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

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

British Little Owl, Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England, 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

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering near 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

European Eagle Owl,Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England, 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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)

Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) in front of a King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony, 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

Kiwi, New Zealand's heraldic animal

Great Crested Grebes, (Podiceps cristatus), mating

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

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

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pairing

Gnome cock

lory , Trichoglossus haematodus caeruleiceps

Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) overlooking his territory

A rocky island full of cormorants in the Beagle Channel, Ushuaia, Argentina. Copy space

Mandarin duck ( Aix galericulata)

Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)

kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), Germany

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

Caribean Flamingos starting (Phoenicopterus ruber) Yucatan, Mexico

Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)

Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) in midair, sunset

Two alpine choughs (Pyrrhocorax graculus)

Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)

Great Crested Grebes, (Podiceps cristatus), mating

Eurasian Pygmy-owl (glaucidium passerinum )

Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)

Two fighting Common Buzzards (Buteo buteo)

portrait of a Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Pelicans (Pelecanidae), Florida, USA

Common cranes (Grus grus) in midair, sunset

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

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

White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) hunting in midair

White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) hunting in midair

Caribean Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) Yucatan, Mexico

European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii), Australia

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

Yellow Billed Oxpeckers, Buphagus africanus, on the back of a buffalo, 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

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

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

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

An African Jacana, Jacanidae, walking through water, 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