After its running-on-water takeoff, this lesser scaup raises its landing gear and flaps to gain altitude. Photo by Krista Lundgren/USFWS. Tweeted by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, 5/4/18.
Male yellow-headed blackbirds (like this one) arrive to establish territories on wetlands ahead of the arrival of the females. Females will build a nest in vegetation (like cattails or bulrushes) over the water within a male’s territory. Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS. Photo taken on 4/18/17 and tweeted by the US Fish & Wildlife Service.
American kestrel taking in this beautiful Monday on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Posted on Facebook by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, 5/1/17.
A sage thrasher perched on a Wyoming big #sagebrush. Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS. Posted on Facebook by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, 5/2/17.
Swan family, tweeted by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, 5/12/17.
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