An ostrich makes its way towards the dry lake bed of Amboseli in Kenya. In black and white, the stark landscape emphasises the bird’s solitary journey across the dust and heat.

Photograph: Rahul Sachdev

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A short-eared owl courses over the salt marshes of British Columbia’s Fraser River delta.

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A male western parotia dances in the rainforest of West Papua, Indonesia, in a dazzling attempt to attract a female.

Photograph: David Stowe

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Atlantic puffin on Skomer Island, UK.

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A male greater sage-grouse during its courtship display in Utah, US. As the sun was rising over the shadowed sagebrush hill behind him, it illuminated the bird’s tail feathers such that they appeared to radiate light.

Photograph: Thomas Deliberto

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Photograph: Romain Barats

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A majestic golden eagle drifts in dark silhouette across the face of the moon, its outstretched wings cutting a powerful shape through silver light.

Photograph: Åsmund Keilen

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