Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

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A southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

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A southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

A southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

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A southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

A southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

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A southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

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A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

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A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

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A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

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A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

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A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

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A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

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A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

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A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

A Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) takes its own photo breaking an infra-red trigger beam in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) takes its own photo breaking an infra-red trigger beam in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

A pair of Southern crested caracaras (Caracara plancus) in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A pair of Southern crested caracaras (Caracara plancus) in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

A Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

A pair of Southern crested caracaras (Caracara plancus) in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A pair of Southern crested caracaras (Caracara plancus) in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: A black vulture picks at a caiman that was poached for its tail near Paso do Lontra in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A black vulture picks at a caiman that was poached for its tail near Paso do Lontra in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: A black vulture picks at a caiman that was poached for its tail near Paso do Lontra in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A black vulture picks at a caiman that was poached for its tail near Paso do Lontra in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: Wild gray wolf on a carcass in Yellowstone National Park's Lamar Valley.

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Wild gray wolf on a carcass in Yellowstone National Park’s Lamar Valley.

Lesser yellow-headed vultures line up on a fence in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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Lesser yellow-headed vultures line up on a fence in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: A black vulture on carrion in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A black vulture on carrion in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: Turkey vulture (species ID available upon request) in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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Turkey vulture (species ID available upon request) in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

Photo: Turkey vulture (species ID available upon request) in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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Turkey vulture (species ID available upon request) in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

King vulture, (Sarcoramphus papa), in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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King vulture, (Sarcoramphus papa), in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

King vulture, (Sarcoramphus papa), in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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King vulture, (Sarcoramphus papa), in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

King vulture, (Sarcoramphus papa), in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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King vulture, (Sarcoramphus papa), in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

King vulture, (Sarcoramphus papa), in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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King vulture, (Sarcoramphus papa), in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

King vulture, (Sarcoramphus papa), in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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King vulture, (Sarcoramphus papa), in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

Juvenile California condors, (Gymnogyps californianus) critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, recently released into the wild, feed on a calf that was left for them by biologists. (Los Padres Nat'l Forest)

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Juvenile California condors, (Gymnogyps californianus) critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, recently released into the wild, feed on a calf that was left for them by biologists. (Los Padres Nat’l Forest)

Juvenile California condors, (Gymnogyps californianus) critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, recently released into the wild, feed on a calf that was left for them by biologists. (Los Padres Nat'l Forest)

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Juvenile California condors, (Gymnogyps californianus) critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, recently released into the wild, feed on a calf that was left for them by biologists. (Los Padres Nat’l Forest)

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