Red-Crowned Crane Photograph courtesy Huajin Sun via The World's Rarest Birds Named a second place winner in the "endangered or data-deficient" category, the above picture shows a red-crowned crane making a courtship display. Though the bird's population is stable in Japan, the mainland Asian population is declining due to habitat loss and degradation of wetlands for agriculture and development, according to BirdLife International.
Hundreds of professional and amateur wildlife photographers submitted images to Focus on Nature, one of the monthly photography competitions run by The Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers.
HBW World Bird Photo Contest - Second Edition | HBW Alive-Triumph of mind Although the Grey Heron is stronger than the Great White Egret, the latter has learned that Grey Herons are defenceless when they have a fish in their beak. With their fast reflexes the Great White Egrets snatch the food from them. The Grey Herons have absolutely no chance in this struggle.
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