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Black-billed magpie on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS. Taken 7/24/17 and posted on Flickr by the US Department of the Interior.

Sagebrush sparrow on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo taken by Tom Koerner/USFWS 6/21/17 and then posted on Flickr by the US Fish & Wildlife Service.

Greater sage-grouse on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS. Taken 7/21/17 and posted on Flickr by the US Department of the Interior.

American robin on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS. Taken 7/23/17 and posted on Flickr by the US Department of the Interior.

Sage thrashers feed primarily on terrestrial insects and arthropods, such as ants, grasshoppers, and ground beetles, which they find on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in the sage steppe, where they nest. They will also add berries into their diet when available. By late July, Saskatoon servicerries are ripening, and seemingly every sage thrasher in the County shows up to eat them. Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS. Taken 7/23/17 and posted on Flickr by the US Department of the Interior.

Cedar waxwing feeds on Saskatoon serviceberry at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS. Taken 7/24/17 & posted on Flickr by the US Department of the Interior.

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Elk at Tule Elk National Wildlife Refuge. Once estimated to have a population of fewer than 30, these unique Tule elk now number more than 4,000. See them — and other terrific wildlife — just two hours outside of San Francisco, California. Photo by Lee Eastman, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. From the US Department of the Interior blog.

Pronghorn on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS. Taken on 2/28/17; tweeted by the US Fish & Wildlife Service 3/2/17.

Moose and Black Billed Magpie on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 3/2/17.

Two elk smooch while enjoying the view at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. Every autumn, elk gather for the rut or annual mating season. Bull elk can be heard calling to females with a crescendo of deep, resonant tones that rise rapidly to a high-pitched squeal before dropping to a series of grunts. Photo by Brent Willmert, from the US Department of the Interior blog.