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Jun 162012
 

During the last week our authors and photographers have excelled themselves by posting articles richly illustrated with outstanding images. Our competition is called “Best Photo of the Week”.

You may wish to click on the images to enlarge them to get the full effect. Please select the three images you like best of all and vote for them at the bottom of this page. Voting will remain open for 6 days after which the results will be published.

After registering your 3 votes you’ll be able to see which images our other readers have chosen. You may wish to return to this page during the week to see how the voting is proceeding. You may also leave comments at the bottom of this page if you wish.

Thanks in advance for supporting this “Best Photo of the Week Competition”.

Flying Bee-eater

Vittata Pied Wheatear; Israel, Marc Guyt, www.agami.nl

Vittata Pied Wheatear

Freezing Time

Collared Owlet

Brown Pelican

Green Vervet Monkey

Cinnamon Hummingbird

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Chestnut-headed Tanager / Pyrrhocoma ruficeps

Chestnut-headed Tanager

Black-Bellied Plover

Gannet Courtship

Northern Gannet in Flight

Cinnamon Becard

Marsh Wren

Killdeer

Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan

Which 3 photos from last week do you like best of all?

  • Gannet Courtship by Ron McCombe (56%, 31 Votes)
  • Flying Bee-eater by Rob Belterman (51%, 28 Votes)
  • Cinnamon Hummingbird by Glenn Bartley (38%, 21 Votes)
  • Freezing Time by Rick Lieder (29%, 16 Votes)
  • Chestnut-headed Tanager by Jefferson Silva (16%, 9 Votes)
  • Collared Owlet by Raymond Barlow (16%, 9 Votes)
  • Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan by Don Getty (13%, 7 Votes)
  • Marsh Wren by Nina Stavlund (13%, 7 Votes)
  • Cinnamon Becard by Pat O'Donnell (9%, 5 Votes)
  • Northern Gannet in Flight by Cain Scrimgeour (9%, 5 Votes)
  • Vittata Pied Wheatear by Marc Guyt (7%, 4 Votes)
  • Black-Bellied Plover by Mia McPherson (7%, 4 Votes)
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail by Steven Scott (5%, 3 Votes)
  • Killdeer by Larry Jordan (4%, 2 Votes)
  • Green Vervet Monkey by Rachel Ann French (4%, 2 Votes)
  • Brown Pelican by Nic Slocum (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 55

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Best Photo of the Week – Conditions of Entry

1) Entries will be selected from articles posted during the previous week
2) Entries will be limited to one original photo per author / contributor.
3) Any person can propose photos for entry by sending an e-mail to the webmaster.
4) In the absence of entry proposals the webmaster will make the selection.
5) Winning photos will be featured on our banner.

Leave a Comment

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  • Dave

    Excellent images!   Fun to choose the top 3.

  • Margaret Adamson

    Well done everyone who entered a photo.  Quite difficult to choose only 3 but the competition is a good idea. Looking forward to seeing  more wonderful shot of birds.

  • Pwolstenholme

    Brilliant idea,look forward to future weeks.

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