2009 Highlights Gallery

Booted Racket-tail hummingbird (Ocreatus underwoodii) male flying, feeding from flower

Booted Racket-tail hummingbird (Ocreatus underwoodii) male flying, feeding from flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

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Behaviour, Birds, Cloudforest, Ecuador, Feeding, Flowers, Flying, Hovering, Hummingbird, Hummingbirds, Irridescence, Irridescent, Males, Ocreatus Underwoodii, Pollination, Tails, Vertebrates

Deep sea Anglerfish {Himantolophus sp} female with lure projecting from head to attract prey

Deep sea Anglerfish {Himantolophus sp} female with lure projecting from head to attract prey, Atlantic ocean. Anglerfish have small poorly developed eyes but detect movement and prey through a well defined lateral line system visible as a line of silvery

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Anglerfish, Atlantic, Deepsea, Eyes, Females, Fish, Horizontal, Lophiiformes, Marine, Ocean, Osteichthyes, Portraits, Profile, Teeth, Vertebrates

European Silver firs (Abies alba / pectinata) on Hauts Fourneaux, Ballon des Vosges Nature Park

European Silver firs (Abies alba / pectinata) on Hauts Fourneaux, Ballon des Vosges Nature Park, Vosges, Lorraine, France, January 2009

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Abies Alba, Conifers, Europe, France, Gymnosperms, Landscapes, Mist, Pinaceae, Pines, Plants, Reserve, Snow, Trees, Winter