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Yawn

Tracey Dyer

Canada

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Ravens are incredibly resourceful birds who thrive in the mountains in winter as well as the summer. After a heavy snowfall, this Raven went in search of food under the surface and came up with powder snow stuck to its beak providing great contrast to its plumage

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Nominee

Snow Tipped Beak

Perched high above the Mara River, this Grey-headed kingfisher paused momentarily before diving yet again for a fish below. The stunningly beautiful shades of iridescent  blue and turquoise flashed in the morning sun drawing my attention to the tiny bird.

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Burst of Colour

After spotting Lynx tracks leading to a boreal forest clearing, I waited in the snow hoping for a lynx to appear even though it was a long shot. After a short while, I was thrilled to see a Canada Lynx tracking snowshoe hare tracks across the clearing. In a few seconds it was gone again.

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Walk This Way

This grey wolf ran through a river on its way to rejoin its pack. What a thrilling sight to see.

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Walking on Water

Methane bubbles of Abraham Lake are trapped as they rise and freeze in the thick ice in late December or early January every year.  As the organic material in the lake decomposes, it releases methane gas which then is trapped in the ice as it freezes leaving a beautiful mosiac of bubbles

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Honorable Mention

Methane Bubbles

As the winter sunrise reflects off this mountain in the Canadian Rockies, it seems to almost float above the low lying winter clouds

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Mountain Splendour

Full yawn from a Cheetah on the African plains after a post meal nap