Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: sylvan heights bird park

Photo: From left, a male and female freckled duck (Stictonetta naevosa) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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From left, a male and female freckled duck (Stictonetta naevosa) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Photo: From left, a male and female white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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From left, a male and female white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

A picture of a pair of gadwall ducks (Mareca strepera strepera) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. The female is in the front.

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A pair of gadwall ducks (Mareca strepera strepera) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. The female is in the front.

A picture of a pair of gadwall ducks (Anas strepera) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. The female is on the left and the male on the right.

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A pair of gadwall ducks (Anas strepera) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. The female is on the left and the male on the right.

Photo: From left, a female and male silver teal (Spatula versicolor) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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From left, a female and male silver teal (Spatula versicolor) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Photo: From left, a male and female Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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From left, a male and female Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Photo: From left, a male and female bufflehead duck (Bucephala albeola) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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From left, a male and female bufflehead duck (Bucephala albeola) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Photo: A male and female North American ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis jamaicensis) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A male and female North American ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis jamaicensis) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. The male has a blue bill.

Photo: From left, a female and male New Zealand scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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From left, a female and male New Zealand scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Photo: From left, a female and male Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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From left, a female and male Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

A picture of a pair of redhead ducks (Aythya americana) at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. The female is on the left and the male on the right.

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A pair of redhead ducks (Aythya americana) at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. The female is on the left and the male on the right.

Photo: From left, a female and male Barrow's goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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From left, a female and male Barrow’s goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

A picture of a western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

A picture of a western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

A picture of a western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

A picture of a western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Photo: A pair of black-headed ducks (Heteronetta atricapilla) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A pair of black-headed ducks (Heteronetta atricapilla) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

The male is darker, while the female is brown.

Photo: A male black-headed duck (Heteronetta atricapilla) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A male black-headed duck (Heteronetta atricapilla) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Photo: A male black-headed duck (Heteronetta atricapilla) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A male black-headed duck (Heteronetta atricapilla) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Photo: A male black-headed duck (Heteronetta atricapilla) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A male black-headed duck (Heteronetta atricapilla) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Photo: A fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Photo: A fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Photo: A fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Photo: A timor zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata timor) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A timor zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata timor) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Photo: A timor zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata timor) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A timor zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata timor) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Photo: A Senegal thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A Senegal thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Photo: A Senegal thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A Senegal thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Photo: A Senegal thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A Senegal thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Photo: A Senegal thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

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A Senegal thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis) at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Picture of a northern pintail (Anas acuta) at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park.

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A northern pintail (Anas acuta) at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park.

Picture of a Patagonian crested duck (Lophonetta specularioides specularioides) at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park.

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A Patagonian crested duck (Lophonetta specularioides specularioides) at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park.

Picture of a vulnerable Philippine duck (Anas luzonica) at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park.

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A vulnerable Philippine duck (Anas luzonica) at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park.

A picture of an Australasian shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis) at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park.

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An Australasian shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis) at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park.

The silver color phase of the wood duck (Aix sponsa) at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park.

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The silver color phase of the wood duck (Aix sponsa) at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park.

Picture of an endangered Meller's duck (Anas melleri) at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park.

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An endangered Meller’s duck (Anas melleri) at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park.

Picture of a Patagonian crested duck (Lophonetta specularioides specularioides) at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park.

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A Patagonian crested duck (Lophonetta specularioides specularioides) at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park.

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