1167-97 - King cormorant (Imperial cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps) with nesting material, the Neck, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South America
321-5285 - Young Himba boy with plaited hair wearing traditional jewellery around his neck, Kunene Region (formerly Kaokoland) in the far north of Namibia, Africa
321-5286 - Young Himba boy with plaited hair wearing traditional jewellery around his neck, Kunene Region (formerly Kaokoland) in the far north of Namibia, Africa
832-150126 - Stone turtle with a blue ribbon, Khata, guard, located in front of the stupa of the outer wall of the Erdene Zuu Khiid Monastery, Karakorum, Kharkhorin, Oevoerkhangai province, Mongolia, Asia
857-63360 - Portrait of a young boy wearing bright orange glasses and a sling shot around his neck. Gbolokai is a small town of a few hundred people 20 minutes off the main road near Totota, all of its inhabitants fled during the long brutal civil war and have slowly returned after 2005 to try and rebuild their lives.
988-46 - Eurasian river otter (Lutra lutra) resting in the seaweed and rocks. Otters spend a great deal of time resting, usually close to the water's edge or on rocks just offshore. This time is spent sleeping and preening fur etc. Notice the recent injuries sustained by this otter around the head and neck area. Hebrides, Scotland
988-80 - Eurasian river otter (Lutra lutra) resting in the seaweed and rocks. Otters spend a great deal of time resting, usually close to the water's edge or on rocks just offshore. This time is spent sleeping and preening fur etc. Notice the recent injuries sustained by this otter around the head and neck area. Hebrides, Scotland
988-54 - Eurasian river otter (Lutra lutra) resting in the seaweed and rocks. Otters spend a great deal of time resting, usually close to the water's edge or on rocks just offshore. This time is spent sleeping and preening fur etc. Notice the recent injuries sustained by this otter around the head and neck area. Hebrides, Scotland
988-51 - Eurasian river otter (Lutra lutra) resting in the seaweed and rocks. Otters spend a great deal of time resting, usually close to the water's edge or on rocks just offshore. This time is spent sleeping and preening fur etc. Notice the recent injuries sustained by this otter around the head and neck area. Hebrides, Scotland
988-53 - Eurasian river otter (Lutra lutra) resting in the seaweed and rocks. Otters spend a great deal of time resting, usually close to the water's edge or on rocks just offshore. This time is spent sleeping and preening fur etc. Notice the recent injuries sustained by this otter around the head and neck area. Hebrides, Scotland
988-78 - Eurasian river otter (Lutra lutra) resting in the seaweed and rocks. Otters spend a great deal of time resting, usually close to the water's edge or on rocks just offshore. This time is spent sleeping and preening fur etc. Notice the recent injuries sustained by this otter around the head and neck area. Hebrides, Scotland
988-52 - Eurasian river otter (Lutra lutra) resting in the seaweed and rocks. Otters spend a great deal of time resting, usually close to the water's edge or on rocks just offshore. This time is spent sleeping and preening fur etc. Notice the recent injuries sustained by this otter around the head and neck area. Hebrides, Scotland
988-48 - Eurasian river otter (Lutra lutra) resting in the seaweed and rocks. Otters spend a great deal of time resting, usually close to the water's edge or on rocks just offshore. This time is spent sleeping and preening fur etc. Notice the recent injuries sustained by this otter around the head and neck area. Hebrides, Scotland
988-81 - Eurasian river otter (Lutra lutra) resting in the seaweed and rocks. Otters spend a great deal of time resting, usually close to the water's edge or on rocks just offshore. This time is spent sleeping and preening fur etc. Notice the recent injuries sustained by this otter around the head and neck area. Hebrides, Scotland
988-45 - Eurasian river otter (Lutra lutra) resting in the seaweed and rocks. Otters spend a great deal of time resting, usually close to the water's edge or on rocks just offshore. This time is spent sleeping and preening fur etc. Notice the recent injuries sustained by this otter around the head and neck area. Hebrides, Scotland
988-79 - Eurasian river otter (Lutra lutra) resting in the seaweed and rocks. Otters spend a great deal of time resting, usually close to the water's edge or on rocks just offshore. This time is spent sleeping and preening fur etc. Notice the recent injuries sustained by this otter around the head and neck area. Hebrides, Scotland
988-49 - Eurasian river otter (Lutra lutra) resting in the seaweed and rocks. Otters spend a great deal of time resting, usually close to the water's edge or on rocks just offshore. This time is spent sleeping and preening fur etc. Notice the recent injuries sustained by this otter around the head and neck area. Hebrides, Scotland
988-47 - Eurasian river otter (Lutra lutra) resting in the seaweed and rocks. Otters spend a great deal of time resting, usually close to the water's edge or on rocks just offshore. This time is spent sleeping and preening fur etc. Notice the recent injuries sustained by this otter around the head and neck area. Hebrides, Scotland
988-50 - Eurasian river otter (Lutra lutra) resting in the seaweed and rocks. Otters spend a great deal of time resting, usually close to the water's edge or on rocks just offshore. This time is spent sleeping and preening fur etc. Notice the recent injuries sustained by this otter around the head and neck area. Hebrides, Scotland
995-162 - Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) perched in a tree looking to side, neck stretched. Herons occasionaly roost or perch in trees. This one was perched while having a preen and stayed there for atleast 3 hours.. Argyll, Scotland
995-166 - Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) perched in a tree looking stretching wings and neck looking down. Herons occasionaly roost or perch in trees. This one was perched while having a preen and stayed there for atleast 3 hours.. Argyll, Scotland
979-2953 - Adult brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in the lower Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. Note the yellowish head, red gular pouch, and white neck of the adult.
979-1257 - Adult bull northern (Steller) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) hauled out on the Brothers Island Group in Frederick Sound, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean
979-2988 - Adult female California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) which has become entangled in a gill net on Los Islotes, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico
979-2029 - Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) feeding in the calm water lagoon behind Cormorant Point, on Floreana Island in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo. Pacific Ocean.
979-2104 - California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) with deadly "necklace" of gill net around its neck in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.
979-2033 - Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) foraging for small pink shrimp (Artemia salina) in saltwater lagoons in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean. (RR)
979-2032 - Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) foraging for small pink shrimp (Artemia salina) in saltwater lagoons in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean.
979-2951 - Adult brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in the lower Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. Note the yellowish head, red gular pouch, and white neck of the adult.
979-1837 - Adult Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) head detail in breeding plumage (note the very dark neck) fishing near Isla Los Islotes in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.