Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Bartlesville

A ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis) at the Sutton Avian Research Center.

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A ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis) at the Sutton Avian Research Center.

Photo: A group of masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

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A group of masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The males have a black mask and the hen has a cream colored face.

Photo: A pair of masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

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A pair of masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The male has a black mask and the hen has a cream colored face.

Photo: A female masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

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A female masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Photo: A male masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

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A male masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Photo: A female masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

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A female masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Photo: A male masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

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A male masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Photo: A male masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

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A male masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Photo: A pair of masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

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A pair of masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The male has a black mask and the hen has a cream colored face.

Photo: A female masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

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A female masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

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A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

Photo: A greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) is shown 'booming' at the Sutton Prairie-Chicken Ranch.

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A greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) is shown ‘booming’ at the Sutton Prairie-Chicken Ranch.
This species is listed as vulnerable.

Photo: A greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) is shown 'booming' at the Sutton Prairie-Chicken Ranch.

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A greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) is shown ‘booming’ at the Sutton Prairie-Chicken Ranch.
This species is listed as vulnerable.

Photo: A greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) is shown 'booming' at the Sutton Prairie-Chicken Ranch.

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A greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) is shown ‘booming’ at the Sutton Prairie-Chicken Ranch.
This species is listed as vulnerable.

Photo: A greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) at the Sutton Prairie-Chicken Ranch.

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A greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) at the Sutton Prairie-Chicken Ranch.
This species is listed as vulnerable.

Photo: Bald eagle chicks are fed with hand puppets through a series of holes in the Sutton Avian Research Center's “chick lab.”

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Bald eagle chicks are fed with hand puppets through a series of holes in the Sutton Avian Research Center’s “chick lab.”

Photo: Joel Sartore, in a "ghost costume," in room #2 of the chick lab at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

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Joel Sartore, in a “ghost costume,” in room #2 of the chick lab at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Photo: A bald eagle chick with its surrogate mother, a hand puppet resembling an adult bald eagle, at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

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A bald eagle chick with its surrogate mother, a hand puppet resembling an adult bald eagle, at the Sutton Avian Research Center near Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The hand puppet is used extensively to get the chicks to feed during their first few weeks of life.

Photo: An 18-day-old bald eagle chick at the Sutton Avian Research Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, This chick was hatched in captivity as part of the Bald Eagle Recovery Act. After the chicks are seven days old, they will never see nor hear their human hosts in order to keep the birds wild.

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An 18-day-old bald eagle chick at the Sutton Avian Research Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, This chick was hatched in captivity as part of the Bald Eagle Recovery Act. After the chicks are seven days old, they will never see nor hear their human hosts in order to keep the birds wild.

Photo: A bald eagle chick is moved out of the chick lab and into a large barn nearby by workers wearing "ghost costumes" at the Sutton Avian Research Center's incubation room near Bartlesville, OK. This chick was hatched in captivity as part of the Bald Eagle Recovery Act. After the chick is seven days old, it will never see nor hear its human host in order to keep the bird wild.

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A bald eagle chick is moved out of the chick lab and into a large barn nearby by workers wearing “ghost costumes” at the Sutton Avian Research Center’s incubation room near Bartlesville, OK. This chick was hatched in captivity as part of the Bald Eagle Recovery Act. After the chick is seven days old, it will never see nor hear its human host in order to keep the bird wild.

Photo: A bald eagle chick is weighed by workers wearing "ghost costumes" at the Sutton Avian Research Center's incubation room near Bartlesville, OK. This chick was hatched in captivity as part of the Bald Eagle Recovery Act. After the chick is seven days old, it will never see nor hear its human host in order to keep the bird wild.

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A bald eagle chick is weighed by workers wearing “ghost costumes” at the Sutton Avian Research Center’s incubation room near Bartlesville, OK. This chick was hatched in captivity as part of the Bald Eagle Recovery Act. After the chick is seven days old, it will never see nor hear its human host in order to keep the bird wild.

Photo: A bald eagle chick is weighed by workers wearing "ghost costumes" at the Sutton Avian Research Center's incubation room near Bartlesville, OK. This chick was hatched in captivity as part of the Bald Eagle Recovery Act. After the chick is seven days old, it will never see nor hear its human host in order to keep the bird wild.

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A bald eagle chick is weighed by workers wearing “ghost costumes” at the Sutton Avian Research Center’s incubation room near Bartlesville, OK. This chick was hatched in captivity as part of the Bald Eagle Recovery Act. After the chick is seven days old, it will never see nor hear its human host in order to keep the bird wild.

Photo: A bald eagle chick is weighed by workers wearing "ghost costumes" at the Sutton Avian Research Center's incubation room near Bartlesville, OK. This chick was hatched in captivity as part of the Bald Eagle Recovery Act. After the chick is seven days old, it will never see nor hear its human host in order to keep the bird wild.

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A bald eagle chick is weighed by workers wearing “ghost costumes” at the Sutton Avian Research Center’s incubation room near Bartlesville, OK. This chick was hatched in captivity as part of the Bald Eagle Recovery Act. After the chick is seven days old, it will never see nor hear its human host in order to keep the bird wild.

Photo: A bald eagle chick is weighed by workers wearing "ghost costumes" at the Sutton Avian Research Center's incubation room near Bartlesville, OK. This chick was hatched in captivity as part of the Bald Eagle Recovery Act. After the chick is seven days old, it will never see nor hear its human host in order to keep the bird wild.

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A bald eagle chick is weighed by workers wearing “ghost costumes” at the Sutton Avian Research Center’s incubation room near Bartlesville, OK. This chick was hatched in captivity as part of the Bald Eagle Recovery Act. After the chick is seven days old, it will never see nor hear its human host in order to keep the bird wild.

Photo: A bald eagle chick is fed by a hand puppet at the Sutton Avian Research Center's incubation room near Bartlesville, OK. This chick was hatched in captivity as part of the Bald Eagle Recovery Act.

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A bald eagle chick is fed by a hand puppet at the Sutton Avian Research Center’s incubation room near Bartlesville, OK. This chick was hatched in captivity as part of the Bald Eagle Recovery Act.

Photo: A bald eagle chick is fed by a hand puppet at the Sutton Avian Research Center's incubation room near Bartlesville, OK. This chick was hatched in captivity as part of the Bald Eagle Recovery Act.

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A bald eagle chick is fed by a hand puppet at the Sutton Avian Research Center’s incubation room near Bartlesville, OK. This chick was hatched in captivity as part of the Bald Eagle Recovery Act.

A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

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A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

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A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

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A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

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A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

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A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

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A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

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A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

Photo: A domestic rat at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

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A domestic rat at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

Photo: A domestic rat at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

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A domestic rat at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

Photo: A domestic rat at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

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A domestic rat at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

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