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WILDLIFE OF THE ANACOSTIA

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Osprey panel showing an osprey lifting from the Anacostia River with water splashing beneath its wings.
Osprey nest built on a light pole beside the Anacostia River at the Navy Yard, with the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge behind it, photographed by Twan Woods on September 1, 2026.
Adult osprey feeding two chicks in a nest.
Two osprey hatchlings resting together in a nest above Chesapeake Bay.
Osprey flying with wings fully extended against a pale sky.
Osprey flying low over marsh water while carrying a fish in its talons.
Herons and Egrets panel showing a great blue heron and two white egrets at the Anacostia River shoreline.
Juvenile black-crowned night heron standing at the water's edge.
Black-crowned night heron and snowy egret standing together at a wetland.
Great egret standing in wetland vegetation. Supporting wildlife photograph by Lee Karney, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; public domain.
Great blue heron standing on a branch above calm green water.
Great egret standing in shallow marsh water with a small fish in its bill.
Small green heron standing on a fallen log beside rippled water.
River Life panel showing turtles resting near the shoreline and mallard ducks swimming on the Anacostia River.
American bullfrog resting on a green lily pad among wetland plants.
Four freshwater turtles resting together on a partly submerged log.
Large snapping turtle resting underwater among rounded river stones.
Tiny juvenile snapping turtle resting in a person's open hands.
Close view of an American bullfrog partly submerged beside wet vegetation.