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Wild Lives { 48 images } Created 30 Nov 2014

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  • Resting yearling gray wolf (Canis lupus) from the Toklat pack in Denali National Park, Alaska
    DenaliToklatWolf1.tif
  • An Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) returns to the Delaware Bay after spawning on the beaches at Port Mahon, Delaware.
    HorshoeCrabReturningToSurfRE2.tif
  • A great egret (Ardea alba) is reflected at sunrise in the dark waters of Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia.
    GreatEgretWinterReflection2.tif
  • A white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn beds down for the evening near Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
    ShenandoahBigMeadowsFawn4.tif
  • A sanderling (Caladris alba) stands fluffed out after preening and shaking its feathers, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteagueSanderlingFluffed.tif
  • Arctic ground squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) alarm calling, Eielson Visitor Center, Denali National Park, Alaska
    ArcticGroundSquirrelAlarm.tif
  • A coyote (Canis latrans) feeds on a previously killed white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn, Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. This image has been used by National Geographic News to illustrate a new article announcing the study that wolf DNA was found in eastern coyotes.
    CoyoteEatingFawn1.tif
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is reflected in the dark waters of Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge at sunset.
    GreatBlueHeronReflection2.tif
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) resting on a ridge in the middle of the Great Falls of the Potomac River at evening twilight, Chesapeak and Ohio Canal National Historic Park, Potomac, Maryland
    GreatFallsGreatBlueHeronTwilight2.tif
  • A winter northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) feeding on the seeds of a tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna River, Conowingo, Maryland.
    WinterCardinalFeeding.tif
  • A wild snowy egret (Egretta thula) taking a break to preen as it begins to stake out nesting territory at the beginning of the breeding season, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    SnowyEgretPreening.tif
  • Wild great egret (Ardea alba) in flight returning to the rookery with nesting material at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretFlight4.tif
  • Chincoteague ponies (Equus ferus caballus) feed in the snow, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteaguePoniesSnow1.tif
  • Close-up portrait of a wild great egret (Ardea alba) in breeding plumage highlighted against an overcast sky at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretPortrait2.tif
  • A hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) family bedding down for the night just before sunset at Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia.
    HoodedMerganserFamily1.tif
  • Portrait of an adult male canvasback (Aythya valisineria) surfacing while feeding in a flock on the Choptank River just offshore from Cambridge, Maryland.
    ChoptankRiverJanuaryCanvasback4.tif
  • Wild great egret (Ardea alba) in flight about to land at its nest at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretFlight10.tif
  • Spring Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) Cub, Thorofare Pass, Denali National Park, AK
    ThorofareGrizzlyCub1.tif
  • A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) kit plays near its den, Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Delaware.
    FoxKitBombayHook1.tif
  • Wild fledgling cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) siblings perched in a bush, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    CattleEgretSiblings1.tif
  • A young white-tailed deer fawn (Odocoileus virginianus) bleats to its mother, Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
    VocalizingFawn1.tif
  • A beaver (Castor canadensis) in Jordan Pond munches on freshly cut vegetation, Acadia National Park, Maine.
    JordanPondBeaver2.tif
  • Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) Feeding on Grass, Eielson Visitors Center, Denali National Park, AK
    ArcticGroundSquirrelFeeding1.tif
  • Male horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) pile on top of a female crab during a spawning event, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    HorseshoeCrabMatingFrenzy.tif
  • Close-up portrait of a canvasback (Aythya valisineria) on the Choptank River, Cambridge, MD in winter.
    CanvasbackPortrait1.tif
  • A pair of Atlantic horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) spawning at the surf line at sunrise participate in one of the great natural spectacles in the eastern US, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.
    SpawningHorseshoeCrabsSunrise1.tif
  • Two ruddy turnstones fighting over feeding territory with a Sanderling feeding in the background.
    RuddyTurnstonesFighting.tif
  • A semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) shakes out its plumage after bathing in a shallow pool near the Mispillion Inlet, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.
    SemipalmatedSandpiperBathing.tif
  • Each year hundreds of thousands of shorebirds arrive in the Delaware Bay to feed on the eggs of spawning horseshoe crabs.  This semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) was part of a flock of sandpipers feeding on eggs at the Logan Tract of the Ted Harvey Conservation Area, Kitts Hummock, Delaware. A spawning crab is visible in the background.
    SemipalmatedForagingLogan1.tif
  • A juvenile double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) swims in a drainage ditch surrounded by reflections, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia
    JuvenileDCCormorantReflection1.tif
  • A pair of Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea) rest and feed on a tundra kettle pond above Wonder Lake in Denali National Park, Alaska.  Arctic terns are famous for their Arctic to Antarctic long distance migrations, often flying well over 12,000 miles each way.  Due to this migration from Arctic summer to Antarctic summer, this tern sees more daylight than possibly any other animal in the world.
    DenaliArcticTernPair1.tif
  • DCCormorantSilhouette.tif
  • RazorbillChick.tif
  • AtlanticPuffinsListening1.tif
  • AtlanticPuffinPair1.tif
  • Portrait of a redhead drake (Aythya americana) wintering on the Choptank River, Cambridge, Maryland
    RedheadPortrait10P.tif
  • An adult osprey (Pandion haliaetus) carries a large stick as it flies back to its nest on Port Mahon Road, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    OspreyNestingMaterial1.tif
  • An adult male northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) walks amongst the vegetation on the Big Meadow, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
    ShenandoahBigMeadowsBobwhite3.tif
  • A long exposure of a restless snow goose (Chen caerulescens) flock at twilight, Swan Cove Pool, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    RestlessSnowGeeseTwilight.tif
  • Morning portrait with reflection of a female canvasback (Aythya valisineria) on the Choptank River, Cambridge, Maryland
    FemaleCanvasbackReflection.tif
  • Male and female American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) engaing in courtship behavior.  The male is producing his bellow vocalization in the HOTA (head oblique tail arched) position while the female rubs her snout along his entire body, focusing on the throat and muzzle of the male.  Photographed in a natural swamp exhibit at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    AlligatorCourtship.tif
  • A juvenile ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) swims in a winter marsh, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteagueRuddyDuckReflection3.tif
  • An eastern amberwing dragonfly (Perithemis tenera) perches on the eye ridge of a captive american alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in a natural swamp exhibit at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.  The orders these individuals belong to have been present for over 200 million years.
    AlligatorEasternAmberwing1.tif
  • Wild fledgling snowy egret (Egretta thula) siblings jockey for position on a branch as they keep an eye out for parents returning with food, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    SnowyEgretSiblings1.tif
  • Wild fledgling great egret (Ardea alba) siblings beg and jockey for position in reaction to a returning parent, St. Ausgustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    GreatEgretFamily1.tif
  • An eastern ribbon snake (Thamnophis sauritus) hangs from a bush at Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, VA.
    GarterSnakeBush.tif
  • AtlanticPuffinFlapping1.tif
  • A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) using its acute sense of hearing to locate rodents in the grass while hunting along the Raymond Pool dike at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Delaware
    HuntingRedFoxListening.tif