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Lid of an alabaster jar decorated with a bird in a nest and eggs in a bowl, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Blue-footed Booby with an egg (Sula nebouxii) on North Seymour Island, Galapagos National Park, Ecuador, South America

Galapagos blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii excisa), North Seymour Island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Megapode hunters hunting for eggs of the Megapode bird (Megapodiidae), East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

An adult brown skua (Stercorarius spp), with a stolen gentoo penguin egg at Cuverville Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult Antarctic skua (Catharacta spp) steals a penguin egg from its parent, Aitcho Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

An adult brown skua (Stercorarius spp) stealing a penguin egg at Brown Bluff, Antarctica, Polar Regions

An adult brown skua (Stercorarius spp), in flight with a stolen penguin egg at Barrientos Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

An adult brown skua (Stercorarius spp), with a stolen penguin egg at Barrientos Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult waved albatross (Diomedea irrorata) with single egg, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Heermann's gull (Larus heermanni) adult with egg, Isla Rasa, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico, North America

Adult Nazca booby (Sula grantii) on eggs, Punta Suarez, Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Adult Nazca booby (Sula grantii) on eggs, Punta Suarez, Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Adult waved albatross (Diomedea irrorata) with single egg, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Cape gull (Larus vetula) with African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) egg, Boulders Beach, Simons Town, South Africa, Africa

Antarctic shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps bransfieldensis), pair on nest at breeding site at Jougla Point, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Seagull nesting on the Lihou islet, Island of Guernsey, Bailiwick of Guernsey, British Crown dependency, English Channel, Europe

Nazca booby (Sula grantii) downy chick in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) breeding colony on Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands

Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) at a breeding and molting site in Estancia San Lorenzo, Argentina

A baby kiwi bird chick next to the egg that he hatched from, Smithsonian National Zoo's Conservation Institute, Virginia, United States of America, North America

Adult black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys), close up of tail at nesting site on New Island, Falklands, South America

Adult gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) with minutes-old newly hatched chick at Gold Harbor on South Georgia

Blue footed booby (sula nebouxii) incubating eggs at Punta Pitt, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos, UNESCO, Ecuador

Adult black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys), close up at nesting site on West Point Island, Falklands, South America

Adult black noddy (Anous minutus) breeding site on Boatswain Bird Island just off Ascension island, South Atlantic Ocean

Adult gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) with minutes-old newly hatched chick at Gold Harbor on South Georgia

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), parent on a chick and egg at Brown Bluff, Antarctic Sound, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Yellow-footed gull (Larus livens), eggs in nest on Isla Coronado, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua papua) sitting on egg, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Adult Antarctic skua (Stercorarius antarcticus), eating a gentoo penguin egg at Port Lockroy, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Vultures wait to steal eggs as Olive Ridley turtle digs nest at this refuge, Ostional, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America

Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus), on eggs at Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult kelp gull (Larus dominicanus) with stolen Adelie penguin egg in its bill at Brown Bluff, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) on egg in breeding colony on Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Moorhen's nest, with seven eggs laid, made with twigs among iris plants in a pond in Swinbrook, the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Moorhen's nest, with seven eggs laid, made with twigs among iris plants in a pond in Swinbrook, the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Moorhen's nest, with seven eggs laid, made with twigs among iris plants in a pond in Swinbrook, the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Megapode hunters hunting for eggs of the Megapode bird (Megapodiidae), East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Megapode hunters hunting for eggs of the Megapode bird (Megapodiidae), East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

A Wandering Albatross; Diomedea exulans, the bird with the largest wing span on the planet, at around 11 feet 6 inches, nesting on Prion Island, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

A Wandering Albatross; Diomedea exulans, the bird with the largest wing span on the planet, at around 11 feet 6 inches, nesting on Prion Island, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

A Wandering Albatross; Diomedea exulans, the bird with the largest wing span on the planet, at around 11 feet 6 inches, nesting on Prion Island, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

Black-browed albatross (diomedea melanophoris) falkland islands, sat on nest, showing egg and colony behind

A moorland bird's egg fried by the moorland fire when tinder dry conditions were set alight by a discarded cigarette on the 25th of May, Littleborough, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Adult Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) inspecting a non-viable egg at Devil Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Adelie penguins are truly an ice dependant penguin species.

An adult Brown Skua (Catharacta antarctica) with a stolen penguin egg on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Wild Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus) , nesting, Tyuleniy Island, Russia, Asia MORE INFO: Gulls circle the Kittywakes colony in hope that if they fly, the gulls can swoop in and grab their exposed eggs

Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) at a breeding and molting site in Estancia San Lorenzo on Peninsula Valdez, Patagonia, Argentina, South Atlantic

An adult Leucistic Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) nesting and incubating two eggs at Gabriel Gonzales Videla Research Station, Antarctica

Young Tawny Owl chicks in the nest in a hollow tree in Ambleside, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) - adult female returning to sea after laying eggs in the sand. Bird Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean (RR)

Wild Slaty-backed Gulls (Larus schistisagus), keeping watch ontop of bird watch hut. Tyuleniy Island, Russia, Asia MORE INFO: Gulls circle the Kittywakes colony in hope that if they fly, the gulls can swoop in and grab their exposed eggs

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) nesting near whalebone, Aitcho Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean.

An adult Leucistic Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) nesting and incubating two eggs at Gabriel Gonzales Videla Research Station, Antarctica

An adult Leucistic Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) nesting and incubating two eggs at Gabriel Gonzales Videla Research Station, Antarctica

Adult Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) sitting on nest with one hatched chicken and one still being in egg. Cuverville Island, Antarctica

Adult Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) laying on an egg on breeding colony on Petermann Island, Antarctica

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) eggs being washed away after unprecedented rainfall, Cuverville Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean.

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) chick hatching from egg, Cuverville Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean.

King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) parent balancing egg on feet to keep it off the cold beach on South Georgia Island, southern Atlantic Ocean.

Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni) eggs laid on their breeding grounds on Isla Rasa in the middle Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) adult on eggs in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. MORE INFO: The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) colony - some still lying on their eggs, others already have their chicks. Neko Harbour, Antarctica

Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) - adult female returning to sea after laying eggs in the sand. Bird Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean. (RR)

Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) - adult female returning to sea after laying eggs in the sand. Bird Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean. (RR)

Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) eggshell at a breeding colony on Bailey Head on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Wild Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus) Tyuleniy Island, Russia, Asia MORE INFO: Gulls circle the Kittywakes colony in hope that if they fly, the gulls can swoop in and grab their exposed eggs

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nest and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.