Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: beaks

Photo: A bald eagle named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

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A bald eagle named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.

A picture of a two-month-old tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides strigoides) from Le Parc des Oiseaux in Villars Les Dombes, France.

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A two-month-old tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides strigoides) from Le Parc des Oiseaux in Villars Les Dombes, France.

A picture of a two-month-old tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides strigoides) from Le Parc des Oiseaux in Villars Les Dombes, France.

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A two-month-old tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides strigoides) from Le Parc des Oiseaux in Villars Les Dombes, France.

A picture of a rufous-sided towhee or Eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni) at Tall Timbers near Tallahassee.

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A rufous-sided towhee or Eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni) at Tall Timbers near Tallahassee.

A picture of a rufous-sided towhee or Eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

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A rufous-sided towhee or Eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

A picture of a rufous-sided towhee or Eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

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A rufous-sided towhee or Eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

A picture of a rufous-sided towhee or Eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

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A rufous-sided towhee or Eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

A picture of a swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana georgiana) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

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A swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana georgiana) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

A picture of a swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana georgiana) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

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A swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana georgiana) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

A picture of a swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana georgiana) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

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A swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana georgiana) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

A picture of a vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered female red-cockaded woodpecker (Dryobates borealis) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered female red-cockaded woodpecker (Dryobates borealis) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

A picture of a vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered female red-cockaded woodpecker (Dryobates borealis) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered female red-cockaded woodpecker (Dryobates borealis) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

A picture of a vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered female red-cockaded woodpecker (Dryobates borealis) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered female red-cockaded woodpecker (Dryobates borealis) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

A picture of a vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered female red-cockaded woodpecker (Dryobates borealis) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered female red-cockaded woodpecker (Dryobates borealis) at Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

Picture of American flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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American flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

A picture of a near threatened Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica nicobarica) at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, Omaha, Nebraska.

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A near threatened Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica nicobarica) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, Omaha, Nebraska.

Picture of American flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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American flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

A collection of more than sixty specimens of critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered ivory billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis, at Harvard University.

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A collection of more than sixty specimens of critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered ivory billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis, at Harvard University.

A Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) chick at the Houston Zoo.

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A Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) chick at the Houston Zoo.

Studio portrait of red knots (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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Studio portrait of red knots (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.

Studio portrait of red knots (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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Studio portrait of red knots (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.

Picture of a pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

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A pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

Picture of a pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

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A pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

Picture of a pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

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A pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

Picture of a pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

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A pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

Picture of a pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

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A pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

Picture of a pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

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A pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

Picture of a pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

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A pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

Picture of a pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

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A pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

Picture of a pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

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A pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) at a nest cavity near St. Charles, Arkansas.

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