Blind images - Joel Sartore

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A northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus acadicus) named ‘Q’ at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ. This bird is blind in one eye, likely the result of being hit by a car.

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A northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus acadicus) named ‘Q’ at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ. This bird is blind in one eye, likely the result of being hit by a car.

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A northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus acadicus) named ‘Q’ at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ. This bird is blind in one eye, likely the result of being hit by a car.

A picture of a Mexican blindcat (Prietella phreatophila) at the Conservation Department of the San Antonio Zoo. This species is vulnerable on the IUCN Red List as well as on the US Federal list.

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Mexican blindcat (Prietella phreatophila) at the Conservation Department of the San Antonio Zoo.
This species is vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and endangered on the US Federal list.

This stygobitic catfish is known from about a dozen sites in Coahuila, Mexico and is listed as endangered in both Mexico and the United States. A single population (represented by this individual) was recently discovered in Val Verde County, Texas, after two decades of searching by cave biologists. The San Antonio Zoo Department of Conservation and Research (SAZ DOCR) maintains a captive colony of this species, including two individuals that have been in captivity for over twenty years. Members of the Blindcat Working Group (a multinational team of researchers) are exploring the geographic distribution and population genetics of this species using eDNA, Next Generation sequencing, and boots-on-the-ground field efforts.

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Mexican blindcat (Prietella phreatophila) at the Conservation Department of the San Antonio Zoo.
This species is vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and endangered on the US Federal list.

Uno, a federally endangered Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) at the Naples Zoo. A gunshot wound caused Uno to go blind in 2014.

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Uno, a federally endangered Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) at the Naples Zoo. A gunshot wound caused Uno to go blind in 2014.

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Uno, a federally endangered Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) at the Naples Zoo. A gunshot wound caused Uno to go blind in 2014.

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A woman soothes Whistler, a koala who was blinded by an allergic reaction to an anesthetic.

A Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

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A Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

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Bird watchers at the blind waiting for sandhill cranes to arrive at Rowe Audubon Sanctuary.

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A 10-year-old girl is blinded by money.

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A 10-year-old girl is blinded by money.

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Birdwatchers use binoculars to view cranes from a blind at Rowe Audubon Sanctuary in Nebraska.

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Birdwatchers use binoculars to view cranes from a blind at Rowe Audubon Sanctuary in Nebraska.

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A man leads fellow grouse watchers away from a school bus that’s used as a sharp tail grouse viewing blind.

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New Orleans resident.

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This rancher makes part of his living leading wildlife watching tours on his land in Nebraska. He’s shown next to a vehicle that’s been converted to a viewing blind.

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An ecologist is shown in camo looking out over the Sandhill Crane roost at Rowe Sanctuary near Gibbon, Nebraska.

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An ecologist is shown in camo looking out over the Sandhill Crane roost at Rowe Sanctuary near Gibbon, Nebraska.

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An ecologist is shown in camo looking out over the Sandhill Crane roost at Rowe Sanctuary near Gibbon, Nebraska.

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A couple stands in front of a bird blind at Rowe Sanctuary near Gibbon, Nebraska.