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A white, rocky island is centered in the image, with rippled deep blue lake in the foreground and a bright blue sky with puffy clouds above the horizon. A handful of cormorants are perched on or flying above the small island.

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The larger of the two islands that make up Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, it's home to colony-nesting birds.

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Photo By/Credit

Nikki Ellingson/USFWS

Facility

Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Lake

Species

Phalacrocorax auritus

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Public Domain

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