Tui De Roy / Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum / Phalacrocorax harrisi) with chick at nest, made from dead starfish. Banks Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, December.

Bence Mate / Hoopoe {Upupa epops} witb insect prey, Pusztaszer, Hungary

Bence Mate / Marsh harrier {Circus aeruginosus} watching two wasps, Pusztaszer, Hungary

Tim Laman / Helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) male with very large stick insect to be delivered to female in the nest. Budo Sungai-Padi National Park, Thailand.

Shattil & Rozinski / American dipper {Cinclus mexicanus} carrying water insect prey for chicks, Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / American dipper {Cinclus mexicanus} carrying water insect prey for chicks, Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / House wren {Troglodytes aedon} with caterpillar prey, USA

Richard Du Toit / Red billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) perched on Water buffalo nose (Synceros caffer), Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa

Tom Vezo / Great crested flycatcher at nest hole {Myiarchus crinitus} New York, USA

Steve Knell / Corn bunting {Emberiza calandra} with insect prey, Spain

Tom Vezo / Great crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) perched on log with spider prey, Texas, USA

Richard Du Toit / Beetle impaled on barbed wire, larder of Fiscal shrike {Lanius callaris} South Africa