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Studio portrait of a red knot (Calidris canutus). The species is a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act due to a rapid decline in population. It is on one food during it’s northward migration: horseshoe crab eggs. Overfishing of the crabs has led a dramatic the decline of both knots and crabs.
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- bird
- black
- calidris canutus
- color photography
- horizontal
- indoors
- one animal
- Photo Ark
- Portrait
- red knot
- studio
- studio portrait
- threatened
- whole body
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