animal portrait images - Joel Sartore

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A Snake River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) at the Eagle Fish Hatchery. This is a male in spawning colors
This fish has a more than 900-mile run up the Columbia and Snake Rivers to spawn in and near Redfish Lake in Central Idaho. That’s the longest anadromous fish run on Earth.

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Two torrent ducks (Merganetta armata armata) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany. The female is gray and red, the male is black and white.

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Two torrent ducks (Merganetta armata armata) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany. The female is gray and red, the male is black and white.

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A male torrent duck (Merganetta armata armata) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A male torrent duck (Merganetta armata armata) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A female common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula clangula) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A male common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula clangula) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A female bean goose (Anser fabalis rossicus) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A dark-bellied brant goose (Branta bernicla) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A male and female pair of dark-bellied brant geese (Branta bernicla) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A female kelp goose (Chloephaga hybrida hybrida) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A female Northern eider (Somateria mollissima borealis) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A male Northern eider (Somateria mollissima borealis) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A female Faeroe Island eider (Somateria mollissima faeroeensis) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A male Faeroe Island eider (Somateria mollissima faeroeensis) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A female velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany. This species is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.

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Two European magpies (Pica pica pica) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A willow grouse (Lagopus lagopus lagopus) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A white-headed lapwing (Vanellus albiceps) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A white-headed lapwing (Vanellus albiceps) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A female torrent duck (Merganetta armata armata) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A Vancouver Canada goose (Branta canadensis fulva) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A Vancouver Canada goose (Branta canadensis fulva) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A Vancouver Canada goose (Branta canadensis fulva) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A Vancouver Canada goose (Branta canadensis fulva) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany.

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A female and male common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula clangula) at Lundi Farm in Verl, Germany. The female is mostly brown and the male is black and white with a gold eye.