
APC005-00002
A male Attwater’s prairie-chicken watches the sky for predators. The endangered birds depend on native coastal prairiegrasses for food and a place to hide from predators.
Keywords
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- Attwater's prairie-chicken
- Attwater's prairie-chickens
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- down to a handful
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- Grazing
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- national geographic
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- nature
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- Texas
- Texas City
This photo © Joel Sartore 2021. Image usage guidelines