Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; AMNWR; Birds; Coastal environments; Islands; Biology; work of the refuge; Raptors; Islands and Ocean Visitor Center
In the summer of 2006, a pair of bald eagles nested on the south side of Beluga Slough near the Islands and Ocean Visitor Center in Homer, Alaska. Thousands of visitors were able to watch the nest building and rearing of the young until fledging...
Canada Geese watch as a prescribed burn treats tall grass prairie at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Illinois.
July 12, 2010 - Gulf Shores, AL: These might be some of the most popular baby turtles yet! Quite a crowd showed up to watch the nest excavation. Photo by Barbara Maxfield, USFWS.
July 12, 2010 Gulf Shores, AL - SE Regional Director Cindy Dohner and others watch as Alabama's first sea turtle nest begins the transfer to Kennedy Space Center on the Atlantic Coast of Florida. Photo by Bonnie Strawser, USFWS
July 9, 2010 - Port St. Joe, FL: A crowd of trained sea turtle volunteers watch as USFWS biologist Dianne Ingram digs for the next egg. Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Tom Strickland, watches as he holds a cooler full of eggs shut. Photo by...
Port St. Joe, FL: Due to the nature of this type of project, only one person at a time can dig up eggs. University of Florida students Hope Ronco and Seth Farris watch while a classmate takes his turn.