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NASA image: Wildlife Photography - Birds
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May 4, 2017

Wildlife Photography - Birds

A juvenile white ibis stands in a waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center shares a border...

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NASA image: KSC-06pd0228
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Feb 7, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At NASA Kennedy Space Center, a roseate spoonbill (front) and white ibis search the...

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NASA image: Creative Photography - Wildlife - Birds
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Sep 25, 2019

Creative Photography - Wildlife - Birds

A White Ibis perches on the branch of a tree at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center shares a border...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd0870
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Apr 11, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A white ibis looks for food from the edge of a sunken tree in the river near Kennedy...

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NASA image: KSC-06pd0229
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Feb 7, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At NASA Kennedy Space Center, roseate spoonbills (front) and white ibis search the...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd0152
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Jan 19, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a marshy area of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, this white ibis may be looking for...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd0768
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Apr 2, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A white ibis stops on a fence rail in the Launch Complex 39 Area at NASA's Kennedy...

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NASA image: KSC-08pd4103
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Dec 19, 2008

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Great white herons, roseate spoonbills and white ibis search the water for food at NASA's...

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NASA image: KSC-08pd4102
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Dec 19, 2008

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A great white heron joins roseate spoonbills and white ibis searching the water for food at...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd0895
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Apr 9, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - White pelicans feed in a lake north of Kennedy Space Center. In the background are...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd0897
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Apr 9, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - White pelicans feed in a lake north of Kennedy Space Center. In the background are...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd0889
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Apr 5, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Great white herons and white ibis (smaller, curved bill) wade in a lake north of...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd0896
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Apr 9, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - White pelicans feed in a lake north of Kennedy Space Center. In the background are...

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NASA image: KSC-02pd0435
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Mar 29, 2002

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A mixed group of water birds searches for food in a lake near Kennedy Space Center....

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NASA image: KSC-08pd4101
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Dec 19, 2008

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Roseate spoonbills and white ibis search the water for food at NASA's Kennedy Space Center...

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NASA image: Creative Photography - Wildlife
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Mar 25, 2016

Creative Photography - Wildlife

Two juvenile roseate spoonbills are joined by a white ibis, foreground, as the trio wades in a shallow waterway at...

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NASA image: 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.
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Jan 8, 2004

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.

NASA image: 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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Jan 8, 2004

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.

NASA image: KSC-2009-2490
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Apr 1, 2009

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Black vultures gather near woods in NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They are...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd0892
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Apr 5, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This lake north of Kennedy Space Center attracts a myriad of birds, such as the white...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd0731
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Mar 29, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- White herons, blue herons, ibis and several other species of birds gather on a pond...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd0893
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Apr 5, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Roseate spoonbills gather in the shallow water (foreground) of a lake north of Kennedy...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd0891
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Apr 5, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Roseate spoonbills and white ibis ((long, curved bill) gather in a lake north of...

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NASA image: KSC-05PD-2172
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Sep 13, 2005

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — A young white ibis, still with mottled feathers, stays near its nest in the Merritt...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A lone white ibis shares its watery hunting ground with a group of roseate spoonbills...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A group of roseate spoonbills share their watery hunting ground with a lone white ibis...

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