832-401601 - Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Puffin breeding on Runde Island, Heroy, Norway, Europe

832-401600 - Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Puffin breeding on Runde Island, Heroy, Norway, Europe

832-401299 - European green woodpecker (Picus viridis), male at nest hole feeding the young, Biosphere Reserve, Swabian Alb, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-401298 - European green woodpecker (Picus viridis), male at nest hole feeding the young, Biosphere Reserve, Swabian Alb, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

860-291632 - Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) in breeding season on a pebble beach in the Cotentin, Manche, Normandy, France

832-401245 - Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), old bird feeding young bird at the breeding cavity, Hesse, Germany, Europe

832-401244 - Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), adult bird approaching breeding cavity with food in its beak, Hesse, Germany, Europe

832-400723 - Weavers (Ploceidae), birds nest, Namibia, Africa

832-400489 - Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) adult bird collecting nesting material amongst flowering Red campion plants on a clifftop, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

832-400441 - Yellow weaver bird, ploceidea, with spread open wings at its nest, Mombasa

832-400017 - Two storks in the nest mating. Philippsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-399534 - Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Puffin, nesting material in beak, Staple Island, Farne Islands Nature Reserve, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

832-399536 - Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Puffin on Bird Rock, Staple Island, Farne Islands Nature Reserve, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

832-398656 - Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) on sea cliff top and flying gannets in seabird colony, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK

832-398657 - Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) on sea cliff top and great skua chasing gannet in seabird colony, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK

832-398655 - Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) on sea cliff top watching gannet flying by in seabird colony, Scotland, UK

832-398654 - Two Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) on sea cliff top and gannet flying by in seabird colony, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK

832-398653 - Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) on sea cliff top and flying gannets in seabird colony, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK

832-397643 - Female pike-perch (Sander lucioperca) guarding clutch in nest on lake bottom, quarry pond with fresh water, Germany, Europe

832-397244 - Raccoon (Procyon lotor), fawn looking out of its tree hollow, Hesse, Germany, Europe

832-397245 - Raccoon (Procyon lotor), young and fawn looking out of their tree den, Hesse, Germany, Europe

832-397032 - Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) on nest with young bird, Hesse, Germany, Europe

832-397031 - Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) on nest with young bird in plumage, turning eggs, Hesse, Germany, Europe

832-396812 - Northern gannet (Morus bassanus), bird lying on nest of fishing nets, plastic waste pollution, Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

832-396792 - Northern northern gannet (Morus bassanus), confrontation between different animals on the breeding rock, Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

832-396439 - Puffin (Fratercula arctica) with nesting material, Skomer Island, Wales, Great Britain

832-396287 - Purple heron (Ardea purpurea) at nest with young, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-396157 - Flying great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) with nesting material building a nest, Lembruch, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-396286 - Purple heron (Ardea purpurea) at nest with young, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-396056 - Young little owls (Athene noctua) at the breeding tube, Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-396153 - Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) at the nest with young bird in plumage, Oldenburger Muensterland, Vechta, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-396155 - Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) copulating at the nest, Oldenburger Muensterland, Vechta, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

746-91786 - Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), old bull, after harem and breeding season on the Falkland Islands. South America, Falkland Islands, January

746-91781 - Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) after harem and breeding season. Young bulls fighting and establishing pecking order. South America, Falkland Islands, January

746-91785 - Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) after harem and breeding season. Young bulls fighting and establishing pecking order. South America, Falkland Islands, January

746-91783 - Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) after harem and breeding season. Young bulls fighting and establishing pecking order. South America, Falkland Islands, January

746-91784 - Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) after harem and breeding season. Young bulls fighting and establishing pecking order. South America, Falkland Islands, January

746-91782 - Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) after harem and breeding season. Young bulls fighting and establishing pecking order. South America, Falkland Islands, January

1112-6415 - A gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) breeding colony on Pleneau Island in early season, Antarctica, Polar Regions

832-395563 - American Bald Eagle in its nest, two American Bald Eagles in its nest

832-395929 - Three white storks (Ciconia ciconia), young birds, standing on nest, Hesse, Germany, Europe

832-395853 - Great tit (Parus major), sitting at a feeder, Terfens, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

832-394877 - Grave sculpture with bird's nest in the lap, historical cemetery Suedwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf, Potsdam-Mittelmark, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

832-394883 - Young storks in the stork nest, Radewege, stork cycle path at the Beetzsee, Potsdam-Mittelmark, Havelland, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

832-394544 - Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), with nesting material, Guxhagen, Hesse, Germany, Europe

832-394613 - Insect hotel, bee hotel, Waiblingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-393979 - Beehive, artificial nesting box for honey bees, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-394340 - Mute swan (Cygnus olor) eggs in a birdnest, Frankonia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

832-393544 - Puffin (Fratercula arctica) on a cliff above the sea, Skoruvikurbjarg bird cliff, Langanes Peninsula, Norourland eystra, Iceland, Europe

832-393545 - Eggshell, Guillemot (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg bird cliff, Langanes Peninsula, Norourland eystra, Iceland, Europe

832-393627 - Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) female and young bird in front of nest entrance, Muensterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-393494 - Rock needle Stori Karl, gannet colony, Northern gannet (Morus bassanus), Skouvikurbjarg, Langanes Peninsula, Norourland eystra, Iceland, Europe

832-393538 - Puffin (Fratercula arctica) on a cliff above the sea, Skoruvikurbjarg bird cliff, Langanes Peninsula, Norourland eystra, Iceland, Europe

832-393536 - Gannet colony, Northern gannet (Morus bassanus), rock needle Stori Karl, Skouvikurbjarg, Langanes Peninsula, Norourland eystra, Iceland, Europe

832-393537 - Puffin (Fratercula arctica) on a cliff above the sea, Skoruvikurbjarg bird cliff, Langanes Peninsula, Norourland eystra, Iceland, Europe

832-393543 - Puffin (Fratercula arctica) on a cliff above the sea, Skoruvikurbjarg bird cliff, Langanes Peninsula, Norourland eystra, Iceland, Europe

832-393540 - Puffin (Fratercula arctica) on a cliff above the sea, Skoruvikurbjarg bird cliff, Langanes Peninsula, Norourland eystra, Iceland, Europe

832-393541 - Puffin (Fratercula arctica) on a cliff above the sea, Skoruvikurbjarg bird cliff, Langanes Peninsula, Norourland eystra, Iceland, Europe

832-393539 - Puffin (Fratercula arctica) on a cliff above the sea, Skoruvikurbjarg bird cliff, Langanes Peninsula, Norourland eystra, Iceland, Europe

832-393495 - Flying Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) with material for nest building, Skouvikurbjarg, Langanes Peninsula, Norourland eystra, Iceland, Europe

832-393542 - Puffin (Fratercula arctica) on a cliff above the sea, Skoruvikurbjarg bird cliff, Langanes Peninsula, Norourland eystra, Iceland, Europe

832-393726 - Clutches, spawn, fish spawn, eggs, fish eggs, Red Sea clownfish (Amphiprion bicinctus), red Red Sea, Aqaba, Kingdom of Jordan

832-393750 - Little owl (Athene noctua), young bird looking out of the entrance of the nest box, Muensterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-392831 - Egg of the Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira), Guira Cuckoo

832-392913 - Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), at the nest, Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-392672 - Massive bird cliff, Champ Island, Franz Josef Land archipelago, Russia, Europe

832-393005 - Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) flies to breeding cavity, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-393007 - Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) feeding young bird at breeding cavity, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-392849 - Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), flying with nesting material, Langeoog, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-393089 - Middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius), looking out of breeding cavity, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-393090 - Middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius), with food in its beak at the breeding cavity, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-393006 - Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) feeding young bird at breeding cavity, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-391436 - Golden egg in nest with american flag reflection on wooden table

832-392100 - Tawny owl (Strix aluco), adult bird looking out of a tree cavity, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe

832-391988 - European green woodpecker (Picus viridis) leaves breeding cavity, Neunkirchen im Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-391993 - Eurasian coot (Fulica atra), sitting on birds nest, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

1350-318 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) on sea ice off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to the coast of Hudson Bay in Fall waiting for the ice to freeze, and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly anxious as they wait for winter. While they wait, they engage in frequent wrestling matches to determine a mating hierarchy for the breeding season in March and April, and regularly check on the ice to see if it will carry them out to sea.

832-391144 - Young eagle owls (Bubo bubo) in a nest in a gravel pit, owl, Oldenburger Muensterland, Vechta, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-391138 - White storks (Ciconia ciconia), mating on the nest, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

832-390655 - Middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius) at nest hole, feeding young bird, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-390753 - Young hawk owl (Strix uralensis), looking out of the breeding hole, Bavarian Forest, Germany, Europe

832-390772 - White stork (Ciconia ciconia) flying on the nest, Germany, Europe

832-390680 - White stork (Ciconia ciconia) mating at sunset on the nest, Germany, Europe

832-390751 - Young hawk owl (Strix uralensis), looking out of the breeding hole, Bavarian Forest, Germany, Europe

832-390656 - Sand Martin (Riparia riparia), on breeding wall, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-390773 - White stork (Ciconia ciconia) flying on the nest, Germany, Europe

832-390677 - Puffin (Fratercula arctica), breeding den, Hornoya, Varanger, Norway, Europe

832-390654 - Middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius) looking out of nest hole, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-390152 - Western osprey (Pandion haliaetus) covering two young birds on eyrie, Kainuu, Finland, Europe

832-390150 - Western osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with two young birds on eyrie, Kainuu, Finland, Europe

832-390096 - Nesting gulls on white window frame, yellow house wall, Lofoten, Norway, Norway, Europe

832-390472 - Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus), sitting on nest, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-390149 - Western osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in the rain on eyrie, Kainuu, Finland, Europe

832-390054 - Western osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Copulation on the eyrie, Kainuu, Finland, Europe

832-390062 - A Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) standing on branches at the nest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-390056 - Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) on floating nest, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

832-389765 - Tawny owl (Strix aluco) flies at night with a yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) in its beak to the nesting box, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-389586 - White stork, stork nest in the evening light, pair, Ciconia ciconia, Luetzelsee, Canton Zurich, Switzerland, Europe

832-389585 - White stork, stork nest in the evening light, pair, Ciconia ciconia, Luetzelsee, Canton Zurich, Switzerland, Europe

832-389397 - Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) on the breeding rock Langanes with yellow lichens on rocks, Langanesbyggo, Norourland eystra, Iceland, Europe