Calling Gallery

The Last Stand of the Imperial Guards at Waterloo

The Last Stand of the Imperial Guards at Waterloo. General Hill calling on upon the Enemy to Surrender.Print by Riddle and Goughman after the painting by Robert Hillingford, published by Sketchy Bits, 1896. Associated with Gen 1st Viscount Rowland Hill, French Army (Imperial Guard Grenadiers). Associated with Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815). Print Date: 1815

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

STONE-CURLEWS - aggressive display with wings outstretched

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STONE-CURLEWS - aggressive display with wings outstretched
Burhinus ondicnemus
Distribution: Southern United Kingdom east to southern Russia and south to Spain, Italy and the Balkans.
Local names include Norfolk Plover and Goggle eyes.
Chris Knights
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American Bison / Buffalo - male vocalizing (bellowing) during rut, side view

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American Bison / Buffalo - male vocalizing (bellowing) during rut, side view
Wyoming, USA
Bison bison
Males weigh up to 2000 pounds. They are the heaviest land mammal in North America. Mates in the summer-Bull enters the matriarchal herd and displays "flehmen" and "tending behavior" -Flehmen consists of curling the lip back and extending the neck and is thought to enhance the sense of smell- Male "tends" a female by remaining between her and the herd in an attempt to keep the cow isolated - Males threaten and can battle other contenders which can result in butting and horn-locking
John Cancalosi
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