Nick Garbutt / Fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius) climbing down branch at night, after emergence from hibernation in November, Kirindy Forest, West Madagascar.
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Jean E. Roche / European tree frog (Rana meridionalis) resting on flower head (Acanthus). Camargue, Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur, France. May.
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Jean E. Roche / Common crane (Grus grus) flock in flight during winter. Camargue, Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur, France. January.
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Jean E. Roche / Common crane (Grus grus) flock foraging in field during winter. Camargue, Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur, France. January.
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Jean E. Roche / Common crane (Grus grus) flock foraging in field during winter with three in flight. Camargue, Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur, France. January.
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Jean E. Roche / Pea pear-shaped weevil (Holotrichapion pisi) on Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris). Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur, France. April.
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Jean E. Roche / Saddle-backed bush cricket (Ephippiger ephippiger) brown form, on European smoketree (Rhus cotinus). Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, Provence, France. October.
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Jean E. Roche / European tree frog (Rana meridionalis) resting on vine (Vitis vinifera) leaf. Camargue, Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur, France. May.
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Jean E. Roche / Alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) tadpoles in high altitude lake (2300metres). Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur, France. July.
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Jean E. Roche / Murmuration of European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) flying over marsh. Camargue, Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur, France. February.
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Jean E. Roche / Common crane (Grus grus) flock in flight at sunset. Camargue, Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur, France. January.
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Jean E. Roche / Murmuration of European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) flying over marsh at sunset. Camargue, Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur, France. February.
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Jean E. Roche / Common crane (Grus grus) flock in flight at sunset. Camargue, Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur, France. January.
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Jean E. Roche / Green lizard (Lacerta viridis) on pumpkin (Cucurbita) leaf in garden. Camargue, Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur, France. July.
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Jean E. Roche / Mantis lacewing (Mantispa sp.) on fig (Ficus carica) leaf in garden. Camargue, Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur, France. July.
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Jean E. Roche / European tree frog (Rana meridionalis) resting on vine (Vitis vinifera) leaf. Camargue, Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur, France. May
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Michael Hutchinson / Verreaux's sifaka lemur (Propithecus verreauxi) baby, called Tahina, aged two months, clinging to soft toy. Besancon Zoo, France. January. Captive.
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Michael Hutchinson / Verreaux's sifaka lemur (Propithecus verreauxi) baby, called Tahina, aged two months, clinging to soft toy. Besancon Zoo, France. January. Captive.
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Michael Hutchinson / Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) basking, balancing on isolated rock. Monterey, California, USA. April.
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Michael Hutchinson / Four Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) basking on seaweed covered rocks. Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK.
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Michael Hutchinson / Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) basking on seaweed covered rocks. Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK.
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Michael Hutchinson / Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) yawning, balancing on isolated rock. Monterey, California, USA. April.
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Michael Hutchinson / Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) yawning, balancing on isolated rock. Monterey, California, USA. April.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) colony resting on sandy beach with large container ship in background. Lincolnshire, UK. December.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) colony resting on sandy beach with boat in background. Lincolnshire, UK. December.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup being photographed by two young photographers at close-range. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup being photographed by two young photographers at close-range. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Public viewing area of Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) breeding colony at Donna Nook watched over by seal warden (yellow jacket) from Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) tracks in sand. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) tracks in sand leading to adult male, female and pup resting. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup in white lanugo coat with flippers out-stretched. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup in white lanugo coat with flippers out-stretched. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup in white lanugo coat alert. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup, wet, with reflection. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), adult male, at dusk. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup remains on sand. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup and mother sniffing and nuzzling each other. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) adult male portrait. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup in white lanugo coat covered in sand. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup in white lanugo coat covered in sand. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup in white lanugo coat covered in sand. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup in white lanugo coat covered in sand. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup and mother sniffing and nuzzling each other. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup yawning. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup with flipper over one eye. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup with flipper over one eye and both eyes closed. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup yawning. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
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Michael Hutchinson / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) leaping from under bow of RNLI boat, watched by off duty crew. Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK.
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Michael Hutchinson / Pod of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) swimming close to shore. Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK.
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Michael Hutchinson / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) at sea surface with people observing from whale watching boat. Monterey, California, USA. April.
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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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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 / Lesser siren salamander (Siren cf. intermedia), originally from a tributary of the Choctawhatchee River in Florida. This is an undescribed species and is new to science. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Lesser siren salamander (Siren cf. intermedia), originally from a tributary of the Choctawhatchee River in Florida. This is an undescribed species and is new to science. 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...
01717645
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...
01717644
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...
01717643
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...
01717642
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...
01717641
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...
01715622
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) perched on an irrigation pipe next to a fishpond, with the feathers of migratory songbirds it has predated surrounding it, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jor...
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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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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...
01717647
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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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 / Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) male flying, 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 / Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) flock in flight, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.
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Roger Powell / White-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis), a predator of migratory songbirds, perched on a fishpond hawser with a lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) in its beak, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jorda...
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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.
