Call for Photographs – Colorado Birds Journal - Winter 2024-25 (December-February)
George Mayfield
Dear CO Birders,
We’re excited to invite you once again to share your outstanding photographs for the next issue of Colorado Birds, the quarterly journal of the Colorado Field Ornithologists. For our “News From The Field” article, we are seeking images taken between December 1, 2024, and February 28, 2025, featuring rare, vagrant, or otherwise unusual bird species observed in Colorado (please see guidelines below).
If you would like to contribute, please email your best high-quality images to me at geo...@cobirds.org no later than this Friday, May 2, 2025. Be sure to follow the file-naming guidelines outlined below when submitting.
We are especially looking for photos of the following species reported during this period:
Winter 2024-25 (December-February)
- Brant
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Mexican Duck
- Surf Scoter
- White-winged Scoter
- Black Scoter
- Long-tailed Duck
- Red-necked Grebe
- Sora
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Dunlin
- Least Sandpiper
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Franklin’s Gull
- Short-billed Gull
- Iceland Gull (kumlieni)
- Glaucous Gull
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Pacific Loon
- Red-throated Loon
- Yellow-billed Loon
- White-faced Ibis
- Turkey Vulture
- Osprey
- Snowy Owl
- Crested Caracara
- Eastern Phoebe
- Northern House Wren
- Pacific Wren
- Gray Catbird
- Crissal Thrasher
- Varied Thrush
- Redpoll
- White-winged Crossbill
- Snow Bunting
- Chipping Sparrow
- Field Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Vesper Sparrow
- Eastern Towhee
- Bullock’s Oriole
- Black-and-white Warbler
Thanks for your contributions to Colorado Birds. Your dedication and generosity help maintain our journal’s excellence, making it one of the country’s finest. Thanks for sharing your photography with us!
George Mayfield
Photo Editor, Colorado Birds
Wheat Ridge, Jefferson Co.
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Photo Submission Guidelines:
Photos from Winter 2024-25 (December-February)
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.
Please use the following format for the photo file names: species-date-location-county-photographer. For example, a photo of an American Robin taken Oct. 4, 2024 at Chatfield State Park by John James Audubon would be named as follows:
American Robin (or AMRO)-20241004-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 geo...@cobirds.org