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  • "At an agonizingly slow pace I have been progressing towards a new, relatively normal life. One of the most excruciating parts of this process had been my inability to be in water, on water, or even near water. Finally, after having waited all summer for my immune system to recuperate, I returned to the shore where I had spent many a childhood vacation. Once I saw the water, I could not turn back. I had to let it touch my toes--if my toes, why not my legs. I settled for a risky dip up to my knees. As a child, I would have settled for nothing less than 8 hours under water. Indeed, a return to a relatively normal life." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_SeaCelebration_BW.tif
  • "At an agonizingly slow pace I have been progressing towards a new, relatively normal life. One of the most excruciating parts of this process had been my inability to be in water, on water, or even near water. Finally, after having waited all summer for my immune system to recuperate, I returned to the shore where I had spent many a childhood vacation. Once I saw the water, I could not turn back. I had to let it touch my toes--if my toes, why not my legs. I settled for a risky dip up to my knees. As a child, I would have settled for nothing less than 8 hours under water. Indeed, a return to a relatively normal life." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_SeaCelebration2_BW.tif
  • "At an agonizingly slow pace I have been progressing towards a new, relatively normal life. One of the most excruciating parts of this process had been my inability to be in water, on water, or even near water. Finally, after having waited all summer for my immune system to recuperate, I returned to the shore where I had spent many a childhood vacation. Once I saw the water, I could not turn back. I had to let it touch my toes--if my toes, why not my legs. I settled for a risky dip up to my knees. As a child, I would have settled for nothing less than 8 hours under water. Indeed, a return to a relatively normal life." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_Ocean_BW.tif
  • At the Austin Water Utility Center for Environmental Research at Hornsby Bend, the duckweed covered ponds are used to reduce the algae levels of the treated wastewater. The water is then returned to outdoor holding ponds that have become famous for attracting migratory birds to the area.
    TX-AguaModerna-Greenhouse.tif
  • Kevin Anderson, who runs the Austin Water Utility Center for Environmental Research at Hornsby Bend, inspects one of the duckweed covered ponds that are used to reduce the algae levels of the treated wastewater. The water is then returned to outdoor holding ponds that have become famous for attracting migratory birds to the area.
    TX-AguaModerna-Greenhouse-Kevin.tif
  • Richard Heinichen, owner of Rainwater Bottled Water Company, looks to the skies to fill his massive tank farm--dubbed "Tank Town." In the Hill Country west of Austin, well-water is calcium laden, pants-stiffening and virtually undrinkable.
    TX-AguaModerna-TankTown.tif
  • Richard Heinichen, owner of Rainwater Bottled Water Company, looks to the skies to fill his massive tank farm--dubbed "Tank Town." In the Hill Country west of Austin, well-water is calcium laden, pants-stiffening and virtually undrinkable.
    Cloud-Juice_Richard-04.tif
  • Richard Heinichen, owner of Rainwater Bottled Water Company, looks to the skies to fill his massive tank farm--dubbed "Tank Town." In the Hill Country west of Austin, well-water is calcium laden, pants-stiffening and virtually undrinkable.
    Cloud-Juice_Richard-03.tif
  • Longhorn Dam, at the base of Town Lake, must be opened to accomodate any inflow from Lake Austin, which simultaneously has inflow from Lake Travis. It marks the beginning of the return of the Colorado River, and with it, rapidly fluctuating river levels as water rises and falls upstream in the LCRA system of reservoirs.  As a consequence, some people--or at least their cars--fall victim to muddy riverbeds.
    TX-AguaModerna-Dead-Car.tif
  • Richard Heinichen, owner of Rainwater Bottled Water Company, looks to the skies to fill his massive tank farm--dubbed "Tank Town." In the Hill Country west of Austin, well-water is calcium laden, pants-stiffening and virtually undrinkable.
    Cloud-Juice_Richard-02.tif
  • Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada. The glacial lake is located in Banff National Park, near the hamlet of Lake Louise and the Trans-Canada Highway.<br />
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The emerald color of the water comes from rock flour carried into the lake by melt-water from the glaciers that overlook the lake. <br />
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Lake Louise is named after the Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848-1939), the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and the wife of the Marquess of Lorne, who was the Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883.
    CAN-LakeLouise2.tif
  • Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada. The glacial lake is located in Banff National Park, near the hamlet of Lake Louise and the Trans-Canada Highway.<br />
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The emerald color of the water comes from rock flour carried into the lake by melt-water from the glaciers that overlook the lake. <br />
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Lake Louise is named after the Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848-1939), the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and the wife of the Marquess of Lorne, who was the Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883.
    CAN-LakeLouise.tif
  • A golden-eyed frog clings to the reeds in the Austin Water Utility Center for Environmental Research at Hornsby Bend. The duckweed covered ponds are used to reduce the algae levels of the treated wastewater. The water is then returned to outdoor holding ponds that have become famous for attracting migratory birds to the area.
    TX-AguaModerna-frog.tif
  • The Colorado River is so many things to so many people. Its course and its waters support population growth, represent economic security, and offer recreational opportunity. It transfroms from Highland Lakes, to the Austin waterfront, to the irrigation canals of rice country, and the marshes of Matagorda Bay. Water--this Colorado River--brings life, and money, and people to the landscape. And, it is our part of nature.
    TX-AguaModerna-River-Roots.tif
  • Henry Bradford, LCRA Superintendent for Irrigation in the Gulf Coast District, inspects the pumps which bring water out of the Colorado River and into the LCRA's system of irrigation canals.
    TX-AguaModerna-Pumpstation.tif
  • Rice levees follow the contour of the land at exactly the same elevation. Laser-leveling, though prohibitively expensive for many rice farmers, may need to be universally applied to the industry in order to conserve the amount of water that may be needed elsewhere on the river.
    TX-AguaModerna-Curved-Rice-Levees.tif
  • Water and ice stand side by side at Alberta Falls, along the Glacier Gorge Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
    CO-RMNP-AlbertaFallsIce.tif
  • Boat launch troughs cut through the bank of the Colorado River near Lake Travis, one of six dams run by the LCRA (Lower Colorado River Authority). With drought and increased water use by industry, agriculture, recreation, and the environment, the reservoirs are running low.
    TX-AguaModerna-Channel.tif
  • Water rushes over golden rocks, Colorado.
    CO-Creek-Golden-Rocks.tif
  • Water and ice stand side by side at Alberta Falls, along the Glacier Gorge Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
    CO-RMNP-AlbertaFallsIce2.tif
  • Neal Cook, owner of Cook's Canoes in Webberville, Texas, points to one of the many points of interest along the stretch of the Colorado River that passes by his business. Formerly with the Texas Department of Parks & Wildlife, Neal has come to see the river as an abused entity, its water levels and flow rates changing at the whim of the LCRA and the state.
    TX-AguaModerna-NealCook.tif
  • Karin Weidenhammer enjoys the crystal green waters of Barton Springs Pool in Austin, Texas, one of the iconic landmarks in this capital city. The aquifer underlying much of Central Texas, the Edwards Aquifer, feeds this and many other springs, but is threatened by development, increased pumping, pollution, and population growth.
    TX-AguaModerna-BartonSpringsGreen.tif
  • The black waters of an alpine lake reflect the surrounding trees, Eagles Nest Wilderness area, Colorado.
    CO-EaglesNest-WaterGrass2.tif
  • The black, grass-strewn waters of an alpine lake reflect the surrounding trees, Eagles Nest Wilderness area, Colorado.
    CO-EaglesNest-WaterGrass.tif
  • Waters flow from Austin's Town Lake--actually a portion of the Colorado River--over Longhorn Dam.
    TX-AguaModerna-LonghornDam.tif
  • Cascading waters bounce over rocks near the Matterhorn, which looms over the Mattertal, Zermatt, Switzerland.
    CH-Matterhorn-Waterfall.tif
  • In the narrows confines of Horseshoe Canyon, in Utah's Canyonlands National Park, sunlight bounces off bright canyon walls and reflects in dark waters.
    UT_Horseshoe_Canyon_Reflection.tif
  • In the narrows confines of Horseshoe Canyon, in Utah's Canyonlands National Park, sunlight bounces off bright canyon walls and reflects in dark waters.
    UT_HorseshoeCanyon_Reflection.tif
  • Jessica Martinez, a member of the Austin Youth River Watch program, checks for pH levels and nutrient content on Waller Creek, a tributary of the Colorado River. The program was begun in the early 1990s to give at-risk youth an opportunity to remove themselves from negative environments while learning about the river and the scientific processes of ecosystems.
    TX-AguaModerna-Water-Testing.tif
  • Lights from the slow-moving barge traffic on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway streak across the horizon near Mad Island Marsh Preserve.<br />
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The marsh, part of the Matagorda Bay estuarine habitat, on the Texas Gulf Coast, lies at the terminus of the Central Flyway, one of four principal North American migratory bird routes. Nearly 250 species of birds--including migrating and resident songbirds, shorebirds, colonial nesting birds, and wading birds--use the area for feeding, resting and roosting. Yet, the preserve's upland prairies represent a part of the remaining 2 percent of the original tallgrass coastal prairies once found across Texas.
    TX-AguaModerna-startrails.tif
  • Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) take flight from their springtime home on Mad Island Marsh Preserve. The marsh, part of the Matagorda Bay estuarine habitat, on the Texas Gulf Coast, lies at the terminus of the Central Flyway, one of four principal North American migratory bird routes. Nearly 250 species of birds--including migrating and resident songbirds, shorebirds, colonial nesting birds, and wading birds--use the area for feeding, resting and roosting. Yet, the preserve's upland prairies represent a part of the remaining 2 percent of the original tallgrass coastal prairies once found across Texas.
    TX-Mad-Island-Cattle-Egret3.tif
  • Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) take flight from their springtime home on Mad Island Marsh Preserve. The marsh, part of the Matagorda Bay estuarine habitat, on the Texas Gulf Coast, lies at the terminus of the Central Flyway, one of four principal North American migratory bird routes. Nearly 250 species of birds--including migrating and resident songbirds, shorebirds, colonial nesting birds, and wading birds--use the area for feeding, resting and roosting. Yet, the preserve's upland prairies represent a part of the remaining 2 percent of the original tallgrass coastal prairies once found across Texas.
    TX-Mad-Island-Cattle-Egret.tif
  • Above the Lac de Moiry, along stage 10 of the Walker's Haute Route, between Cabane de Moiry and Zinal, Switzerland.
    CH-Stage10_3.tif
  • Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) take flight from their springtime home on Mad Island Marsh Preserve. The marsh, part of the Matagorda Bay estuarine habitat, on the Texas Gulf Coast, lies at the terminus of the Central Flyway, one of four principal North American migratory bird routes. Nearly 250 species of birds--including migrating and resident songbirds, shorebirds, colonial nesting birds, and wading birds--use the area for feeding, resting and roosting. Yet, the preserve's upland prairies represent a part of the remaining 2 percent of the original tallgrass coastal prairies once found across Texas.
    TX-Mad-Island-Cattle-Egret2.tif
  • Danny Carrillo and Jessica Martinez, both members of the Austin Youth River Watch program, check for pH levels and nutrient content on Waller Creek, a tributary of the Colorado River. The program was begun in the early 1990s to give at-risk youth an opportunity to remove themselves from negative environments while learning about the river and the scientific processes of ecosystems.
    TX-AguaModerna-YouthWatch.tif
  • Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) take flight from their springtime home on Mad Island Marsh Preserve. The marsh, part of the Matagorda Bay estuarine habitat, on the Texas Gulf Coast, lies at the terminus of the Central Flyway, one of four principal North American migratory bird routes. Nearly 250 species of birds--including migrating and resident songbirds, shorebirds, colonial nesting birds, and wading birds--use the area for feeding, resting and roosting. Yet, the preserve's upland prairies represent a part of the remaining 2 percent of the original tallgrass coastal prairies once found across Texas.
    TX-AguaModerna-Mad-Island_CattleEgre...tif
  • Members of the Austin Youth River Watch program check for pH levels and nutrient content on the Colorado River near Austin's Holly Power Plant. The program was begun in the early 1990s to give at-risk youth an opportunity to remove themselves from negative environments while learning about the river and the scientific processes of ecosystems.
    TX-AguaModerna-RiverWatch-Dock.tif
  • Runoff from the street above flows into the Colorado River as it courses through Austin as Town Lake, a reservoir created by Longhorn Dam.
    TX-AguaModerna-Runoff.tif
  • Glacier on the Mont Blanc Massif, near Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_7.tif
  • An underground forest is revealed by low levels in the Highland Lakes, the system of reservoirs created by six dams operated by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA). The summer of 2006 will be a tough one for the River Authority who will have to balance the needs of irrigation and recreation with the demands of an ever growing population--and then there are the needs of the environment.
    TX-AguaModerna-Deadwood.tif
  • Glacier on the Mont Blanc Massif, near Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_4.tif
  • A Colorado creek shows signs of pollution.
    CO-Creek-Suds1.tif
  • Rachel Lawson, three weeks into her job as a lifeguard at Barton Springs Pool, takes up the unenviable task of cleaning the natural bottom of the pool. Cleaned once a week, the pool has in recent years been subject to closures due to increased levels of pesticide and E. coli contamination, among other things. .
    TX-AguaModerna-BartonSpringsSweeping.tif
  • A hidden stream falls over rock and moss in this secret waterfall near Paradise Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
    CO_Paradise_Falls_RMNP_horiz.tif
  • The rugged, eastern coast of Taiwan, near the city of Hualien.
    Taiwan-EastCoast.jpg
  • Oumansour Si Mohamed and his son, Hameza, spend the morning fishing on Town Lake across from the Holly Street Power Plant.
    TX-AguaModerna-Fishing-HollyPowerPla...tif
  • Glacier on the Mont Blanc Massif, near Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_14.tif
  • Glacier on the Mont Blanc Massif, near Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_9.tif
  • Glacier on the Mont Blanc Massif, near Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_5.tif
  • Glacier on the Mont Blanc Massif, near Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_12.tif
  • Glacier on the Mont Blanc Massif, near Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_3.tif
  • Morning sun lights up Sulphur Creek Canyon and the Goosenecks in Utah's Capitol Reef National Park.
    UT-CapitolReefNP-SulphurCreek.tif
  • Chunks of ice float Lowell Lake, at the terminus of Lowell Glacier in Kluane National Park, Yukon Territory, Canada.<br />
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Lowell Glacier is approximately 70 km long and averages 5 km wide. The glacier terminates at 600 m elevation in Lowell Lake, about 60 km southwest of Haines Junction, Yukon. The Alsek River flows into Lowell Lake from the north and exits the south end of the lake.
    CAN_Aerial-Lowell-Lake-ice.tif
  • For some, the river is not a place for pleasure. Warily, this man (who would not give his name) washes his clothes directly below the Longhorn Dam.
    TX-AguaModerna-washing1.tif
  • With only one natural lake in the state, that being East Caddo Lake in the far Northeast, many Texans flock to the Highland Lakes, and especially Lake Travis for receation and scenery.
    TX-AguaModerna-LakeTravis.tif
  • Roger Storer and his wife, Lark, retired from the technology industry in Austin. When deciding to build a new home on Lake Travis, the couple wanted to do something unique. At five stories high, their lighthouse-house in Jonestown is certainly that.
    TX-AguaModerna-Lighthouse-House.tif
  • A hidden stream falls over rock and moss in this secret waterfall near Paradise Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
    CO_Paradise_Falls_RMNP_vert.tif
  • The Cache La Poudre River--the only federally designated Wild and Scenic River in Colorado--starts as a trickle amid sweeping grasses near Milner Pass in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
    CO_CacheLaPoudre_Headwaters_FINAL.tif
  • For some, the river is not a place for pleasure. Warily, this man (who would not give his name) washes his clothes directly below the Longhorn Dam.
    TX-AguaModerna-washing2.tif
  • Two red-capped swimmers prepare for a morning dip in Austin's Barton Springs Pool.
    TX-AguaModerna-BartonSprings-RedCaps.tif
  • Glacier on the Mont Blanc Massif, near Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_16.tif
  • Glacier on the Mont Blanc Massif, near Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_8.tif
  • Glacier on the Mont Blanc Massif, near Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_6.tif
  • Glacier on the Mont Blanc Massif, near Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_13.tif
  • Glacier on the Mont Blanc Massif, near Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_1.tif
  • A Colorado creek shows signs of pollution.
    CO-Creek-Suds2.tif
  • Above the Val de Moiry, along stage 10 of the Walker's Haute Route, between Cabane de Moiry and Zinal, Switzerland.
    CH-Stage10_2.tif
  • Lac Bleu, near Arolla, Switzerland.
    CH-Lac-Bleu_1.tif
  • An alligator lurks in one of the canals being used to restore the wetlands of Mad Island Marsh Preserve.<br />
<br />
The marsh, part of the Matagorda Bay estuarine habitat, on the Texas Gulf Coast, lies at the terminus of the Central Flyway, one of four principal North American migratory bird routes. Nearly 250 species of birds--including migrating and resident songbirds, shorebirds, colonial nesting birds, and wading birds--use the area for feeding, resting and roosting. Yet, the preserve's upland prairies represent a part of the remaining 2 percent of the original tallgrass coastal prairies once found across Texas.
    TX-Mad-Island-Alligator.tif
  • Dwarfed by the crevasses and peaks of the Mont Blanc Massif, four climbers snake their way across the valley atop the Alps between Courmayeur and Chamonix.
    FR-MontBlanc_22.tif
  • Dwarfed by the crevasses and peaks of the Mont Blanc Massif, four climbers snake their way across the valley atop the Alps between Courmayeur, Italy, and Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_21.tif
  • Crystals of ice form a diamond-studded waterfall along Andrews Creek in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
    CO-RMNP-AndrewsCreek-Falls.tif
  • A hidden stream falls over rock and moss in this secret waterfall near Paradise Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
    CO_RMNP_BlackRockFalls.tif
  • Mansfield Dam--operated by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)--is one of six dams on the lower Colorado River of Texas. The dam creates Lake Travis, one of the LCRA's storage reservoirs, and one of the most popular resort destinations in Central Texas.
    TX-AguaModerna-Mansfield-Dam.tif
  • Mad Island Marsh Preserve was once a family-owned rice farm. Before that, it was part of a marsh and prairie ecosystem that stretched along nearly the entire Gulf Coast. The Nature Conservacy now owns the property and is in the process of returning the land to its original form.<br />
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The marsh, part of the Matagorda Bay estuarine habitat, on the Texas Gulf Coast, lies at the terminus of the Central Flyway, one of four principal North American migratory bird routes. Nearly 250 species of birds--including migrating and resident songbirds, shorebirds, colonial nesting birds, and wading birds--use the area for feeding, resting and roosting. Yet, the preserve's upland prairies represent a part of the remaining 2 percent of the original tallgrass coastal prairies once found across Texas.
    TX-AguaModerna-Mad-Island-Wetland.tif
  • Guided by Susie Lower, a volunteer with The Nature Conservancy, students from Bay City elementary school learn to bird watch on the conservancy's Mad Island Marsh Preserve near Collegeport, Texas.<br />
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The marsh, part of the Matagorda Bay estuarine habitat, on the Texas Gulf Coast, lies at the terminus of the Central Flyway, one of four principal North American migratory bird routes. Nearly 250 species of birds--including migrating and resident songbirds, shorebirds, colonial nesting birds, and wading birds--use the area for feeding, resting and roosting. Yet, the preserve's upland prairies represent a part of the remaining 2 percent of the original tallgrass coastal prairies once found across Texas.
    TX-AguaModerna-Mad-Island-birdwatchi...tif
  • An alligator lurks in one of the canals being used to restore the wetlands of Mad Island Marsh Preserve.<br />
<br />
The marsh, part of the Matagorda Bay estuarine habitat, on the Texas Gulf Coast, lies at the terminus of the Central Flyway, one of four principal North American migratory bird routes. Nearly 250 species of birds--including migrating and resident songbirds, shorebirds, colonial nesting birds, and wading birds--use the area for feeding, resting and roosting. Yet, the preserve's upland prairies represent a part of the remaining 2 percent of the original tallgrass coastal prairies once found across Texas.
    TX-AguaModerna-Mad-Island-Alligator.tif
  • With only one natural lake in the state, that being East Caddo Lake in the far Northeast, many Texans flock to the Highland Lakes (all reservoirs), and especially Lake Travis, for receation and scenery.
    TX-AguaModerna-Egret.tif
  • Internal lightning illuminates the sky over Robert Mueller Airport in Austin, Texas. The airport is slated to become a new, planned community with shopping malls and recreation fields. A children's hospital is already being built on the land.
    TX-AguaModerna-OldAirport.tif
  • Mexican free-tailed bats emerge from under Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, Texas. The colony is the largest urban bat colony in North America, with up to 1.5 million bats spiraling into the summer skies.
    TX-AguaModerna-bats.tif
  • The silver sliver of the Colorado River winds through Gore Canyon in Colorado's central mountains.
    CO_ColoRiver_GoreCanyon_silver-ribbo...tif
  • Glacier on the Mont Blanc Massif, near Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_10.tif
  • Above the Lac de Moiry, along stage 10 of the Walker's Haute Route, between Cabane de Moiry and Zinal, Switzerland.
    CH-Stage10_4.tif
  • Lac Bleu, near Arolla, Switzerland.
    CH-Lac-Bleu_2.tif
  • An abstract ice formation bridges above Andrews Creek in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
    CO-RMNP-AndrewsCreekIce.tif
  • Glacier on the Mont Blanc Massif, near Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_15.tif
  • Glacier on the Mont Blanc Massif, near Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_11.tif
  • Glacier on the Mont Blanc Massif, near Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_2.tif
  • A crevasse cuts across an alpine glacier, found on the Mont Blanc Massif, between Courmayeur, Italy, and Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_20.tif
  • With its elegant profile and striking coloration, the American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) is unique among North American birds. In summer it can be found in temporary and unpredictable wetlands across western North America where it swings its long upturned bill through the shallow water to catch small invertebrates. <br />
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The Pawnee National Grasslands of northeastern Colorado provide such a temporary wetland habitat, especially during late spring.
    CO-AmericanAvocet-01.tif
  • With its elegant profile and striking coloration, the American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) is unique among North American birds. In summer it can be found in temporary and unpredictable wetlands across western North America where it swings its long upturned bill through the shallow water to catch small invertebrates. <br />
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The Pawnee National Grasslands of northeastern Colorado provide such a temporary wetland habitat, especially during late spring.
    CO-AmericanAvocet-04.tif
  • With its elegant profile and striking coloration, the American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) is unique among North American birds. In summer it can be found in temporary and unpredictable wetlands across western North America where it swings its long upturned bill through the shallow water to catch small invertebrates. <br />
<br />
The Pawnee National Grasslands of northeastern Colorado provide such a temporary wetland habitat, especially during late spring.
    CO-AmericanAvocet-02.tif
  • With its elegant profile and striking coloration, the American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) is unique among North American birds. In summer it can be found in temporary and unpredictable wetlands across western North America where it swings its long upturned bill through the shallow water to catch small invertebrates. <br />
<br />
The Pawnee National Grasslands of northeastern Colorado provide such a temporary wetland habitat, especially during late spring.
    CO-AmericanAvocet-03.tif
  • A rocky slope is reflected in the shallow waters of Badwater Basin, the lowest spot in North America at 282 feet below sea level, in Death Valley National Park, California.
    CA-BadwaterBasin-reflection.tif
  • A rocky slope is reflected in the shallow waters of Badwater Basin, the lowest spot in North America at 282 feet below sea level, in Death Valley National Park, California.
    CA-BadwaterBasin-reflection-BW.tif
  • Hallett Peak reflects in the crystalline waters of Emerald Lake, near Tyndall Gorge in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
    CO-RMNP-EmeraldLake.tif
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