Marie Read / Black skimmers (Rynchops niger), three in non-breeding plumage on beach, Fort De Soto Park, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. January. Digitally altered to remove distractions.

Cyril Ruoso / Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) trio basking, Anja Park, Madagascar

Graeme Guy/ BIA / Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti) trio with insect prey, Penang, Malaysia

Hiroya Minakuchi / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) trio gulp feeding, Inside Passage, southeast Alaska

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) trio on guard, Oudtshoorn, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) trio nuzzling, Itala Game Reserve, South Africa

Heike Odermatt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) trio, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Pale-mandibled Aracari (Pteroglossus erythropygius) trio, Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Oscar Diez/ BIA / Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) trio taking flight from wetland, Andalusia, Spain

Tim Zurowski/ BIA / Northern Caracara (Caracara cheriway) trio, Texas

Donald M. Jones / Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) trio in fall, transitioning to winter plummage, central Alaska

Donald M. Jones / Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) trio flying, southern Alaska