Spring 2023 Bird Photos Needed
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 in Spring 2023 (March - May) 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. August 10, 2023.
We are specifically looking for photos of the following species reported in Colorado during this time period:
Rare/Vagrant
Reddish Egret
Acadian Flycatcher
Bohemian Waxwing
Lucy’s Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Unusual
Brant
Eurasian Wigeon
Mexican Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Red-necked Grebe
Lesser Nighthawk
Black Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Snowy Plover
Piping Plover
Hudsonian Godwit
Sabine’s Gull
Laughing Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Neotropic Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Common Black Hawk
Harris’s Hawk
Vermilion Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Pacific Wren
Winter Wren
Curve-billed Thrasher
Varied Thrush
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Wood Thrush
Black-throated Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Scott’s Oriole
Worm-eating Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
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
Wheat Ridge, CO
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Photo Submission Guidelines:
Photos from March-May 2023
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). I will crop and resize as needed. Email your submissions to georgem...@gmail.com