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  • Several empty shells, most prominently oysters, lay among barnacle-covered rocks on the beach at Birch Bay State Park in Birch Bay, Washington.
    WA_Birch-Bay_Empty-Shells_0498.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1028.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0964.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0973.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0995.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1014.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1049.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1045.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1018.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0977.jpg
  • Millions of microscopic organisms called dinoflagellates briefly emit a blue light when they are disturbed in the calm waters of Mosquito Bay on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Mosquito Bay — also known as Puerto Mosquito, Caño Hondo and Bahía Bioluminiscente — is the brightest bioluminescent bay in the world with 2.4 million dinoflagellates per gallon of water at the time of this image. The dinoflagellates in Mosquito Bay are Pyrodinium bahamense and are a type of plankton, a subgroup of algae, that are found in Atlantic seawater warmer than 68 °F (20 °C). Mosquito Bay has a number of features that allow these dinoflagellates to exist in record concentrations. First, the bay has a very narrow opening to the Caribbean Sea, so when they are washed into the bay, they tend to get stuck. Mosquito Bay is also lined with mangrove trees, which provide abundant food for the dinoflagellates as they decompose.
    Puerto-Rico_Vieques_Mosquito-Bay_Bio...jpg
  • Alameda Creek carves a path through a muddy delta to reach the San Francisco Bay near Oakland, California.
    CA_San-Francisco-Bay_Delta_Aerial_85...jpg
  • Several islands are visible along with Skagit Bay in this view from the summit of Mount Erie in Anacortes, Washington. From front to back, The Skagit Island Marine State Park, Hope Island, Deadman Island and Little Deadman Island are among the islands visible.
    WA_Mount-Erie_Skagit-Bay_Islands_893...jpg
  • Thousands of icebergs and ice sheets float on Ungava Bay as the winter ice begins to break up in this aerial view over Nuvavik, Quebec, Canada.
    Canada_Ungava-Bay_Ice_Aerial_6093.jpg
  • Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) shines in the twilight sky over Skagit Bay in this view from Camano Island, Washington. Comet NEOWISE is a long-period comet and its current orbital path will take about 6,800 years to complete. Its nucleus is about 3 miles (5 kilometers) across and is covered with sooty, dark particles left over from its formation near the birth of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
    Comet_Neowise_C2020F3_Skagit-Bay_851...jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash into the rugged coast at Lawa'i Bay in southern Kauai.
    Kauai-Lawai-Bay.jpg
  • The winter sea ice on James Bay in Canada begins to break up in late spring. James Bay is located at the southern end of the Hudson Bay in northern Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean.
    JamesBay_SeaIce_6133.jpg
  • Numerous icebergs are visible as the ice breaks up on James Bay in early summer. James Bay is located at the southern end of the Hudson Bay in northern Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean.
    ice_jamesbay.jpg
  • A young harbor seal pup (Phoca vitulina) swims with its mother in Discovery Bay near the Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    HarborSeals_MotherAndPup_DiscoveryBa...jpg
  • The sunrise lights up Eagle Falls which flows high above Emerald Bay and Lake Tahoe on the border of California and Nevada. Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the United States and the sixteenth deepest in the world, with a maximum depth of 1,645 feet (501 meters). The lake was formed by a fracture in the Earth's crust that resulted in the Sierra Nevada mountains and Carson Range (visible in the background).
    CA_LakeTahoe_EagleFalls_Sunrise_9457.jpg
  • Three snowy owls (Bubo scandiacus formerly Nyctea scandiaca) rest on an old stump along Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. The bay, located along border of the United States and Canada, is well south of the typical snowy owl range. Once or twice a decade, owls migrate farther south in an event known as an irruption. Irruptions happen when the snowy owl population is too large for the available food supply on the Arctic tundra.
    SnowyOwls_BoundaryBay_ThreeOnStump_6...jpg
  • Thousands of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) fly in tight formation over Skagit Bay, located in Skagit County, Washington.
    Sandpipers_Western_SkagitBay_Sunset_...jpg
  • A snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus formerly Nyctea scandiaca)  rests on driftwood during a rain storm at Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Snowy owls migrate that far south only once or twice a decade in a type of migration known as an irruption.
    SnowyOwl_BoundaryBay_Driftwood_Rain_...jpg
  • The sun sets behind the Olympic Mountains, coloring the sky above Skagit Bay in this view from Fir Island, Washington. Camano Island is visible on the left; Whidbey Island is visible on the right.
    WA_FirIsland_Sunset_5534.jpg
  • A tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) swims on Discovery Bay near Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Tufted puffins, also known as crested puffins, are the largest of the three types of puffins, with a wingspan of up to 25 inches (63.5 cm). They are found in the North Pacific, including southeastern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.
    Puffin_Tufted_Swimming_8979.jpg
  • A tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) swims on Discovery Bay near Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Tufted puffins, also known as crested puffins, are the largest of the three types of puffins, with a wingspan of up to 25 inches (63.5 cm). They are found in the North Pacific, including southeastern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.
    Puffin_Tufted_Swimming_8977.jpg
  • A tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) swims on Discovery Bay near Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Tufted puffins, also known as crested puffins, are the largest of the three types of puffins, with a wingspan of up to 25 inches (63.5 cm). They are found in the North Pacific, including southeastern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.
    Puffin_Tufted_Swimming_8734.jpg
  • A snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus, formerly Nyctea scandiaca) flies low over the coastline along Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Snowy owls, the largest birds to reside in the Arctic, rarely winter as far south as the Canadian/United States border, but do so once or twice a decade when the owl population is too large for the food supply in their usual winter range. These extended migrations are known as irruptions. Boundary Bay was the winter home for an especially large number of snowy owls during the winter 2011-2012 irruption.
    SnowyOwl_BoundaryBay_InFlight_5007.jpg
  • A pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba) runs across Discovery Bay to take flight near the Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. This pigeon guillemot is displaying its breeding plumage; nonbreeding adults have mostly white heads.
    Guillemot_Pigeon_RunningOnWater_Disc...jpg
  • A Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) yawns from its perch along Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Normally found in the Arctic, Snowy Owls occasionally winter farther south when food is scarce or there is too much competition for food.
    SnowyOwl_BoundaryBay_Yawning_0973.jpg
  • A snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus formerly Nyctea scandiaca) rests on driftwood at Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Snowy owls migrate that far south only once or twice a decade in a type of migration known as an irruption.
    SnowyOwl_BoundaryBay_Driftwood_6038.jpg
  • A cloudy winter sunrise colors the sky over Boundary Bay, located near the United States/Canadian border in British Columbia, Canada. The San Juan Islands of Washington state are visible in the background.
    BC_BoundaryBay_StormySunrise_5672.jpg
  • A whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) hunts for food in the rocks along McNeill Bay, located on Vancouver Island, Canada. While it has a long bill, it tends to feed more by picking and less by probing as other birds in its family do.
    Whimbrel_McNeillBay_7417.jpg
  • A snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus formerly Nyctea scandiaca)  rests on driftwood during a rain storm at Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Snowy owls migrate that far south only once or twice a decade in a type of migration known as an irruption.
    SnowyOwl_BoundaryBay_Driftwood_Rain_...jpg
  • A male northern harrier (Circus cyaneus) hunts in a field near Boundary Bay, near the United States/Canadian border in British Columbia, Canada. Northern harriers often fly low over fields and marshes in search of small birds and mammals, which they catch with a sudden pounce.
    NorthernHarrier_Hunting_BoundaryBay_...jpg
  • Two snowy owls (Bubo scandiacus, formerly Nyctea scandiaca) rest together on a log near Boundary Bay, British Columbia, Canada. Snowy owls, like other owls, typically hunt at night and rest during the day. Snowy owls are rarely found as far south as the Canada/United States border, but do migrate that far once or twice a decade in a type of migration known as an irruption. Irruptions occur when the snowy owl population is too large for the food supply on the Arctic tundra, forcing them to spread out much farther than normal.
    SnowyOwls_BoundaryBay_TwoResting_440...jpg
  • Water racing over ripples on the beach at New Zealand's Molyneux Bay catch some of the fiery color of the sunrise. This beach is located on the south island of New Zealand near Kaka Point in the Catlins.
    NZ_MolyneuxBay_7722.jpg
  • A Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) hunts for food by flying over a marsh near Boundary Bay in British Columbia, Canada. The Short-Eared Owl was one of the widest distributions of any bird; it is found on all continents except Australia and Antarctica.
    Owl_ShortEared_Hunting_BoundaryBay_1...jpg
  • A Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) flies over Boundary Bay in British Columbia, Canada. The Short-Eared Owl was one of the widest distributions of any bird, found on all continents except Australia and Antarctica.
    Owl_ShortEared_Flying_BoundaryBay_19...jpg
  • Several old growth trees, including western red cedar, stand above Woodard Bay near Olympia, Washington on a foggy morning.
    WA_WoodardBay_FoggyForest_6683.jpg
  • A Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus), framed by gnarled driftwood, rests along Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Normally found in the Arctic, Snowy Owls occasionally winter farther south when food is scarce or there is too much competition for food.
    SnowyOwl_BoundaryBay_DriftwoodFramed...jpg
  • A Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) hunts for food by flying along the edge of Boundary Bay in British Columbia, Canada. The Short-Eared Owl was one of the widest distributions of any bird, found on all continents except Australia and Antarctica.
    Owl_ShortEared_FlyingMotion_Boundary...jpg
  • A coyote (Canis latrans) scares off a flock of ducks while trying to catch one along Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Coyotes most often feed on small mammals, but they will eat birds, snakes and even fruit and vegetables when their usual food source is scarce.
    Coyote_ChasingDucks_BoundaryBay_4169.jpg
  • A juvenile northern harrier (Circus cyaneus) flies low over a field near Boundary Bay in southern British Columbia, Canada. Northern harriers frequently fly low over fields and marshes in search of small birds and mammals, which they catch with a sudden pounce.
    NorthernHarrier_JuvenileInFlight_Bou...jpg
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) feeds on a small shrimp it caught in the mudflats at Skagit Bay in Washington state.
    GreatBlueHeron_Feeding_Mudflats_3601.jpg
  • Water racing over ripples on the beach at New Zealand's Molyneux Bay catch some of the fiery color of the sunrise. This beach is located on the south island of New Zealand near Kaka Point in the Catlins.
    NZ_MolyneuxBay_7715.jpg
  • A large flock of snow geese fly over the Olympic Mountains and Skagit Bay in this view from the Skagit Wildlife Area in Washington state. Tens of thousands of snow geese winter in the Skagit River delta, located near Mount Vernon, Washington.
    SnowGeese_OlympicMountains_Sunset_07...jpg
  • The crescent moon is visible above the frozen surface of Lake Michigan just before sunrise over Tahquamenon Bay in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
    LakeSuperior_Frozen_Tahquamenon-Bay_...jpg
  • Two fallen Douglas Fir trees rest on a steep hillside overlooking Smallpox Bay on San Juan Island, Washington.
    WA_San-Juan-Island_Downed-Trees_Bay_...jpg
  • The golden light of sunset is reflected onto a fork of the Skagit River as it flows past driftwood in an estuary along Skagit Bay on Fir Island in Washington state.
    WA_Fir-Island_Golden-Sunset_Low-Tide...jpg
  • A family of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) — two adults and four goslings — feed on a bluff over the water of Smallpox Bay in San Juan County Park on San Juan Island, Washington. Smallpox Bay was named for a smallpox outbreak that killed Indians. Indians who were infected with the disease in Victoria where brought across Haro Straight in 1860 to die near the bay on the west side of San Juan Island.
    Geese-Canada_Family_San-Juan-Island_...jpg
  • A rainbow stretches across the sky over Mont Saint-Michel Bay over the tidal island of Tombelaine in Normandy, France.
    MontSaintMichel_Tombelaine_Rainbow_5...jpg
  • Several of Seattle's tallest skyscrapers reflect onto the waters of Elliott Bay in Seattle, Washington. The tallest building on the left is 1201 Third Avenue, a 772-foot-tall, 55-story skyscraper that ranks as Seattle's second-tallest and was formerly known as the Washington Mutual Tower. At right, is Columbia Center, the tallest skyscraper in Seattle and the second-tallest on the West Coast. It stands 943 feet tall and has 76 floors.
    Seattle_Skyline_Waterfront_Argosy_10...jpg
  • The Skagit River and several sloughs flow through the Fir Island estuary into Skagit Bay in Skagit County, Washington. The estuary is part of the Skagit Wildlife Area. This is an aerial view captured from about 8,000 feet (2,438 meters).
    Estuary_SkagitCounty_Aerial_4850.jpg
  • Ice formations and caves are visible on the surface of Lake Michigan in late winter in this view from Tahquamenon Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_IceFormations_Tahquamen...jpg
  • Ice formations and caves are visible on the surface of Lake Michigan in late winter in this at sunrise view from Tahquamenon Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_IceFormations_Tahquamen...jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash through an arch and into the Devil's Punchbowl, located on the Oregon coast near Newport. The Devil's Punchbowl, near Depoe Bay, is a natural formation, formed when the roof over two sea caves collapsed. Waves crash in the bowl during stormy weather at high tide.
    DevilsPunchbowl_stormy_3807.jpg
  • During one of the highest tides of the year, Pacific Ocean waves enter the Devil's Punchbowl, a collapsed sea cave located on the Oregon coast near Depoe Bay.
    DevilsPunchbowl_8305.jpg
  • Viewed from the north, a forest is visible on the high bluffs of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_8180.jpg
  • This view of the southwestern side of Protection Island shows the erosion that has been reudcing the size of the island, located in Jefferson County, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_8257.jpg
  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) that is approximately two years old chases a mature bald eagle over Boundary Bay in British Columbia, Canada. Bald eagles do not receive their distinctive white heads until they are four or five years old.
    BaldEagles_JuvenileChasingAdult_Boun...jpg
  • A male hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) displaying breeding plumage swims in a beaver pond near Juanita Bay in Kirkland, Washington. Hooded mergansers are small ducks, commonly found in shallow water, that feed on small fish. In this image, its crest is fully extended.
    HoodedMerganser_MaleSwimming_4342.jpg
  • Four yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes), also known as Hoiho, dry their wings after emerging from the Pacific Ocean at Jack's Bay in the Catlins at the southern tip of the South Island of New Zealand. Yellow-eyed penguins are endangered and are one of the most rare penguins in the world with a total population of only about 4,000. About 90 percent of the yellow-eyed penguin's diet consists of fish. During the breeding season, many of the penguins spend the entire day hunting in the ocean. They enter the Pacific Ocean at dawn and return at dusk, venturing as far as 25 kilometers (16 miles) offshore and diving to depts of up to 120 meters (394 feet).
    NZ_Penguins_YellowEyed_JacksBay_8290.jpg
  • Four yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes), also known as Hoiho, walk across the beach at Jack's Bay, located in the Catlins on the southern tip of the South Island of New Zealand. Yellow-eyed penguins are endangered and are one of the most rare penguins in the world with a total population of only about 4,000. About 90 percent of the yellow-eyed penguin's diet consists of fish. During the breeding season, many of the penguins spend the entire day hunting in the ocean. They enter the Pacific Ocean at dawn and return at dusk, venturing as far as 25 kilometers (16 miles) offshore and diving to depts of up to 120 meters (394 feet).
    NZ_Penguins_YellowEyed_JacksBay_8291.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash through a sea arch at the entrance to the Devil's Punchbowl, located on the Oregon coast near Depoe Bay.
    DevilsPunchbowl_arch_3820.jpg
  • Three bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) rest on the beach of Protection Island in Jefferson County, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island mainly covered with grass and low brush. The island, which also has high sandy bluffs, serves as a nesting ground for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area. Bald eagles prey on those seabirds and their young.
    BaldEagles_Beach_ProtectionIsland_81...jpg
  • The sun sets over Breiðavik, a small bay that empties into the Altantic Ocean in western Iceland. During the summer, the sun does not set here until after midnight.
    Iceland_Breidavik_MidnightSunset_914...jpg
  • A breeding hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) pair rests in a Beaver Pond near Juanita Bay in Kirkland, Washington. The male is pictured on the right with his crest partially raised. The hooded merganser is a small duck that feeds on fish. It is frequently seen on shallow waters.
    HoodedMerganser_Pair_4229.jpg
  • The setting sun shines through a narrow gap between the clouds over Fort Worden State Park near Port Townsend, Washington.
    WA_FortWorden_Sunset_8120.jpg
  • A narrow band of golden sunset color shines through a break in storm clouds over a saltwater marsh on Fir Island in Skagit County, Washington. A great blue heron is visible hunting among the marsh grasses.
    WA_Fir-Island_Storm-Clouds_Dusk_0226.jpg
  • A towering columnar basalt cliff is partially reflected in the waters of Breiðasund in the town of Stykkishólmur, Iceland. Columnar basalt is a volcanic rock formed when basalt lava rapidly cools at or very near the Earth's surface. Basalt, which is naturally grey or black, is rich in iron and can rapidly rust, taking on a reddish-brown appearance.
    Iceland_ColumnarBasalt_Stykkisholmur...jpg
  • A towering columnar basalt cliff is partially reflected in the waters of Breiðasund in the town of Stykkishólmur, Iceland. Columnar basalt is a volcanic rock formed when basalt lava rapidly cools at or very near the Earth's surface. Basalt, which is naturally grey or black, is rich in iron and can rapidly rust, taking on a reddish-brown appearance.
    Iceland_ColumnarBasalt_Stykkisholmur...jpg
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  • Barnacle geese rest on the mudflats of Flói, a small inlet near Höfn, Iceland.
    Geese-Barnacle_Flock_Hofn-Iceland_36...jpg
  • Golden grasses and California poppies blow in the strong wind along the Seaview Trail in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, California.
    CA_Tilden_Grasses_Wind_1727.jpg
  • A large flock of snow geese (Chen caerulescens) are rendered in silhouette as they fly over Skagit Bay near La Conner, Washington at sunset.
    SnowGeese_SkagitBay_SunsetSilhouette...jpg
  • A large flock of least sandpipers (Calidris minutilla) flies over the Skagit Bay near La Conner, Washington. The least sandpiper is the world's smallest sandpiper and is typically found on vegetation in mudflats.
    Sandpipers_Least_LargeFlockFlying_70...jpg
  • A large group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), including many young pups, rest on the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_HarborSeals_5437.jpg
  • Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) and glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) share the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_SealsAndGulls_52...jpg
  • A few cirrus clouds turn red with the last light of day over Deception Pass in Skagit County, Washington.  Deception Pass is a strait that connects the Strait of Juan de Fuca with Skagit Bay, separating Whidbey and Fidalgo (right) islands.
    WA_Deception-Pass_Dusk_9883.jpg
  • A large group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), including many young pups, rest on the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_HarborSeals_5316.jpg
  • A large group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), including many young pups, rest on the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_HarborSeals_5262.jpg
  • Mount Rainier towers over the Puyallup River, which three great blue herons are crossing, in this view from Puyallup, Washington, just before sunset. Mount Rainier, with an elevation of 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the tallest mountain in Washington and the highest volcano in the Cascade Range. The Puyallup River is about 45 miles (72 kilometers) long, beginning on the west slope of Mount Rainier and emptying into Commencement Bay, which is part of Puget Sound.
    Rainier_Puyallup-River_Pano_2730-40.jpg
  • A group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), including many young pups, rest on the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_HarborSeals_8223.jpg
  • A pair of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) hunt on the cliffs of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island mainly covered with grass and low brush. The island, which also has high sandy bluffs, serves as a nesting ground for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area. Bald eagles prey on those seabirds and their young.
    BaldEagles_Hunting_ProtectionIsland_...jpg
  • Thousands of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) fly over Skagit Bay, Washington. Mount Rainier, at 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the tallest mountain in Washington state.
    Sandpipers_Western_Rainier_SkagitBay...jpg
  • A marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris) looks for food in the tall grass near Skagit Bay near Mount Vernon, Washington.
    marsh-wren_3911.jpg
  • Wispy cirrus clouds take on the golden color of the sun as it sets over Deception Pass in Island County, Washington. Deception Pass is a strait that connects the Strait of Juan de Fuca with Skagit Bay, separating Whidbey (left) and Fidalgo (right) islands.
    WA_Deception-Pass_Sunset_9813.jpg
  • Mount Rainier reflects into the Puyallup River at sunset in this view from from Puyallup, Washington. Mount Rainier, with an elevation of 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the tallest mountain in Washington and the highest volcano in the Cascade Range. The Puyallup River is about 45 miles (72 kilometers) long, beginning on the west slope of Mount Rainier and emptying into Commencement Bay, which is part of Puget Sound.
    Rainier_Puyallup-River_Pano-2773.jpg
  • A group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) rest on the eastern tip of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington, as Mount Baker towers in the background.  Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals. Mount Baker is a 10,781 foot (3,286 meter) volcano that is part of the Cascade Mountain Range.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_Seals_MountBaker...jpg
  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) rests on driftwood on Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington as a glaucous gull flies by. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island mainly covered with grass and low brush. The island, which also has high sandy bluffs, serves as a nesting ground for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area. Bald eagles prey on those seabirds and their young.
    BaldEagle_Juvenile_ProtectionIsland_...jpg
  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) rests on driftwood that washed up on the beach of the Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island mainly covered with grass and low brush. The island, which also has high sandy bluffs, serves as a nesting ground for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area. Bald eagles prey on those seabirds and their young.
    BaldEagle_Juvenile_Driftwood_Protect...jpg
  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) rests on driftwood that washed up on the beach of the Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island mainly covered with grass and low brush. The island, which also has high sandy bluffs, serves as a nesting ground for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area. Bald eagles prey on those seabirds and their young.
    BaldEagle_Juvenile_Driftwood_Protect...jpg
  • A large group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), including many young pups, rest on the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
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  • A golden sunrise colors the clouds above downtown Seattle, Washington as a ferry crosses Elliott Bay. The Space Needle, built for the 1962 Worlds Fair, is visible at the left edge of the image; the Columbia Center, Seattle's tallest skyscraper with a height of 933 feet (284 meters), is visible at the right.
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  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias), shown in silhouette, lands on Hood Canal near Seabeck, Washington, during a golden sunrise. Numerous great blue herons flock to the bay near Big Beef Creek at low tide to feed on fish trapped in oyster beds.
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  • A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) flies over Hood Canal in Washington state. Dozens of bald eagles congregate near Seabeck Bay early each summer to feast on fish trapped by low tide. A portion of the Olympic Mountains are visible in the background.
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  • The sun rises over a fog bank over Oyster Bay on Vancouver Island, Canada.
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  • Wispy cirrus clouds become fiery after sunset and are reflected on Deception Pass in Washington state. Deception Pass is a strait that connects the Strait of Juan de Fuca with Skagit Bay, separating Whidbey (left) and Fidalgo (right) islands. This image was captured over Canoe Pass, the smaller of the two channels that combine to form Deception Pass.
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  • Wispy cirrus clouds become fiery after sunset over Deception Pass in Island County, Washington. Deception Pass is a strait that connects the Strait of Juan de Fuca with Skagit Bay, separating Whidbey (left) and Fidalgo (right) islands.
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