Images

Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus) seen during field work in Iceland in 2012.

Eastern rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) showing signs of fungal infection with crusting on lateral scales, captured in Passaic County, New Jersey, in March 2012 (case 23906).

Iceland gull (Larus glaucoides) photographed during field work in Iceland.

Red-winged blackbird necropsy.

Andy Reeves is holding a Glaucous Gull that was capture, sampled for avian influenza and banded near Barrow, Alaska.

Inoculation of embryonating chicken eggs

Environmental swabs for extraction. 

Virology samples for extraction. 

Northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon) with crusty and thickened scales overlaying raised blisters as a result of a fungal skin infection, captured from island in western Lake Erie, Ohio, in August 2009 (case 22747).

Northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon) with crusty and thickened scales overlaying raised blisters as a result of a fungal skin infection, captured from island in western Lake Erie, Ohio, in August 2009 (case 22747).

A USGS scientist takes a sample from a northern pintail duck (Anas acuta) to be tested for avian influenza. 

USFWS and MA Division of F&W biologists in MA mine containing bats with WNS. 2008

Affected WNS bats in MA mine 2008.

Close up of water droplet covered hibernating bat in MA mine. 2008

Fungal covered items in NY mine (likely scat). 2008.

Hibernating bats on wall of a cave in Vermont. 2008.

Hibernating bats in a Vermont cave. 2008.

Bats in torpor with water droplets on their fur (condensation on the bats indicates that they are at ambient temperature; they have lowered their body temperature down about even with cave temperature). 2008.

Cluster of little brown bats in crevice outside a cave in Vermont. 2008

Biologist entering the entrance of a cave containing bats with white-nose syndrome in Vermont. 2008.

Close up of hibernating bats in a Vermont cave 2008.