Brian Bevan / Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) feeding chicks and removing fecal sac from nest in garden, Bedfordshire, UK, August
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Dave Bevan / Pair of Grey wagtails (Motacilla cinerea) feeding nestlings and removing faecal sacs before flying out of frame, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.
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Brian Bevan / Pair of Reed warblers (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) feeding young at nest, Bedfordshire, England, UK, July.
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Dave Bevan / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) entering nest hole and leaving with a faecal sac, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.
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Dave Bevan / Female Blackbird (Turdus merula) feeding chicks at nest, removing faecal sacs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.
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Michael Quinton / Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) carrying fecal sac from nest cavity in forest, Alaska
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David Tipling / Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) flying out from nest in barn carrying faecal sac, Lincolnshire, UK. June.
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John Cancalosi / Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) flying from nest in Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) with fecal sac, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.
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John Cancalosi / Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) leaving nest cavity in Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) with fecal sac, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.
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Brian Bevan / Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) feeding chicks and removing fecal sac from nest in garden, Bedfordshire, UK, August.
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David Tipling / Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) flying out of barn window with faecal sac, having visited nest to feed chicks, Lincolnshire, UK.
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David Tipling / Blue Tit, (Cyanistes caeruleus) adult collecting faecal sac while tending family inside nest box in garden Norfolk, UK. Small repro only.
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David Perpinan / Sand martin (Riparia riparia) entering nest in sand bank and leaving with a faecal sac, Scotland, June.
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Brian Bevan / Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) parent feeding young before flying away with fecal sac, Bedfordshire, UK, June.
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Brian Bevan / Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus) flying to nest, feeding young, eating fecal sac before flying away Bedfordshire, UK, April.
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Dave Bevan / Female Grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) flying to nest and feeding nestlings, collects faecal sac and flies away, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.
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Dave Bevan / Male Grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) flying to nest and feeding nestlings, collects faecal sac and flies away, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.
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John Chan / Female Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) returning to nest to feed chicks, carries away a fecal sac, Southern California, USA, April.
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Kim Taylor / European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) flying from nest with faecal sac, Surrey, England, UK.
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Nick Upton / House sparrow (Passer domesticus) male perched on a roof gutter near its nest entrance under old tiles, with a faecal sac it has just brought from the nest, Wiltshire, UK, June.
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Dave Bevan / Swallow (Hirundo rustica) removing fecal sac from nest in barn filmed using infra red, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.
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Philippe Clement / Great tit (Parus major) bringing food to nestbox to feed chicks, leaves with fecal sac, Belgium, April.
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Dave Bevan / Slow motion clip of a Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba) entering nest site in old tractor with food, before leaving with a faecal sac, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, July.
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Dave Bevan / Slow motion clip of a Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) feeding chicks, takes faecal sac and flies out of frame, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.
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Dave Bevan / Slow motion clip of a Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) feeding chicks, removes faecal sacs before flying out of frame, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.
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Dave Bevan / Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba) feeding chick, removes a faecal sac from nest, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. July.
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Dave Bevan / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) feeding chicks, removes faecal sacs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.
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Dave Bevan / Male Blackbird (Turdus merula) feeding chicks at nest, removing faecal sacs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.
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Dave Bevan / Pair of Blackbirds (Turdus merula) feeding chicks at nest, removing faecal sacs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.
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Dave Bevan / Female Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus) feeding chicks and swallowing faecal sacs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, May.
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Dave Bevan / Pair of Mistle thrushes (Turdus viscivorus) feeding chicks and removing faecal sacs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. May.
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Pal Hermansen / Redwing (Turdus iliacus) feeding chicks at nest and removing a fecal sac, Iceland, June.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) entering its nest hole in a Scots pine tree (Betula pendula), before leaving again with a fecal sac, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, May.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) entering its nest hole in a Scots pine tree (Betula pendula), before leaving again with a fecal sac, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, May.
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Gabriel Rojo / Green-barred woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros) male emerging from nest hole with fecal sac, La Pampa, Argentina
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Charlie Summers / Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) female removing fecal sac from nest, Aurora, Colorado, USA, June
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Shattil & Rozinski / Barn swallow {Hirundo rustica} adult removing fecal sac from chick in nest, Colorado, USA, sequence 1/2
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Shattil & Rozinski / Barn swallow {Hirundo rustica} adult removing fecal sac from chick in nest, Colorado, USA, sequence 2/2
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John Cancalosi / Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) female flying from nest hole in Saguaro Cactus with fecal sac, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.
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John Cancalosi / Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) female flying from nest hole in Saguaro Cactus with fecal sac, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.
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John Cancalosi / Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) female flying from nest hole in Saguaro Cactus with fecal sac, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.
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John Cancalosi / Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) male flying from nest hole in Saguaro Cactus with fecal sac, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.
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John Cancalosi / Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) male flying from nest hole in Saguaro Cactus with fecal sac, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.
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John Cancalosi / Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) female flying from nest hole in Saguaro Cactus with fecal sac, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.
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Jose B. Ruiz / Spectacled warbler {Sylvia conspicillata} removing fecal sac from nest, Spain
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Rolf Nussbaumer / White eyed vireo {Vireo griseus} removing fecal sac from nest with chicks in Huisache Tree, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Sinton, Texas, USA.
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Alan Murphy/ BIA / Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) male carrying fecal sac from nest cavity, British Columbia, Canada
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Marko Matesic/ BIA / Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush (Monticola saxatilis) female removing fecal sac from nest, Primorje, Croatia
