Albatross and Seabirds

Images of albatrosses and guillemots interacting, preening, and courting in natural coastal habitats with varying backgrounds of rocky terrain and ocean.

Falkland Islands, West Falkland, Saunders Island. Black-browed albatross (wild: Thalassarche melanophris) feeding fledgling chick.

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Falkland Islands, West Falkland, Saunders Island. Black-browed albatross (wild: Thalassarche melanophris) feeding fledgling chick.

Common Guillemot (aka Common Murre, Uria aalge), Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales, United Kingdom

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) courting on New Island, Falkland Islands

Cape Gannet, (Morus capensis), starts flying from colony, Lamberts Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

Black browed Albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys,adult standing over chick

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) pair in courting display, Saltee Island, Ireland

South America, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Hood Island. Blue Footed Boobies (Sula nebouxii)

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) parent and 1-2 week old chick on nest, endangered, New Island, Falkland Islands

Nazca Booby (Sula granti) pair courting, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Laysan albatross nest near the water on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Birds; Marine birds; Islands; Wildlife refuges; Tropical environments. Location: Pacific Islands. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: MIDWAY ATOLL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) or Mollymawk, mating on nest. South America, Falkland Islands

Northern GANNET - BEAKS OPEN (Morus bassanus). formerly: Sula bassana, Pelecanus bassanus.

Australia, Tasmania, Bass Strait. Shy Albatross interacting with chick

Pair of Grey-Headed albatrosses (Thalassarche chrysostoma) Mating, South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands

South America, Falkland Islands, Saunders Island. Black-browed albatross preening.

Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) at sea, Chatham Islands, New Zealand

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) colony, Cape Kidnappers, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania

Australasian Gannets ( Morus serrator ), Cape Kidnappers Gannet Colony, Hawkes Bay, North Island, New Zealand

Nazca booby (Sula granti), Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, HOOD ISLAND, WAVED ALBATROSS

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) pair courting, Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) courting pair, Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. Sequence 6 of 10

Gannet (Morus bassanus) chick in a line of adults. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August.

OLYMPUS DIGITALKAMERA

Common Guillemot (uria aalge), Adult standing on Rock, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) at a nesting colony in the Falkland Islands.

waved albatrosses diomedea irrorata punta suarez, hood is.,galapagos.

South America, Falkland Islands, Saunders Island. Black-browed albatross courtship behavior.

Greeting behavior. Black-browed Albatross or Mollymawk on Saunders Island. South America, Falkland Islands.

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Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) pair bonding, Midway Atoll, Hawaii

Kelp gull or Dominican gull feeding frenzy during a storm in the kelp on the beach of Saunders Island. South America, Falkland Islands

Waved albatross on nest, Punta Suarez, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Gannet chick and mother Morus Bassanus Northern Gannet colony on the Saltee Islands Kilmore County Wexford Ireland Europe EU

Grant boobies (Sula granti) also known as Nazca boobies. Island of Espanola. Galapagos archipelago. Ecuador.

Blue Footed Booby,(Sula nebouxi)i, Galapagos Islands,Ecuador,adult courting

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) nesting colony, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Imperial shags (Leucocarbo atriceps), Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Peruvian Booby (Sula variegata) adult and chicks at nest, Isla Pescadores, Peru

Close up of an adult gannet sitting on edge of cliff with Pacific Ocean in background

Nazca booby (formerly Masked booby) (Sula granti). Tower (Genovesa) Island. Galapagos Islands. ECUADOR. South America.

Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) courting. This species is listed as Vulnerable

Albatros (Diomedea sanfordi), Taiaroa Head, Otago Peninsula, Neuseeland

Blue Footed Booby,(Sula nebouxi)i, Galapagos Islands,Ecuador,couple courting

A booby perches on a tree limb in front of nesting grounds on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Birds; Marine birds; Islands; Wildlife refuges; Tropical environments. Location: Pacific Islands. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: MIDWAY ATOLL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Ecuador, Galapagos National Park, Isla Lobos. Blue-footed booby pair in courtship behavior.

Common guillemot (Uria aalge) flapping its wings, Hornoya Island, Vardo, Varanger, Finnmark, Norway, Europe

Galapagos Waved Albatross (Diomedea irrorata), adult pair, preening, mating, Punta Suarez, Floreana, Galapagos

Australasian Gannets - adult about to land amidst breeding colony on top of a cliff (Morus serrator). Muriwai Regional Park, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand.

One standing bird and several birds on rocky cliffs with sea background, helgoland, north sea, germany

Common guillemot (Uria aalge), adult bird with closed nictitating membrane flings water out of its beak and flaps its wings, Hornoya Island, Vardo, Varanger, Finnmark, Norway, Europe

Nazca booby Sula grantii chick, Punta Suarez, Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Galapagos albatross and juvenile, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (Diomedea irrorata)

Common Guillemot (Uria aalge) adult, breeding plumage, with fish prey in beak, sitting on rock, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, June

Portrait of pair of Northern Gannet, Sula bassana, Two birds love in soft light, animal love behaviour

Peruvian booby's at rest on there island rookery in central Peru

Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra). Espagnola Island. Galapagos Islands.

Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) chick begging for food from parent, Bull Rock, North Cape Colony, Campbell Island, New Zealand

Gannets grooming in the colony Bonaventureisland Quebec

Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) pair courting, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, sequence 2 of 7

Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra). Espagnola Island. Galapagos Islands.

Black-Browed Albatross Diomedea Melanophris, Pair Courting, Drake Passage In Antarctica

Elegant terns, Thalasseus elegans, in courtship display on Isla Rasa, Baja California, Mexico.

Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) Juvenile, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Adult waved albatross Diomedea irrorata, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli) fighting with Antarctic Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus), Gold Harbor, South Georgia Island

Waved albatrosses (Phoebastria irrorata), affectionate couple, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, South America

Courtship ritual, Waved Albatross (Diomedea irrorata), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

southern royal albatross diomedea epomophora sandfordi displaying aukland islands, new zealand

A Northern Gannet, Morus bassanus

Waved Albatross Poses On Espanola Island. A Waved Albatross poses on the Galapagos Island's Espanola Island, Ecuador, South America. These albatrosses are currently listed as critically endangered due to long-line fishing and disease, among other hazards. Waved Albatrosses mate for life, and often live for forty to forty-five years.

Common Guillemot Uria Aalge, Adult Standing On Rock, Scotland

Nazca Booby (Sula granti) trio facing off, Gardner Islet, Floreana Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Seagulls is found on the shore of the sea

Common murre Uria aalge, adult in breeding plumage, Cape St. Mary´s Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada

Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) female feeding young, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Red-Footed Booby (Sula sula) Paghote Island, Aldabra Islands

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) nesting colony, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands

Black-browed Albatross Falkland Islands Saunders Island

Island national Park North Keeling Island, booby chick, Australian

Dalmatian pelican spreads its wings on the water Europe

Razorbill (Alca Torda), pair, Latrabjarg, Westfjords, Iceland, Europe

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus), cliffs of the Noss national Nature Reserve. Europe, Great Britain, Scotland, Northern Isles, Shetland, May

Nazca Booby,Masked Booby,Sula granti,Galapagos Islands,Ecuador,adults,pair,couple,at nest,social behaviour

Common Eiders and Steller's Eider on a beach Norway

Black-browed albatross or black-browed mollymawk (Thalassarche melanophris), typical courtship and greeting behavior.

Great Britain, England, Northumberland, Farne Islands, Common Murre, Uria aalge, with fish

North America, the USA, Alaska, parrot diver

Antarctica, Sub-Antarctic Islands, South Georgia. Black-browed Albatross at nest with chick

Typical courtship and greeting behavior. Black-browed Albatross or Mollymawk on Saunders Island. South America, Falkland Islands.

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Black-legged Kittiwakes

Common guillemot (Uria aalge) looking up to the sky, Hornoya Island, Vardo, Varanger, Finnmark, Norway, Europe

Little Egret on the shore, Reserva Natural de s`Albufereta, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Pair of Gannets (Morus bassanus) mutual preening, Bass Rock, Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK, June

Laysan albatrosses Diomedea immutabilis courting, Midway Atoll, Hawaii

Three northern gannet (Morus bassanus) on a rock, juvenile in dark juvenile plumage and remaining downy feathers on head and neck, moulting, adults, sea in background, close-up, Lummenfelsen, Helgoland Island, North Sea, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) pair courting, Iceland

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult, in sky-pointing display on cliff, Troup Head, Moray Firth, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, July

CANADA, QUEBEC, GASPE, BONAVENTURE ISLAND, GANNET COLONY, SKYPOINTING BEFORE LEAVING NEST

Northern gannet Morus bassanus, adult and chick at nesting colony, Cape St. Mary´s Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada

Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), Iceland

Antarctica, South Georgia Island, Bay of Isles. Gentoo penguin calling for its mate.

ROCK CORMORANTS (Phalacrocorax magellanicus) with chicks - CANAL BEAGLE, TIERRA DEL FUEGO, ARGENTINA

New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough Sounds. New Zealand king shag (Phalacrocorax carunculatus), an endemic species to Marlborough Sounds.

Nazca Booby,Masked Booby,Sula granti,Galapagos Islands,Ecuador,adults,pair,couple,on rock,social behaviour

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys), Keppel Island, off north coast of West Falkland, Falkland Islands. The birds returns to the same nest annually.

animal bird cormorant

Isla Isabela, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

High angle view of a flock of Northern Gannets near a sea (Morus bassanus)

Tufted puffin perched on a cliff with ocean backdrop.

Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) pair with Starfish (Asteroidea) and Slate pencil urchin (Eucidaris sp) scattered at feet. Punta Albemarle, Isabela Island, Galapagos.

Portrait of Blue-footed Booby Galapagos Isabella

kittiwakes nesting rissa tridactyla kebble nnr, rathlin island, county antrim

CANADA, QUEBEC, GASPE, BONAVENTURE ISLAND, GANNET COLONY, NORTHERN GANNETS (Morus bassanus) FENCING

South America, Falkland Islands, Saunders Island. Black-browed albatross feeding chick.

Close-up portrait of two northern gannets bonding, morus bassanus during nesting season.

Birds perching on rock, elevated view

Close-up of Nazca booby (Sula granti), Prince Philip's Steps, Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Masked or Nazca Booby (Sula granti) in nest, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Portrait of a Waved Albatross Island Española Galapagos

Ecuador. Flightless Cormorant on Fernanadina Island in the Galapagos.

Close-up of a bird guarding its young in its nest, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Fairy tern, White tern (Gygis alba), fledgling in nest, Denis Island, Seychelles, Africa

Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) adult pair, displaying cackling call on cliff ledge, Handa, Sutherland, Scotland, August

seagull in south africa coastline cape of good hope and natural park reserve

seagull in south africa coastline cape of good hope and natural park reserve

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) tangled up in fishing line, Helgoland, Germany

Germany, North Sea, Heligoland, gannet, Morus bassanus, fishing net, plastic waste

Atlantic Puffins at nest site entrance Fratercula, arctica

Common guillemot (Uria aalge), two adult birds fighting on rock, Hornoya Island, Vardo, Varanger, Finnmark, Norway, Europe

An Antarctic blue-eyed shag carries seaweed to its nest on Gibbs Island, which lies to the southwest of Elephant Island and is part of Britain's South Shetland Islands.

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Portrait of pair of Northern Gannet, Sula bassana, Two birds love in soft light, animal love behaviour

Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) drying off after a drive for food at Fernandina Island in the Galapagos Islands - Ecuador - South America

Flying Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) during a courtship display in a breeding colony, Bird Rock, Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Brown pelicans Pelecanus occidentalis, Gulf of California Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, North America

Brunnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia) on ledge, Pribilof Islands, Alaska

Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) feeding chick, Iceland

A Razorbill (Alca torda) is nesting in the lava cliffs at the Svortuloft Lighthouse in Snaefellsjokull National Park on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula in western Iceland.

Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) with chick begging for food, De Groote Peel National Park, Netherlands

Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) on nest, Aldabra, Seychelles

Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) chick begging for food from mother, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

2 northern gannets with algae in their beak, Heligoland, North Sea, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Subjects: Migratory birds Birds;Marine birds. . 1998 - 2011.

Adult feeding chick on tower-shaped nest. Black-browed albatross, Falkland Islands.

Gibson's antipodal albatross (Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni), adult, swimming in the sea, Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania

Wigeon - drake and duck resting on sea shore, in winter (Anas penelope)

Flying steamer duck (Tachyeres patachonicus). Male shows an orange, female a greenish beak. South America, Falkland Islands, Sea Lion Island, January

FALKLAND ISLANDS, NEW ISLAND, BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS CHICK ON NEST, BACKLIT

Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Genovesa, Darwin Bay, two Nazca boobies in love

South polar skua watching its territory Terre Adelie

Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) couple courting at sunset, Tower Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Ecuador, Galapagos, Santiago (aka James). James Bay, Puerto Egas. American Oystercatcher family (WILD: Haematopus palliatus galapagensis, endemic subspecies) eating sally lightfoot crab.

Northern Fulmar ( Fulmarus glacialis) on cliff ledge. Latraberg. Iceland

Seychelles, Indian Ocean, Aldabra, Cosmoledo Atoll. Important nesting colony. Mixed group of Red-footed boobies (Sula sula) and Brown boobies (Sula leucogaster) on tree.

Pink-backed Pelican, baby, Pelecanus rufescens,Wild Animal Park, CA, Dec 2006

Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) chick sits in nest in verdant tussock covering rock cliffs of Elsehul, late summer, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Couple of Black-browed albatross Falkland islands

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) parent and chicks, Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus). Parent feeding chick in nest. Helgoland, Germany

Black Guillemot or Tystie (Cepphus grylle), pair, Flatey island, Iceland, Europe

Domestic duck, anas platyrhynchos, New Zealand

New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough Sounds. New Zealand king shag (Phalacrocorax carunculatus), an endemic species to Marlborough Sounds.

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris), Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Puebla king snake, Campbell's milk snake, Pueblo king snake, Puebla king snakes, Campbell's milk snakes, Pueblo king snakes, viper, vipers, ande

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii), Punta Moreno, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Close-up of a Great frigatebird (Fregata Minor) chick perching on a tree branch, Prince Philip's Steps, Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), juvenile, sitting on nest, Prion Island, South Georgia

Close-up of Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) nesting with catchlight; Central Macedonia, Greece

Gannet adult couple in greeting ritual with chick feeling left out in colony Morus Bassanus Saltee Islands Ireland Europe EU What about me Mum

White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) adult pair, at nest in city, Faro, Algarve, Portugal, april

Ecuador, Galapagos National Park. Blue-footed booby with eggs.

Close-up of Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), Furry Creek, British Columbia, Canada

Falkland Islands, Saunders Island. Falkland steamer ducks on rocky ledge.

Two Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus), portrait, Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) on Saunders Island. South America, Falkland Islands, spring

Nazca Booby (Sula granti) pair, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Antarctic Skua (Catharacta antarctica) with Rockhopper penguin egg. Pebble Island, off north coast of West Falkland. Falkland Islands. They obtain much of their food by piratical attacks on other seabirds.

black-browed albatross chick on nest thalassarche melanophris falkland islands

Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella) pair on cliff ledge, Pribilof Islands, Alaska

Colony of Black-browed Albatross Falkland Islands

Wandering albatross chick (Diomedea exulans) spreading its wings, Prion Island, South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands

Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) roosting colony on a small coastal sea stack, Pismo Beach, California, USA

Northern gannet, Morus bassanus, colony at Stori Karl, Langanes, Nordurland eystra, Iceland

Northern Fulmars guard a nest. Snaefellsness peninsula in western Iceland.

Common Murre or Common Guillemot (Uria aalge), breeding colony on the rocks, Latrabjarg, Westfjords, Iceland, Europe

Blue-footed Booby with an egg (Sula nebouxii) on North Seymour Island, Galapagos National Park, Ecuador, South America

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) in the cliffs of Hermaness bird reserve on the island of Unst, Scotland, Shetland Islands

King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonica) Antarctica

Cute bird as an image of Wildlife and nature

Ecuador, Galapagos National Park, Genovesa Island. Close-up of Nazca booby chick.

great crested grebes in courtship podiceps cristatus

PEREGRINE FALCON - feeding chicks on nest, typical nest on river rocks (Falco peregrinus Faolco peregrinnus). Taimyr, Russian Arctic.

Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) pair courting, Latrabjarg Cliff, West Fjords, Iceland

Adult black_footed albatross Diomedea nigripes, Midway Atoll, Hawaii

Pair of Black-footed Albatross in courtship behavior

Royal Tern (Sterna maxima) beginning courship behavior South Lido Beach, Florida

Brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus), Ronge Island, Antarctica.

Blue-footed Boobies (Sula nebouxii), pair, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Nazca Booby (Sula granti) with chick in nest, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Scotland, Shetland Islands. Noss Scottish Natural Nature Reserve. Bird cliffs of Noss, nesting gannets (WILD: Sula bassana).

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) females feeding underwater, San Diego Zoo, California

Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), nest with chicks, Seldovia, AK

crested auklets aethia cristatella alaska, usa. july

Ecuador,Galapagos Islands, Tower Island, Frigate Birds, Male And Female On Nest

White-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus), White-tailed Tropic-birds, Animals, Birds, White-tailed Tropic-bird At nest, head turned

"Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) group, Spain"

Yellow eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) chicks, Enderby Island, Auckland Islands, New Zealand. January.

Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) pair drying, Cape Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Two European shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), common shags perched on rock covered in droppings, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) on pedestal nest incubating egg, Keppel Island, Falkland Islands

Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria fusca) pair courting on coastal cliff edge, Gough Island, South Atlantic

Blue-footed Booby pair (Sula nebouxii) Insel Espanola, Galapagos Inseln, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Brazil, St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brown noddies, Anous stolidus, greeting behavior

magnificent frigatebird at nest, fregata magnificens, (immature) in mangrove bush, west indies

Aethia pusilla, Aethia cristatella. Creator: Sowls, Art. Subjects: ALASKA MARITIME NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; AMNWR; Birds; birding; Marine birds; cliff nesters; St. Matthew Island ; Bering Sea; habitat; Coastal environments; LEAU; CRAU. . 1998 - 2011.

Southern Giant Petrels (Macronectes giganteus) feed on dead Southern Elephant seal bull that had been killed by Killer whales onSea Lion Island, east Falkland Island, Falkland Islands.

These graceful red billed tropicbirds are mating on a Galapagos island.

Northern Gannet (sula bassana), Nesting Season, Colony on Bonaventure Island in Quebec

Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) chick in nest, Gardner Islet, Floreana Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Swallow-tailed Gull Pair on Cliff Edge (Creagrus furcatus), Wenman Island, Galapagos

A pair of Black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) ineracting on their nest on steep cliff face, spring, Borgarfjordur eystri fjord, East Iceland, Iceland

short-billed corella cacatua sanguinea pair preening

USA. florida. keys. Islamorada. pelican

Falkland Islands, Carcass Island. Steamer duck ducklings on beach.

Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) holding egg between tarsi on bare ground, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Two quarrelling Galapagos Fork-tailed Gulls, Fork-tailed Gull, Creagrus furcatus, Ecuador, South America, South America, Galápagos, Galapagos, Iceland, Europe

Falkland Islands, Bleaker Island. Imperial shag nesting colony.

USA, Florida, New Smyrna Beach, pelicans roosting on pylon.

Island national Park North Keeling Island, booby chick

Pair of Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii), Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Two young White Storks (Ciconia ciconia) in their nest on the Atlantic coast, Cabo Sardao, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) female sitting brooding on her clutch of eggs, Mute Swan female bird breeds on her nest of eggs (White Swan)

Antarctica, Half Moon Bay. Antarctic Comorants or Shag, Phalacrocorax (articeps) bransfieldensis groom each other .

Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Espanola, Punta Suarez, blue-footed booby feeding young blue-footed booby

Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, six young mallards, Anas platyrhynchos, walking on sandy beach

Falkland skua or brown skua are the great skua of the southern polar and subpolar region, Falkland Islands.

Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) on nest, South Georgia Island

Least Auklets Perched On A Narrow Ledge With Horned Puffin In Background, Saint Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea, Southwest Alaska, Summer

southern elephant seal mirounga leonina aggressive bull falkland islands

Chile, Aysen, Puerto Ibanez. Nesting Buff-necked Ibis or Bandurria (Theristicus caudatus)

Neighboring blue-footed boobies fighting over nesting territory. Sula nebouxii. Floreana Island, Charles Island, Santa Maria Island, Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador.

European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) adult pair, at nest on rocks, Staple Island, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, june

Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) pair at nest, Tower Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

black-legged kittiwake at nest rissa tridactyla with chick arnarstapi, iceland july

A black skimmer chick walking on the hot sand.

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) Nest building and pair-ponding behaviour in the colony

Falkland Islands, Beaver Island, Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), adult calling

USA, California, Pacific Coast. Wild Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) on historic Pismo State Beach pier.

Antarctic Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) on nest, South Georgia Island

Incubating southern giant petrel Macronectes giganteus, South Georgia Island, Antarctica

South America, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, a blue-footed boobie (Sula nebouxi) with tourists walking by on a path in the background.

Northern gannet (Sula bassana) breeding colony, Helgoland Island, Schleswig-Holstein, wildlife, Germany, Europe

Adult Blue-footed boobies (Sula nebouxii) pair on egg on North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Courting pair of Waved Albatross, Diomedia irrorata Eapanola Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Gentoo Penguin Nesting in Antarctic Landscape - Discover Gentoo Penguin Nesting Habits and Habitat in South Georgia

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Broan pelicans wait for scraps at the fish market, Puerto Ayora, Isla Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz island).

A Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), hitching a ride on the Skomer Island ferry, off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe