NASA肯尼迪航天中心的植物群和动物群

In this photo from Oct. 14, 2008, a great blue heron stands watch among a pond of water lilies on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. It is one of 310 species of birds that inhabit the National Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with Kennedy. The marshes and open water of the refuge also provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans, and other species of marsh and shore birds. Kennedy is responsible for more protected species than any other federal property in the continental United States.

Image Credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis

在这张来自2008年10月14日的照片中，一只大蓝鹭站在NASA肯尼迪航天中心的睡莲池中观望。它是栖息在国家梅里特岛野生动物保护区的310种鸟类之一，该保护区与肯尼迪接壤。该保护区的沼泽和开放水域还为23种迁徙水鸟提供了越冬区，也为大蓝鹭、大白鹭、木鹳、鸬鹚、褐鹈鹕以及其他沼泽和岸鸟提供了全年的栖息地。肯尼迪负责保护的物种比美国大陆任何其他联邦财产都多。

图片来源:NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis