Doug Gimesy / Damaged wing of Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) - the result of being caught in barbed-wire that surrounded a school. This bat had to be euthanised. Albert Park, Victoria, Australia. M...

Doug Gimesy / Wildlife bat rescuers, Dr Paul Smith and Beverly Brown, treat a Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in their home, whose wind had been torn after being caught in barbed-wire. Black Rock,...

Marie Read / Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) female preparing to take flight from its perch on a fence, Barrie, Ontario, Canada. February.

Roger Powell / Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes). male courting female on a garden fence. Werribee, Victoria, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) dead after getting trapped on barbed wire fence. Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. May. Second Place in the Man and Nature portfolio category...

Roger Powell / Scarlet dragonfly (Crocothemis erythraea) female at rest on its hunting perch, on a strand of barbed wire .Baragem do Caia, Santa Eulalia, Elvas, Portugal. May.

Juergen Freund / Crested pigeons (Ocyphaps lophotes) perched on snag, Northern Territory, Australia.

Andy Sands / Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) juvenile perched on wire, stretching wing, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

Colin Seddon / Barn Owl {Tyto alba} receiving treatment for wing injured on barbed wire, Somerset, UK

Roland Seitre / Two Western galahs (Eolophus roseicapilla roseicapilla) playing on a telephone wire, Perth, Western Australia.

Roland Seitre / Five Crested pigeons (Ocyphaps lophote) walking over dry ground, one leucistic, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.

Roland Seitre / Three Crested pigeons (Ocyphaps lophotes) walking over dry ground, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.

Roland Seitre / Crested pigeons (Ocyphaps lophotes) standing at water's edge in evening light, Kilcowera Station, Thargomindah, Queensland, Australia.

Roland Seitre / Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) drinking in shallow water in evening light, Kilcowera Station, Thargomindah, Queensland, Australia.

Roland Seitre / Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) flock perched in dead tree, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.

Roland Seitre / Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) flock drinking at water's edge, Murchison Shire, Western Australia.

Roland Seitre / Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) flock foraging on dry ground, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.

Roland Seitre / Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) portrait, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.

Roland Seitre / Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) portrait, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) flock drinking from cattle dam, with pigeons entering frame and leaving frame by walking and with some pigeons flying over the flock, Alice Springs, Northern Territo...

Doug Gimesy / Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) perched on tree branch, William Creek, South Australia, Australia.? ??Cropped.

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes), Victoria, Australia.?

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes). Watarrka National Park, Northern Territory, Austrlia.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes). Watarrka National Park, Northern Territory, Austrlia.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) preening. Watarrka National Park, Northern Territory, Austrlia.