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Audubon protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. www.audubon.org/news/let-these-birds-grow
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If you guessed Sandhill Crane, you are correct!⠀ ⠀ Tell your members of Congress to oppose efforts to open the #ArcticNationalWildlifeRefuge to oil drilling and click the link in our bio to learn more. #ProtecttheArcticRefuge⠀ ⠀ Photo: Ursula Dubrick/Audubon Photography Awards
These cute little chicks depend on the on the #ArcticNationalWildlifeRefuge for their nursery. Can you guess what bird they will grow up to be? Check back later to see if you're right. ⠀ ⠀ Tell your members of Congress to oppose efforts to open this precious habitat to oil drilling by clicking the link our bio. #ProtecttheArcticRefuge⠀ ⠀ Photo: Gerrit Vyn/NPL/ Minden Pictures⠀ ⠀
Did you guess Red-breasted Merganser? The Red-breasted Merganser can be found along Arctic coastlines. They closely resemble the Common Merganser but nest further north.⠀ ⠀ Tell your members of Congress to oppose efforts to open the #ArcticNationalWildlifeRefuge to oil drilling and click the link in our bio to learn more. #ProtecttheArcticRefuge⠀ ⠀ Photo: Jessica Botzan/Audubon Photography Awards⠀ ⠀
The Arctic Refuge is one of our nation’s last untouched wild places that baby birds depend on. Can you guess what this little one will grow up to be? Check back later to see if you’re right and click the link in our bio to take action against the efforts to open the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling. #ProtecttheArcticRefuge⠀ ⠀ Photo: Monticola/Shutterstock⠀ ⠀
Did you guess Pacific Loon? Pacific Loons spend most of the year on the Pacific Ocean and return inland to the Arctic tundra lakes in the summer to breed. ⠀ Tell your members of Congress to oppose efforts to open the #ArcticNationalWildlifeRefuge to oil drilling and click the link in our bio to learn more. #ProtecttheArcticRefuge⠀ ⠀ Pacific Loon. Photo: Glenn Bartle/BIA/Minden Pictures⠀ ⠀
Each year, birds migrate to the #ArcticNationalWildlifeRefuge to raise their chicks. Sadly, the President’s proposed budget calls for opening the Refuge to oil drilling which could deprive baby birds the chance to grow up. ⠀ ⠀ Can you guess what this little one will grow up to be? Come back later to find out and click the link in our bio to learn how you can help #ProtecttheArcticRefuge⠀ ⠀ Photo: Michael S. Wuinton/National Geographic Creative⠀
If you guessed Golden Eagle, you’re correct! The Nation's northernmost breeding population of this species occurs in the Arctic Refuge's mountains. Tell your members of Congress to oppose efforts to open the #ArcticNationalWildlifeRefuge to oil drilling and click the link in our bio to learn more. #ProtecttheArcticRefuge.⠀ ⠀ Photo: Robbie George/National Geographic Creative⠀ ⠀
The #ArcticNationalWildlifeRefuge supports more than 200 species of birds from six continents like this little chick, which is why it is so important to #ProtecttheArcticRefuge.⠀ Can you guess what it’ll grow up to be? Check back later to see if you’re right. ⠀ ⠀ Photo: Laurie Campbell/NPL/Minden Pictures⠀ ⠀
Karen R. Schuenemann earned an honorable mention in the professional category in this year's #AudubonPhotographyAwards with her stunning shot of Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese on a cold afternoon at the Bernardo Waterfowl Management Area in New Mexico.⠀ ⠀ Click the link in our bio to see the other winning photos.
Steve Mattheis took the win in the professional category in this year's #AudubonPhotographyAwards with this remarkable shot of a juvenile Great Gray Owl crashing into a sapling. ⠀ ⠀ Click the link in our bio to see the other winning photos.
Christopher Schlaf earned honorable mention in the amateur category in this year's #AudubonPhotographyAwards with his perfectly timed photo of a Mute Swan family in Washington, Michigan. ⠀ ⠀ Click the link in our bio to see the other winning photos.
Varied Thrushes love the beautiful mountain ash trees of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle. With patience and persistence, Heather Roskelley was able to capture this beautiful portrait and take the win in the amateur category in this year's #AudubonPhotographyAwards.⠀ ⠀ Click the link in our bio to see the other winning photos.
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