Feather Gallery

Archaeopteryx fossil, Berlin specimen

Archaeopteryx fossil, Berlin specimen. Cast of the Archaeopteryx specimen held at the Berlin Natural History Museum. This cast shows the spread-out wings and long, clawed fingers. Archaeopteryx is the earliest known bird, dating from the Upper Jurassic. This cast is part of the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London, UK

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Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick under the wing of protective parent

Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick under the wing of protective parent, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June.Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards 2017. First Prize in the 2017 National Wildlife Photo Contest organised by the National Wildlife Federation of the USA

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The Way of an Eagle by George Studdy

A litter of enthusiastic but accident-prone puppies crash into a fence and fall in a heap on top of one another after chasing a chicken across a farm yard. Credit line must read: Estate of George Studdy/Gresham Marketing Ltd./Mary Evans

© Mary Evans Picture Library 2015 - https://copyrighthub.org/s0/hub1/creation/maryevans/MaryEvansPictureID/10268289

Accident, Chicken, Crash, Crashing, Dog, Down, Fall, Falling, Farm, Feather, Fence, Heap, Historical, History, Humour, Litter, Puppies, Studdy, Worrying