Simon Littlejohn / Female American mink (Neogale vison) entering a Kingfisher (Alcedo atthias) nest and taking a chick, Stour River, Dorset, UK, July.
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) with young chicks on the back among Fringed water lilies (Nymphoides peltata) Lake Kerkini, Greece, July.
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Terry Whittaker / White-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus) returning to newly-fledged chick to feed it before flying away, River Mersey, Greater Manchester, UK.
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Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) with three chicks in nest at top of an Oak tree, gaping in hot sunshine with one exercising its wings, Knepp Estate, Sussex, UK, June.
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young chicks in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands.
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young chick on the back preening in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May. GDT European Wildlife Ph...
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult grebe shaking chick off its back to go fishing for itself. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult grebe shaking young off its back to go fishing for itself. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young chick next to it in backlight early in the morning. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on the back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on the back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on the back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) young playing with a feather next to one of the parents. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird trying to rest with one of its young that keeps begging for food. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with one of its young that keeps begging for food. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird feeding a feather to one of its young. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chick on its back and one next to it in the water; portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlan...
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with young on its back and one chick on the water, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. M...
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird feeding fish to to its chicks with the other parent bird, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on the back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on the back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on the back busy with jockeying for the best position on the back Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on the back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on the back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on nthe back busy with jockeiing for the best position on the back Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on its back competing for the best position. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on the back in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on the back in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with three young on the back hoping to get fed Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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Marie Read / Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) brooding small chick in nest on beach, Long Island, New York, USA, August.
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Marie Read / Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) nesting, one adult feeds a fish to a small chick that emerges from underneath second adult, Long Island, New York USA, August.
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John Chan / Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) chicks sitting in nest, pestering parent for food before the parent feeds one of the chicks, California, USA, May.
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Michael W. Richards / Domestic hen (Gallus gallus domesticus) preening while brooding her chicks in farmyard, when she pecks at ground chicks appear from underneath her, Somerset, UK, September.
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Carlos Zorrilla / Common potoo (Nyctibious griseus) sleeping as chick yawns next to it, Ecuador, March.
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Rose Summers / Two Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) chicks sitting in entrance of nest hole in tree trunk, one chick begins flapping its wings to strengthen them, Devon, England, UK, June.
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Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) feeding crop milk to chick, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June
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Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick stretching wings, watched by adult, at nest in breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June
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Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick stretching wings on nest in breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June
