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Common ostrich (Struthio camelus), male in breeding plumage, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa
Common ostrich (Struthio camelus), male in breeding plumage with female, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa
Drake common eider (Somateria mollissima) in flight in breeding plumage, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Arctic, Norway, Europe
Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea), male in breeding plumage, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa
Wattled starling (Creatophora cinerea) in non-breeding plumage, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa
Male Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) in breeding plumage, Rio Grande Zoo, Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, North America
Southern red bishop (Euplectes orix), male in breeding plumage, Pilanesberg Game Reserve, South Africa, Africa
Southern red bishop (Euplectes orix), male in breeding plumage, Pilanesberg National Park, North West Game Reserve, South Africa, Africa
Adult black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) in flight in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway, Arctic, Europe
Adult Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus), on ice floe in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage with red gular pouch, on Genovesa (Tower) Island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage with red gular pouch, on Genovesa (Tower) Island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage with red gular pouch, on Genovesa (Tower) Island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America
Adult black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) wading and feeding in a brackish water lagoon on Floreana Island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island, Galapagos.
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island, Galapagos.
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island, Galapagos.
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island, Galapagos.
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the greenish metalic sheen to feathers), Ecuador.
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island, Galapagos.
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on Genovesa (Tower) Island, Ecuador.
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on Genovesa (Tower) Island, Ecuador.
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on Genovesa (Tower) Island, Ecuador.
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on Genovesa (Tower) Island, Ecuador.
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island, Galapagos.
A Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), during the breeding season, on Brownsea Island, a nature reserve in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Adult king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) amongst chicks at breeding colony at Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island, Polar Regions
Adult dovekies (Little Auk) (Alle alle) at their breeding site amongst scree slopes at Rubini Rock, Tikhaya Bay, Hooker Island, Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia
Adult black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on ice near Alexander Island in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia
Adult black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys), in flight returning to nesting site on West Point Island, Falklands, South America
Heermann's gull (Larus heermanni), at breeding colony on Isla Rasa, Baja California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North Anerica
Adult black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys), close up at nesting site on West Point Island, Falklands, South America
Adult black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys), close up of tail at nesting site on New Island, Falklands, South America
Antarctic shag (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis) in breeding plumage, Barrientos Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions
Antarctic shag (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis) in breeding plumage, Barrientos Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions
Yellow-billed storks (Mycteria ibis), in breeding plumage on riverbank, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa
Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in breeding plumage at Isla Rasita, Baja California, Mexico, North America
Male hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) in breeding plumage, Rio Grande Zoo, Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, North America
A male pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura), in breeding plumage in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis), in breeding plumage, on riverbank, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa
A flock of eared grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) in non-breeding plumage, Los Islotes, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America
Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight in partial breeding plumage, Salton Sea, California, United States of America, North America
Willet (Tringa semipalmata) in breeding plumage stretching its wings, Antelope Island State Park, Utah, United States of America, North America
Caspian tern (Sterna caspia) in breeding plumage in flight, Salton Sea, California, United States of America, North America
Western gull (Larus occidentalis), in non-breeding adult plumage, Monterey Bay, Monterey, California, United States of America, North America
Great egret (Ardea alba) in breeding plumage, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America
Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) in breeding plumage in captivity, Rio Grande Zoo, Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, North America
Dalmatian pelican (pelecanus crispus) close-up of face, adult in breeding plumage, lake kerkini, greece
On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.
On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.
On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.
On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.
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 Light Mantled Albatross, or Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata, on South Georgia, on nesting cliffs at Grytviken.
Dalmatian pelican (pelecanus crispus) portrait of adult in breeding pluamge, bill pouch extended, lake kerkini, greece
King Penguins head out to sea on a fishing trip past ice at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.
King Penguins in the world's second largest King Penguin colony on Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.
A King Penguin sleeping in the world's second largest King Penguin colony on Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.
A Light Mantled Albatross, or Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata, on South Georgia, on nesting cliffs at Grytviken.
King Penguins in the world's second largest King Penguin colony on Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.
A Light Mantled Albatross, or Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata, on South Georgia, on nesting cliffs at Grytviken.
King Penguins in the world's second largest King Penguin colony on Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.
A Light Mantled Albatross, or Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata, on South Georgia, on nesting cliffs at Grytviken, calling to its mate.
Long-tailed duck (clangual hyernalis) adult male in summer breeding plumage, taking off from water, varanger, norway
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
Male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
Adult female Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) in full breeding plumage in the calm waters of Red Bluff Bay, Southeastern Alaska, USA
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on Genovesa (Tower) Island, in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on Genovesa (Tower) Island, in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on Genovesa (Tower) Island, in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) chick head detail at colony on Useful Island near the Antarctic Peninsula. There are an estimated 2 million breeding pairs of chinstrap penguins in the Antarctic peninsula region alone, perhaps as many as 7.5 million breeding pairs in all of Antarctica. Their name derives from the narrow black band under their heads which makes it appear as if they are wearing black helmets, making them one of the most easily identified types of penguin. Other names for them are "Ringed Penguins", "Bearded Penguins", and "Stonecracker Penguins" due to their harsh call. They grow to 68 cm (27 in). The average adult weight of a Chinstrap Penguin is 4.5 kg (10 lbs). Weight can range from 3 to 6 kg (6.6-13.2 lbs), with males being slightly larger and weight varying based on where the penguin is in the breeding cycle. Their diet consists of krill, shrimp, and fish. On land they build circular nests from stones, and lay two eggs, which are incubated by both the male and the female for shifts of five to ten days. They can also breed on icebergs, though they prefer non-icy conditions. The chicks hatch after about 35 days, and have fluffy gray backs and white fronts. The chicks stay in the nest for 20?30 days before they go to join a creche. At around 50?60 days old, they moult, gaining their adult plumage and go to sea. The Chinstrap Penguin was first described by German naturalist Forster in 1781. Its specific epithet was often seen as antarctica, however a 2002 review determined the genus Pygoscelis was masculine, and hence the correct binomial name is Pygoscelis antarcticus.
Adult male common eider duck (Somateria mollissima) in breeding plumage in the Svalbard Archipelago in the Barents Sea, Norway
Adult male common eider duck (Somateria mollissima) in breeding plumage in the Svalbard Archipelago in the Barents Sea, Norway