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A solitary American Woodcock searches for food in the undergrowth. Video taken in Acadia National Park, Maine.
American Woodcock foraging
Impervious surfaces like roofs and parking lots cannot absorb water. A large volume of rainfall in a relatively short period of time produces runoff, which carries sediments and chemicals into bodies of water. Storm drains cannot always handle the volume of water, or get backed up for other reasons, creating puddles like this one in a parking lot. Video taken in Arnold, Maryland.
Stormwater runoff
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) species, including Vallisneria americana, growing in freshwater Lake George in New York. Lake George is a popular place for camping, boating, and other water-based recreation.
Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in a lake
Coastal flooding that occurs on sun, storm-free days can be caused by unusually high tides. Offshore storms can contribute to these tides, but are not always the cause. During these events, coastal storm drains can back up and flood streets and walkways. Video taken in Eastport, Annapolis, Maryland.
Tidal or nuisance flooding
During heavy rainfall, water runs off impervious surfaces like sidewalks. Manmade or paved surfaces like roofs and roads cannot absorb water like vegetated surfaces, so rainwater flows directly into the nearest body of water, carrying sediments and other pollutants with it.
Runoff in action
A hippopotamus emerging from the Luangwa River at sunset in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
Hippopotamus amphibius (hippopotamus) at sunset
Cephonodes hylas (coffee bee hawkmoth) feeding on nectar from some flowers
Cephonodes hylas (coffee bee hawkmoth)
A mother white rhino with her baby in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park in Zambia.
Ceratotherium simum (white rhinoceros) with baby
Calm morning on the Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River sunset
Potomac River Sunset
Thick bed of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the Potomac River
Submerged aquatic vegetation in the Potomac River
Sanderlings hanging out on the beach in Assateague Island.
Sanderlings in Assateague island
A great blue heron hangs out on the floating oyster cages at Horn Point Laboratory.
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) on Oyster Cages
A Downy Woodpecker foraging on a branch near the IAN Cambridge office.
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) on a branch
Bumblebee (Bombus) feeding on a dandelion (Taraxacum) flower
Bumblebee (Bombus) feeding on a dandelion…
Butterflies (Multi-species) feeding on wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa L.)
Butterflies (Multi-species) feeding on wild…
Elk (Cervus canadensis)
Elk (Cervus canadensis)
European honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding on grape hyacinth (Muscari)
European honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding on…
Fungi species growing out of a dead tree
Fungi species growing out of a dead tree
Lake at sunset surrounded by common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
Lake at sunset surrounded by common mullein…
Mount McLoughlin (Cascade Range) with Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) calling in the background
Mount McLoughlin (Cascade Range) with Sandhill…
Oak woodland habitat at sunset in northern California
Oak woodland habitat at sunset in northern…
Oregon fawn lily (Erythronium oregonum)
Oregon fawn lily (Erythronium oregonum)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) in conifer habitat
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) in…
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