David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) stretching its wings. The Netherlands. June 2014
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Bristol City Museum / Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfly {Ornithoptera alexandrae} museum specimens, male top, female below. World's largest butterfly, wing span 1 foot / 30 cms. Endangered species occurs in Papua New Gu...
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Eric Baccega / African darter (Anhinga rufa) drying its wings on mangrove tree. Baringo Lake. Kenya.
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Paul Hobson / Buzzard (Buteo buteo) fighting in snow, Poland, January.
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Paul Hobson / Buzzard (Buteo buteo) fighting in snow, Poland, January.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) soaring with open wings. Liuwa Plain National Park, Zambia. November
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Neil Aldridge / Black-shouldered kite (Elanus caeruleus) hunting over grassland, Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Gauteng Province, South Africa.
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George Sanker / Great egret (Ardea alba) taking off with frog prey in mouth, Myakka River State Park, Florida, USA, March
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Konrad Wothe / Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) with wings outstreched in palm tree, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Bounty shag (Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi) stretching wings on water, near Bounty Island, Sub-Antarctic New Zealand, March. Vulnerable species.
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Aflo / Australian white ibis (Threskiornis moluccus) in flight, Australia.
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Andy Rouse / Herring gull (Larus argentatus) taking off from water. Norway.
