Commons:Photo challenge/2016 - May - Birds in their habitat

2016 – May – Birds in their habitat

The new challenge features birds in their habitat. The natural environment for the bird should form a significant part of the image.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout May UTC.

Checklist for this theme:

• Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
• Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. May 2016 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
• Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
• Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.

• Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.

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  Дрозд в гнезде
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  Утка с утятами
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  O, Sole Mio...seagull of Venice, Italy
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  Seagulls of Novi Sad
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  "Do You Know Where Donald Is?"
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  "Huey in line to get a Coke"
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  Dendrocopos major in Lobau, Vienna
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  Dendrocopos major in Lobau, Vienna
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  Red-tailed hawk loitering in an updraft at Twin Peaks in San Francisco, California
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  Choucas / Kauw / Jackdaw - Hilversum
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  Huîtrier pie / Scholekster / Oystercatcher - Hilversum
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  Rouge-gorge / Roodborst / Robin - Hilversum
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  Entenfamilie in den Marchauen
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  Storchenpaar in den unteren Marchauen
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  Blue Tailed bee eater with early morning breakfast
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  Purple sun bird early morning nectar extraction
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  Plumbeous water redstart in local river of Margalla Hills
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  Female Baya Weaver is inspecting the newly made nest whereas male is roaming around for aplause.
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  A Common myna
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  Grey heron / Héron cendré / Blauwe reiger - Arnhem
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  Eine relativ zutrauliche Blaumeise
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  Eine Meise (Tannenmeise oder Kohlmeise?) sitzt im Baum.
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  Vier Vögel im Flug fotografiert.
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  Eine Blaumeise auf einem nicht grünen Zweig.
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  Sparrowhawk with a pigeon as pray
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  Pigeon in front of Düsseldorf's Rheinturm
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  Great cormorant
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  Трясогузка
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  Pigeon and fountain in a garden
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  Anas platyrhynchos swimming with Koi
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  Küken bei Nahrungssuche.
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  Schwanenfamilie beim Rasten.
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  Schwanenmutter und Küken / Höckerschwäne.
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  Küken (Höckerschwäne).
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  Swan Family
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  Gyps africanus on a tree
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  Blackbird with stolen grape.
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  Column of Canada geese
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  A couple of mallards resting near the bank of a lake.
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  Swan-Herons-Flamingos
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  Black Swans in Dawlish
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  Grey Heron in London
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  Cormorants, likely Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) colony watches over crowded La Jolla Cove beach in La Jolla, California.
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  Cormorants, likely Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) colony near La Jolla Cave in La Jolla, California.
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  California Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) colony near La Jolla Arch Cave in La Jolla, California.
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  Петух. Подмосковье, Россия
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  American black duck (Anas rubripes) on Follensby Clear Pond near Upper Saranac Lake in Adirondacks, New York.
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  Enten im Landschaftsschutzgebiet Moorige Feuchtgebiete in Schleswig-Holstein
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  Gulls in mud
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  Höckerschwan in Norwegen; Fjord Tysnes.
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  Grünreiher jagt im Roten Meer während der Ebbe; Ägypten Sharm El Sheikh.
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  Sperbereule (Surnia ulula) in Deutschland. Gesehen wurde als seltener Gast in Stollberg; Erzgebirgskreis in Sachsen im Januar 2014.
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  Specht im Baum bei der Insektensuche
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  Silberreiher (Ardea alba) bem Nahrungssuchen am Strand in Ägypten; Küste des Rotes Meeres in Sharm El Sheikh.
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  Ein Erpel im Landschaftsschutzgebiet Klövensteen
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  Gänse im Landschaftsschutzgebiet Klövensteen
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  Common Kestrel fledgling on a building's cornice
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  Food for pigeons
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  Aigrette
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  Morning Dove in Ceres California
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  Bald Eagle on Rogue River savaging another bird
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  Pair of woodpeckers
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  Ukrainian tree sparrow
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  Arara-no-aterro-do-flamengo
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  If a plastic bird had a habitat.
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  White swan on a pond in Gmünd (Lower Austria)
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  Swans and their cubs
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  Tallinn city gull
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  Mallards’ winter in Finland
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  Overwintering birds in Stockholm
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  Turkish paradise
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  Ein Buchfink am 01. April 2013
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  Ducks looking for food New Orleans Louisisna 2016
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  Brown Pelican in flight, Louisiana USA
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  Wild Rooster in park, New Orleans, Louisiana
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  Singing Blackbird
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  Gulls reflecting in pool of water on South Padre Island, TX
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  A common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) in a tree
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  Greater Flamingo, South Africa - Flamant rose
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  Hoopoe in the park early in the morning
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  Sea bird finding food and looked at her
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  Water birds in their natural habitat in winter
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  Cardinal spotted atop tree in Trophy Club Park in Trophy Club Texas.
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  Crane spotted atop tree in Trophy Club Park in Trophy Club Texas.
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  White swan on a pond in a natural environment in winter
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  Ein Entenpärchen sitzt brav am Ufer einer kleinen Wasserstelle.
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  Zwei Graugänse am bewaldeten Ufer eines Sees in Nordhrein-Westfalen.
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  A Taveta Golden Weaver weaving it's characteristic orb-shaped nest
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  An African Pygmy-goose surrounded by fish
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  A female black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata) collects nectar from a flower in Rainforest Discovery Park in Sandakan, Sabah
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  African Penguin flapping its wings, South Africa
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  European robin in Villa Ada, Rome, Italy
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  Pekin ducks - at the Water Park, 1210 Vienna, Europe, Austria
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  Lesser Goldfinch, San Diego, California, USA
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  A Peahen brooding
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  3 ducks on water
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  Blaumeise beim Füttern ihrer Jungen.
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  Blaumeise beim Warten auf Futter.
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  Ptarmigan during Indian Summer in the Yukon, Canada
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  Black-faced Ibis and Southern Lapwing at the shores of Lago Argentino, Argentina
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  Australian King Parrot curiously approaching in Lamington NP, QLD, Australia
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  Stockente (Anas platyrhynchos) steckt Schnabel ins Gefieder
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  Ein Schwarm von Alpendohlen
  A swarm of alpine choughs
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  Alpendohle im Nebel
  Alpine chough in the fog
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  Meisen auf einem Baum im Winter
  Titmice on a tree in winter
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  Zwei Papageien an einer Strandbar in Mallorca
  Two parrots in beach bar in Majorca
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  Schwarzkopfibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus) teilt sich eine kleine Insel im Kaveri-Fluss mit einem Krokodil. Aufgenommen im Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary bei Shrirangapattana im Bundesstaat Karnataka, Indien.
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  Kleiner Alexandersittich sitzt auf der Schulter des Kirtimukha (Kala) auf der Spitze des Gopuram vom Jambukeshwara-Tempel in Sriramgam, Tamil Nadu, Indien
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  Kanadagänse behalten nach ihrem Landgang die Umgebung im Blick
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  peacock in the Galil
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  Pigeon in Israel. Columba
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  Bird at the Gronergrat glacier, Zermatt.
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  Bird looked downward.
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  Anas platyrhynchos swimming with Koi Illinois
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  A blackbird in grass with sunflowers and hay.
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  Black-winged Stilt (female) looking for food at the Darscho Lake in Burgenland, Austria.
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  Ruff in breeding plumage looking for food at the shore of the Darscho Lake in Burgenland, Austria.
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  An emu family in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park.
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  An Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle on the ground in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges.
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  Laridae Chicago, IL
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  Чорний лебідь в парку Кам'янця Подільського
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  Ente
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  Columbidae At Mission San Juan Capistrano
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  Seidenreiher am Strand
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  Möwe auf der Halbinsel Gâvres
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  Seidenreiher auf Futtersuche in der Laïta
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  Trinkende Möwe auf der île de Saint-Cado
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  Duck in pond
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  Surfin' Seagull
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  Gulls dancing in the sky
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  heron taking flight, trailing a little water with its feet
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  Birdhouse with lot of dove visiting it
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  Red knot (Calidris canutus)
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  European green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
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  Western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava)
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  Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
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  A female Northern weathear. Adana, Turkey
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  A duck in Tatra National Park, Slovakia
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  gorrion en los jardines del parque de Maria Luisa, Sevilla
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  female mallard with ducklings
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  jay (garrulus glandarius) in ailant grove
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  Long necked Seagull at Bangalore, India
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  A dove in Cow Tower, Norwich, England
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  Seagulls at the coast, Hunstanton, England
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  Höckerschwan beim brüten in seinem Nest auf der Agger, bei Gummersbach.
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  Wacholderdrossel mit Würmern im Schnabel, bei Grube Kastor, Engelskirchen.
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  Kanadagänse mit ihren Küken auf der Agger, bei Gummersbach.
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  Swans in front of black bridge with gargoyle in Wismar,Germany.
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  Herring Gull on old brick building at Wismar harbor, Germany.
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  Peacock flying from one building to another in Tiruchendur
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  Goéland sur l'île aux moines, Bretagne
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  A common raven (Corvus corax) at the Jardin des plantes, Paris
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  Pavo cristatus (Paon) sur le toit de l' hôtel Majoro.- Nazca, Pérou
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  Flying Goose at Moritzburg near Dresden, Germany
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  Butjadingen, Germany
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  Butjadingen, Germany
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  Odin and Thor, Ravens at the Tower of London
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  Morus bassanus, France
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  Osprey with rainbow trout perched in a pine tree
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  Mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides) in an Aspen tree during the spring. Taken near Lake Tahoe, CA.
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  Blackbird in a cherry tree
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  Blasting Cormorant
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  Green-headed Sunbirds, Kampala
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  Intermediate Egrets, Ggaba
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  1st Wiki pic of the endemic, Ruwenzori Double-collared Sunbird
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  Пёстрый дятел. Подмосковье, Россия
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  Platalea_leucorodia in the Bay of Somme, France
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  A pair of penguins in a nature reserve, Argentina
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  Arctic terns on an island with lighthouse in Patagonia
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  Parus major, Paris
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  Stork's nest on a church roof in Consuegra Spain
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  Storks on the ocean cliffs in Alentejo Portugal
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  A Grey Heron in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore
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  A Little Egret in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore
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  A Toitoi (Petroi Macrocephala) found in the top of a tree in a forest close to Rotorua, New Zealand
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  Brünnich's Guillemot
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  Black Guillemot
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  Kittiwakes
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  Kittiwakes
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  Ducklings eating pieces of bread brought by their father
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  White-winged chough
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  Zaunkönig
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  Kardinal
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  Rheinkrippen bei Bingen
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  Rheinkrippen bei Bingen
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  Сойка - птица рода соек отряда воробьинообразных
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  Oxpeckers on Kudu, South Africa
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  Japanese white-eye
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  Japanese pygmy woodpecker
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  Grus Grus, France
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  Chennai, India
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  House sparrow in Drammen, Norway.
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  Mallard on the Drammen river, Norway.
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  Stork-billed kingfisher with catch, Kole wetlands Thrissur
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  Paddy bird or Pond heron
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  Tri coloured munia (Lonchura malacca)
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  Western Marsh harrier
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  Утка с утятами
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  Утка(селезень)
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