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Dung Beetles on War Horse NWR

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Dung Beetles on War Horse NWR
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Image by USFWS Mountain Prairie
One of the best recyclers on earth is a dung beetle. Dung beetles recycle animal dung such as cow manure by burying it. Buried dung helps loosen and nourish the soil. Here are pictures of “rolling” type dung beetles from War Horse National Wildlife Refuge in central Montana.

Credit: Beverly Skinner/USFWS

Photo Contest Entry #178


Yellow-headed BlackBird, Medicine Lake NWR
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Image by USFWS Mountain Prairie
Regal Rascal - The luxurious golden hood of the yellow-headed blackbird may belie the fact that he is indeed very common in our Prarie Pothole wetlands.

Location: Medicine Lake NWR

Credit: Jamieson Scott / USFWS

Photo Contest Entry #20


Badlands Sunrise
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Image by USFWS Mountain Prairie
After a night of trapping black-footed ferrets in the Conata Basin, South Dakota, we were rewarded with this sight of Badlands National Park shortly after sunup.

Credit: Dan Mulhern / USFWS

Photo Contest Entry #137

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