Tim Laman / Interior decorations of a bower of a Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) located far from civilization in the dry forest west of the village of Irvinebank. Decorations are mostly stones with a few s...

Tim Laman / Male Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata) at a new bower which he is constructing, working on the matt of rootlets around the base of the maypole in the center of the bower. West Papua, Indonesia,...

Tim Laman / Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus minor) male adds moss to line the avenue of his bower. This bower is decorated with all natural objects. Rainforest of the Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, A...

Tim Laman / Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) bower with green glass, plastic toy elephant, toy soldier, and other decorations. Photographed at night by light painting with flashlight/torch. Townsville, Queen...

Tim Laman / Wattled Brush-turkey (Aepypodius arfakianus) passing the bower of a Vogelkop Bowerbird on forest floor. West Papua, Indonesia, Nov 2004

Tim Laman / Bower of a Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus), decorated with many blue plastic items including bottlecaps, and blue feathers of the Crimson Rosella parrot. Lighting done by light-painting wi...

Tim Laman / Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata) with berries used to decorate bower. Dec 2004

Tim Laman / Bower of a Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata), decorated with a pile of acorns, orange fungi, and other fruits. West Papua, Indonesia, Dec 2008

Tim Laman / Bower of a Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata) decorated with large spread of red/orange colored fruits of a type eaten by cassowaries, and a pile of black fungi. West Papua, Indonesia, Dec 2008

Tim Laman / Bower of adult male Yellow-fronted Bowerbird (Amblyornis flavifrons). Papua, Indonesia, June 2007

Tim Laman / Bower of a Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata) decorated with a pile of blue colored rotting wood, a blue mushroom, blue berries, orange fruits, and piles of black fungi and orange pandanus flowe...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Khanty and Forest Nenet Reindeer / Caribou herders working at a corral. Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Stephen Dalton / Wasp damage. Surface of door has been stripped by wasps for nest construction. UK

Chris Gomersall / Building work by Lagoa dos Salgados (candidate IBA) Algarve, Portugal, March 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Cairns / European beaver (Castor Fibor) lodge, Bergslagen, Sweden, April 2009

Stephen Dalton / Garden spider {Araneus diadematus} constructing its orb web, Early stage in web construction - the 3rd radial is being put in place, UK, Sequence 1/5

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) chick with two rings, Sagrada familia cathedral, Barcelona, Spain, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) flying past crane, Barcelona, Spain, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Yellow legged gull (Larus michahellis) in flight, Barcelona, Spain, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) flying past cranes, Barcelona, Spain, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) chick being ringed, Sagrada familia cathedral, Barcelona, Spain, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) flying past a spire of the Sagrada familia cathedral and a crane, Barcelona, Spain, April 2009

Tim Laman / Villagers the village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts that are washed...

Jose B. Ruiz / Silhouette of White storks {ciconia ciconia} nesting on purpose-built poles, Malpartida de Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. Note - relocated after construction of hotel

Jose B. Ruiz / Silhouette of White storks {ciconia ciconia} nesting on purpose-built poles, Malpartida de Caceres, Extremadura, Spain Note - relocated after construction of hotel

Niall Benvie / Children playing outdoors building a shelter in the woods, Fife, Scotland, UK - model released

Niall Benvie / Three children playing outdoors, building a shelter in the woods, Fife, Scotland, UK - model released

Pete Oxford / Mules carrying construction material up from the banks of the Nu River, Gongshan County, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Mule carrying construction material up from the banks of the Nu River, Gongshan County, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Mules carrying construction material up from the banks of the Nu River, Gongshan County, Yunnan Province, China 2006

George McCarthy / Toad tunnel construction, Wiston, West Sussex, UK

Will Watson / Construction of new pond for Great crested newts, Stone, Staffordshire, UK

Will Watson / Construction of new pond for Great crested newts, Stone, Staffordshire, UK

Willem Kolvoort / Zebra mussels {Dreissena polymorpha} attached to an old steel construction in a new brackish-fresh water lake. Holland

Pete Oxford / Yellow Weaver {Ploceus subaureus} constructing nest, Aecibird Sanctuary, South Africa.

Will Watson / ACO Amphibian fence installed to exclude Great crested newt {Triturus cristatus} from live construction site, Worcester, UK.

Steven David Miller / Great grey bowerbird male at bower built to attract female {Chlamydera nuchalis} Western Australia

Steven David Miller / Great grey bowerbird male at bower built to attract femate {Chlamydera nuchalis} Western Australia

Vivek Menon / Electric fence construction in Mihimuk, Kaziranga National Park, India. Fences are installed to reduce crop damage by elephants, rhinos and buffaloes and to reduce human-animal conflict.

Nick Upton / Group of swans on water, Rospuda Valley, Poland. The area is threatened by construction of Via Baltica E67 highway. 2007