{"id":2185975,"date":"2025-02-28T09:29:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T08:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2185975"},"modified":"2025-02-28T09:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T08:29:56","slug":"vote-for-the-best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/vote-for-the-best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"VOTE for the Best Photo of the Month February 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the \u201cBest Photo of the Month\u201d competition showcasing and celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth. Voting is easy and lots of fun. By popular request the number of images to be selected has been increased to six.<\/p>\n<p>First click an image and the slideshow will start automatically.\u00a0Select the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>SIX<\/strong> <\/span>images you like best of all and click the blue VOTE button at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n<p>After registering your vote you will be able to see the current status of the voting.<\/p>\n<p>Voting will remain open for 7 days after which the results will be published.<\/p>\n<p>After browsing the photos, please give kudos to the photographers by leaving a comment at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n<div id='ngg-image-17506' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/great-grey-owls-strix-nebulosa.jpg\" title=\"Female Great Grey Owl (Strix Nebulosa) Comforts One of Her Three Chicks\" alttext=\"Female Great Grey Owl (Strix Nebulosa) Comforts One of Her Three Chicks\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_great-grey-owls-strix-nebulosa.jpg' title= 'Female Great Grey Owl (Strix Nebulosa) Comforts One of Her Three Chicks' alt='Female Great Grey Owl (Strix Nebulosa) Comforts One of Her Three Chicks'\/><\/a><span>Female Great Grey Owl (Strix Nebulosa) Comforts One of Her Three Chicks<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/jess\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Jess Findlay<\/a><\/span><span>83 votes (9.47%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17504' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/leopard-eyes.jpeg\" title=\"Leopard Eyes\" alttext=\"Leopard Eyes\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_leopard-eyes.jpeg' title= 'Leopard Eyes' alt='Leopard Eyes'\/><\/a><span>Leopard Eyes<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/omegape2000yahoo-com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Steve Wagner<\/a><\/span><span>75 votes (8.56%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17429' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/kingfisher-torresian-scene-web.jpg\" title=\"Torresian Kingfisher Serenity\" alttext=\"Torresian Kingfisher Serenity\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_kingfisher-torresian-scene-web.jpg' title= 'Torresian Kingfisher Serenity' alt='Torresian Kingfisher Serenity'\/><\/a><span>Torresian Kingfisher Serenity<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/david-taylor\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">David Taylor<\/a><\/span><span>64 votes (7.31%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-17508' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/mtr_7429_agami-michael_tweddle.jpg\" title=\"Agami Style\" alttext=\"Agami Style\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_mtr_7429_agami-michael_tweddle.jpg' title= 'Agami Style' alt='Agami Style'\/><\/a><span>Agami Style<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/tweddlefoto\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Michael Tweddle<\/a><\/span><span>62 votes (7.08%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17502' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/breaching-whale-topaz-upscale-4000w.jpeg\" title=\"Breaching Whale\" alttext=\"Breaching Whale\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_breaching-whale-topaz-upscale-4000w.jpeg' title= 'Breaching Whale' alt='Breaching Whale'\/><\/a><span>Breaching Whale<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/omegape2000yahoo-com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Steve Wagner<\/a><\/span><span>61 votes (6.96%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17431' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/lion-male-king-with-cub-1-web.jpg\" title=\"Love Ya Dad! Cub with Pride Male\" alttext=\"Love Ya Dad! Cub with Pride Male\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_lion-male-king-with-cub-1-web.jpg' title= 'Love Ya Dad! Cub with Pride Male' alt='Love Ya Dad! Cub with Pride Male'\/><\/a><span>Love Ya Dad! Cub with Pride Male<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/david-taylor\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">David Taylor<\/a><\/span><span>59 votes (6.74%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-17427' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/white-throated-mountain-gem-lampornis-castaneoventris-2.jpg\" title=\"White-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis Castaneoventris)\" alttext=\"White-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis Castaneoventris)\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_white-throated-mountain-gem-lampornis-castaneoventris-2.jpg' title= 'White-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis Castaneoventris)' alt='White-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis Castaneoventris)'\/><\/a><span>White-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis Castaneoventris)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/glennbartley\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Glenn Bartley<\/a><\/span><span>51 votes (5.82%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17509' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/mtf_8545_toco-michael_tweddle.jpg\" title=\"Toco in Pink\" alttext=\"Toco in Pink\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_mtf_8545_toco-michael_tweddle.jpg' title= 'Toco in Pink' alt='Toco in Pink'\/><\/a><span>Toco in Pink<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/tweddlefoto\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Michael Tweddle<\/a><\/span><span>51 votes (5.82%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17505' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/resplendent-quetzal-at-rest-on-a-limb-adorned-with-orchids.jpg\" title=\"Resplendent Quetzal at Rest on a Limb Adorned with Orchids\" alttext=\"Resplendent Quetzal at Rest on a Limb Adorned with Orchids\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_resplendent-quetzal-at-rest-on-a-limb-adorned-with-orchids.jpg' title= 'Resplendent Quetzal at Rest on a Limb Adorned with Orchids' alt='Resplendent Quetzal at Rest on a Limb Adorned with Orchids'\/><\/a><span>Resplendent Quetzal at Rest on a Limb Adorned with Orchids<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/jess\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Jess Findlay<\/a><\/span><span>49 votes (5.59%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-17416' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/the-south-texas-cardinals-are-just-stunning-heres-one-eating-a-yaupon-holly-berry.jpg\" title=\"The South Texas Cardinals Are Just Stunning. Here\u2019s One Eating a Yaupon Holly Berry\" alttext=\"The South Texas Cardinals Are Just Stunning. Here\u2019s One Eating a Yaupon Holly Berry\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_the-south-texas-cardinals-are-just-stunning-heres-one-eating-a-yaupon-holly-berry.jpg' title= 'The South Texas Cardinals Are Just Stunning. Here\u2019s One Eating a Yaupon Holly Berry' alt='The South Texas Cardinals Are Just Stunning. Here\u2019s One Eating a Yaupon Holly Berry'\/><\/a><span>The South Texas Cardinals Are Just Stunning. Here\u2019s One Eating a Yaupon Holly Berry<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/alan\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Alan Murphy<\/a><\/span><span>44 votes (5.02%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17510' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/mtr_2919_yoga_macaw-michael_tweddle.jpg\" title=\"Yoga Macaw\" alttext=\"Yoga Macaw\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_mtr_2919_yoga_macaw-michael_tweddle.jpg' title= 'Yoga Macaw' alt='Yoga Macaw'\/><\/a><span>Yoga Macaw<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/tweddlefoto\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Michael Tweddle<\/a><\/span><span>44 votes (5.02%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17503' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/elk-2020-10-04-009-topaz-denoise-sharpen-copy-topaz-upscale-4000w.jpeg\" title=\"Smoky Mountain Elk\" alttext=\"Smoky Mountain Elk\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_elk-2020-10-04-009-topaz-denoise-sharpen-copy-topaz-upscale-4000w.jpeg' title= 'Smoky Mountain Elk' alt='Smoky Mountain Elk'\/><\/a><span>Smoky Mountain Elk<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/omegape2000yahoo-com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Steve Wagner<\/a><\/span><span>36 votes (4.11%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-17418' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/western-grebe-feeding-a-young-grebe.jpg\" title=\"Western Grebe Feeding a Young Grebe\" alttext=\"Western Grebe Feeding a Young Grebe\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_western-grebe-feeding-a-young-grebe.jpg' title= 'Western Grebe Feeding a Young Grebe' alt='Western Grebe Feeding a Young Grebe'\/><\/a><span>Western Grebe Feeding a Young Grebe<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/alan\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Alan Murphy<\/a><\/span><span>34 votes (3.88%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17507' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/peruvian-pelicans.jpg\" title=\"A Boorish Gang of Peruvian Pelicans Queues up Next to a Waterfront Fish Market\" alttext=\"A Boorish Gang of Peruvian Pelicans Queues up Next to a Waterfront Fish Market\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_peruvian-pelicans.jpg' title= 'A Boorish Gang of Peruvian Pelicans Queues up Next to a Waterfront Fish Market' alt='A Boorish Gang of Peruvian Pelicans Queues up Next to a Waterfront Fish Market'\/><\/a><span>A Boorish Gang of Peruvian Pelicans Queues up Next to a Waterfront Fish Market<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/jess\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Jess Findlay<\/a><\/span><span>32 votes (3.65%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17423' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/dscn1056_1.jpg\" title=\"Petter\u2019s Sportive Lemur in Repose\" alttext=\"Petter\u2019s Sportive Lemur in Repose\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn1056_1.jpg' title= 'Petter\u2019s Sportive Lemur in Repose' alt='Petter\u2019s Sportive Lemur in Repose'\/><\/a><span>Petter\u2019s Sportive Lemur in Repose<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/loric\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">LoriC<\/a><\/span><span>23 votes (2.63%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-17425' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/crested-auklet-2024-06-30-001.jpg\" title=\"Crested Auklet\" alttext=\"Crested Auklet\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_crested-auklet-2024-06-30-001.jpg' title= 'Crested Auklet' alt='Crested Auklet'\/><\/a><span>Crested Auklet<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/glennbartley\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Glenn Bartley<\/a><\/span><span>23 votes (2.63%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17417' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/a-singing-black-tailed-gnatcatcher-on-aloe-vera.jpg\" title=\"A Singing Black-tailed Gnatcatcher on Aloe Vera\" alttext=\"A Singing Black-tailed Gnatcatcher on Aloe Vera\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_a-singing-black-tailed-gnatcatcher-on-aloe-vera.jpg' title= 'A Singing Black-tailed Gnatcatcher on Aloe Vera' alt='A Singing Black-tailed Gnatcatcher on Aloe Vera'\/><\/a><span>A Singing Black-tailed Gnatcatcher on Aloe Vera<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/alan\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Alan Murphy<\/a><\/span><span>22 votes (2.51%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17426' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/pacific-wren-2024-06-27-008.jpg\" title=\"Pacific Wren\" alttext=\"Pacific Wren\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_pacific-wren-2024-06-27-008.jpg' title= 'Pacific Wren' alt='Pacific Wren'\/><\/a><span>Pacific Wren<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/glennbartley\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Glenn Bartley<\/a><\/span><span>21 votes (2.4%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-17430' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/lion-hippo-kill-kenya-17-web.jpg\" title=\"Lionesses at Hippo Kill \" alttext=\"Lionesses at Hippo Kill \" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_lion-hippo-kill-kenya-17-web.jpg' title= 'Lionesses at Hippo Kill ' alt='Lionesses at Hippo Kill '\/><\/a><span>Lionesses at Hippo Kill <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/david-taylor\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">David Taylor<\/a><\/span><span>20 votes (2.28%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17501' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/16x12.jpg\" title=\"Bald Eagle with Lunch\" alttext=\"Bald Eagle with Lunch\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_16x12.jpg' title= 'Bald Eagle with Lunch' alt='Bald Eagle with Lunch'\/><\/a><span>Bald Eagle with Lunch<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/dihawk50\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Diane Hawkins<\/a><\/span><span>19 votes (2.17%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17419' class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33'><div class='ngg-gallery-thumbnail'><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/cb-9.jpg\" title=\"Crossbill\" alttext=\"Crossbill\" class=\"shutterset_set_884\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-february-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_cb-9.jpg' title= 'Crossbill' alt='Crossbill'\/><\/a><span>Crossbill<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/dean-eades\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Dean Eades<\/a><\/span><span>3 votes (0.34%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The next competition starts on 31 March 2025<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Winning photos will be featured on our banner<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class='mb-center maxbutton-7-center'><span class='maxbutton-7-container mb-container'><a class=\"maxbutton-7 maxbutton maxbutton-upload-your-photo-here\" href=\"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/photo-competition\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><span class='mb-text'>Upload Your Photo Here<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Conditions of Entry<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You have read and agree to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/log-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Terms of Service<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>You confirm that the photo copyright belongs to you.<\/li>\n<li>The photo title and descriptive fields must be completed.<\/li>\n<li>Photos in frames or with colored borders are not allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Photos of pets, captive or domestic animals are not allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Contestants can vote for their own photos but ONLY ONCE!<\/li>\n<li>Photos of paintings or drawings of wild animals are not allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Photos not in accordance with conditions of use may be excluded.<\/li>\n<li>Winning photos will also be featured on our blog\u2019s rotating banner.<\/li>\n<li>Use of social media to manipulate or influence voting is not allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Images should not be duplicated by uploading into more than one gallery.<\/li>\n<li>Composite photos created by superimposing two or more separate photos not allowed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the \u201cBest Photo of the Month\u201d competition showcasing and celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth. Voting is easy and lots of fun. By popular request the number of images to be selected has been increased to six. 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