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On the range
More than 2,000 bison roam the Triple U Buffalo Ranch northwest of Fort Pierre, South Dakota.
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Marsh wader
The Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge on the southern edge of Lake Erie in Ohio provides a resting and feeding place for birds such as the great blue heron.
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Custer State Park wildlife
A young pronghorn antelope wanders through the grass at South Dakota's Custer State Park, also home to bison, deer, bighorn sheep, elk, burros and mountain goats.
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Out for a stretch
A turtle stretches out in its habitat at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.
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Home on the ranch
Quarter horses graze at the 90,000-acre Haythorn Land and Cattle Company ranch in Arthur, Nebraska.
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A place to paddle
Ducks swim in the Grand Basin, part of sprawling Forest Park in St. Louis. The Saint Louis Art Museum sits on the hill behind the lake.
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A sea of grass
Bison graze in South Dakota's Missouri River Valley, where many spots still provide a sense of the rolling sea of grass that Lewis and Clark explored more than 200 years ago
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Pelican journey
Pelicans are among the many bird species that stop to feast at Kansas' Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area, the largest marsh in the interior of the United States.
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Summer reflections
A swan glides through the water at Riverside Park & Zoo in Independence, Kansas.
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Winter wildlife
A deer peeks out between the trees along a cross-country ski trail in Minnesota's Boundary Country.
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High above Mackinac
A seagull glides about Michigan's Mackinac Island State Park.
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Island moose
Michigan's remote Isle Royale National Park is home to a variety of wildlife, including moose, wolves, beaver, loons and fox.
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Shades of green
A nonvenomous rough green snake curls down a tree at Meramec State Park in Missouri.
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Above the grass
An elk peers out above the grass at Nebraska's Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge, home to about 100 elk and 350 bison.
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Marsh dweller
A yellow warbler perches on a branch at Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin.
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Goose family
A Canadian goose and goslings paddle through the water at Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin.
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Beautiful butterflies
More than 80 types of butterflies live at the Sertoma Butterfly House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
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In the sun
A lion suns on a rock in Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo.
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Spot of color
A roseate spoonbill wades in the St. Louis Zoo's Cypress Swamp.
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Prairie dog haven
Prairie Dog State Park in northwestern Kansas is home to a sizable colony.
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Pond life
A frog peers out of the Wonder Pond at the Morton Arboretum Children's Garden in Chicago.
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Prairie sandpiper
The upland sandpiper, sometimes called the Shorebird of the Prairie, makes its home in prairies and other grassy areas, such as Nebraska's Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge.
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On the farm
Goats and other animals live on a farm at Bear Run Inn Cabins and Cottages in southeast Ohio's Hocking Hills region.
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