Seeking Photos for Fall 2020 "Colorado Birds"

[George]

Hi Everyone,

 

This is George Mayfield, Photo Editor for Colorado Birds, requesting photo submissions for the Fall 2020 issue.  We are seeking photos taken from September-November 2019 for inclusion in the publication's “News From The Field” article. Please send us your best, high quality photos of rare, vagrant or just unusual species for a given location.

 

Species we are specifically looking for photos of the following species: 

• Tufted Duck
• Groove-billed Ani
• Anna’s Hummingbird
• Broad-billed Hummingbird
• American Woodcock
• Parasitic Jaeger
• Long-tailed Jaeger
• Arctic Tern
• Yellow-billed Loon
• Gyrfalcon
• Eastern Wood-Pewee
• Wood Thrush
• Purple Finch
• Smith’s Longspur
• Eastern Towhee
• Eastern Meadowlark
• Mourning Warbler
• Prairie Warbler

Photo Submission Guidelines:

 

Photos must be your own, and by submitting them, you give Colorado Birds permission to reproduce in any issue and on the CFO website. We always credit images with the photographer’s name.

 

Photos must be named as follows: date-species-location-county-photographer. For example, a photo of an American Robin taken Oct. 4, 2019 at Chatfield State Park by John James Audubon would be named as follows: 20191004-AMRO-Chatfield-Adams-JJAudubon.

Minimum quality for interior publication use is 750 x 900 pixels. To be considered for the journal cover, photos must be at least 2625 pixels (vertically) x 1725 pixels (horizontally). Please send original files in the largest resolution possible (300 dpi is preferable) we will crop and resize as needed.  Email your submissions to pho...@cobirds.org.  

On behalf of Colorado Birds, thank you for sharing your photographs! Your hard work and generosity help to make our journal one of the best in the country!

 

Sincerely,

 

George Mayfield

Photo Editor, Colorado Birds