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Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus).
Great blue heron (Ardea herodias).
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Carty Unit.
Red-spotted garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus).
Bald eagle (Haliaetus leucocephalus).
Lancaster Lake in the Carty Unit.
Unidentified species (help us identify it by providing feedback).
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus).
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Carty Unit.
Unidentified species (help us identify it by providing feedback).
Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus).
Nutria (Myocastor coypus).
Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana).
Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor).
Western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta).
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge River S Unit.
Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus).
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge River S Unit.
Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor).
Nutria (Myocastor coypus).
An albino nutria (Myocastor coypus).
Photo Date:
09/28/2014
A birder looks out over the Carty Unit.
Photo Date:
09/28/2014
A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) and great egrets (Ardea alba) congregate in the Carty Unit.
Photo Date:
09/28/2014
Great egrets (Ardea alba) fly over Lancaster Lake.
Photo Date:
09/28/2014
Great egret fles over Lancaster Lake.
Photo Date:
09/28/2014
View west from Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge's River S Unit.