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Pal Hermansen / Arctic skuas (Stercorarius parasiticus) in flight, ready to attack anyone walking too close to their nest nearbyHotellneset, Svalbard archipelago. July.
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Pal Hermansen / Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) juvenile flying off from perch.Telemark, Norway. February.
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Pal Hermansen / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) sitting in snow covered landscape. Akershus, Norway. November.
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Pal Hermansen / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) about to catch fish on misty morning. Norway. August.
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Klein & Hubert / Resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) male, perched on lichen covered branch in rainforest, Costa Rica.
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Klein & Hubert / Keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) jumping over an epiphyte, Costa Rica.
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Erlend Haarberg / Two Spotted redshanks (Tringa erythropus), rival males, fighting on snow, Finnmark, Norway. May.
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Ben Hall / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus) in flight over moorland, Yorkshire, UK. September.
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Klein & Hubert / Swallow (Hirundo rustica) in flight chasing a Tsetse fly (Glossina sp.), Kenya, Africa.
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Guy Edwardes / Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) flock at sunrise with Kerkini Mountain in background, Lake Kerkini, Greece. January.
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Guy Edwardes / Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) flock stretching at sunrise, Lake Kerkini, Greece. January.
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Ben Hall / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus) coming in to land on flowering Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Yorkshire, UK. September.