Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Cave Creek

Photo: A southwestern red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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A southwestern red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: A desert great horned owl (Bubo virginianus pallescens) named Meadow, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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A desert great horned owl (Bubo virginianus pallescens) named Meadow, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: A desert great horned owl (Bubo virginianus pallescens) named Meadow, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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A desert great horned owl (Bubo virginianus pallescens) named Meadow, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: A desert great horned owl (Bubo virginianus pallescens) named Meadow, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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A desert great horned owl (Bubo virginianus pallescens) named Meadow, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: A desert great horned owl (Bubo virginianus pallescens) named Meadow, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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A desert great horned owl (Bubo virginianus pallescens) named Meadow, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: A desert great horned owl (Bubo virginianus pallescens) named Meadow, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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A desert great horned owl (Bubo virginianus pallescens) named Meadow, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: A desert great horned owl (Bubo virginianus pallescens) named Meadow, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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A desert great horned owl (Bubo virginianus pallescens) named Meadow, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: A western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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A western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: Two western burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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Two western burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: Two western burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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Two western burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: A western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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A western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: A western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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A western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: 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.

Photo: 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.

Photo: 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.

Photo: Two elf owls (Micrathene whitneyi) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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Two elf owls (Micrathene whitneyi) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: An elf owl (Micrathene whitneyi) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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An elf owl (Micrathene whitneyi) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: Two elf owls (Micrathene whitneyi) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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Two elf owls (Micrathene whitneyi) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: An elf owl (Micrathene whitneyi) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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An elf owl (Micrathene whitneyi) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: An elf owl (Micrathene whitneyi) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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An elf owl (Micrathene whitneyi) at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: An osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ.

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An osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ.

Photo: An osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ.

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An osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ.

Photo: An osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ.

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An osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ.

Photo: An osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ.

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An osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ.

Photo: A pair of prairie merlin (Falco columbarius richardsonii) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ. The male is smaller and more dark brown.

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A pair of prairie merlin (Falco columbarius richardsonii) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ. The male is smaller and more dark brown.

Photo: A pair of prairie merlin (Falco columbarius richardsonii) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ. The male is smaller and more dark brown.

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A pair of prairie merlin (Falco columbarius richardsonii) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ. The male is smaller and more dark brown.

Photo: A pair of prairie merlin (Falco columbarius richardsonii) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ. The male is smaller and more dark brown.

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A pair of prairie merlin (Falco columbarius richardsonii) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ. The male is smaller and more dark brown.

Photo: A pair of prairie merlin (Falco columbarius richardsonii) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ. The male is smaller and more dark brown.

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A pair of prairie merlin (Falco columbarius richardsonii) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ. The male is smaller and more dark brown.

Photo: A southwestern red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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A southwestern red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: A southwestern red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

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A southwestern red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi, at Wild At Heart in AZ.

Photo: A turkey vulture (Cathartes aura meridionalis) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ.

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A turkey vulture (Cathartes aura meridionalis) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ.

Photo: A turkey vulture (Cathartes aura meridionalis) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ.

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A turkey vulture (Cathartes aura meridionalis) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ.

Photo: A turkey vulture (Cathartes aura meridionalis) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ.

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A turkey vulture (Cathartes aura meridionalis) at Wild at Heart, a raptor rehab center in Cave Creek, AZ.

Photo: A cactus ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) at Wild at Heart raptor rehabilitation center.

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A cactus ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) at Wild at Heart raptor rehabilitation center.

Photo: A cactus ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) at Wild at Heart raptor rehabilitation center.

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A cactus ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) at Wild at Heart raptor rehabilitation center.

Photo: A cactus ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) at Wild at Heart raptor rehabilitation center.

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A cactus ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) at Wild at Heart raptor rehabilitation center.

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