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Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

New Zeland Tui or Parson bird, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio

New Zeland Tui or Parson bird, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Circus approximans (Accipitridae)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Circus approximans (Accipitridae)

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Ninox novaeseelandiae or New Zealand Owl (Strigopinae)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Ninox novaeseelandiae or New Zealand Owl (Stri...

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Mývatn. - Duck's eggs and nest. Iceland - Cornell University Library

Mývatn. - Duck's eggs and nest. Iceland - Cornell University Library

Collection: Icelandic and Faroese Photographs of Frederick W.W. Howell, Cornell University Library..Title: Mývatn. - Duck's eggs and nest...Date: ca. 1900..Place: Mývatn (Iceland)..Medium: collodion print..Repo... More

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Grey Warbler / Gerygone igata (Passeriformes)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Grey Warbler / Gerygone igata (Passeriformes)

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Bowdleria punctata (Passeriformes)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Bowdleria punctata (Passeriformes)

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Rhipidura flabellifera (Passeriformes)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Rhipidura flabellifera (Passeriformes)

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Wildlife Homes: Nests and Dens - All States

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Sterna striata (Laridae)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Sterna striata (Laridae)

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Anas superciliosa or Grey Duck (Anatiformes)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Anas superciliosa or Grey Duck (Anatiformes)

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Falco novaeseelandiae (New Zealand Falcon)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Falco novaeseelandiae (New Zealand Falcon)

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

2 kylskåp i ett hölje, öppet. Dammsugare och apparat för att bona (polera) golv med.

2 kylskåp i ett hölje, öppet. Dammsugare och apparat för att bona (pol...

2 kylskåp i ett hölje, öppet. Dammsugare och apparat för att bona (polera) golv med.

Mother-love - Print, Library of Congress collection

Mother-love - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Great Atlantic Tea Co., copyright claimant. Catego... More

Eggs, same nest, Canton public library, Massachusetts

Eggs, same nest, Canton public library, Massachusetts

Public domain photograph - New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nest of Maryland yellow throat, Canton public library, Massachusetts

Nest of Maryland yellow throat, Canton public library, Massachusetts

Public domain photograph - New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eagle's Nest Rock, Gardiner Canyon view, photochrome print postcard.

Eagle's Nest Rock, Gardiner Canyon view, photochrome print postcard.

Photograph shows bird's nest atop rock pillar at Gardiner (also known as Gardner) River Canyon in Yellowstone National Park, Montana. No. 8817. Illus. in: Detroit Publishing Company. Little "phostint" journeys... More

[Arched entranceway to a mosque with minaret]

[Arched entranceway to a mosque with minaret]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Children sitting along passageway, two minarets topped with birds' nests in backgroud]

[Children sitting along passageway, two minarets topped with birds' ne...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Aist v gni︠e︡zdi︠e︡ (Bukhara), photographic print

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Aist v gni︠e︡zdi︠e︡ (Bukhara), photographic p...

In album: Views in Central Asia, Russian Empire, LOT 10338, no. 128. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Prok... More

[View of a courtyard, adobe buildings, and a bird's nest atop a dome]

[View of a courtyard, adobe buildings, and a bird's nest atop a dome]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aist (Ėti︠u︡d v Bukhari︠e︡) - Color separation negative, public domain

Aist (Ėti︠u︡d v Bukhari︠e︡) - Color separation negative, public domain

A stork in its nest, atop a building. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The national bird of prey / J.S. Pughe.

The national bird of prey / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows a large vulture labeled "Corporate Vulture", wearing a cap usually associated with John D. Rockefeller, feeding a bag of "Dough" to a chick labeled "'Our' Senators", two other chicks are labe... More

Medresse Duan-Beggi (v Labikhauzi︠e︡). Bukhara

Medresse Duan-Beggi (v Labikhauzi︠e︡). Bukhara

Public domain photograph of Russian Empire, color separation negatives, by Prokudin Gorsky, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aist (Ėti︠u︡d v Bukhari︠e︡) - Color separation negative, public domain

Aist (Ėti︠u︡d v Bukhari︠e︡) - Color separation negative, public domain

A stork in its nest, atop a building. Public domain photograph of a historical landmark building in Russia, Russian architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Passageway and three minarets topped with birds' nests]

[Passageway and three minarets topped with birds' nests]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kush-medresse (vnutri s pravoĭ storony). Bukhara

Kush-medresse (vnutri s pravoĭ storony). Bukhara

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Country scene. Museum of New Zealand collection

Country scene. Museum of New Zealand collection

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Country scene. Museum of New Zealand collection

Country scene. Museum of New Zealand collection

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mollymawk on nest, Disappointment Island. From the album: [1907 Sub-Antarctic Expedition]; circa 1908; North, W.

Mollymawk on nest, Disappointment Island. From the album: [1907 Sub-An...

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae or Tui (Passeriformes)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae or Tui (Passerif...

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gannets nesting, Cape Kidnappers, Napier, New Zealand

Gannets nesting, Cape Kidnappers, Napier, New Zealand

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage New Zealand postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (Passeriformes)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (Passeriformes)

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (Columbidae)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (Columbidae)

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gannets nesting, Cape Kidnappers, Napier, New Zealand

Gannets nesting, Cape Kidnappers, Napier, New Zealand

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage New Zealand postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Mohoua ochrocephala (Passeriformes)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Mohoua ochrocephala (Passeriformes)

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Phalacrocorax varius (Phalacrocoracidae)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Phalacrocorax varius (Phalacrocoracidae)

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Early years, with images of family, self portraits, landscapes and architectural interiors. Nest, red-eyed vireo, Bronx Park, June 1911

Early years, with images of family, self portraits, landscapes and arc...

Album title devised. In album: Early years, with images of family, self portraits, landscapes and architectural interiors, p. [42].

Early years, with images of family, self portraits, landscapes and architectural interiors. Nest, red-eyed vireo, Bronx Park, June 1911

Early years, with images of family, self portraits, landscapes and arc...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Philesturnus (Creadion) carunculatus (Passeriformes)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Philesturnus (Creadion) carunculatus (Passerif...

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Petroica australis (?) or Robin (Passeriformes)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Petroica australis (?) or Robin (Passeriformes...

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Bowdleria punctata (Passeriformes)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Bowdleria punctata (Passeriformes)

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Philesturnus (Creadion) carunculatus (Passeriformes)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Philesturnus (Creadion) carunculatus (Passerif...

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Phalacrocorax varius (Phalacrocoracidae)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Phalacrocorax varius (Phalacrocoracidae)

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Apteryx australis (Toeka)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Apteryx australis (Toeka)

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Phalacrocorax varius (Phalacrocoracidae)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Phalacrocorax varius (Phalacrocoracidae)

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Phalacrocorax huttoni (Phalacrocoracidae)

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Phalacrocorax huttoni (Phalacrocoracidae)

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SCA Resource Management Interns

SCA Resource Management Interns

Every year, Student Conservation Association (SCA) Interns volunteer with Cape Lookout National Seashore, patrolling the beach daily in search of sea turtle nests. Interns then record the nests and install sign... More

German position of resistance in the Argonne Forest, artillery & machine gun nests, captured by the American Forces, 1918

German position of resistance in the Argonne Forest, artillery & machi...

Photographer's address : 613 14th St., Wash., D.C. No. 181. Gift; Breckenridge Long; 1953.

San Emidio Creek, Kern County, California - Joseph Dixon National Parks collection

San Emidio Creek, Kern County, California - Joseph Dixon National Park...

2684, April 26, 1918 Prairie Falcon 2/4, San Emidio Creek, Kern County California

Two young eagles in nest, Lafayette National Park, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Two young eagles in nest, Lafayette National Park, Mt. Desert Island, ...

J235427 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by A.S. Dockham.

Maine. Mt. Desert Island, Lafayette National Park. Eagles in nest

Maine. Mt. Desert Island, Lafayette National Park. Eagles in nest

Photograph shows two eagles perched on branches of very large nest. Copyright 1919 by A. S. Dockham.

Savage River, Alaska - Joseph Dixon National Parks collection

Savage River, Alaska - Joseph Dixon National Parks collection

5147, MVZ, Willow Ptarmigan nest, Savage River, Alaska, June 1, 1926

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Larus bulleri (Black billed Gull) - Laridae

Herbert Guthrie Smith - Larus bulleri (Black billed Gull) - Laridae

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Postcard - Joseph Dixon National Parks collection

Postcard - Joseph Dixon National Parks collection

[Postcard], 5/17/1927, Mary are these young pegeons? When are you going to write me a letter?, Sincerly, Your Uncle Jime, Mary Dixon Jr, 1735 Allston Way, California

Postcard - Joseph Dixon National Parks collection

Postcard - Joseph Dixon National Parks collection

[Postcard], 5/5/1927, How are these for little chicks Barbara? Would you like to play with them?, Sincerly your, Uncle Jim, Barbara Dixon, 1735 Allston Way , Berkeley California

Postcard - Joseph Dixon National Parks collection

Postcard - Joseph Dixon National Parks collection

[Postcard], 5/5/1927, Ask your daddy if he knows what this is., Sincerly your, Uncle Dixon, TO:, Miss Mary Dixon, 1735 Allston Way , Berkeley California,

A familiar sight in the Georgia rural landscape. "Nests for the martin, to keep the hawks away"

A familiar sight in the Georgia rural landscape. "Nests for the martin...

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of Heron Nests and Young Heron

Photograph of Heron Nests and Young Heron

Original caption: Heron nests and young. Historic Photographs Public domain photograph of forest, trees, US government forestry agency, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The hens are then allowed to choose their own trap nests in which to lay the hens, 1/19/38

The hens are then allowed to choose their own trap nests in which to l...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

HAWKS - BROAD-WINGED, BABY - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

HAWKS - BROAD-WINGED, BABY - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...

CLOSE-UP VIEW OF A NEST WITH TWO BABY BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. BOTH BABIES ARE FACING TOWARD THE CAMERA AND ARE SURROUNDED BY SMALL TWIGS AND BRANCHES.

WOODCOCK EGGS - National Parks Gallery

WOODCOCK EGGS - National Parks Gallery

NEST WITH FOUR SPECKLED EGGS IN IT.

EAGLE'S NEST - National Parks Gallery

EAGLE'S NEST - National Parks Gallery

EAGLE'S NEST ON TOP OF TREE. Public domain photograph of a sculpture, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH NEST - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH NEST - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

NEST IN PINE TREE. TWO VISIBLE EGGS.

SONG SPARROW'S NEST - 4 EGGS - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

SONG SPARROW'S NEST - 4 EGGS - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...

NEST WITH FOUR SPECKLED EGGS IN IT.

OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH AT NEST - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH AT NEST - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...

NEST IN PINE TREE. BIRD ON EDGE OF NEST.

THRUSH, OLIVE-BACKED, NEST AND EGGS

THRUSH, OLIVE-BACKED, NEST AND EGGS

NEST IN PINE TREE. TWO VISIBLE EGGS.

EAGLE'S NEST AT GREAT POND - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

EAGLE'S NEST AT GREAT POND - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...

EAGLE'S NEST ON TOP OF TREE.

GULL (HERRING) YOUNG AND EGG - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

GULL (HERRING) YOUNG AND EGG - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...

SMALL DOWNY YOUNG GULL WITH TWO EGGS.

WOODCOCK NEST AND 4 EGGS - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

WOODCOCK NEST AND 4 EGGS - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

NEST WITH FOUR SPECKLED EGGS IN IT.

BLACK DUCK'S NEST - 17 EGGS - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

BLACK DUCK'S NEST - 17 EGGS - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...

NEST IN FOLIAGE. EGGS INSIDE NEST.

YOUNG GOSHAWKS IN NEST - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

YOUNG GOSHAWKS IN NEST - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

NEST IN Y OF TREE. YOUNG BIRDS IN CENTER OF NEST.

YOUNG WOODCOCK - National Parks Gallery

YOUNG WOODCOCK - National Parks Gallery

YOUNG WOODCOCKS IN LEAF UNDERBRUSH. Public domain scan of print / book page depicting birds, ornithology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hen nests at sharecropper's cabin near Pace, Mississippi. Background photo for Sunflower Plantation

Hen nests at sharecropper's cabin near Pace, Mississippi. Background p...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

GOSHAWKS, YOUNG IN NEST - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

GOSHAWKS, YOUNG IN NEST - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

NEST IN Y OF TREE. YOUNG GOSHAWKS ARE VISIBLE IN MIDDLE OF NEST.

Metal nests in prefabricated hen house on farm near Haymarket, Virginia

Metal nests in prefabricated hen house on farm near Haymarket, Virgini...

Public domain photograph of 3d object museum collection, metal, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mono Flats, Mono County - Joseph Dixon National Parks collection

Mono Flats, Mono County - Joseph Dixon National Parks collection

Magpie nest in Bitter Bush in Mono Flats, Mono County, June 1946

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A bald eagle perches on a pole on Launch Pad 39A, seemingly monitoring the instruction of the space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 crew on slidewire basket operation, part of the emergency exit system on the fixed service structure of the pad. Bald eagles use a specific territory for nesting (they mate for life), winter feeding or a year-round residence. Its natural domain is from Alaska to Baja, California, and from Maine to Florida. Bald eagles have a presence in every U. S. state except Hawaii. There are a dozen eagle nests in both Kennedy Space Center and the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which surrounds Kennedy. Bald eagles live near large bodies of open water such as lakes, marshes, seacoasts and rivers, where there are plenty of fish to eat and tall trees for nesting and roosting. Bald eagles feed primarily on fish, but also eat small animals (ducks, coots, muskrats, turtles, rabbits, snakes, etc.). Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd3396

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A bald eagle perches on a pole on Launc...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A bald eagle perches on a pole on Launch Pad 39A, seemingly monitoring the instruction of the space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 crew on slidewire basket operation, part of the emerge... More

Joshua Tree National Park - Pack Rat Nest

Joshua Tree National Park - Pack Rat Nest

E.K. Wanrow in photo Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

EXHAUST COOLER TUBE NESTS AT THE PROPULSION SYSTEMS LABORATORY EQUIPMENT BUILDING PSLEB

EXHAUST COOLER TUBE NESTS AT THE PROPULSION SYSTEMS LABORATORY EQUIPME...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 7/11/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 64 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

EXHAUST COOLER TUBE NESTS AT THE PROPULSION SYSTEMS LABORATORY EQUIPMENT BUILDING PSLEB

EXHAUST COOLER TUBE NESTS AT THE PROPULSION SYSTEMS LABORATORY EQUIPME...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 7/11/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 64 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A colony of brown pelicans takes advantage of a respite from winter temperatures to sun themselves along the edges of the Turn Basin in Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The brown pelican is found along the coast in California and from North Carolina to Texas, Mexico, the West Indies and many Caribbean Islands, as well as Guyana and Venezuela in South America. It is listed as endangered only in Louisiana, Mississippi, and in the Caribbean. The species is considered to be long-lived. One pelican captured in Edgewater, Fla., in November 1964, was found to have been banded in September 1933, over 31 years previously. Individuals can weigh up to eight pounds, with larger pelicans having wing spreads of over seven feet. Their nests are usually built in mangrove trees, but ground nesting may also occur. Nesting takes place mostly in early spring or summer with the male carrying nesting materials to the female. Although the female builds the nest, both share in incubation and rearing duties. The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge coexists with Kennedy Space Center and provides a habitat for 330 species of birds including brown pelicans. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2010-1348

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A colony of brown pelicans takes advantage of a...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A colony of brown pelicans takes advantage of a respite from winter temperatures to sun themselves along the edges of the Turn Basin in Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A colony of brown pelicans enjoys a respite from the winter temperatures with a dip in the Turn Basin in Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The brown pelican is found along the coast in California and from North Carolina to Texas, Mexico, the West Indies and many Caribbean Islands, as well as Guyana and Venezuela in South America. It is listed as endangered only in Louisiana, Mississippi, and in the Caribbean. The species is considered to be long-lived. One pelican captured in Edgewater, Fla., in November 1964, was found to have been banded in September 1933, over 31 years previously. Individuals can weigh up to eight pounds, with larger pelicans having wing spreads of over seven feet. Their nests are usually built in mangrove trees, but ground nesting may also occur. Nesting takes place mostly in early spring or summer with the male carrying nesting materials to the female. Although the female builds the nest, both share in incubation and rearing duties. The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge coexists with Kennedy Space Center and provides a habitat for 330 species of birds including brown pelicans. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2010-1349

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A colony of brown pelicans enjoys a respite fro...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A colony of brown pelicans enjoys a respite from the winter temperatures with a dip in the Turn Basin in Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The brown pelican ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Brown pelicans sun themselves along the edges of the Turn Basin in Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Docked nearby is the Pegasus barge, often enlisted to bring the space shuttle's external tanks to the basin. The brown pelican is found along the coast in California and from North Carolina to Texas, Mexico, the West Indies and many Caribbean Islands, as well as Guyana and Venezuela in South America. It is listed as endangered only in Louisiana, Mississippi, and in the Caribbean. The species is considered to be long-lived. One pelican captured in Edgewater, Fla., in November 1964, was found to have been banded in September 1933, over 31 years previously. Individuals can weigh up to eight pounds, with larger pelicans having wing spreads of over seven feet. Their nests are usually built in mangrove trees, but ground nesting may also occur. Nesting takes place mostly in early spring or summer with the male carrying nesting materials to the female. Although the female builds the nest, both share in incubation and rearing duties. The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge coexists with Kennedy Space Center and provides a habitat for 330 species of birds including brown pelicans. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2010-1350

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Brown pelicans sun themselves along the edges o...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Brown pelicans sun themselves along the edges of the Turn Basin in Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Docked nearby is the Pegasus barge, often enlisted to brin... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Brown pelicans make unlikely companions for the Pegasus barge in the Turn Basin in Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The barge often transports the space shuttle's external tanks into the basin. The brown pelican is found along the coast in California and from North Carolina to Texas, Mexico, the West Indies and many Caribbean Islands, as well as Guyana and Venezuela in South America. It is listed as endangered only in Louisiana, Mississippi, and in the Caribbean. The species is considered to be long-lived. One pelican captured in Edgewater, Fla., in November 1964, was found to have been banded in September 1933, over 31 years previously. Individuals can weigh up to eight pounds, with larger pelicans having wing spreads of over seven feet. Their nests are usually built in mangrove trees, but ground nesting may also occur. Nesting takes place mostly in early spring or summer with the male carrying nesting materials to the female. Although the female builds the nest, both share in incubation and rearing duties. The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge coexists with Kennedy Space Center and provides a habitat for 330 species of birds including brown pelicans. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2010-1351

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Brown pelicans make unlikely companions for the...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Brown pelicans make unlikely companions for the Pegasus barge in the Turn Basin in Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The barge often transports the space shutt... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Brown pelicans enjoy a respite from the winter temperatures at the Turn Basin in Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Behind them is the Pegasus barge, often used to transport the space shuttle's external tanks into the basin, and NASA's News Center. The brown pelican is found along the coast in California and from North Carolina to Texas, Mexico, the West Indies and many Caribbean Islands, as well as Guyana and Venezuela in South America. It is listed as endangered only in Louisiana, Mississippi, and in the Caribbean. The species is considered to be long-lived. One pelican captured in Edgewater, Fla., in November 1964, was found to have been banded in September 1933, over 31 years previously. Individuals can weigh up to eight pounds, with larger pelicans having wing spreads of over seven feet. Their nests are usually built in mangrove trees, but ground nesting may also occur. Nesting takes place mostly in early spring or summer with the male carrying nesting materials to the female. Although the female builds the nest, both share in incubation and rearing duties. The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge coexists with Kennedy Space Center and provides a habitat for 330 species of birds including brown pelicans. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2010-1352

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Brown pelicans enjoy a respite from the winter ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Brown pelicans enjoy a respite from the winter temperatures at the Turn Basin in Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Behind them is the Pegasus barge, often used... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A female Red-bellied Woodpecker clings to a utility pole where it has made a home on Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge. The most common type of woodpecker in the South, the "Zebraback" nests in the cavities of trees and consumes large quantities of wood-boring beetles, as well as other insect pests. More than 280 species of birds make their homes on the 140,000-acre refuge, which lies within the boundaries of Kennedy Space Center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A female Red-bellied Woodpecker clings to...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A female Red-bellied Woodpecker clings to a utility pole where it has made a home on Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge. The most common type of woodpecker in the South, the "Zebraback... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An Eastern gray squirrel pauses in its daily search for food in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with Kennedy Space Center. The Eastern gray squirrel is found in wooded, suburban, and urban areas statewide. It nests in tree hollows or leaf nests in treetops. It forages during the day, mainly early morning and late afternoon, both on the ground and in trees, living on a diet of acorns, nuts, fruits, berries, insects, and bird eggs. Food plants include cypress, buckeyes, elms, grapes, tulip trees, mulberries, and tupelo. It breeds in late winter or early spring and again in late spring or summer, bearing two to six young. The eastern gray squirrel chatters when disturbed. The 92,000-acre wildlife refuge is a habitat for more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fishes and 65 amphibians and reptiles KSC-99pc0137

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An Eastern gray squirrel pauses in its d...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An Eastern gray squirrel pauses in its daily search for food in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with Kennedy Space Center. The Eastern gray squ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A bald eagle joins two vultures at the site of an undetermined carcass on the grounds of the Kennedy Space Center. The Southern Bald Eagle ranges throughout Florida and along the coasts of California, Texas, Louisiana, and the south Atlantic states. Bald eagles are listed as endangered in the U.S., except in five states where they are listed as threatened. The number of nesting pairs of the southern race once numbered several thousand; recent estimates are only 350-375. Most of the southern race nests in Florida. Eagles arrive at KSC during late summer and leave for the north in late spring. They move to nest sites in October and November and lay one to three eggs. The young fledge from February to April. KSC shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which encompasses 92,000 acres that are a habitat for more than 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles. The marshes and open water of the refuge provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds, as well as a variety of insects KSC00pp0418

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A bald eagle joins two vultures at the s...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A bald eagle joins two vultures at the site of an undetermined carcass on the grounds of the Kennedy Space Center. The Southern Bald Eagle ranges throughout Florida and along the c... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- High in a pine tree on the grounds of the Kennedy Space Center, a bald eagle perches on a branch. The Southern Bald Eagle ranges throughout Florida and along the coasts of California, Texas, Louisiana, and the south Atlantic states. Bald eagles are listed as endangered in the U.S., except in five states where they are listed as threatened. The number of nesting pairs of the southern race once numbered several thousand; recent estimates are only 350-375. Most of the southern race nests in Florida. Eagles arrive at KSC during late summer and leave for the north in late spring. They move to nest sites in October and November and lay one to three eggs. The young fledge from February to April. KSC shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which encompasses 92,000 acres that are a habitat for more than 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles. The marshes and open water of the refuge provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds, as well as a variety of insects KSC-00pp0420

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- High in a pine tree on the grounds of th...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- High in a pine tree on the grounds of the Kennedy Space Center, a bald eagle perches on a branch. The Southern Bald Eagle ranges throughout Florida and along the coasts of Californ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A bald eagle joins two vultures at the site of an undetermined carcass on the grounds of the Kennedy Space Center. The Southern Bald Eagle ranges throughout Florida and along the coasts of California, Texas, Louisiana, and the south Atlantic states. Bald eagles are listed as endangered in the U.S., except in five states where they are listed as threatened. The number of nesting pairs of the southern race once numbered several thousand; recent estimates are only 350-375. Most of the southern race nests in Florida. Eagles arrive at KSC during late summer and leave for the north in late spring. They move to nest sites in October and November and lay one to three eggs. The young fledge from February to April. KSC shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which encompasses 92,000 acres that are a habitat for more than 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles. The marshes and open water of the refuge provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds, as well as a variety of insects KSC-00pp0418

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A bald eagle joins two vultures at the s...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A bald eagle joins two vultures at the site of an undetermined carcass on the grounds of the Kennedy Space Center. The Southern Bald Eagle ranges throughout Florida and along the c... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On the grounds of the Kennedy Space Center, a bald eagle takes wing away from two vultures at the site of an undetermined carcass. The Southern Bald Eagle ranges throughout Florida and along the coasts of California, Texas, Louisiana, and the south Atlantic states. Bald eagles are listed as endangered in the U.S., except in five states where they are listed as threatened. The number of nesting pairs of the southern race once numbered several thousand; recent estimates are only 350-375. Most of the southern race nests in Florida. Eagles arrive at KSC during late summer and leave for the north in late spring. They move to nest sites in October and November and lay one to three eggs. The young fledge from February to April. KSC shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which encompasses 92,000 acres that are a habitat for more than 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles. The marshes and open water of the refuge provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds, as well as a variety of insects KSC00pp0419

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On the grounds of the Kennedy Space Cent...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On the grounds of the Kennedy Space Center, a bald eagle takes wing away from two vultures at the site of an undetermined carcass. The Southern Bald Eagle ranges throughout Florida... More

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