An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field. This magnificent bird of prey means business as she flies in and out nearby barns before landing on the ground. Canadian wildlife photographer Megan Lorenz photographed the owl as it flew through a field in Canada’s capital city, Ottawa. The 39-year-old, of Etobicoke, Toronto, says: “I drove up to Ottawa to take advantage of the high number of snowies that can be found there.
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .