Unidentified brown duck in the clear shallow waters. Notice its tiger-like striping and its distinctive steel-blue bill.
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Unidentified brown duck in the clear shallow waters. Notice its tiger-like striping and its distinctive steel-blue bill.
White swan. Species identification tentative.
White swan. Species identification tentative.
Whooping crane with colored leg bands standing in shallow waters. Species identification tentative.
Whooping crane with colored leg bands standing in shallow waters. Species identification tentative.
A male-female pair of wood ducks. Notice the contrasting coloration exhibited by each member of the pair.
A male-female pair of wood ducks. Notice the contrasting coloration exhibited by each member of the pair.
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Rick Dinicola, hydrologist with the Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound (CHIPS) program, tells about the effects of urbanization in Puget Sound, Wash.—disappearing habitats, increasing contaminants, and declining fish and wildlife populations.
Rick Dinicola, hydrologist with the Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound (CHIPS) program, tells about the effects of urbanization in Puget Sound, Wash.—disappearing habitats, increasing contaminants, and declining fish and wildlife populations.
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Early life stage white sturgeon swimming in a laboratory tank.
Early life stage white sturgeon swimming in a laboratory tank.
A resident of Iwate Prefecture feeds a wintering flock of northern pintail ducks and whooper swans in Northern Honshu, Japan. In spring of 2008, both of these species occurred on wetlands in Japan where the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza was detected and several swans died from exposure to the virus.
A resident of Iwate Prefecture feeds a wintering flock of northern pintail ducks and whooper swans in Northern Honshu, Japan. In spring of 2008, both of these species occurred on wetlands in Japan where the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza was detected and several swans died from exposure to the virus.
A resident of Iwate Prefecture feeds a wintering flock of northern pintail ducks and whooper swans in Northern Honshu, Japan. In spring of 2008, both of these species occurred on wetlands in Japan where the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza was detected and several swans died from exposure to the virus.
A resident of Iwate Prefecture feeds a wintering flock of northern pintail ducks and whooper swans in Northern Honshu, Japan. In spring of 2008, both of these species occurred on wetlands in Japan where the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza was detected and several swans died from exposure to the virus.
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The USGS conducts surveillance and research nationwide on wildlife diseases that could be harmful to domestic animals and humans.
The USGS conducts surveillance and research nationwide on wildlife diseases that could be harmful to domestic animals and humans.
Northern Pintail Duck swimming in a lake
Northern Pintail Duck male on snow covered ground.
Northern Pintail Duck male on snow covered ground.
Photo of River Mile 3 taken before the 2008 Glen Canyon experiment.
Photo of River Mile 3 taken before the 2008 Glen Canyon experiment.
Photo of River Mile 3 taken before the 2008 Glen Canyon experiment.
Photo of River Mile 3 taken before the 2008 Glen Canyon experiment.
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Fourteen members of a flock of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) beside a cypress pond in east central Florida. Species ID is tentative.
Fourteen members of a flock of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) beside a cypress pond in east central Florida. Species ID is tentative.
Five members of a flock of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) beside a cypress pond in east central Florida. Species ID is tentative.
Five members of a flock of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) beside a cypress pond in east central Florida. Species ID is tentative.
Three members of a flock of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) beside a cypress pond in east central Florida. Species ID is tentative.
Three members of a flock of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) beside a cypress pond in east central Florida. Species ID is tentative.