VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 25 Apr 2015

Welcome to the “Best Photo of the Week” competition showcasing and celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth.

This week’s featured image: Hooded Merganser taken at Vancouver Island by Glenn Bartley.

Voting is easy and lots of fun. First click an image and browse through the slideshow.

Then select the three images you like best of all and click the VOTE button at the bottom of the page. After registering your vote you will be able to see the current status of the voting.

Please leave any comments you might have at the bottom of this page. Voting will remain open for 6 days after which the results will be published.

Atmospheric Elephants
Morkel Erasmus39 votes (10.48%)

Happiness
Ruth Thiessen35 votes (9.41%)

Fish Handover to Nesting Female Kingfisher
Rob Gipman34 votes (9.14%)

Great Blue Heron With Fish
Scott Simmons25 votes (6.72%)

Lunch
Milan Vogrin23 votes (6.18%)

Eight-spotted Forester
Howard Cheek21 votes (5.65%)

Red-crested Cardinal
Eric Hamilton19 votes (5.11%)

Pheasant Tailed Jacana
Jitendra S. Katre19 votes (5.11%)

Silverbills Enjoying the Swaying Weavernest
Ragoo Rao15 votes (4.03%)

Eastern Screech Owl
Robert Strickland12 votes (3.23%)

Redwing Sees Red....aerial Combat
Dave Waddell11 votes (2.96%)

Brown-headed Barbet
Laval Roy11 votes (2.96%)

Osprey with Kill
Jaliya Rasaputra10 votes (2.69%)

Prickly Perch!
Ken Billington10 votes (2.69%)

Snow Goose
Larry Jordan10 votes (2.69%)

Australian Rainbow Lorikeet
Noushka Wildlife10 votes (2.69%)

Herring Gull Eating a Herring
Myer Bornstein9 votes (2.42%)

Elephant Pair
Tony Murtagh9 votes (2.42%)

Cattle Egret
Dave Richards9 votes (2.42%)

On Top of the World
Kathy Detweiler7 votes (1.88%)

Milano plomizo (Plumbeous Kite) Ictinia plumbea
Marcelo Allende7 votes (1.88%)

Tip of the Spear: Atlantic Stingray
Glenn Perrigo7 votes (1.88%)

Flamingo Portrait
Julie Feinstein7 votes (1.88%)

Magnolia Warbler
Carol Duke6 votes (1.61%)

Looking at You
DP Joiner5 votes (1.34%)

Little Tern Portrait
Jem Babbington2 votes (0.54%)

Red Whiskered Bulbul
Shrikant Prabhu0 votes (0%)

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• You have read and agree to the Terms of Service
• You confirm that the photo copyright belongs to you.
• The photo title and descriptive fields must be completed.
• Photos in frames or with colored borders are not allowed.
• Photos of pets, captive or domestic animals are not allowed.
• Photos not in accordance with conditions of use may be excluded.
• Winning photos will also be featured on our blog’s rotating banner.
• Images should not be duplicated by uploading into more than one gallery.
• Composite photos created by superimposing two or more separate photos not allowed.