Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) fledgling on first day out of nest, perched in swamp forest amongst Hare's-tail cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum). Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. May.

Loic Poidevin / Hare's tail grass (Lagurus ovatus) in dunes littoral of Vendee, France, May

Loic Poidevin / Hare's tail grass(Lagurus ovatus) in dunes littoral of Vendee, France, May

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Harestail Cotton grass (Eriophorum vaginatum), Scotland, UK, May 2011.

Brent Stephenson / Hare's tail grass (Lagurus ovatus) flower panicle, Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, November.

Colin Monteath / Dawn light across tussock grass hills above Matukituki River and Black Peak and Mount Aspiring near Wanaka, Otago, New Zealand

Konrad Wothe / Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) chicks resting on tussock grass nest, Falkland Islands

Konrad Wothe / Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) sitting amid tussock grass, Falkland Islands

Laurie Campbell / Hare's-tail cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum) flowers at sunset, Lammermuir Hills, Berwickshire, Scotland, June

Geoff Simpson / Hare's tail cotton grass flowers {Eriophoroum vaginatum} Derbyshire, UK

Suzi Eszterhas / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) 1 to 2 week old pup in tussock grass, Prion Island, South Georgia

Jan Vermeer / Hare's-tail Cottongrass or Sheathed Cottonsedge (Eriophorum vaginatum) in evening light, circumboreal species