October POTM Contest

[JerseyWendy]

October's Theme for our POTM Contest is ​

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BIRDS IN THE WILD ​

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Rules for the contest: One (1) photo per member, please.​

NO photoshopping/editing​

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Submitted photo must have been taken by member who is submitting it​

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Entries will be accepted from today, October 1st through Wednesday, October 28th.​

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A public Poll will determine the winner.​

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The winner will receive a FREE One (1) year Premium Membership, and the winning photo will be placed on the forum's Homepage for the entire month of November.​

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Have fun everyone!​

 

[getwozzy]

Ooooooo nice theme!!!

Here's mine (just for fun- not an official entry)....a juvenile red tail hawk stretching his wings on a flight training pit stop in my backyard

 

[Anansi]

Sweet, Shirre! Beautiful shot!

 

[JerseyWendy]

Also just for fun. (Gosh....I will miss them SO much. They won't be back until May next year )

 

[getwozzy]

Beautiful pic, Wendy- hummingbirds always amaze me

 

[Nakiska]

Oh my goodness! I can only submit ONE? Gaaaccckkkkk! Off to go find my favorite of about 20,000 favorites! LOLOL

Toni

 

[Nakiska]

JerseyWendy I'm with you on the hummingbirds...I miss them the day after I see my last one...it's agonizing to have to wait approximately 6 more months for me.

 

[Blancaej]

Wow, awesome picture you two!!

 

[Blancaej]

Can it be a picture of a bird at the zoo in it's natural habitat?? I take loads of pictures at the zoo!

 

[JerseyWendy]

Can it be a picture of a bird at the zoo in it's natural habitat??

Yes, absolutely!

 

[Blancaej]

Great! Thanks Wendy!

 

[Gillis]

Such wonderful photos so far, I love them!

Oh my.... how to choose?! I work "professionaly" with wild seabirds, namely Puffins, Terns, Gulls, Petrels... and I've worked in Hawaii with some pretty amazing endangered and endemic species, but those photos are when the birds are at the rehab center so I can't include those!

So I guess here's my entry. This is a Common Tern parent feeding her young chick in the wild. At first they have to be very patient, especially when feeding something this size!

And just for fun, here's a Puffin with a full load of fish heading back to his burrow to feed his chick. Matinicus Rock Lighthouse is in the background where I lived for part of a summer.

LOTS more where those came from!

 

[Blancaej]

Here is my entry. I took this picture while at the National Zoo in Maryland this past February.

You would think living in Vermont I would have a ton of wild bird photos. But I'm just starting to get into wild birds and hope to do some birding up here in Vermont and get some nice shots of our local wild bird population.

But I do love this picture of this Cardinal. They are so beautiful and my MIL's favorite bird.

 

[Blancaej]

Such wonderful photos so far, I love them!

Oh my.... how to choose?! I work "professionaly" with wild seabirds, namely Puffins, Terns, Gulls, Petrels... and I've worked in Hawaii with some pretty amazing endangered and endemic species, but those photos are when the birds are at the rehab center so I can't include those!

So I guess here's my entry. This is a Common Tern parent feeding her young chick in the wild. At first they have to be very patient, especially when feeding something this size!

And just for fun, here's a Puffin with a full load of fish heading back to his burrow to feed his chick. Matinicus Rock Lighthouse is in the background where I lived for part of a summer.

LOTS more where those came from!

Nice! Will be tough to compete against that shot!

 

[Gillis]

Nice! Will be tough to keep against that shot!

But your cardinal is so beautiful! Loving all these photos!

 

[Blancaej]

Oh my goodness! I can only submit ONE? Gaaaccckkkkk! Off to go find my favorite of about 20,000 favorites! LOLOL

Toni

I think that is the toughest part of this months photo contest! I have a bunch of great wild birds shots, it's just finding a favorite! :09:

 

[Allee]

Wow! Excellent entries already, this will be another spectacular contest!

***Just for fun photos are always welcome too, as long as you let us know the one photo you wish to enter.

 

[Mekaisto]

Oooh! This one should be fun!

 

[Mekaisto]

GEE ok this was a hard one indeed, in the end I liked this one the most:

It's a female bateleur eagle, taken at Hlane national park, Swaziland

 

[ruffledfeathers]

I think some of them that are posted already could be our winners, but the more participants, the more fun.
Here is 'my' baby robin. I have so many of them who nest in my yard and had the experience last year of feeding/caring for one until I found mama. I am particularly in love/invested in them now. I watched this baby's nest from when mom was first on the eggs, to hatching, to being out in the yard on my hammock. Always happy to see them thriving.