Fabrice Cahez / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) sitting in middle of snow covered road as a car approaches. Vosges, France, December.

Pete Oxford / Brown-chested martins (Progne tapera) roosting on telegraph wires, Puerto Lopez, Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador

Oriol Alamany / Rainbow over the town of El Chalten, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina, January 2006

Stephen Dalton / Greater kestrel (Falco rupicoloides) perched on telegraph pole, South Africa

David Tipling / Flock of Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) sitting on telephone wires, at pre-roost gathering in winter, Buckenham, Norfolk, England

David Woodfall / Villagers living in former river bed now dry due to siltation, complex effects of climate change, Ganges delta, Bangladesh, November 2008

Graham Eaton / Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) perched on a telegraph pole, UK, October

Dietmar Nill / Little Owl (Athene noctua) adult on telephone wires, Bulgaria

Ann & Steve Toon / Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) flock on telegraph wires, Islay, Scotland, UK

David Noton / Telegraph poles leading to a foothill village near the Piano Grande. A herd of cattle in walking across the snow in the distance. Monti Sibillini National Park, Umbria, Italy, February 2010.

Pete Oxford / Brown-chested martins (Progne tapera) roosting on telegraph wires at night, Puerto Lopez, Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Brown-chested martins (Progne tapera) roosting on telegraph wires, Puerto Lopez, Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador

Ann & Steve Toon / Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) perched on telegraph wire, UK

Nick Upton / Three Black kites (Milvus migrans) perched on telephone wires and pole, Spanish Pyrenees, Hecho valley, Huesca, Spain

Steven David Miller / Chambers Pillar Historical Reserve, Simpson Desert, Northern Territory, Australia. 2007 Note: Chambers Pillar was used as a navigation landmark by many of Australia's early explorers. John Ross carv...

Nick Upton / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) drumming on telegraph pole in snow covered field, Wiltshire, UK, February, 2009.

Paul Hobson / Hooded crows {Corvus cornix} three juveniles perched on telegraph wire, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK

Paul Hobson / Common buzzard {Buteo buteo} wings stretched showing aggression, perched on telegraph post, Oystercatcher {Haematopus ostralegus} flying past, UK

Paul Hobson / Common buzzard {Buteo buteo} wings stretched showing aggression, perched on telegraph post, UK

Philippe Clement / Old telegraph poles along the vanished Route 66. Arizona, USA 2007

Pete Oxford / Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) climbing along the telegraph wires above a busy street, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India 2006

Michael Pitts / Telegraph cables on the shipwreck of the bridge of the Japanese WWII tanker, 'Shinkoko Maru', Chuuk / Truk lagoon, Chuuk Islands, Pacific ocean

Rolf Nussbaumer / Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) on telegraph pole at sunset, Lake Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. March 2003

David Kjaer / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) perched on telegraph wire, Wiltshire, UK

David Kjaer / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) perched on telegraph wire, Wiltshire, UK

Elizabeth White / Two Ospreys on telegraph pole {Pandion haliaetus} Cape Range NP, Western Australia

Andrew Parkinson / Sociable weaver nest on telegraph pole {Philetairus socius} South Africa

Gabriel Rojo / Ovenbird / Rufous hornero pair at nest on telegraph pole {Furnarius rufus} Argentina