John Chan / Calliope hummingbird (Stellula calliope) chasing insects before returning to its perch, Southern California, USA, April.
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John Chan / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) taking flight from a Pride of madeira (Echium candicans) after contact with a Honey bee (Apis mellifera), Southern California, USA, April.
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John Chan / Calliope hummingbird (Stellula calliope) extending its tongue after feeding, Southern California, USA, April.
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John Chan / Elegant terns (Thalasseus elegans) gathering at mussel bed during breeding season, one hovering tern has a mussel clamped to its foot, a common mishap caused by stepping on an open mussel, Bolsa Chica...
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John Chan / Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) resting, perched prior to returning to nest site with nesting material, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Southern California, USA, February.
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John Chan / Great blue herons (Ardea herodias) engaging in twig transfer during nest building, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Southern California, USA, February.
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John Chan / Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) grooming its fledgling, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Southern California, USA, March.
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John Chan / American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) foraging in a tidal basin, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Southern California, USA, October.
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John Chan / American white pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) foraging in tidal basin at sunset, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Southern California, USA, September.
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John Chan / Group of Brent geese (Branta bernicla) foraging in Eelgrass (Zostera marina) bed, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Southern California, USA, March.
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Guy Edwardes / Long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) taking off along shoreline. Fort De Soto Park, Florida, USA. April.
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John Shaw / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) landing at its nest in a Bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) draped with epiphytic Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides). Blue Cypress Lake, Florida, USA. April.
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Karine Aigner / Portrait of a wild male Bobcat (Lynx rufus), Texas, USA. September.
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Karine Aigner / Portrait of two wild Bobcat (Lynx rufus) kittens in a tree, Texas, USA. September.
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Karine Aigner / Portrait of a wild female Bobcat (Lynx rufus) kitten playing, Texas, USA. September.
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John Cancalosi / Corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus) young hatching, captive. Maryland, USA.
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Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals / Rattlesnake skins pinned to a wall, with bloody handprints and signatures of those who have skinned snakes at at the annual Rattlesnake Roundup, Sweetwater, Texas, USA. Highly commended in the Wildlif...
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John Chan / Crenulated fiddler crab (Uca crenulata) waving its major claw at another crab, part of a courtship display, Southern California, USA, June.
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John Chan / Crenulated fiddler crab (Uca crenulata) feeding on detritus, Southern California, USA, June.
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John Chan / Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) chick watching for parents to return with food, Southern California, USA, June.
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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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John Chan / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) plucking Dowitcher (Limnodromus) prey, Southern California, USA.
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John Chan / Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) stamping its feet to create vibrations in the sand as it forages for insects, Southern California, USA, August.
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John Chan / California brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) roosting on a mudflat, with a flock of Elegant terns (Thalasseus elegans) nearby, Southern California, USA May/2019
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John Chan / Flock of Western sandpipers (Calidris mauri) taking flight from salt marsh, Southern California, USA.
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John Chan / American avocet (Recurvirostra americana) foraging in salt marsh, Southern California, USA.
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John Shaw / Purple gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus) reaches for giant bulrush (Schoenoplectis californicus) seeds. Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Florida, USA, April.
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John Shaw / Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) at its nesting colony site, in early morning light. St. Johns Management Area, Florida, USA, April.
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John Shaw / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with Atlantic needlefish (Strongylura marina) it has caught. Blue Cypress Lake, Florida, USA, April.
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John Shaw / Snowy egret (Egretta thula) shows its breeding plumage. St. Johns Management Area, Florida, USA, March.
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John Chan / California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) feeding on a Striped bass (Morone saxatilis), Southern California, USA.
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John Chan / Two male Southern Pacific rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus helleri) fighting during mating season. This behaviour is known as a "combat dance", and is used to determine dominance and the right to mate...
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John Chan / Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) chick, sleeping in nest, Southern California, USA, March.
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George Sanker / Great egret (Ardea alba) with prey in beak, in evening light. Myakka River State Park, Florida, USA, March. Sequence 2/2.
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George Sanker / Great egret (Ardea alba) diving head into water to catch prey, in evening light. Myakka River State Park, Florida, USA, March. Sequence 1/2.
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Marie Read / Black skimmers (Rynchops niger), three in non-breeding plumage on beach, Fort De Soto Park, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. January. Digitally altered to remove distractions.
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Marie Read / Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) on an ice-covered fence after an ice storm, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA. January.
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Marie Read / Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) (Florida race), adult with two small chicks crossing highway, Kissimmee, Florida, USA, March.
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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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Marie Read / Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) male displaying in cattail marsh, Viera Wetlands, Brevard County, Florida, USA, January.
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John Chan / Female Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) incubating eggs, departs from nest momentarily to feed, Southern California, USA, March.
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John Chan / Female Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) incubating eggs, departs from nest momentarily to feed, Southern California, USA, March.
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John Chan / Male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) cleaning its beak on a twig, Southern California, USA, January.
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John Chan / Western gull (Larus occidentalis) feeding on a California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) on a mudflat at low tide, Southern California, USA, November.
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John Chan / Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) predating a Smelt (Osmeridae), Southern California, USA, October.
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John Chan / Juvenile Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea)predating a twig, learning stalking and hunting skills, Southern California, USA, July.
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John Chan / Juvenile Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) predating a twig , learning stalking and hunting skills, Southern California, USA, July.
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John Chan / Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) chick begging to be fed, Southern California, USA, April.
