Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: San Diego

Photo: Black skimmers (Rhynchops niger) on a salt pond beside San Diego bay in California.

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Black skimmers (Rhynchops niger) on a salt pond beside San Diego bay in California.

Vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at Sea World of San Diego, California.

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Vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at Sea World of San Diego, California.

Photo: Birds nest near a coal-fired power plant in San Diego, California.

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Birds nest near a coal-fired power plant in San Diego, California.

Photo: Birds nest near a coal-fired power plant in San Diego, California.

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Birds nest near a coal-fired power plant in San Diego, California.

Photo: Development puts tremendous pressure on the San Diego NWR.

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Development puts tremendous pressure on the San Diego NWR.

Photo: Housing & commercial development crowds around one of the few remaining wetlands in San Diego, CA.

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Housing & commercial development crowds around one of the few remaining wetlands in San Diego, CA.

Photo: Housing & commercial development crowds around one of the few remaining wetlands in San Diego, CA.

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Housing & commercial development crowds around one of the few remaining wetlands in San Diego, CA.

Photo: Tracks left by shorebirds at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge, California.

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Tracks left by shorebirds at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge, California.

Picture of black skimmers (Rynchops niger) at the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge, California.

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Black skimmers (Rynchops niger) at the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge, California.

Picture of black skimmers (Rynchops niger) at the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge, California.

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Black skimmers (Rynchops niger) at the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge, California.

Picture of black skimmer (Rynchops niger) at the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge, California.

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Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) at the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge, California.

Picture of black skimmers (Rynchops niger) at the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge, California.

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Black skimmers (Rynchops niger) at the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge, California.

A biologist holds a newly hatched California condor chick, (Gymnogyps californianus), critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered; at the San Diego Wild Animal Park's captive breeding facility.

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A biologist holds a newly hatched California condor chick, (Gymnogyps californianus), critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered; at the San Diego Wild Animal Park’s captive breeding facility.

A mated pair of critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condors, (Gymnogyps californianus), display for each other at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

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A mated pair of critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condors, (Gymnogyps californianus), display for each other at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

A biologist holds a newly hatched California condor chick, (Gymnogyps californianus), critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered; at the San Diego Wild Animal Park's captive breeding facility.

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A biologist holds a newly hatched California condor chick, (Gymnogyps californianus), critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered; at the San Diego Wild Animal Park’s captive breeding facility.

A biologist holds a newly hatched California condor chick, (Gymnogyps californianus), critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered; at the San Diego Wild Animal Park's captive breeding facility.

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A biologist holds a newly hatched California condor chick, (Gymnogyps californianus), critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered; at the San Diego Wild Animal Park’s captive breeding facility.

A biologist holds a newly hatched California condor chick, (Gymnogyps californianus), critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered; at the San Diego Wild Animal Park's captive breeding facility.

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A biologist holds a newly hatched California condor chick, (Gymnogyps californianus), critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered; at the San Diego Wild Animal Park’s captive breeding facility.

A biologist holds a newly hatched California condor chick, (Gymnogyps californianus), critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered; at the San Diego Wild Animal Park's captive breeding facility.

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A biologist holds a newly hatched California condor chick, (Gymnogyps californianus), critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered; at the San Diego Wild Animal Park’s captive breeding facility.

California condor, (Gymnogyps californianus), critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered; inside the pens at the San Diego Wild Animal Park's captive breeding facility.

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California condor, (Gymnogyps californianus), critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered; inside the pens at the San Diego Wild Animal Park’s captive breeding facility.

California condor, (Gymnogyps californianus), critically endangered(IUCN) and federally endangered; inside the pens at the San Diego Wild Animal Park's captive breeding facility.

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California condor, (Gymnogyps californianus), critically endangered(IUCN) and federally endangered; inside the pens at the San Diego Wild Animal Park’s captive breeding facility.

The San Diego Wild Animal Park, one of the facilities that helped bring California condors, (Gymnogyps californianus), back from the brink of extinction. (IUCN: Critically endangered, US: Endangered)

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The San Diego Wild Animal Park, one of the facilities that helped bring California condors, (Gymnogyps californianus), back from the brink of extinction. (IUCN: Critically endangered, US: Endangered)

A California condor, (Gymnogyps californianus), critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered; displays its wingspan at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

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A California condor, (Gymnogyps californianus), critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered; displays its wingspan at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

Photo: A biologist at the San Diego Wild Animal park displays the puppet used to feed juvenile condors so they don't imprint on humans.

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A biologist at the San Diego Wild Animal park displays the puppet used to feed juvenile condors so they don’t imprint on humans.

A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor, (Gymnogyps californianus), during feeding time at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor, (Gymnogyps californianus), during feeding time at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor, (Gymnogyps californianus), during feeding time at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor, (Gymnogyps californianus), during feeding time at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor, (Gymnogyps californianus), during feeding time at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor, (Gymnogyps californianus), during feeding time at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

Male and female California condors, (Gymnogyps californianus), (mated pair) at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. (IUCN: Critically endangered, US: Endangered)

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Male and female California condors, (Gymnogyps californianus), (mated pair) at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. (IUCN: Critically endangered, US: Endangered)

Male and female California condors, (Gymnogyps californianus), (mated pair) at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. (IUCN: Critically endangered, US: Endangered)

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Male and female California condors, (Gymnogyps californianus), (mated pair) at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. (IUCN: Critically endangered, US: Endangered)

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