Mark MacEwen / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) sleeping at hot spring in Jigokudani, Yaenkoen, Nagano, Japan, February.
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Ross Couper-Johnston / Burning oil well with water control from heat-shielding shed, Kuwait, Arabia, post Gulf war.
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Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) male covering fledgling with wings to protect from danger. Fledgling vocalising and flapping wings in protest. Marana, Arizona, USA. May. Sequence 2/2.
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Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) male covering fledgling with wings to protect from danger. Fledgling flapping wings in protest. Marana, Arizona, USA. May. Sequence 1/2.
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Suzi Eszterhas / Great egret (Ardea alba) using wings to shield chicks, aged one week, in nest, Sonoma County, California, USA. *Digitally removed twig in foreground.
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Suzi Eszterhas / Great egret (Ardea alba) using wings to shield chicks, aged one week, in nest, Sonoma County, California, USA.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) shielding prey from other buzzards, Scotland, UK, February.
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Anup Shah / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) male resting at the edge of thermal hotspring pool with hand covering face, Jigokudani Yean-Koen National Park, Japan, February.
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Mike Wilkes / Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) mantling / shielding rabbit prey with wings, Warwickshire, England, UK, March
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Markus Varesvuo / Hawk owl (Surnia ulula) on tree trunk with wings shielding body, Kuusamo, Finland, May
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Benoit Stichelbaut / Little girl shielding eyes from the sun, and helming small boat. Brest, France 2002
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Piotr Naskrecki / Black-footed Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) pair shielding eggs from sun, Boulders Beach, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa