USFWS National Digital Library

- Piping Plover
- Birds; Wildlife refuges; Threatened species; Shorebirds; Migratory birds;
- Young piping plover standing in water at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Southern end of Assateague Island, Virginia.
- Images
- California condor chick
- History; Endangered species; Birds; Birds of prey; Photography;
- Young California condor chick at nest near Los Angeles Finley and Bohlman had seen hatch. "He was scantly clothed, for behind his little wings the flesh was bare and his belly was bare; while the rest of his coat was down of pure white, to...
- Images
- Young California condor
- History; Endangered species; Birds; Birds of prey; Photography;
- Young California condor at nest site near Los Angeles. William Finley would later take this young condor, "General", as a pet to his home in Oregon called Jennings Lodge
- Images
- Yellow-shouldered blackbird
- Endangered species; Birds;
- Yellow-shouldered blackbird standing on rock with wings up
- Images
- Yellow-shouldered blackbird
- Endangered species; Birds;
- Yellow-shouldered blackbird standing on ground
- Images
- Yellow-shouldered blackbird
- Endangered species; birds;
- Yellow-shouldered blackbird perched on back of bench
- Images
- Yellow-shouldered blackbird
- Birds; Endangered species;
- Yellow-shouldered blackbird in flight
- Images
- Yellow-shouldered blackbird
- Endangered species; birds;
- Yellow-shouldered blackbird in flight
- Images
- Working together: tools for helping imperiled wildlife on private lands
- Partnerships; Wetland restoration; Wildlife management; Habitat conservation; Endangered species;
- Working Together Tools for Helping Imperiled Wildlife on Private Lands
- Documents
- Woodland Caribou grazing
- Mammals; Endangered species; Forests;
- Woodland Caribou grazing in wooded area in Canada
- Images
- Wood Bison
- Mammals; Endangered species;
- Wood bison are the largest native land mammals in the Western Hemisphere, 10 to 15% heavier than plains bison. Bulls are slightly larger than cows and average around 1,800 pounds, but can get up to 2,000 pounds. Both males and females have short...
- Images
- Mississippi Sandhill Crane recovery work
- Birds; Endangered species; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service;
- Woman holds a baby Mississippi Sandhill crane.
- Images
- WOE236 Maine Lynx Study
- Partnerships; Monitoring; Sampling; Bird Banding; Endangered species;
- WOE236; Dee Mazzarese
- Images
- Irene Finley plays game of keep away with Condor
- Birds; History; Endangered species;
- William's wife Irene Finley torments young Condor "General" by playing game of keep away at the Finley home in Oregon named Jennings Lodge
- Images
- Finley saws log as condor perches along side
- Birds; History; Endangered species;
- William Finley saws a log as the condor perches on the log and looks on.
- Images
- William Finley with Condors
- History; Perching birds; Endangered species; Birds; Birds of prey;
- William Finley examining Condors during a 1906 photography trip with his partner Herman Bohlman to a Condor nest site near Los Angeles California
- Images
- William F. Shake oral history transcript
- History; Biography; Employees (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Endangered species; Fisheries management;
- William F. Shake oral history interview as conducted by Jerry Grover.
- Documents
- The ivory-billed woodpecker
- Birds; Endangered species; Rare species; Wildlife refuges; Wildlife restoration;
- Wildlife;
- Documents
- Brown pelican: Pelecanus occidentalis
- Endangered species; Marine birds;
- Wildlife fact sheet about brown pelicans. The brown pelican, also called American brown pelican or common pelican, inhabits the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf Coasts of North and South America.
- Documents
- Three Cranes dancing.
- Birds; Birdwatching; Buildings, facilities and structures; Endangered species; Environments (Natural); Migratory birds; Resource management; Sanctuaries; Wildlife refuges; Wildlife restoration; Work of the Service;
- Whooping Cranes perform a bird ballet for researchers.
- Images