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Pete Oxford / Royal penguin preening {Eudyptes schlegeli} Macquarie Is, Tasmania
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) female close up of head, preening occasionally, North Florida Wildlife Center. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) ruffling its feathers before preening itself, Iowa Bird Rehabilitation. Captive.
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Vishal Jadhav / European roller (Coracias garrulus) perched on a rock preening its feathers, Maharashtra, India, February.
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Lukas Schaefer / Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) close up preening, Val Venosta, Italy, October.
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Michael W. Richards / Little owl (Athene noctua) pair perched on beam inside barn, mutual preening before one adult flies away, Brompton Ralph, Somerset, UK, February.
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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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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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Staffan Widstrand / African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) preening, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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Marie Read / Roseate spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja) adult in breeding plumage preening tail feathers, Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA, January.
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David Pattyn / Great white egret (Egretta Alba) preening its feathers, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, July
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Paul Hobson / Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) preening, close up. Hungary. May.
