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Black-footed ferrets are nocturnal, leaving their burrows at night to hunt prairie dogs. Photo: Elisa Dahlberg / USFWS. Tweeted by the US Fish & Wildlife Service 3/4/17.
Mealtime involves certain entanglements for a great blue heron at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington. But the garter snake is destined to be dinner. The image took first place in Ridgefield Refuge’s 2012 photo contest. Photo by Gary Davenport. From the US Fish & Wildlife website.
A male mountain bluebird pauses for a moment after catching a grasshopper. All is clear, so he quickly feeds one of the young bluebirds through the nest cavity hole and sets off to find another one. Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS. Taken 6/25/17 and posted on Flickr by the US Fish & Wildlife Service.
Bald eagle on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS. Taken 6/28/17 and posted on Flickr by the US Fish & Wildlife Service.
While not rare, pine martens can be hard to photograph. This one was spotted at Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Jacob W. Frank. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 5/23/17.

Posted July 18, 2017 by henrymowry in Photography

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Great Blue Heron landing in a field of bullrush from the 2016 Bear River Photo contest. Photo by Ron Welker / USFWS. Tweeted by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, 11/30/16.
Greater sandhill crane pairs return to Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in late March and early April. They immediately begin to re-establish a nesting territory and will begin nest building/repair activities. This pair was out for a mid morning foraging stroll, looking for meadow voles, crayfish, and invertebrates. The invertebrates are found by probing the damp soils and by flipping over the cow pies left from the prescribed grazing conducted during the winter. Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS. Posted on Flickr by the US Department of the Interior, 4/7/17.
Because of the flexibility of their diet, mountain bluebirds are able to migrate north earlier than most birds. Photo by Dave Fitzpatrick. Posted on Facebook by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, 4/7/17.

Posted April 12, 2017 by henrymowry in Photography

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Alright, Mr. DeMille, I’m Ready For My Close-up.   1 comment

Five young green herons scan the sky avidly for signs of their next meal at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Alabama. Photo by Roy W. Lowe. From the US Fish & Wildlife website.
Black-necked stilts have the second-longest legs in proportion to their body in the bird world, exceeded only by flamingos. You can spot black-necked stilts at San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, where this photo was taken. Photo by Rinus Baak/USFWS. From the US Fish & Wildlife website.
Photo: Paul Brooke. Yellow-crowned night heron, at the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. Photo by Paul Brooke from the US Fish & Wildlife website.
Bad hair day. A great blue heron chick tries out a punk look at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Utah. In migration season, millions of birds stop to rest and feed in refuge wetlands in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. Some stick around to nest. Photo by Brian Ferguson/USFWS. From the US Fish & Wildlife website.
A worried-looking Atlantic puffin at Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge wears its fish dinner before it eats it. From the US Fish & Wildlife website.

Posted March 19, 2017 by henrymowry in Photography

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