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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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Espen Bergersen / Common Loon (Gavia immer) flapping wings in water, Iceland, May.
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John Chan / Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) chicks stretching and flapping their wings, Southern California, USA, May.
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Russell Cooper / Mandarin duck drake (Aix galericulata) from behind flapping its wings. Southwest London, UK. February.
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Sue Flood / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chick flapping wings, Snow Hill Island rookery, Weddell Sea, Antarctica. November.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) flapping with sand eels in beak, in evening light, Fair Isle, Shetland, Scotland, UK, June.
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Staffan Widstrand / Brunnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia) stretching wings and calling on small ice floe, Svalbard, Norway, July
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Eric Medard / Little owl (Athene noctua) young owlet stretching wings in the rain, France, July
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David Pattyn / Bewick's swans (Cygnus bewickii) four in flight, Den Bosch, The Netherlands, January
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Tui De Roy / White bellied woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant) three hovering around red flowers, Guango private reserve, Papallacta Valley, Andean Cloud Forest, East slope, Ecuador
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George Sanker / Purple gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) moving across waterlily covered surface, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, March
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Orsolya Haarberg / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) with fish in its beak, wings spread, Rost Archipelago, Lofoten, Nordland, Norway, July
