Marie Read / Roseate spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja) adult in breeding plumage preening tail feathers, Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA, January.
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Marie Read / California quail (Callipepla californica), male emerging from behind snowbank in winter, Mono Lake Basin, California, USA
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Ingo Arndt / Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) adult resting, close up portrait, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. January. Finalist in the Birds Category of the GDT Awards 2015.
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Sergey Gorshkov / Plume of volcanic ash lit by a basaltic lava flow from the Tolbachik volcano complex, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, eruption lasted from December 22nd 2012 through to January 2nd 2013
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Sergey Gorshkov / Plume of volcanic ash lit by a basaltic lava flow from the Tolbachik volcano complex, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, eruption lasted from December 22nd 2012 through to January 2nd 2013
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Ingo Arndt / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) preening, Prion Island, South Georgia Island, February
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Ingo Arndt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) plumage detail, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence.
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Ingo Arndt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) portrait and plumage detail, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence.
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Paul D Stewart / Photographic reconstruction of Archaeopteryx by Paul D. Stewart. The fossils of this species was from 150 million years ago, and is thought of as a stage between feathered dinosaurs and modern birds.
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Danny Green / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) preening in late evening light, Heimaey, Westman Isles, Iceland, June
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Bence Mate / Group of Little egrets (Egretta garzetta) displaying its ornamental feathers, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / Close up of Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) preening, Danube Delta, Romania