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A fossilized Horn coral (Heliophyllum Halli) of Devonian origin. Item originally from Arkona, Ontario, Canada.

Fossilized Jiang Hanichthys, an extinct fish that lived from the Cretaceaous to 100 million years ago. Item originally from Hubai Province, China.

Fossilized Jiang Hanichthys, an extinct fish that lived from the Cretaceaous to 100 million years ago. Item originally from Hubai Province, China.

Fossilized Jiang Hanichthys, an extinct fish that lived from the Cretaceaous to 100 million years ago. Item originally from Hubai Province, China.

Cormorant preening its feathers and feet.

Bald eagle against an American flag backdrop.

Barred owl perched. Species identification tentative.

Whooping crane with colored leg bands standing in shallow waters. Species identification tentative.

Great horned owl perched. Species identification tentative.

Cormorant drying its wings above the clear green waters.

A male-female pair of wood ducks. Notice the contrasting coloration exhibited by each member of the pair.

Gathering of five or six manatees in the clear shallow waters.

American egret standing in shallow water. Species identification tentative.

Manatee in the clear shallow waters. Its whiskers can be seen as it surfaces to breathe.

Brightly-colored male wood duck.

Side-view of a great blue heron. Species identification tentative.

Unidentified brown duck in the clear shallow waters. Notice its tiger-like striping and its distinctive steel-blue bill.

White swan. Species identification tentative.

Flamingos standing in shallow waters. Notice their exceptionally long necks and bright red or pink coloration.

A resident of Iwate Prefecture feeds a wintering flock of northern pintail ducks and whooper swans in Northern Honshu, Japan. In spring of 2008, both of these species occurred on wetlands in Japan where the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza was detected and several swans died from exposure to the virus.

A resident of Iwate Prefecture feeds a wintering flock of northern pintail ducks and whooper swans in Northern Honshu, Japan. In spring of 2008, both of these species occurred on wetlands in Japan where the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza was detected and several swans died from exposure to the virus.