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Osprey in Flight with Fish Prey, Fort De Soto, Florida, Pandion haliaetus, Fort De Soto Park, St. Petersburg

Osprey in Flight with Fish Prey, Fort De Soto, Florida.
Species: Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
Location: Fort De Soto Park, St. Petersburg, Florida
Image ID: 40582

Osprey in Flight in La Jolla, Pandion haliaetus

Osprey in Flight in La Jolla.
Species: Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39854

Osprey in Flight in La Jolla.
Species: Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39855

Brown pelicans preening. After wiping its long beak on the uropygial gland near the base of its tail, the pelican spreads the preen oil on feathers about its body, helping to keep them water resistant, an important protection for a bird that spends much of its life diving in the ocean for prey.
Species: Brown Pelicans, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 20034

Brown pelican preening, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults. After wiping its long beak on the uropygial gland near the base of its tail, the pelican spreads the preen oil on feathers about its body, helping to keep them water resistant, an important protection for a bird that spends much of its life diving in the ocean for prey.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 18380

Brown pelicans preening. After wiping its long beak on the uropygial gland near the base of its tail, the pelican spreads the preen oil on feathers about its body, helping to keep them water resistant, an important protection for a bird that spends much of its life diving in the ocean for prey. Adult winter non-breeding plumage showing white hindneck.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 20089

Osprey in Flight with Fish Prey, Fort De Soto, Florida.
Species: Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
Location: Fort De Soto Park, St. Petersburg, Florida
Image ID: 40581

Osprey, Fort De Soto, Florida, Pandion haliaetus, Fort De Soto Park, St. Petersburg

Osprey, Fort De Soto, Florida.
Species: Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
Location: Fort De Soto Park, St. Petersburg, Florida
Image ID: 40583

Secretary bird, a large bird of prey in Kenya, Sagittarius serpentarius, Olare Orok Conservancy

Secretary bird, a large bird of prey in Kenya.
Species: Secretary bird, Sagittarius serpentarius
Location: Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya
Image ID: 30074

Brown pelican preening. After wiping its long beak on the uropygial gland near the base of its tail, the pelican spreads the preen oil on feathers about its body, helping to keep them water resistant, an important protection for a bird that spends much of its life diving in the ocean for prey. Adult winter non-breeding plumage showing white hindneck and red gular throat pouch.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 20033

Gentoo penguin defends its dead chick (right), from the striated caracara (left) that has just killed it. The penguin continued to defend its lifeless chick for hours, in spite of the futility and inevitability of the final result. Striated caracaras eventually took possession of the dead chick and fed upon it.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Striated caracara, Phalcoboenus australis, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24075

Striated caracara feeds upon a gentoo penguin chick it has just killed, Phalcoboenus australis, Pygoscelis papua, Steeple Jason Island

Striated caracara feeds upon a gentoo penguin chick it has just killed.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Striated caracara, Phalcoboenus australis, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24086

Straited caracara, a bird of prey found throughout the Falkland Islands. The striated caracara is an opportunistic feeder, often scavenging for carrion but also known to attack weak or injured birds.
Species: Striated caracara, Phalcoboenus australis
Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24125

Krill. Likely Euphausia pacifica. A thin cloud of pink krill gathers at the ocean surface, where it is likely to be preyed upon by sharks, fish, birds and whales.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 27015

Osprey in Flight with Nesting Material, Fort De Soto, Florida, Pandion haliaetus, Fort De Soto Park, St. Petersburg

Osprey in Flight with Nesting Material, Fort De Soto, Florida.
Species: Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
Location: Fort De Soto Park, St. Petersburg, Florida
Image ID: 40603

Secretary bird, a large bird of prey in Kenya, Sagittarius serpentarius, Meru National Park

Secretary bird, a large bird of prey in Kenya.
Species: Secretary bird, Sagittarius serpentarius
Location: Meru National Park, Kenya
Image ID: 29650

Krill and squid school at the ocean surface, moments before blue and fin whales rise to the surface to feed. The krill is likely Euphausia pacifica, the squid are likely Loligo opalescens. A thin cloud of pink krill gathers at the ocean surface, where it is likely to be preyed upon by sharks, fish, birds and whales.
Species: Common squid, Krill, Euphausia pacifica, Loligo opalescens
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 27152

Gentoo penguin defends its dead chick (right), from the striated caracara (left) that has just killed it. The penguin continued to defend its lifeless chick for hours, in spite of the futulity and inevitabliityof the final result. Striated caracaras eventually took possession of the dead chick and fed upon it.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Striated caracara, Phalcoboenus australis, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24207

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