Request for Photos for Colorado Birds - August-Oct 2022
George Mayfield
Hello Colorado Bird Photographers!
Once again we’re looking for photos for the next issue of Colorado Birds, the quarterly journal of the Colorado Field Ornithologists. We are seeking photos taken from August - October 2022 for 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 (please guidelines below).
Please submit your photos to me (georgem...@gmail.com) no later than. Jan 25, 2023.
We are specifically looking for photos of the following species reported in Colorado during this time period:
Rare/Vagrant
BRANT
PURPLE SANDPIPER
LESSER NIGHTHAWK
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD
RED KNOT
LITTLE GULL
ARCTIC TERN
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
PACIFIC WREN
SEDGE WREN
MOURNING WARBLER
CAPE MAY WARBLER
CANADA WARBLER
BRAMBLING
Unusual
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black-Scoter
Yellow-billed Loon
Red-throated Loon
Long-tailed Duck
Red-necked Grebe
Red Phalarope
Piping Plover
Snowy Plover
Am. Golden Plover
Whimbrel
Ruddy Turnstone
Dunlin
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
Black-Legged Kittiwake
Laughing Gull
Short-billed Gull
Little Blue Heron
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Thick-billed Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Purple Martin
Carolina Wren
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Wood Thrush
Varied Thrush
Sprague's Pipit
Common Redpoll
Snow Bunting
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Grace’s Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Summer Tanager
West Slope sightings of the following species:
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT
CASSIA CROSSBILL
Broad Winged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Brown Thrasher
Orchard Oriole
Rusty Blackbird
Northern Waterthrush
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!
George Mayfield
Photo Editor, Colorado Birds
Photo Submission Guidelines:
Photos from August - October 2022
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: species-date-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:
American Robin (or AMRO) -20191004-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 georgem...@gmail.com
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George Mayfield
Wheat Ridge, CO