Biologist Dean Kildaw's work for Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge included weighing and banding Red-legged Kittiwakes. These images are from St. George Island in the Pribilofs of Alaska's Bering Sea.
Warden Paul Kroegel, (with brown pelican) would visit the island to conduct surveys or check on the birds. The birds seemed to trust him and he could approach without disturbing them. He is shown here with his son Rodney and the mother of George...
An endangered sub-species of prairie chicken, small numbers found only in Texas in isolated areas and on the Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Texas.