Uploads from USFWS Headquarters, tagged fws

Albatross at Midway Atoll Refuge

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:40 -0700

The unaltered stomach contents of a dead albatross chick photographed on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific in September 2009 include plastic marine debris fed the chick by its parents. (Chris Jordan)

Hurricane Sandy debris at Edwin B. Forsythe Refuge

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:18:07 -0800

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

A big challenge for staff at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey: cleaning up of tons of debris deposited by Hurricane Sandy in hard-to-access areas. (USFWS)

Laughing gull caught in balloon string

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:52 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

Photo: Pamela Denmon, USFWS

Plastic found inside one dead Fulmar

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:53 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

Photo shows all of the pieces of plastic that were removed from the stomach of a single north fulmar, a seabird, during a necropsy at the National Wildlife Health Lab. Photo: Carol Meteyer, USGS

Balloon found on beach

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:53 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

Photo: Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program

Drift net with bird

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:47 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

A sooty shearwater trapped by a drift net along the Oregon coast. Photo: Roy Lowe, USFWS

Gannet in fishing line

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:49 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

Eastern shore of Virginia Refuge. Photo: Pamela Denmon, USFWS

Contents of necropsied green turtle

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:44 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

Contents include pieces of latex balloon, hard plastic and soft plastic. Photo: Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program

Drift net with bird, 2

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:46 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

A rhino caught in a drift net. Photo: Roy Lowe, USFWS

Dead bird in balloon string

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:42 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

Photo: Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program

Filling up

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:48 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

A visitor fills up a reusable bottle at J.N. Ding Darling Refuge in Florida. Photo: Toni Westland, USFWS

Drift net with bird 3

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:45 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

A rhino caught in a drift net. Photo: Roy Lowe, USFWS

Gannet wing

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:49 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

Eastern Shore of Virginia Refuge. Photo: Pamela Denmon, USFWS

Beach strewn with plastic debris

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:41 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

Marine debris litters a beach on Laysan Island in the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, where it washed ashore. (Susan White/USFWS)

trash talking turtle

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:54 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

Photo: Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program

Common tern with fishing lure

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:44 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

Eastern Shore of Virginia Refuge. Photo: USFWS

Balloon dress

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:51 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

Jessica Flory, center, in balloon dress, and younger sister Hailey, left, watch members of the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team release a turtle at Cape Charles Beach. (Photo: Becky Flory)

Balloon dress3

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:50 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

Jessica Flory, left, in her balloon dress, with Jennifer Lewis of Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge, prepares to address the Seatack Elementary School PTA about marine debris. Both hold blue marbles representing the ocean. (Photo: Becky Flory)

Brown pelican and sinker

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:43 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

Eastern Shore of Virginia Refuge. Photo: USFWS

BCI and US Forest Service staff observe bats

nobody@flickr.com (USFWS Headquarters) — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:28:25 -0700

USFWS Headquarters posted a photo:

BCI and US Forest Service staff marvel at the millions of bats exiting the cave

photo credit: USFWS/Ann Froschauer