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A female emerald hummingbird (Amazilis amazilia) at the San Diego Zoo.

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A South American kestrel (Falco sparverius cinnamominus) at the Zoológico Nacional de Chile (Chilean National Zoo).

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A sunbittern (Eurypyga helias ) at the Cincinnati Zoo.

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A pallid swift (Apus pallidus brehmorum) at the Wildlife Rescue Center (LIPU) of Rome.

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An Eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris amauronota) at the Avilon Zoo.

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An endangered North Philippine hawk-eagle (Nisaetus philippensis) at the Avilon Zoo.

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A blue breasted parrot, Pionus reichenowi, at Loro Parque Fundacion.

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A blue breasted parrot, Pionus reichenowi, at Loro Parque Fundacion.

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Moustached parakeets, Psittacula alexandri dammermani, at Loro Parque Fundacion.

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A female black vasa, Coracopsis nigra libs, at Loro Parque Fundacion.

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A Malayan crested serpent-eagle (Spilornis cheela malayensis) at Penang Bird Park.

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A common swift (Apus apus apus) from the Budapest Zoo.

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A juvenile Mississippi kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) at the WildCare Foundation.

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A short-tailed hawk (Buteo brachyurus) at the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey.

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A vulnerable sarus crane (Grus antigone) at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, CO.

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A western harris’ hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus superior) named Hudson at The Living Desert.

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Gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) on a farm near Raymond, NE.

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A Swainson’s hawk (Buteo swainsoni) at Raptor Recovery Nebraska.

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Red-fronted macaw (Ara rubrogenys) at the Miller Park Zoo. This species of macaw is highly endangered with an estimated 150 birds left in the wild.

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A Nazca booby (Sula granti) on Tower Island in Galapagos National Park.

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A Nazca booby chick (Sula granti) on Tower Island in Galapagos National Park.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) on San Cristobal Island (formerly known as Chatham Island).

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Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) feed on waste grain near the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary in Gibbon, Nebraska.

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Thousands of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) roost on the Platte River during their annual migratory stopover at the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary near Gibbon, NE. With water in the river fully appropriated for urban areas and agriculture, many wonder how long it will be until the river runs dry. Some 600,000 to 800,000 cranes use just a few miles of the river in central Nebraska–areas that have been been mechanically cleared of the woody vegetation that the birds can’t tolerate.

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An oiled white ibis (Eudocimus albus) lifts off from a rookery on a barrier island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana.

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A crew of BP contract workers remove booms saturated with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill from important bird breeding habitat in the Gulf of Mexico.

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A big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus fuscus) at Nebraska Wildlife Rehab.

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A big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus fuscus) at Nebraska Wildlife Rehab.

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American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) perched at Waveland Farm near Walton, Nebraska.

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American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) feed at Waveland Farm near Walton, Nebraska.

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Two striated caracaras (Phalcoboenus australis) (IUCN: Near Threatened) or ‘Johnny Rooks’ at the West Falkland’s New Island. The 6,000-acre island has been sold to a natural history trust.

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