Oscar Dewhurst / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) head and neck, looking up through reeds. Suffolk, UK. November.
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Marie Read / California quail (Callipepla californica), male emerging from behind snowbank in winter, Mono Lake Basin, California, USA
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Marie Read / Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in breeding plumage, head and shoulders showing plumes on crown and neck, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, New York, USA, May.
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) with discarded fishing net around the neck. The Netherlands. April.
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Ingo Arndt / Intermediate Egret (Egretta intermedia) Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, December
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Neil Aldridge / Plain's zebra (Equus quagga) biting the neck of a rival during a fight Hluhluwe imfolozi Park. South Africa.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) close up of neck and eye, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, February.
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Wim van den Heever / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) juvenile with adults behind, on frozen Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan. February.
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Markus Varesvuo / Male Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) flying, Jalasjarvi, Finland, April.
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Paul Hobson / Weasel (Mustela nivalis) head and neck looking out of yellow autumn acer leaves, Sheffield, England, UK.
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Gerrit Vyn / Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) displaying neck "ruff". The ruff is most often displayed once a female is present. Okanogan County, Washington. April.
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Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon youngster (Papio cynocephalus) young animal caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique, November 2011. Specia...