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	Elk on Dunes in Winter	Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Coyote and Dunes	Read about coyote. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Elk and Dunes	Great herds of elk live on the nearby sand sheet, sabkha and grasslands. They frequent the dune area for browse and for water at springs and at interdunal ponds. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Bison and Dunes	Bison once roamed much of North America's grasslands. They currently live on sabkha and grasslands west of the dunefield outside the monument boundary. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Bighorn Sheep	Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Bighorn Sheep	Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	American Antelope	Antilocapra americana. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Mule Deer	Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Bobcat	Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Porcupine	Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Pika	Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Jackrabbit and Rabbitbush	Read about jackrabbits. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Sandhill Cranes and Pond	Sandhill cranes use the adjacent sabkha as a stopover for feeding and resting during their fall and spring migrations. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Sandhill Cranes in Flight	Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Ibis and Big Spring Creek	Big Spring Creek flows from a spring a couple of miles west of the main dune field. White-faced ibis may be seen probing for crustaceans along the banks during summer months. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Clark's Nutcracker	This mountain corvid spends the year feeding on seeds in the montane forests in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	American White Pelican	Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Northern Shovelers in Flight	Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Northern Shoveler Eggs	Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Meadowlark	Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Red Velvet-Ant	The red velvet-ant (Dasymutilla coccinea), technically a wasp, can be found scouring the dunes for prey. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Horned Lizard in Camouflage	Read about horned lizards. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Darkling	Read about circus beetles. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Tiger Beetle (Cicindela theatina)	Great Sand Dunes tiger beetle (endemic). Read about tiger beetles. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Tiger Beetle (Cicindela formosa)	Read about tiger beetles. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

	Great Sand Dunes Sandtreader Camel Cricket	Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

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Photographs: Animals

Collections: Dunes, Landscape, Animals, Plants, Human History

Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Read about coyote. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Great herds of elk live on the nearby sand sheet, sabkha and grasslands. They frequent the dune area for browse and for water at springs and at interdunal ponds. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Bison once roamed much of North America's grasslands. They currently live on sabkha and grasslands west of the dunefield outside the monument boundary. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Antilocapra americana. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Read about jackrabbits. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Sandhill cranes use the adjacent sabkha as a stopover for feeding and resting during their fall and spring migrations. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Big Spring Creek flows from a spring a couple of miles west of the main dune field. White-faced ibis may be seen probing for crustaceans along the banks during summer months. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

This mountain corvid spends the year feeding on seeds in the montane forests in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

The red velvet-ant (Dasymutilla coccinea), technically a wasp, can be found scouring the dunes for prey. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Read about horned lizards. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Read about circus beetles. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Great Sand Dunes tiger beetle (endemic). Read about tiger beetles. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Read about tiger beetles. Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Photo courtesy of Interactive Earth.

Images on this web site may be used without permission. Full-size photographs may be available from the copyright holder.