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Published Sunday, Mar. 18 2012, 4:43 PM EDT

Last updated Sunday, Mar. 25 2012, 9:54 PM EDT

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Here is this week's Photo Desk call-out. Images uploaded to us through Flickr are contained in a separate gallery. This gallery showcases images sent through our custom upload tool. Our staff will pick a favourite reader-submitted photo to be featured in Friday's print edition of The Globe and Mail. (Preference will be given to photos taken during the week of the call-out.) To learn more, follow the link under the gallery.

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A picture taken at a Cuban orchid garden.
(Brett Collins/Brett Collins)
A cormorant catches his breakfast
(David Hounsell/David Hounsell)
rabbit burrow in my parents front yard - Mississauga Ontario, August 2011
(Karen Harrington/Karen Harrington)
taken in Botswana 2010
(Peter Browne/Peter Browne)
On Peninsula Valdez along Argentina's Atlantic coast, elephant seals by the hundreds spend the spring and early summer resting and molting on the beach. Canon SX30 IS.
(Kent Munro/Kent Munro)
taken in Botswana 2010
(Peter Browne/Peter Browne)
Taken on a 5,000 acre ranch on Peninsula Valdez on Argentina's east coast in November 2011. Canon SX30 IS.
(Kent Munro/Kent Munro)
This Osprey was taken on Sanibel Island, FL after catching what looks like a ladyfish. I was laying on the ground trying to get the best shot.
(Patrick Bureau/Patrick Bureau)
A young female elk appears to have coloured and spiked the hair on the top of her head. She was photographed proudly displaying her hair-do near Jasper, Alta.
(Richard Erlendson/Richard Erlendson)
Fungi covers a tree, emulating the qualities of a pinecone. 03/25/12
(chris yu/chris yu)
Wintering in Melbourne, Florida and captured this Great Blue Heron having his lunch on the golf course.
(Kirk Trenholm/Kirk Trenholm)
Taken on safari with good friends . This shot was capture was near midday at the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania on Janury 2, 2011.
(David Kennedy Gale/David Kennedy Gale)
Snapped by my 14 year old daugher, Bryony, from a boat touring the swamps outside New Orleans during Spring Break last week.
(Margot Stevenson/Margot Stevenson)
The National Reserve of Salinas and Aguada Blanca in southern Peru is home to both vicuna and alpaca. Taken on the morning of March 11, 2012.
(Robert B. Donaghy/Robert B. Donaghy)
Snowshoeing on the barrens near St. John's, Mar. 3, 2012. A caribou checks me out.
(Peter Gammon/Peter Gammon)
Keeping the Governor safe from intruders. Sunday March, 18, 2012.
(Robert B. Donaghy/Robert B. Donaghy)
Llama wander freely around Machu Picchu. Natural lawn-mowers, if you will. Taken March 16,2012.
(Robert B. Donaghy/Robert B. Donaghy)
Duck on Stratford Festival grounds Sept 2011
(Ilona Crabbe/Ilona Crabbe)
Taken on Lake Eola, Orlando,Florida. White swan ready for flight.
(John Stuteley/John Stuteley)
This Snowy Egret was patiently waiting for food on a fishing pier in Sarasota, Florida
(Larry Vollick/Larry Vollick)
waiting on the fence for their turn at the bird feeder
(T. Parish/T. Parish)
A chipmunk on a rock by Penticton, B.C.
(Jorden Dixon/Jorden Dixon)
elephants in Sri Lanka
(Cole Mahony/Cole Mahony)
On our February 2012 vacation to the Mayan Riviera, this Igauna was a regular on the lounge chairs by the pool
(William White/William White)
Two gorgeous eagles in a park in East Vancourver on a sunny afternoon a couple weeks ago.
(Julia Stephenson/Julia Stephenson)
taken in Botswana 2010
(Peter Browne/Peter Browne)
A great horned owl baby trying life out of the nest
(David Hounsell/David Hounsell)
Red squirrel found during a kayak trip through Gwaii Haanas National Park (Queen Charlotte Islands).
(Ian Mackenzie/Ian Mackenzie)
two water buffalo in Sri Lanka
(Cole Mahony/Cole Mahony)
The snowmobile community of Yukon and Northern B.C get together in Atlin, B.C 18 and 19 of March 2012
(Melvin Lagersson/Melvin Lagersson)
Tree Swalllows having a dispute over a nest box.
(Larry Vollick/Larry Vollick)
A camel eating dates in the desert outside Dubai.
(Ted Glenn/Ted Glenn)
Momma and baby in Ngorogoro, Tanzania.
(Ted Glenn/Ted Glenn)
GReat White Egret landing in the J.N. Ding Darling preserve: Sanibel Island, FL.
(Patrick Bureau/Patrick Bureau)
Young White Tailed Deer shot while hiking in January
(Larry Vollick/Larry Vollick)
A curious seal I met while snorkeling in the Galapagos.
(Erin Johnson/Erin Johnson)
Three kittens with mother nearby decide not to cross highway 101 near Timmins, ON. Photographed Feb. 18, 2012
(David Black/David Black)
A bull elk with an enormous rack of antlers is in his element as he bugles during mating season near Jasper, Alta.
(Richard Erlendson/Richard Erlendson)
Downy woodpecker Feb. 25, 2012. Taken with a Nikon D3000.
(Donnie Cameron/Donnie Cameron)