpg
  • Three Canada geese (Branta canadensis) swim in Hood Canal near Seabeck, Washington.
    CanadaGeese_Swimming_HoodCanal_5999.jpg
  • A family of Canada geese (Branta canadensis), two parents and three goslings, swim in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. The typical Canada goose clutch size is five eggs, though it can range from two to twelve. The eggs hatch simultaneously so the parents can lead the goslings together away from the nest. Canada geese typically mate for life.
    CanadaGeese_YoungFamily_Arboretum_33...jpg
  • A family of Canada geese (Branta canadensis), two parents and three goslings, swim in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. The typical Canada goose clutch size is five eggs, though it can range from two to twelve. The eggs hatch simultaneously so the parents can lead the goslings together away from the nest. Canada geese typically mate for life.
    CanadaGeese_YoungFamily_Arboretum_35...jpg
  • A family of Canada geese (Branta canadensis), two parents and three goslings, swim in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. The typical Canada goose clutch size is five eggs, though it can range from two to twelve. The eggs hatch simultaneously so the parents can lead the goslings together away from the nest. Canada geese typically mate for life..
    CanadaGeese_YoungFamily_Arboretum_33...jpg
  • A family of Canada geese (Branta canadensis), two parents and three goslings, swim in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. The typical Canada goose clutch size is five eggs, though it can range from two to twelve. The eggs hatch simultaneously so the parents can lead the goslings together away from the nest. Canada geese typically mate for life.
    CanadaGeese_YoungFamily_Arboretum_34...jpg
  • A common merganser (Mergus merganser) swims on the water of Lake Washington in Renton, Washington, with one of her downy young riding on her back as other ducklings swim alongside.
    Merganser_Mother_Babies_Back_Renton_...jpg
  • A northern river otter (Lontra canadensis) swims in Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. Northern river otters can dive to more than 50 feet and swim underwater for several minutes. The aquatic weasel was once common on rivers, lakes and coastal wetlands over much of North America, but is much less common now because of habitat loss.
    RiverOtter_Swimming_ScriberLake_3191.jpg
  • A North American beaver (Castor canadensis) swims across the Sammamish River at Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington, on a foggy morning as bufflehead ducks swim the other direction.
    Beaver_Sammamish-River_Foggy_Marymoo...jpg
  • A great blue heron watches a large flock of Canada geese swim up the Sammamish River near Kenmore, Washington, on a foggy winter morning.
    SammamishRiver_GeeseAndHeron_0536.jpg
  • A family of four trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) swims in the Firehole River in winter in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The Firehole River is supplied mainly by runoff from geysers and hot springs, so it does not freeze in the winter, even when temperatures plunge well below freezing.
    Swans-Trumpeter_Firehole-River_Winte...jpg
  • A male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) swims on Juanita Creek in Kirkland, Washington, several thousand miles from its native range in east Asia. While the mandarin duck is native to Japan, southeast Russia and eastern China, it has been exported to the United Kingdom and North America, where it has occasionally escaped captivity and established feral populations.
    Duck-Mandarin_Juanita-Creek_Kirkland...jpg
  • A male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) drinks as he swims on Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington, several thousand miles from its native range in east Asia. While the mandarin duck is native to Japan, southeast Russia and eastern China, it has been exported to the United Kingdom and North America, where it has occasionally escaped captivity and established feral populations. It is closely related to the North American wood duck.
    Duck-Mandarin_Lake-Washington_Kirkla...jpg
  • A North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) swims in the still water of Ronald Bog on a foggy morning in Shoreline, Washington.
    Otter_Swimming_Foggy_Shoreline_7218.jpg
  • A female mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) swims on the water of Edmonds Marsh, Edmonds, Washington.
    Mallard_Female_EdmondsMarsh_1507.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 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 pair of captive sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) swim in the Point Defiance Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. Sandbar sharks are typically found in shallow waters, less than 200 feet deep, in the tropical and subtropical Pacific and Atlantic oceans, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Mediterranean Sea.
    Sharks_Sandbar_Pt-Defiance_9395.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
  • 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 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
  • Two female greater scaups (Aythya marila) swim in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle. Lesser scaups dive to feed on plant seeds, snails, insects, and crustaceans.
    GreaterScaup_Arboretum_3451.jpg
  • Two trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) swim in the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Swans-Trumpeter_Firehole-River_Yello...jpg
  • A pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) mother swims with her chick on the water of a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington.
    Grebe-Pied-Billed_Mother-Chick-Swimm...jpg
  • A male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) swims on Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington, several thousand miles from its native range in east Asia. While the mandarin duck is native to Japan, southeast Russia and eastern China, it has been exported to the United Kingdom and North America, where it has occasionally escaped captivity and established feral populations. It is closely related to the North American wood duck.
    Duck-Mandarin_Juanita-Creek_Kirkland...jpg
  • A female hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) swims on Lake Sammamish at sunrise in this view from Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Merganser-Hooded_Swimming_Marymoor_5...jpg
  • A family of orcas (Orcinus orca), otherwise known as killer whales, swims in the water off the San Juan Islands in Washington state.
    Orcas_Pod-Swimming_San-Juan-Islands_...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 pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) chick swims by itself on a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington.
    Grebe-Pied-Billed_Chick-Swimming_Uni...jpg
  • A pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) chick swims by itself on a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington.
    Grebe-Pied-Billed_Chick-Swimming_Uni...jpg
  • A male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) swims on Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington, several thousand miles from its native range in east Asia. While the mandarin duck is native to Japan, southeast Russia and eastern China, it has been exported to the United Kingdom and North America, where it has occasionally escaped captivity and established feral populations. It is closely related to the North American wood duck.
    Duck-Mandarin_Lake-Washington_Kirkla...jpg
  • A male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) swims on Juanita Creek in Kirkland, Washington, several thousand miles from its native range in east Asia. While the mandarin duck is native to Japan, southeast Russia and eastern China, it has been exported to the United Kingdom and North America, where it has occasionally escaped captivity and established feral populations. It is closely related to the North American wood duck.
    Duck-Mandarin_Juanita-Creek_Kirkland...jpg
  • A male wood duck (Aix sponsa), swims on the vibrant blue water of Yellow Lake in Sammamish, Washington. Male ducks are known as drakes.
    Duck-Wood_Swimming_Sammamish_2582.jpg
  • An American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) swims along the surface of the water in the Florida Everglades. American alligators are found in the southeast United States. Florida and Louisiana each have alligator populations of greater than one million.
    Alligator_Swimming_Everglades_3698.jpg
  • A school of Pacific staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus) fry swim in tight circles in Puget Sound close to the Edmonds, Washington, waterfront. Pacific staghorn sculpin are found in shallow coastal waters along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California, and are especially common in estuaries and coastal lagoons.
    Fish_Small-Fry_Circles_Edmonds_0608.jpg
  • A captive sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) swims in the Point Defiance Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. Sandbar sharks are typically found in shallow waters of 200 feet or less in the tropical and subtropical Pacific and Atlantic oceans, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Mediterranean Sea.
    Shark_Sandbar_Pt-Defiance_9453.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 pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) mother swims as one of her chicks rides along on her back on a pond in the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington.
    Grebe-Pied-Billed_Mother-Chick_Swimm...jpg
  • Pacific staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus) fry swim in a tight cluster called a school in Puget Sound near the Edmonds, Washington, shoreline. Pacific staghorn sculpin are found in shallow coastal waters along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California, and are especially common in estuaries and coastal lagoons.
    Fish_Small-Fry_Circles_Edmonds_0796.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 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.
    WoodDuck_DrakeSwimming_Arboretum_307...jpg
  • A mallard duckling (Anas platyrhynchos) swims with its mother in a channel off Foster Island in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Mallard_MotherAndDuckling_Arboretum_...jpg
  • A young western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) swims in the Sammamish River near Kenmore, Washington in late summer.
    Grebe_Western_Swimming_Sammamish_848...jpg
  • An American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) swims along the surface of the water in the Florida Everglades. American alligators are found in the southeast United States. Florida and Louisiana each have alligator populations of greater than one million.
    Alligator_Swimming_Everglades_3753.jpg
  • A Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) calls to other grebes as it swims across Fern Ridge Lake near Eugene, Oregon.
    Grebe_Western_FernRidgeLake_0339.jpg
  • A female wood duck (Aix sponsa) 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_FemaleSwimming_Arboretum_31...jpg
  • A Pied-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) swims on a small pond off North Creek in Bothell, Washington..
    Grebe_PiedBilled_Swimming_NorthCreek...jpg
  • A red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) swims among the lily pads in an inlet in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington.
    Slider_RedEared_Swimming_Arboretum_0...jpg
  • A nutria (Myocastor coypus) swims up the Snohomish River near Kenmore, Washington. The river reflects the fall colors of the trees on its banks. Nutria, which are large aquatic rodents, are native to South America and were introduced to the United States in the 1940s. Since then, they have become so abundant they are considered a nuisance, destroying habitat used by waterfowl and displacing native muskrats.
    Nutria_SnohomishRiver_Golden_5777.jpg
  • A pair of mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) swims in the fog on Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. A female mallard is on the left; a male, also called a drake, is on the right.
    Mallard_Pair_ScriberLake_Foggy_0128.jpg
  • A Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus) swims in the open water of Upright Channel between Lopez and Shaw islands in the San Juan Islands of Washington state. In this image, the deer was about a half-mile from land. The deer are native to the San Juan Islands and early Europen explorers reported seeing large herds of them swimming between the islands.
    Deer_Black-Tailed_Swimming_San-Juan-...jpg
  • A Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus) swims in the open water of Upright Channel between Lopez and Shaw islands in the San Juan Islands of Washington state. In this image, the deer was about a half-mile from land. The deer are native to the San Juan Islands and early Europen explorers reported seeing large herds of them swimming between the islands.
    Deer_Black-Tailed_Swimming_San-Juan-...jpg
  • A common merganser (Mergus merganser) swims on the water of Lake Washington in Renton, Washington, with one of her downy young riding on her back.
    Merganser_Mother_Chick_Renton_5822.jpg
  • A mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) drake swims on the Sammamish River near Bothell, Washington, as it reflects the fall colors from the trees lining its banks.
    Bothell_Sammamish-River_Duck-Fall-Co...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 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 young harbor seal pup (Phoca vitulina) swims with its mother in Puget Sound near Port Townsend, Washington.
    HarborSeals_MotherAndPup_RatIsland_0...jpg
  • A rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) with its bill full of herring swims on Puget Sound near Port Townsend, Washington. The rhinoceros auklet feeds almost exclusively on small fish.
    Auklet_Rhinocerous_Herring_RatIsland...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_8734.jpg
  • Four Canada geese, rendered in silhouette, watch a fiery fall sunset over the Olympic Mountains of Washington state while swimming on Puget Sound off Alki Point.
    Alki_Geese_Olympics_FierySunset_5314.jpg
  • A sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) battles its way up the Cedar River to spawn in the autumn. Sockeye salmon are also known as red salmon or blueback salmon. The males do not turn red until they return to the rivers or streams where they hatched to spawn.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Swimming_Riverview_57...jpg
  • A mother mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) swims with several over her chicks in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington.
    Mallard_MotherAndBabies_6273.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the wake behind a male wood duck (Aix sponsa) as it swims on the water of Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington. Male ducks are known as drakes.
    Duck-Wood_Lake-Washington_Long-Expos...jpg
  • A female common merganser (Mergus merganser) swims with her downy young, several riding on her back, on Lake Washington near Renton, Washington.
    Merganser_Mother_Babies_Back_Renton_...jpg
  • A female common merganser (Mergus merganser) swims with her downy young, several riding on her back, on Lake Washington near Renton, Washington.
    Merganser_Mother_Babies_Back_Renton_...jpg
  • A trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) lifts its head while swimming in the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Swan-Trumpeter_Firehole-River_Yellow...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 red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) creates ripples as it swims on the water of Puget Sound near Edmonds, Washington. The red-breasted merganser spends the winter on coastal bays, feeding mainly on small fish, crustaceans and aquatic insects.
    Merganser-Red-Breasted_Swimming_Edmo...jpg
  • A male sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) swims 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_122...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the movement of a school of koi (Cyprinus carpio), a domesticated type of common carp, in a koi pond in Makena, Maui, Hawai`i.
    Koi_SwimmingAbstract_Makena_6582.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the movement of a school of koi (Cyprinus carpio), a domesticated type of common carp, in a koi pond in Makena, Maui, Hawai`i.
    Koi_SwimmingAbstract_Makena_6617.jpg
  • A male common eider (Somateria mollissima) swims past icebergs floating in Jökulsárlón, the glacier lagoon in Iceland.
    Iceland_Eider_Jokulsarlon_5655.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 common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) jumps while swimming in Milford Sound, New Zealand. The bottlenose dolphin is a strong swimmer and spends much of its time near the surface.
    BottlenoseDolphin_Jumping_6456.jpg
  • An American coot (Fulica americana) swims across Clear Lake, located in Skagit County, Washington.
    american-coot-clearlake_4429.jpg
  • An American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) swims toward the observer along the Anhinga Trail in the Everglades National Park, Florida. This is the largest of the two species of alligators, and is native only to the wetlands of the Southeastern United States. The raised bumps on its back are used to store heat..
    alligator-swimming-everglades-3219.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the wake behind a male wood duck (Aix sponsa) as it swims on the water of Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington. Male ducks are known as drakes.
    Duck-Wood_Lake-Washington_Long-Expos...jpg
  • A female common merganser (Mergus merganser) swims with her downy young, several riding on her back, on Lake Washington near Renton, Washington.
    Merganser_Mother_Babies_Back_Renton_...jpg
  • A female common merganser (Mergus merganser) swims with her downy young, several riding on her back, on Lake Washington near Renton, Washington.
    Merganser_Mother_Babies_Back_Renton_...jpg
  • A female common merganser (Mergus merganser) swims with her downy young, several riding on her back, on Lake Washington near Renton, Washington.
    Merganser_Mother_Babies_Back_Renton_...jpg
  • A female common merganser (Mergus merganser) swims with her downy young, several riding on her back, as slightly older merganser race on the water of Lake Washington near Renton, Washington.
    Merganser_Mother_Babies_Back_Renton_...jpg
  • A female common merganser (Mergus merganser) swims with her downy young, several riding on her back, on Lake Washington near Renton, Washington.
    Merganser_Mother_Babies_Back_Renton_...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 red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena) in breeding plumage swims on Puget Sound near Edmonds, Washington.
    Grebe-Red-Necked_Puget-Sound_Edmonds...jpg
  • A trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) lifts its head while swimming in the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Swan-Trumpeter_Firehole-River_Yellow...jpg
  • A male sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) swims 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_122...jpg
  • A tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) swims with fish in its beak on the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Protection Island in Washington state.
    Puffin_Tufted_Fish_6249.jpg
  • A common merganser (Mergus merganser) swims on the water of Lake Washington in Renton, Washington, with one of her downy young riding on her back, pecking at her neck feathers.
    Merganser_Mother_Chick_Renton_7037.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 pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) floats on the water among water lilies in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. Pied-billed grebes are found throughout the Americas, typically on freshwater wetlands that have aquatic plants.
    Grebe_Pied-Billed_Floating_Arboretum...jpg
  • Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), still displaying their ocean coloring, migrate through the fish ladder at the Ballard Locks (officially named the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks) in Seattle, Washington, on their way to their spawning grounds in the rivers east of Puget Sound.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Ballard-Locks_1084.jpg
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