Photos: Birds in Early Springtime
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A stork perches on its nest atop a power pole after returning for spring, in the Mazgirt district of Tunceli, Turkey, on March 18, 2026.
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A robin, seen in Brandenburg, Germany, on March 8, 2026
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A goldeneye takes flight near Kersdorf, Germany.
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Ring-necked pheasants play in the snow at Longfeng wetland nature reserve on March 8, 2026, in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China.
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A great-blue-heron chick interacts with its mother at Wakodahatchee Wetlands, in Delray Beach, Florida, on March 3, 2026.
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A blue tit perches on a snow-covered branch in Germany on January 3, 2026.
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A pair of white storks stand atop a nest at sunset in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on February 24, 2026.
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A great spotted woodpecker finds a walnut in the forest.
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Two swans land on the Landwehr Canal, in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district, on March 4, 2026.
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Migrating flamingos fly over Beirut on March 16, 2026.
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A great egret in breeding plumage stands at Wakodahatchee Wetlands, in Delray Beach, Florida, on March 7, 2026.
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A white-tailed eagle soars above Brandenburg, Germany, on March 14, 2026.
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Swans feed in the Yellow River wetland in Dalad Banner, Ordos City, in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on March 8, 2026.
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A crested tit perches on a branch near Sieversdorf, Germany.
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Storks preen each other in their nest in Hesse, Germany, on March 10, 2026.
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Thousands of snow geese and greater white-fronted geese have begun their spring migration and passed through a marshland area at the Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge on February 18, 2026, near Mound City, Missouri.
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Plum blossoms bloom on branches as magpies flit among them in Wanmu Village, Youyang County, Chongqing, China, on March 3, 2026.
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A hooded crow perches on the back of a sheep and plucks wool to pad its nest, near Berlin, Germany, on March 9, 2026.
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A visitor photographs a wood stork perched on a boardwalk railing at Wakodahatchee Wetlands, in Delray Beach, Florida, on March 7, 2026.
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Great-blue-heron chicks beg their mother for food at Wakodahatchee Wetlands on March 10, 2026.