Category: Bird Behavior
Description: A sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) in Papallacta, Ecuador

Category: Bird Behavior
Description: Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) in Port St Johns, South Africa
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Category: Attention to Detail
Description: Eurasian Scops-owl(Otus scops) in Kibbutz Hatzor, Israel
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Description: European Shag (Gulosus aristotelis) in Vardø, Norway
Category: Birds in the Environment
Description: Great Dusky Swift (Cypseloides senex) in Iguazú Falls, Misiones, Argentina
Category: Birds in Flight
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Description: Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Category: Birds in the Environment
Description: Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis) in Kaziranga National Park, India
Category: Birds in Flight
Description: Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops) in Israel
Category: Garden and Urban Birds
Description: White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) in Seville, Spain
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