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A Key Deer in an area burned the previous day in a prescribed fire at National Key Deer NWR

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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This is one of 8 active bald eagle nests on Seedskadee NWR. This pair has used this location/nest for almost 10 years and has fledged over 20 young over their "career". Only one eaglet is

Credit: Bill Butcher/USFWS

The beaver (genus Castor) is a primarily nocturnal, large, semi-aquatic rodent.
Here, two beavers enjoy the beautiful Fall weather on Des Lacs Lake.

Photo Credit: Kirsten Brennan/USFWS

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Greater sage grouse live on sagebrush leaves , 99 percent of their diet, during winter months. Sage grouse lack muscular gizzards and cannot digest hard foods that require a gizzard to grind, like mo

Greater sage grouse live on sagebrush leaves , 99 percent of their diet, during winter months. Sage grouse lack muscular gizzards and cannot digest hard foods that require a gizzard to grind, like mo

Greater sage grouse live on sagebrush leaves , 99 percent of their diet, during winter months. Sage grouse lack muscular gizzards and cannot digest hard foods that require a gizzard to grind, like mo

The tracks of both mountain cottontail rabbits and white-tailed jackrabbits left behind in the snow indicate lots of travel. Both species are cyclic in the sage steppe habitats on Seedskadee NWR and W

Fish and Wildlife Service biologists used these short-tailed albatross decoys to help attract some of the critically endangered birds to Midway Atoll. The chick on the left is a Laysan albatross. The

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A brown bear sow prepares to share a fresh-caught salmon with her cubs near the confluence of the Kenai and Russian Rivers in Alaska. Interactions between bears and humans are a favorite topic of the

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A short-eared owl on Seedskadee NWR has just caught and eaten a meadow vole during the last light of dusk. As the temperatures will drop well below zero this night, a full meal of a meadow vole will

A great white heron shares the bank of the turn basin with a couple of wood storks in Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The turn basin provides a haven for birds and other w

A mule deer buck follows a doe through a tall stand of basin wildrye on Seedskadee NWR. The backlighting of the sun makes the basin wildrye along with his polished antlers glow. Photo: Tom Koerner/U

Raising young is hard work: a female Savannah sparrow must gather 10 times her weight in food to feed herself and her young during the 8 days they are in the nest.
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Brown pelican snares a stick for nest building at Breton NWR. May 3, 2010 by USFWS Tom MacKenzie. Taken during a bird count preassessment prior to the oil spill making landfall. 1868

A Key Deer in an area burned the previous day in a prescribed fire at National Key Deer NWR Photo by Josh O'Connor - USFWS

Greater sage grouse, sandhill cranes, trumpeter swans, and other bird species have all have been documented striking fences. In low light, the wires may not be visible to birds until it is too late.

Greater sage grouse live on sagebrush leaves , 99 percent of their diet, during winter months. Sage grouse lack muscular gizzards and cannot digest hard foods that require a gizzard to grind, like mo

Couple takes refuge from a storm, Moses van Uyttenbroeck

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Cassandra taking refuge at the foot of the altar, James Pradier

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A golden eagle pauses while eating a white-tailed jackrabbit to look around. Swirling winds have stirred up the snow, making dots of color as the snow crystals reflect the sun at different angles.

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Metinic Island, Maine Coastal Islands NWR. Summer with the Seabirds blog: http://mainecoastalislands.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/metinic-island-a-glimpse-into-our-nesting-season/
Credit: Brette Soucie

A short-eared owl flies past with its lunch, a meadow vole it has just caught. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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A close-up of a hummingbird visiting a Rocky Mountain bee plant won first place in 2013.

Photo Credit: Bob Brown

A male Northern harrier above and female below engage in aerial acrobatics as part of a courtship flight.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A San Joaquin Kit Fox at the California Living Museum in Bakersfield, Calif. The species was placed on the endangered list on March 11, 1967. Before the Kit Fox inhabited much of California’s San Joaq

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Just chillin......... Common nighthawks are most active from half an hour before until an hour after sunset, and again starting an hour before sunrise. They are very well camouflaged, and can be har

A Key Deer in an area burned the previous day in a prescribed fire at National Key Deer NWR Photo by Josh O'Connor - USFWS

A uniquely numbered aluminum band is being placed on the leg of a juvenile Whooping Crane. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

A juvenile Whooping Crane with a hood on it's head to keep it calm during handling appears to be watching biologists glue a colored band to its leg. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Pho

Metinic Island, Maine Coastal Islands NWR. Summer with the Seabirds blog: http://mainecoastalislands.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/metinic-island-a-glimpse-into-our-nesting-season/
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A pair of nesting Western grebes in a colony of approximately 200.
Location: Haglund Waterfowl Production Area, Chase Lake Wetland Management District
Credit: Neil Shook / USFWS

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WHITE FEMALE WOLF IN THE ATIGUN VALLEY. THIS WOLF DENS IN THE RIVERBANK OF THE ATIGUN INSIDE THE MAIN VALLEY ABOUT FIVE MILES SOUTH OF GALBRAITH CAMP. SHE ROAMS AT LEAST 20 MILES A DAY IN SEARCH OF FO

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American coots are common nesters on Seedskadee NWR. They build their floating nests among the hard stem bulrush and cattails. As fall approaches, additional coots begin to migrate and stage in larg

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Northern harriers are common on Seedskadee and Cokeville Meadows NWRs in Wyoming. They migrate through, winter, and nest here. Meadow voles found in the wetland and wet meadow habitats are one of th

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It is pretty rare to see a coot flying. They are really poor at flight as they do not fly often and their flight muscles are poorly developed. When they do decide to actually fly, they need a really

Brown pelicans at a dredge spoils island owned by the State of North Carolina called "Pelican Island" near Pea Island National Wildlife refuge. One of the most popular Wings Over Water field trips tak

In Pursuit
This golden eagle was pursuing a white-tailed jackrabbit along the Auto Tour Route. The golden eagle eaglets have hatched so he (I am speculating he is a he) is now feeding himself, the f

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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A veterinarian is placing a hood on a juvenile Whooping Crane. This will help keep the bird calm while it is handled. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

A veterinarian is placing a hood on a juvenile Whooping Crane. This will help keep the bird calm while it is handled. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

A juvenile Whooping Crane is carried from the holding pen so it can receive a health exam, be banded, and fitted with a radio transmitter. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL.

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Lottin-Caravan, Pierre-Victorien Lottin, 1887

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Bald eagles begin nesting on Seedskadee NWR when winter still grips the landscape. This pair has been repairing its nest since early February and the famale started incubating its first egg about Feb

A short-eared owl flies past with its lunch, a meadow vole it has just caught. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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A veterinarian is placing a hood on a juvenile Whooping Crane. This will help keep the bird calm while it is handled. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

Returning from its pampas wintering grounds in Argentina, the Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda takes advantage of the nesting and feeding habitat that Kirwin NWR and adjacent private land prairie

Entrance tracks of a Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)
Credit: Keenan Adams, USFWS

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A Brewer's sparrow perched on a Wyoming big sagebrush at Seedskadee NWR. They are a common nester here, but getting a good look at one can be a challenge.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A Northern harrier hovers above a flock of red-winged blackbirds burrowed into the cattails. Northern harriers, previously called marsh hawks, are birds of the wind. On breezy days, they soar, glide

Metinic Island, Maine Coastal Islands NWR. Summer with the Seabirds blog: http://mainecoastalislands.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/metinic-island-a-glimpse-into-our-nesting-season/
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09 Psalm 104 v18 The high hills are a refuge for the Wild Goats

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Eaglets grow very quickly! Within six weeks of birth, they are almost the same size as their parents.

Photo Credit: Rich Keen / DPRA

A short-eared owl on Seedskadee NWR has just caught a meadow vole during the last light of dusk. It looks around cautiously for a few minutes to determine if any other predators have noticed its succ

Oh My! What big feet you have!
Trumpeter swans are very big birds. Adult male trumpeters can weigh 21 to 38 pounds while adult female trumpeters weigh 20 to 25 pounds. To get all of that weight off th

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Berenice, wife of Antiochus Theos, and her son take refuge in Daphne, Edward Francis Burney

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Leroux 1859 Verdun, Louis Hector Leroux

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This drake Northern pintail has not molted in to its breeding plumage. It is likely a juvenille from a late hatch and is just beginning to show some of its breeding plumage, with a little of the redd

Oh My! What big feet you have!
Trumpeter swans are very big birds. Adult male trumpeters can weigh 21 to 38 pounds while adult female trumpeters weigh 20 to 25 pounds. To get all of that weight off th

A Northern harrier soars overhead on Seedskadee NWR. Harriers are birds of the wind, and soar over the wetlands and riparian habitas along the Green River. Small birds, voles, and mice are their pre

The attack on our outer ramparts - first the house of refuge - then the public schools - then - the Constitution! LCCN2011661440, 1885

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Paul Klee Refuge 1930 Norton Simon, Paul Klee

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A large alligator checks out a prescribed fire at Ace Basin NWR. The prescribed fire was conducted by USFWS firefighters on 3/10/14 to help reduce wildfire risk and improve wildlife habitat.

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Swainson's hawks have one of the longest migration routes of raptors. They spend the winter in Argentina and migrate back to western North America for the summer, a roundtrip journey of up to 17,000 m

The distinctive plumage of a soaring rough-legged hawk over Seedskadee NWR. They are one of the few Buteos that will routinely hover in place while hunting. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Joshua 20 v01-09, Psalm 62 v07 The Cities of Refuge (anon 1907)

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Glaucous-winged Gulls (Larus glaucescens) and Sea Lions at Hazy Islands Wilderness, Alaska, USA.

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Theodore Clement Steele - The Muscatatuck, Theodore Clement Steele

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His Majesty Shah Shoojah-ool-Moolk. The governor's place of refuge during the capture of the fortress LCCN2016647844 (cropped), 1842

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33 Running to a City of Refuge

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Temistokles finds refuge with king Admet, Franz Caucig, by 1801

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Cool Facts about the Common Raven
The Common Raven is an acrobatic flier, often doing rolls and somersaults in the air. One bird was seen flying upside down for more than a half-mile. Young birds are

After a short eared owl captured a meadow vole, a prairie falcon chased the owl down and swiped the vole. A rough legged-hawk got there too late. Left to right - rough-legged hawk, prairie falcon wi

US Navy 090704-N-1062H-073 Air Traffic Controller 1st Class Luke Wray plays with Cruiser, a dog at the Dogs Refuge Home, during a community service project

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Few raptors exhibit sexual dimorphism to the degree of the Northern harrier. Males (top) are smaller and a ghostly silver overall, with black wingtips. Females (bottom) are mostly dark brown, heavily

Berne-Bellecour 1859, Étienne-Prosper Berne-Bellecour

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A juvenile whooping crane with a hood on to keep it calm appears to be watching biologist Eva Szyszkoski, International Crane Foundation, place a radio transmitter on its leg. Wheeler National Wildli

January 2013 - US Fish and Wildlife Service employee Mary Jo Hill attempting to locate two radio collared mountain lions siblings (a male and a female) with radio direction finding equipment. They had

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Gunshot red wolf found on private property north of the Town of Swanquarter, in western Hyde County, North Carolina, on Tuesday, November 19, 2013. Public domain Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv

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In populated coastal areas, wetland migration is often constrained by land development and shoreline stabilization measures. These conditions can result in the crowd

Cool Facts About Rough-Legged Hawks
The name "Rough-legged" hawk refers to the feathered legs. The rough-legged hawk, the ferruginous hawk, and the golden eagle are the only American raptors to have l

We don't see short-eared owls at Seedskadee NWR often, but in some years a number of them may spend the winter with us, when meadow voles are abundant. Short-eared owls are one of the few owl species

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