Claudio Contreras / Cinnammon teal (Spatula cyanoptera septentrionalium) male and two Blue-winged teal (Anas discors) males, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, March
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Claudio Contreras / Cinnammon teal (Spatula cyanoptera septentrionalium) male flying, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, March
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Claudio Contreras / Cinnammon teal (Spatula cyanoptera septentrionalium) two males, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, February
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Claudio Contreras / Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) female, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, January
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Claudio Contreras / Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) female, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, January
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Michael Durham / Gemfish (Atractosteus spatula) underwater portrait, they inhabit sluggish pools and brackish water in southeastern United States and Mexico
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Flip Nicklin / Alligator Gar (Lepisosteus spatula) largest of all gars can grow up to 300 pounds, native to the coastal plains of the Mississippi Basin and Gulf of Mexico
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Flip Nicklin / Alligator Gar (Lepisosteus spatula) largest of all gars can grow up to 300 pounds, native to the coastal plains of the Mississippi Basin and Gulf of Mexico
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Doug Gimesy / As part of an annual protest against Victoria's duck season, rows of illegally shot threatened species, protected species, as well as game species that duck shooters left dead or dying in the water ar...
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Doug Gimesy / Coalition Against Duck Shooting (CADS) protestor holding a dead Grey teal duck (Anas gracilis). As part of an annual protest against Victoria's duck season, rows of illegally shot threatened species,...
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Doug Gimesy / As part of an annual protest against Victoria's duck season, rows of illegally shot threatened species, protected species, as well as game species that duck shooters left dead or dying in the water ar...
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Doug Gimesy / As part of an annual protest against Victoria's duck season, rows of illegally shot threatened species, protected species, as well as game species that duck shooters left dead or dying in the water ar...
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Jussi Murtosaari / Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) male, chasing away another male, Parainen, Finland. May.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) male, chasing away another male, Parainen, Finland. May.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Cape shoveler (Spatula smithii) female, head portrait, Safari Park Dvur Kralove. Captive, occurs in South Africa.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Cape shoveler (Spatula smithii) male, head portrait, Safari Park Dvur Kralove. Captive, occurs in South Africa.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Cape shoveler (Spatula smithii) male, portrait, Safari Park Dvur Kralove. Captive, occurs in South Africa.
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Philippe Clement / Australasian shoveler / New Zealand shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis variegata) male, swimming in pond. Captive, occurs in Australia and New Zealand.
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Gabriel Rojo / Silver teal (Spatula versicolor) pair with two chicks on lake, La Pampa Province, Patagonia, Argentina.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea) profile. The animal turns around to face the camera and then leaves the frame. Lincoln Children?s Zoo, Nebraska, USA. Captive.
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David Tipling / Pair of Garganeys (Spatula querquedula) feeding on the water, Cley, North Norfolk, UK. March.
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David Tipling / Garganey (Spatula querquedula) female, on water, Cley, North Norfolk, UK. March.
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David Tipling / Garganey (Spatula querquedula) male, on water, Cley, North Norfolk, UK. March.
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David Tipling / Garganey (Spatula querquedula) male, in flight, Cley, North Norfolk, UK. March.
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Loic Poidevin / Northern shoveler (Spatula Clypeata) sitting on grass, Vendee, France. May.
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Roger Powell / Male Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) in moult, resting on a submerged post,Leighton Moss Nature Reserve, Lancashire, UK. September.
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Roger Powell / Male Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) in moult, resting on a submerged post,Leighton Moss Nature Reserve, Lancashire, UK. September.
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Roger Powell / Common coot (Fulica atra) pecking at a Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) to drive it away, Leighton Moss Nature Reserve, Lancashire, UK. September.
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Loic Poidevin / Male Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) foraging in water surrounded by flowers, Vendeen Marsh, Vendee, France, May.
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Roger Powell / Pair of Northern shovellers (Spatula clypeata) feeding on algae left on tidal mud. Budle Bay, Holy Island / Lindisfarne, Northumberland, England, UK. November
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Loic Poidevin / Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) mother and young, Marais / Marsh Vendee, France, June.