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Tyson Gillard
Land use in the US West.
Tyson Gillard
National Wildlife Refuge System.
Tyson Gillard
National Wildlife Refuge System.
Shane Kucera
Photo Date:
09/06/2013
San Juan Islands National Conservation Area: Aggregating anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima) and Pacific rockweed (Fucus gardneri).
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
05/08/2012
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge: Great blue heron (Ardea herodias).
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
05/08/2012
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge: Western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta).
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
05/08/2012
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge: Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus).
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
05/08/2012
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge: Bald eagle (Haliaetus leucocephalus).
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
07/13/2013
Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge: Western sandpipers (Calidris mauri).
Shane Kucera
Photo Date:
09/06/2013
San Juan Islands National Conservation Area: Great blue heron (Ardea herodias).
Shane Kucera
Photo Date:
09/06/2013
San Juan Islands National Conservation Area: Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus).
Shane Kucera
Photo Date:
09/06/2013
San Juan Islands National Conservation Area: Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani).
Shane Kucera
Photo Date:
09/06/2013
San Juan Islands National Conservation Area: Unidentified jellyfish.
Sharlea Taft
Photo Date:
10/11/2011
Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, NV.
Sharlea Taft
Photo Date:
10/11/2011
Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, NV.
Zachary Hawn
Photo Date:
02/17/2013
Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus).
Zachary Hawn
Photo Date:
10/17/2013
Boardwalk from the Riparian Overlook in Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge.
Race Jones
Photo Date:
05/29/2014
A small boardwalk in Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge.
Jared Kennedy
Photo Date:
05/22/2014
Looking out over the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge wetland.
Jared Kennedy
Photo Date:
08/24/2014
Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
08/24/2014
Praying mantis (Mantodea) along the Willard Springs Loop Trail in the Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
12/14/2014
Looking east over Steigerwald National Wildlife Refuge.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
12/14/2014
Canada geese (Branta canadensis) in Scaup Pond at Steigerwald National Wildlife Refuge.
Heron Marychild
Photo Date:
07/19/2014
Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) at William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge.
Heron Marychild
Photo Date:
09/28/2014
Coypu (Myocastor coypus), also known as nutria, lounging in the main backwater channel at Snag Boat Bend in the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge.
Randy Johnson
Photo Date:
04/17/2016
Many bison are home to Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
Randy Johnson
Photo Date:
04/17/2016
A hawk in Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
Randy Johnson
Photo Date:
04/17/2016
A juvenile great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) in Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
Race Jones
Photo Date:
05/29/2014
Sunset at the interpretive viewpoint in Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
11/28/2015
Keep your eyes peeled for coyote at Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge.
Gerard Smith
Photo Date:
11/24/2012
Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
08/24/2014
Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.