Recently fledged emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) with gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua), Enterprise Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Recently fledged emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri), Enterprise Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Recently fledged emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), with gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua), Enterprise Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Recently fledged emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), Enterprise Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Recently fledged emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri), Enterprise Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

A young Song Thrush in a woodland in Kirkoswold, Eden Valley, Cumbria, UK.

Tawny owl (Strix aluco), three fledglings sleeping close together on a branch, Bad Homburg, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum), young newly fledged, Willacy County, Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, USA

Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), begging almost fledged young bird looking out of the nesting cavity, male adult bird sitting next to it on the trunk, Bad Homburg, Hesse, Germany

Close-up of an immature Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), just fledged from nest, Yukon, Canada

Talons of an immature Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) shown gripping a tree branch, just fledged from nest, Yukon, Canada

Canada, Alberta, Lethbridge, Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus, fledged chick with catchlight in eye about to leave nest in old gnarled Elm tree for the first time.