Keep an eye out for common nighthawks at dusk. These insectivores are fun to watch as they swoop and dart after mosquitoes, moths and other flying insects. flic.kr/p/nEFhQf

📷 courtesy of Steve Gifford.

When you're mean to us, this is who you're being mean to.

Hello, Eagle Construction and Talon Development of South Dakota! You just committed a federal offense by commissioning AJ Pfab of Peosta, IA to mow down a prime nesting site for Bobolinks & Dickcissels. See: Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
#USFWS

Hatchy 151st Birthday to the National Fish Hatchery System! That's right, we said hatchy. 🎂

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Did you know that some milkweed species are listed under the Endangered Species Act? Mead's milkweed is listed as threatened and is primarily found in Kansas and Missouri, with pockets in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana.

📷 courtesy of Gordon Garcia

What if WW1 never happened?

If people want to call sea stars starfish, just let them. It's fine.

If people want to call gulls seagulls, you can't let them get away with that. It's not fine.

🎶Come on and take a free ride🎶

Speaking of free, we have an upcoming fee-free day next week. June 19 is Juneteenth - a fee-free day at all national wildlife refuges!

Photo of Alaskan brown bears by Karen Hunt (sharetheexperience).

It's a bee! It's a fly! It's a bee fly!

While bee flies are technically flies, they look and behave very much like bees. Even though there are at least 4,500 described species of bee flies, we still don't know much about most of them.

📷 courtesy of Judy Gallagher/CC BY 2.0

Happy #FathersDay ! Especially to those firefighters who are also dads (and dog dads)!

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We've been seeing a bunch of butterflies lately! Some recent sightings include monarchs, tiger swallowtails, zebra swallowtails and more. Which butterflies have you been seeing?

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Since you asked so nicely, here's an animal you can boop.

📷 Courtney Celley/USFWS

If you cavity search a river or reservoir, you might meet the business end of a Flathead Catfish. For more useful tips, catch our latest episode with Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation fish biologists Austin Griffin and Doug Zentner: fws.gov/fish-of-the-we… 🐟🎣

📷 Cody Cromer #AllTheFish

To all the dads, we give a hoot about you.

Great-horned owls are one of th best wildlife dads. Males will help scout for a suitable nest, help incubate eggs, and feed both mom and up to four young chicks. Happy Father's Day!

📸: Courtesy of Kerry Howard

I'm a bitey boi.

Do you love wildlife watching? Plant a pollinator garden! You can help create a healthy habitat, whether a container garden on a balcony or an entire acre in your backyard. fws.gov/story/how-buil…

Video: a white-lined sphinx moth feeds on a milkweed plant, Tom Koerner/USFWS

Common loon chicks are able to swim shortly after hatching, but they’ll also catch a ride on mom or dad’s back. For the first few weeks, they’ll rely on their parents for food. Have you seen any loons lately?

📷 by Courtney Celley/USFWS

Reminder that there is no 'I' in gull.

All I want is snuggles, but all I got is struggles.

A family of red wolves was recently released into the wild in North Carolina, giving new hope to the endangered species. Video captured the moments when 2 parents + pups roamed onto a refuge for the first time as a family, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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While the American bullfrog is native to the Eastern U.S., it's invasive in the West. With few natural predators to keep populations in check, bullfrogs multiply quickly & outcompete native frogs. #CISAW #thread