Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Greater siren salamander(Siren lacertina), Santa Fe Community College Teaching Zoo, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Greater siren salamander(Siren lacertina), Santa Fe Community College Teaching Zoo, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Greater siren salamander (Siren lacertina), Santa Fe Community College Teaching Zoo, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Captive.
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Roland Seitre / Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) spearing Greater Siren Salamander (Siren lacertina) with beak, Lake Apopka, Florida, USA.
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Roland Seitre / Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) swallowing Greater Siren Salamander (Siren lacertina), Lake Apopka, Florida, USA.
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Roland Seitre / Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) swallowing Greater Siren Salamander (Siren lacertina), Lake Apopka, Florida, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) male, portrait, Suzhou Zoo, China. Critically endangered. Captive. Both Yangtze giant softshell turtles at this facility are over 100 years old. The s...
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) male, portrait, Suzhou Zoo, China. Critically endangered. Captive. Both Yangtze giant softshell turtles at this facility are over 100 years old. The s...
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) male, portrait, Suzhou Zoo, China. Critically endangered. Captive. Both Yangtze giant softshell turtles at this facility are over 100 years old. The s...
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) male, portrait, Suzhou Zoo, China. Critically endangered. Captive. Both Yangtze giant softshell turtles at this facility are over 100 years old. The s...
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) female, portrait, Suzhou Zoo, China. Critically endangered. Captive. Both Yangtze giant softshell turtles at this facility are over 100 years old. The...
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) female, portrait, Suzhou Zoo, China. Critically endangered. Captive. Both Yangtze giant softshell turtles at this facility are over 100 years old. The...
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) female, portrait, Suzhou Zoo, China. Critically endangered. Captive. Both Yangtze giant softshell turtles at this facility are over 100 years old. The...
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Roger Powell / Purple heron (Ardea purpurea) walking past a net over a fishpond, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishponds, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / White-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) with ring, calling in reed bed beside stream, after bathing, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / White-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) calling in reed bed beside stream, after bathing, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) female landing in a bush next to mate after digging nest hole, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishponds, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) pair displaying whilst perched on bush, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishponds, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) female landing in a bush next to mate after digging nest hole, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishponds, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) male landing in a bush next to mate after digging nest hole, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishponds, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) male landing on favoured fishing post, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishponds, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) male landing on favoured fishing post with tadpole, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishponds, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) male landing on favoured fishing post, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishponds, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) male flying up to favoured fishing post with tadpole in its beak, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishponds, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Little egret (Egretta garzetta) perched on top of a metal post, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishponds, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) perched on top of a fishpond net, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishponds, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) perched on top of a fishpond net, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishponds, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in flight, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishponds, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Eurasian spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) standing in a fishpond and preening, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / White-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) in reedbed beside a steam after bathing, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Purple heron (Ardea purpurea) perched on top of a net over fishpond, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishponds, Jordan Valley, Israel.
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Roger Powell / Spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus) standing on an irrigation pipe in its breeding territory, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus) standing on an irrigation pipe in its breeding territory, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Pied avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) in migratory flock, sleeping, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishponds, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Lesser spotted eagle (Clanga pomarina) resting on migration in tree, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius atricapillus) perched on date palm branch with a caterpillar in its beak, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius atricapillus) perched beside its nest on a date palm, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) pair, male courting female with its tail feathers displayed, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishpond, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Common myna (Acridotheres tristis) perched on fence, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Beit She'an, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Clamorous reed warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus) singing in a reed bed whilst perched on a stick, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishponds, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Hooded crow (Corvus corone cornix) searching for nesting material in field, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Yellow-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier) male perched on a dead bamboo stem, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) standing near fishpond, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) female perched in a tamarisk shrub, resting whilst on migration, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) sub-adult perched in a tree whilst resting on migration, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel.
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Roger Powell / Great white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) in flock using thermals to fly north on migration, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) flying north on migration, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Golden jackal (Canis aureus) pack pausing briefly on a kibbutz track whilst hunting, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Chukar (Alectoris chukar) male on guard, farmland, K'Far Ruppin, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Chukar (Alectoris chukar) male and female pair feeding on the edge of farmland, K'Far Ruppin, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) female landing on a fishpond gantry with a fish in its talons, K'Far Ruppin, Jordan valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) female perched on a fishpond gantry with a fish in its talons, K'Far Ruppin, Jordan valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) female perched on a fishpond gantry, tearing off a piece of a fish held in its talons, K'Far Ruppin, Jordan valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / Great white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) taking off from flock in kibbutz fields, after resting on their migration north, K'Far Ruppin, Jordan Valley, Israel.
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Roger Powell / Common stonechat (Saxicola torquatus) female perched on seaweed at the tideline on beach, Low Newton, Northumberland, England, UK, February.
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Roger Powell / Bait digger looking for Ragworm & Lugworms, next to a Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), Boulmer Beach, Northumberland, UK, January.
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Roger Powell / Western European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) walking along garden path in winter, a time when it should be hibernating, Longframlington, Northumberland, England, UK, January.
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Roger Powell / Rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) hunting insects on seaweed at tideline on beach, Low Newton, Northumberland, England, UK, February.
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Roger Powell / European robin (Erithacus rubecula) perched on branch, Leighton Moss RSPB Reserve, Lancashire, England, UK, January.
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Roger Powell / Flock of European goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis) flying to and perching on a bare hawthorn bush, Druridge Bay, Northumberland, England, UK, January.
Shane Gross / Crown jellyfish (Cephea cephea) floating near surface, Moorea, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Pacific trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis) juvenile swimming near the water surface in the open ocean, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) creating bubble arc with fin at waters surface, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) ascending towards waters surface, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming towards surface, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming below water surface with snorkeler in the background, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.