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Creative Photography - Wildlife - Birds

A young Great Blue Heron balances perfectly on the branch of a tree at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A flock of ducks launch into the morning sky in the Merritt Island National Wildlife...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A lone white ibis shares its watery hunting ground with a group of roseate spoonbills near KSC. Spoonbills prefer to inhabit mangroves, ranging from the coasts of southern Florida, Louisiana and Texas, to the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America. They feed on shrimps and fish in shallow waters. Spoonbills are one of 310 species of birds that inhabit the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with KSC. The marshes and open water of the refuge also 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.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Three male and one female hooded mergansers swim in the quicksilver water of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with Kennedy Space Center. Usually found from Alaska and Canada south to Nebraska, Oregon and Tennessee, hooded mergansers winter south to Mexico and the Gulf Coast, including KSC. The open water of the refuge provides 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. The 92,000-acre refuge is also habitat for more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fishes and 65 amphibians and reptiles.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A group of white pelicans spend a few moments relaxing in the water near the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center. Found from British Columbia south to western Ontario, California and the Texas coast, white pelicans winter from Florida south to Panama. They prefer marshy lakes and coastal regions, and winter chiefly in coastal lagoons. White pelicans are one of 310 species of birds that inhabit the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with KSC. The marshes and open water of the refuge also 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.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A group of roseate spoonbills share their watery hunting ground with a lone white ibis near KSC. Spoonbills prefer to inhabit mangroves, ranging from the coasts of southern Florida, Louisiana and Texas, to the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America. They feed on shrimps and fish in shallow waters. Spoonbills are one of 310 species of birds that inhabit the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with KSC. The marshes and open water of the refuge also 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.

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator lurks in the murky, mossy waters of the Merritt Island National Wildlife...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A raccoon wades in one of the waterways at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Kennedy...

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Two manatees swim leisurely in waters on Kennedy Space Center. They gather in Florida's warm water rivers and inland...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A large alligator on the bank of a creek in NASA's Kennedy Space Center rests its...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A large alligator on the bank of a creek in NASA's Kennedy Space Center seems to...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A Great Blue Heron is silhouetted against the brilliance of the rocket exhaust as the...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A bald eagle perches in its nest in a tree along State Road 3 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Young alligators share grassy space beside a body of water on KSC. The Center shares a...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A mockingbird perches on a limb in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge at...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A line of spotted sandpipers gather along the water's edge on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A pair of stilts meet near their nest in a marsh near KSC, which shares a boundary with...

Creative Photography - Wildlife

Four wild turkeys walk through tall grass at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Kennedy shares a boundary with...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - An American alligator swims in a stream at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center...

Creative Photography - Wildlife

Four wild turkeys walk through tall grass at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Kennedy shares a boundary with...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A line of spotted sandpipers gather along the water's edge on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...

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In waters on Kennedy Space Center, two manatees are seen leisurely swimming. In winter they gather in Florida's warm...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– On NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the scarlet-feathered roseate spoonbill feeds in...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– On NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, scarlet-feathered roseate spoonbills feed in the...