Teeming with life, Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) on the beach, the Neck, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Jungle myna (Acridotheres fuscus), looking for water at the Volivoli Resort grounds on Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, Pacific

White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) at a waterhole, Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Great Spotted Woodpecker makes nesting hole in Poplar tree , Hampstead, London, United Kingdom

Swallow-tailed seagull and Marine iguana perched on rocks, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Blue Tit perched on a birdfeeder, The Cotswolds, United Kingdom

Swallow-tailed gull perched rocks, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Goldfinch perched on a birdfeeder, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering on marshland at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering on marshland at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Blue Tit perched on a birdfeeder, The Cotswolds, United Kingdom

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

British Little Owl, Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Juvenile Frigatebird, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering on marshland at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering near Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Great Spotted Woodpecker makes nesting hole in Poplar tree , Hampstead, London, United Kingdom

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

European Eagle Owl,Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

A long-tailed Cormorant bird perched on papyrus, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

European Eagle Owl, Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering on marshland at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Cormorant birds and Black Backed Gull in Courtmacsharry Bay, County Cork, Ireland

Peru. Woman with eagle, yanque, colca canyon

Vultures, drigung. bodies what we most attached to, says of monks. Thats offering ones body carries greatest merit. believe that should benefit other beings at every stage of ones life. After completion of powa ceremony, corpse is traditionally offered to great vultures lammergeiers that frequent charnel grounds. Vultures descend on flayed corpse. Offering bodies to birds is same as reciting mantras. It brings merit benefit to dead person as well as to family friends bring here. While cutting up corpse i to keep a pure compassionate mind. would feel if someone felt cutting up your body. -tomdenla. Tibet

Peru. Woman with eagle, yanque, colca canyon

A pair of Black guillemots bonding in Oban, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Mexican aztec dress gods at Grand Palladium White Sand Resort and Spa in Riviera Maya, Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Caribbean Coast, Mexico. Aztec clothing was generally loose fitting and did not completely cover the body. When the Spanish arrived in Mexico, the people were surprised to see them in their full armour, with only their faces exposed. Aztec clothes were generally made of cotton (which was imported) or ayate fiber, made from the Maguey Cactus (also called the Century Plant or American Aloe). Women would weave the fibers into clothing, a task girls were taught as young teenagers. Because of their vast trading network, the Aztecs were able to make use of a beautiful array of dyes, creating the brilliant

Windmills. Spain.

Mexican aztec dress gods at Grand Palladium White Sand Resort and Spa in Riviera Maya, Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Caribbean Coast, Mexico. Aztec clothing was generally loose fitting and did not completely cover the body. When the Spanish arrived in Mexico, the people were surprised to see them in their full armour, with only their faces exposed. Aztec clothes were generally made of cotton (which was imported) or ayate fiber, made from the Maguey Cactus (also called the Century Plant or American Aloe). Women would weave the fibers into clothing, a task girls were taught as young teenagers. Because of their vast trading network, the Aztecs were able to make use of a beautiful array of dyes, creating the brilliant

A Mexican staff member holds a tucan at Grand Palladium White Sand Resort and Spa in Riviera Maya, Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Caribbean Coast, Mexico

Bird feeder. In the Reindeer farm of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

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Tofutsuko And Swan, Hokkaido, Japan

Japanese Cranes, Akan, Hokkaido, Japan

Japanese Crane, Hokkaido, Japan

Japanese Crane, Hokkaido, Japan

Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan

Japanese Crane, Hokkaido, Japan

New Caledonia

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walking in front of a mating Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina), St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Lot of anglers share their catch with the pelicans Santa Barbara California United States of America USA

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) colony, Cape Kidnappers, North Island, New Zealand

Great Crested Grebes, (Podiceps cristatus), mating

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pairing

Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) in front of a King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Gnome cock

Kiwi, New Zealand's heraldic animal

Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) overlooking his territory

lory , Trichoglossus haematodus caeruleiceps

kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), Germany

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) with his prey, a dead chaffin, Germany

Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)

Alpine chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) at the Mittenwalder Hoehenweg, behind Karwendelmain ridge and Pleisenspitze, Karwendel, Tyrol, Austria

view street city night with people lights

Caribean Flamingos starting (Phoenicopterus ruber) Yucatan, Mexico

Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)

Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)

Mandarin duck ( Aix galericulata)

Two fighting Common Buzzards (Buteo buteo)

Eurasian Pygmy-owl (glaucidium passerinum )

Common cranes (Grus grus) in midair, sunset

Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) in midair, sunset

Great Crested Grebes, (Podiceps cristatus), mating

Rueppell's Vulture (Gyps rueppellii), Serengeti, Tanzania

Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) at Sun-rise, Yucatan, Mexico

Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)

Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)

Two alpine choughs (Pyrrhocorax graculus)

portrait of a Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Curlew (Numenius arquata), between dunlins (Calidris alpina), Oosterschelde, Zeeland, Netherlands

Pelicans (Pelecanidae), Florida, USA

Caribean Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) Yucatan, Mexico

White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) hunting in midair

White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) hunting in midair

Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii), Australia

European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

eagle owl ( bubo bubo ), portrait

October 15, 2008 Snow Geese in flight, Port Susan Bay Preserve, Washington The marshes support abundant invertebrate life which, in turn, feed hundreds of thousands of shorebirds, including Wrangel Island snow geese. Port Susan Bay and adjacent Skagit Bay are important stops for migratory birds traveling along the Pacific Flyway, United States of America

Long Eared Owl

A ground hornbill, Bucorvus leadbeateri, sitting on a branch.

An African Jacana, Jacanidae, walking through water, Londolozi Wildlife Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa

Two Fish Eagles, Haliaeetus vocifer, perched on a leadwood branch, Londolozi Wildlife Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa

A White Bellied Sunbird, Cinnyris talatala, drinking nectar from an aloe flower, Londolozi Wildlife Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa

Yellow Billed Oxpeckers, Buphagus africanus, on the back of a buffalo, Londolozi Wildlife Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa

A White Bellied Sunbird, Cinnyris talatala, perched on an aloe plant, Londolozi Wildlife Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa

Flock of white Swans on a lake, Hokkaido, Japan

domestic cock chicken with rooster on a farm

royal tern flock group of birds taking off from shore wings spread sea in background outdoors horizontal format

domestic cock portrait rooster on a farm