Wetland Collection (#98)

Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus giganteus) adult, standing amongst mangroves, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, November

Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) adult, walking on mud, Mai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, China, August

Pale Butterwort (Pinguicula lusitanica) flowering, growing in bog, France, June

Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola) flock, in flight, Chobe River, Chobe N. P. Botswana, July
Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola) flock, in flight, Chobe River, Chobe N.P. Botswana, July

Barn Owl (Tyto alba) adult, in flight, backlit, hunting over reedbed at dusk, Norfolk, England, February

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) adult pair with chicks, in flight and sitting at nest on manmade platform, Sanibel Island, Florida, U.S.A. March

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) adult, in flight, taking off from post, Sanibel Island, Florida, U. S. A. March
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) adult, in flight, taking off from post, Sanibel Island, Florida, U.S.A. March

Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus chloropus) adult, swimming beside waterlily leaves during rainfall, Taiwan, April

Common Magpie (Pica pica) adult, in flight over water, Minsmere RSPB Reserve, Suffolk, England, April

American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) two adults, foraging in shallow water, Sanibel Island, Florida, U. S. A. March
American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) two adults, foraging in shallow water, Sanibel Island, Florida, U.S.A. March

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) adult, calling, standing in shallow water, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba March

Malachite Kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus) adult, perched on twig, Lake Nakuru N. P. Great Rift Valley, Kenya, August
Malachite Kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus) adult, perched on twig, Lake Nakuru N.P. Great Rift Valley, Kenya, August

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) juvenile, in flight, being mobbed by Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) adult male, Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, U.S.A. March

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