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Best Photo Shot of a Bird That Caught a Shark That Caught a Fish

Best Photo Shot of a Bird That Caught a Shark That Caught a Fish
Osprey Bird Photography by Doc Jon

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On April 12, Florida-based photographer Doc Jon was walking along Madera Beach when he caught sight of an osprey about 400 or 500 feet above him. Always armed with his Canon 6DA camera, Jon snapped a picture of the bird with what he thought was a fish—nothing out of the ordinary.

Best Photo Shot of a Bird That Caught a Shark That Caught a Fish

Photographed from 400 or 500 feet away, he initially thought it was the bird carrying a fish.

It was only after he got home did he realize the bird was carrying a small shark that was carrying a fish.

Osprey Carrying a Shark Carrying a Fish by Doc Jon

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Incredible Fiery-Throated Hummingbird Photos

Incredible Fiery-Throated Hummingbird Photos

Incredible close up shoot of Fiery-Throated Hummingbird captured by the talented photographer Jess Findlay at the Talamanca Mountains in Costa Rica.This hummingbird is known as the medium size bird which is well known and found in the in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama.Its colors makes it more unique as we can see in the photos.

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Amazing Art Work Birds Painted on Pharmaceutical Packaging

Amazing Art Work Birds Painted on Pharmaceutical Packaging landeta-1

Artist Sara Landeta (previously) continues to use the back of used medicine packaging as a canvas for depictions of various birds.

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Best Of 2016 Audubon Photography Awards

Best Of 2016 Audubon Photography Awards

Birds are fascinating creatures, just bizarre and beautiful enough to remind us that they are related to the ancient dinosaurs that used to roam the earth. The recently released winners of the 2016 Audubon Photography Awards celebrate the bizarre and majestic nature of these unusual creatures.

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Artist made a Library for the Birds of New York

Artist made a Library for the Birds of New York mark dion builds a library for the birds of new york

In the downstairs exhibition space of new york’s tanya bonakdar gallery, artist mark dion invites viewers to experience the large-scale immersive installation, ‘the library for the birds of new york’. in it, 22 live birds inhabit a circular chamber filled with books, photographs, artifacts and objects — all related to ornithology, and sourced from popular culture, art history, and film. also inside is an 11 foot high white oak, symbolizing important philosophical and scientific ideas, such as the tree of life, the tree of knowledge, and the evolutionary tree.

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Spectacular Scientific Illustrator Jane Kim

Spectacular Scientific Illustrator Jane Kim

Scientific illustrator Jane Kim (of Ink Dwell) spent over 16 months painting one member from each of the world's 243 modern bird families. To make this feat even more impressive, Kim painted the individual birds to scale in her 40-foot by 70-foot mural.

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