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A greater spotted eagle (Clanga clanga cf. fulvescens) at the Kalba Bird of Prey Centre in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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A greater spotted eagle (Clanga clanga cf. fulvescens) at the Kalba Bird of Prey Centre in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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A greater spotted eagle (Clanga clanga cf. fulvescens) at the Kalba Bird of Prey Centre in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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A greater spotted eagle (Clanga clanga cf. fulvescens) at the Kalba Bird of Prey Centre in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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Snake River sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, at Eagle Fish Hatchery in Eagle, ID. These are ‘swim-up fry’, meaning they’re just a couple months old.

This species was nearly lost to extinction, getting as low as 16 founder fish for the breeding program. Today, hundreds are produced in a hatchery setting, but the fish are still having difficulty making it in the wild, with overfishing, pollution and a series of dams restricting their movement to their spawning grounds near Redfish Lake, ID. This fish has the longest run inland and spawns at the highest altitude, of any sockeye salmon on Earth.

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A Snake River sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, at Eagle Fish Hatchery in Eagle, ID. This is an adult fish, hatched in 2018, and likely a female.

This species was nearly lost to extinction, getting as low as 16 founder fish for the breeding program. Today, hundreds are produced in a hatchery setting, but the fish are still having difficulty making it in the wild, with overfishing, pollution and a series of dams restricting their movement to their spawning grounds near Redfish Lake, ID. This fish has the longest run inland and spawns at the highest altitude, of any sockeye salmon on Earth.

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A Snake River sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, at Eagle Fish Hatchery in Eagle, ID. This is an adult fish, hatched in 2018, and likely a female.

This species was nearly lost to extinction, getting as low as 16 founder fish for the breeding program. Today, hundreds are produced in a hatchery setting, but the fish are still having difficulty making it in the wild, with overfishing, pollution and a series of dams restricting their movement to their spawning grounds near Redfish Lake, ID. This fish has the longest run inland and spawns at the highest altitude, of any sockeye salmon on Earth.

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A Snake River sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, at Eagle Fish Hatchery in Eagle, ID. This is an adult fish, hatched in 2018, and likely a female.

This species was nearly lost to extinction, getting as low as 16 founder fish for the breeding program. Today, hundreds are produced in a hatchery setting, but the fish are still having difficulty making it in the wild, with overfishing, pollution and a series of dams restricting their movement to their spawning grounds near Redfish Lake, ID. This fish has the longest run inland and spawns at the highest altitude, of any sockeye salmon on Earth.

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A Snake River sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, at Eagle Fish Hatchery in Eagle, ID. This is an adult fish, hatched in 2018, and likely a female.

This species was nearly lost to extinction, getting as low as 16 founder fish for the breeding program. Today, hundreds are produced in a hatchery setting, but the fish are still having difficulty making it in the wild, with overfishing, pollution and a series of dams restricting their movement to their spawning grounds near Redfish Lake, ID. This fish has the longest run inland and spawns at the highest altitude, of any sockeye salmon on Earth.

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A Snake River sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, at Eagle Fish Hatchery in Eagle, ID. This is a 2019 hatch year fish, so when photographed in 2021 it was still a smolt, and not quite an adult.

This species was nearly lost to extinction, getting as low as 16 founder fish for the breeding program. Today, hundreds are produced in a hatchery setting, but the fish are still having difficulty making it in the wild, with overfishing, pollution and a series of dams restricting their movement to their spawning grounds near Redfish Lake, ID. This fish has the longest run inland and spawns at the highest altitude, of any sockeye salmon on Earth.

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A Snake River sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, at Eagle Fish Hatchery in Eagle, ID. This is a 2019 hatch year fish, so when photographed in 2021 it was still a smolt, and not quite an adult.

This species was nearly lost to extinction, getting as low as 16 founder fish for the breeding program. Today, hundreds are produced in a hatchery setting, but the fish are still having difficulty making it in the wild, with overfishing, pollution and a series of dams restricting their movement to their spawning grounds near Redfish Lake, ID. This fish has the longest run inland and spawns at the highest altitude, of any sockeye salmon on Earth.

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A Snake River sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, at Eagle Fish Hatchery in Eagle, ID. This is a 2019 hatch year fish, so when photographed in 2021 it was still a smolt, and not quite an adult.

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A Snake River sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, at Eagle Fish Hatchery in Eagle, ID. This is a 2019 hatch year fish, so when photographed in 2021 it was still a smolt, and not quite an adult.

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A golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos homeyeri) at the Dubai Safari Park in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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A golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos homeyeri) at the Dubai Safari Park in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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A golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos homeyeri) at the Dubai Safari Park in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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A golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos homeyeri) at the Dubai Safari Park in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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A crested eagle (Morphnus guianensis) at the El Huayco Research and Raptor Breeding Center in Lima, Peru.

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A crested eagle (Morphnus guianensis) at the El Huayco Research and Raptor Breeding Center in Lima, Peru.

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A crested eagle (Morphnus guianensis) at the El Huayco Research and Raptor Breeding Center in Lima, Peru.

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A crested eagle (Morphnus guianensis) at the El Huayco Research and Raptor Breeding Center in Lima, Peru.

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An ornate hawk-eagle (Spizaetus ornatus ornatus) at the El Huayco Research and Raptor Breeding Center in Lima, Peru.

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An ornate hawk-eagle (Spizaetus ornatus ornatus) at the El Huayco Research and Raptor Breeding Center in Lima, Peru.

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An ornate hawk-eagle (Spizaetus ornatus ornatus) at the El Huayco Research and Raptor Breeding Center in Lima, Peru.

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A solitary eagle (Buteogallus solitarius solitarius) at the El Huayco Research and Raptor Breeding Center in Lima, Peru.

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A solitary eagle (Buteogallus solitarius solitarius) at the El Huayco Research and Raptor Breeding Center in Lima, Peru.

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A solitary eagle (Buteogallus solitarius solitarius) at the El Huayco Research and Raptor Breeding Center in Lima, Peru.

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A solitary eagle (Buteogallus solitarius solitarius) at the El Huayco Research and Raptor Breeding Center in Lima, Peru.

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A solitary eagle (Buteogallus solitarius solitarius) at the El Huayco Research and Raptor Breeding Center in Lima, Peru.

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An endangered black-and-chestnut eagle (Spizaetus isidori) at the El Huayco Research and Raptor Breeding Center in Lima, Peru

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An endangered black-and-chestnut eagle (Spizaetus isidori) at the El Huayco Research and Raptor Breeding Center in Lima, Peru

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An Indian tawny eagle (Aquila vindhiana) named Hare at The International Centre for Birds of Prey in England. Tawny eagles are listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.

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An Indian tawny eagle (Aquila vindhiana) named Hare at The International Centre for Birds of Prey in England. Tawny eagles are listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.

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An Indian tawny eagle (Aquila vindhiana) named Hare at The International Centre for Birds of Prey in England. Tawny eagles are listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.

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An Indian tawny eagle (Aquila vindhiana) named Hare at The International Centre for Birds of Prey in England. Tawny eagles are listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.

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An eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) at Tierpark Berlin. This species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

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