{"id":2188953,"date":"2025-10-31T09:27:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T08:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2188953"},"modified":"2025-10-31T09:27:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T08:27:44","slug":"vote-for-the-best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/vote-for-the-best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"VOTE for the Best Photo of the Month October 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-17911' 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-october-2025\/boommarter-european-pine-marten-martes-martes_marcelloromeo_26a3792.jpg\" title=\"Pine Marten with Prey\" alttext=\"Pine Marten with Prey\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_boommarter-european-pine-marten-martes-martes_marcelloromeo_26a3792.jpg' title= 'Pine Marten with Prey' alt='Pine Marten with Prey'\/><\/a><span>Pine Marten with Prey<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/marcelloromeo\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Marcel de Bruin<\/a><\/span><span>62 votes (9.23%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17917' 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-october-2025\/ringed-kingfisher-ceryle-torquata.jpg\" title=\"Ringed Kingfisher with Fish (Ceryle Torquata)\" alttext=\"Ringed Kingfisher with Fish (Ceryle Torquata)\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_ringed-kingfisher-ceryle-torquata.jpg' title= 'Ringed Kingfisher with Fish (Ceryle Torquata)' alt='Ringed Kingfisher with Fish (Ceryle Torquata)'\/><\/a><span>Ringed Kingfisher with Fish (Ceryle Torquata)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/glennbartley\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Glenn Bartley<\/a><\/span><span>61 votes (9.08%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17902' 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-october-2025\/bald-eagle-3.jpg\" title=\"Bald Eagle \" alttext=\"Bald Eagle \" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_bald-eagle-3.jpg' title= 'Bald Eagle ' alt='Bald Eagle '\/><\/a><span>Bald Eagle <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/alan\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Alan Murphy<\/a><\/span><span>53 votes (7.89%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-17901' 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-october-2025\/img_0787.jpg\" title=\"Lizard at Home in Bird House\" alttext=\"Lizard at Home in Bird House\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_0787.jpg' title= 'Lizard at Home in Bird House' alt='Lizard at Home in Bird House'\/><\/a><span>Lizard at Home in Bird House<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/kmbasile\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">kmbasile<\/a><\/span><span>52 votes (7.74%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17913' 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-october-2025\/zeearend-white-tailed-eagle-haliaeetus-albicilla_marcelloromeo_26a7499.jpg\" title=\"White-tailed Eagle (9 in 1)\" alttext=\"White-tailed Eagle (9 in 1)\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_zeearend-white-tailed-eagle-haliaeetus-albicilla_marcelloromeo_26a7499.jpg' title= 'White-tailed Eagle (9 in 1)' alt='White-tailed Eagle (9 in 1)'\/><\/a><span>White-tailed Eagle (9 in 1)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/marcelloromeo\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Marcel de Bruin<\/a><\/span><span>41 votes (6.1%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17908' 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-october-2025\/img_8838.jpeg\" title=\"Atlantic Puffins\" alttext=\"Atlantic Puffins\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_8838.jpeg' title= 'Atlantic Puffins' alt='Atlantic Puffins'\/><\/a><span>Atlantic Puffins<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/chrisb\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">ChrisB<\/a><\/span><span>37 votes (5.51%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-17918' 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-october-2025\/black-collared-hawk-busarellus-nigricollis.jpg\" title=\"Black-collared Hawk with Fish (Busarellus Nigricollis)\" alttext=\"Black-collared Hawk with Fish (Busarellus Nigricollis)\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-collared-hawk-busarellus-nigricollis.jpg' title= 'Black-collared Hawk with Fish (Busarellus Nigricollis)' alt='Black-collared Hawk with Fish (Busarellus Nigricollis)'\/><\/a><span>Black-collared Hawk with Fish (Busarellus Nigricollis)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/glennbartley\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Glenn Bartley<\/a><\/span><span>36 votes (5.36%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17916' 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-october-2025\/great-white-egrets-gigapixel-standard-v2-4000h.jpeg\" title=\"Great White Egrets\" alttext=\"Great White Egrets\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_great-white-egrets-gigapixel-standard-v2-4000h.jpeg' title= 'Great White Egrets' alt='Great White Egrets'\/><\/a><span>Great White Egrets<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/omegape2000yahoo-com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Steve Wagner<\/a><\/span><span>35 votes (5.21%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17914' 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-october-2025\/baby-howler-topaz-denoise-topaz-upscale-4000w.jpeg\" title=\"Howler Monkey Clinging on\" alttext=\"Howler Monkey Clinging on\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_baby-howler-topaz-denoise-topaz-upscale-4000w.jpeg' title= 'Howler Monkey Clinging on' alt='Howler Monkey Clinging on'\/><\/a><span>Howler Monkey Clinging on<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/omegape2000yahoo-com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Steve Wagner<\/a><\/span><span>34 votes (5.06%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-17919' 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-october-2025\/rufescent-tiger-heron-tigrisoma-lineatum.jpg\" title=\"Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma Lineatum)\" alttext=\"Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma Lineatum)\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_rufescent-tiger-heron-tigrisoma-lineatum.jpg' title= 'Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma Lineatum)' alt='Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma Lineatum)'\/><\/a><span>Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma Lineatum)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/glennbartley\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Glenn Bartley<\/a><\/span><span>34 votes (5.06%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17900' 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-october-2025\/img_2989.jpeg\" title=\"Juvenile Bobcat\" alttext=\"Juvenile Bobcat\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_2989.jpeg' title= 'Juvenile Bobcat' alt='Juvenile Bobcat'\/><\/a><span>Juvenile Bobcat<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/kmbasile\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">kmbasile<\/a><\/span><span>33 votes (4.91%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17915' 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-october-2025\/rufescent-tiger-heron.jpeg\" title=\"Rufescent Tiger Heron\" alttext=\"Rufescent Tiger Heron\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_rufescent-tiger-heron.jpeg' title= 'Rufescent Tiger Heron' alt='Rufescent Tiger Heron'\/><\/a><span>Rufescent Tiger Heron<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/omegape2000yahoo-com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Steve Wagner<\/a><\/span><span>27 votes (4.02%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-17903' 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-october-2025\/river-otters.jpg\" title=\"River Otters\" alttext=\"River Otters\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_river-otters.jpg' title= 'River Otters' alt='River Otters'\/><\/a><span>River Otters<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/alan\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Alan Murphy<\/a><\/span><span>27 votes (4.02%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17909' 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-october-2025\/dsc_1144_nef_original.jpeg\" title=\"Martial Eagle\" alttext=\"Martial Eagle\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_dsc_1144_nef_original.jpeg' title= 'Martial Eagle' alt='Martial Eagle'\/><\/a><span>Martial Eagle<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/chrisb\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">ChrisB<\/a><\/span><span>26 votes (3.87%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17899' 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-october-2025\/img_8170-2.jpg\" title=\"Sibling Rivalry \" alttext=\"Sibling Rivalry \" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_8170-2.jpg' title= 'Sibling Rivalry ' alt='Sibling Rivalry '\/><\/a><span>Sibling Rivalry <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/kmbasile\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">kmbasile<\/a><\/span><span>24 votes (3.57%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-17910' 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-october-2025\/img_1729.jpeg\" title=\"Sleepyeye Dove\" alttext=\"Sleepyeye Dove\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_1729.jpeg' title= 'Sleepyeye Dove' alt='Sleepyeye Dove'\/><\/a><span>Sleepyeye Dove<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/karen_lyons_kalmenson\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Karen Lyons Kalmenson<\/a><\/span><span>20 votes (2.98%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17904' 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-october-2025\/western-grebe.jpg\" title=\"Western Grebe\" alttext=\"Western Grebe\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_western-grebe.jpg' title= 'Western Grebe' alt='Western Grebe'\/><\/a><span>Western Grebe<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/alan\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Alan Murphy<\/a><\/span><span>17 votes (2.53%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17922' 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-october-2025\/mallard_0_wm.jpg\" title=\"Mallard Anas Platyrhynchos\" alttext=\"Mallard Anas Platyrhynchos\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_mallard_0_wm.jpg' title= 'Mallard Anas Platyrhynchos' alt='Mallard Anas Platyrhynchos'\/><\/a><span>Mallard Anas Platyrhynchos<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/ken-billington\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Ken Billington<\/a><\/span><span>16 votes (2.38%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-17920' 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-october-2025\/dipper_1_wm.jpg\" title=\"White-throated Dipper Cinclus Cinclus\" alttext=\"White-throated Dipper Cinclus Cinclus\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_dipper_1_wm.jpg' title= 'White-throated Dipper Cinclus Cinclus' alt='White-throated Dipper Cinclus Cinclus'\/><\/a><span>White-throated Dipper Cinclus Cinclus<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/ken-billington\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Ken Billington<\/a><\/span><span>11 votes (1.64%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17905' 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-october-2025\/img_1553.jpeg\" title=\"Pile of Pidge\" alttext=\"Pile of Pidge\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_1553.jpeg' title= 'Pile of Pidge' alt='Pile of Pidge'\/><\/a><span>Pile of Pidge<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/karen_lyons_kalmenson\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Karen Lyons Kalmenson<\/a><\/span><span>8 votes (1.19%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17921' 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-october-2025\/eurasian_crag_martin_2_wm.jpg\" title=\"Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne Rupestris\" alttext=\"Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne Rupestris\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_eurasian_crag_martin_2_wm.jpg' title= 'Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne Rupestris' alt='Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne Rupestris'\/><\/a><span>Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne Rupestris<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/ken-billington\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Ken Billington<\/a><\/span><span>8 votes (1.19%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-17906' 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-october-2025\/fullsizerender.jpeg\" title=\"Love is Sunshine on Our Wings\" alttext=\"Love is Sunshine on Our Wings\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_fullsizerender.jpeg' title= 'Love is Sunshine on Our Wings' alt='Love is Sunshine on Our Wings'\/><\/a><span>Love is Sunshine on Our Wings<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/karen_lyons_kalmenson\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Karen Lyons Kalmenson<\/a><\/span><span>7 votes (1.04%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-17907' 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-october-2025\/img_8835.jpeg\" title=\"Double Crested Cormorant\" alttext=\"Double Crested Cormorant\" class=\"shutterset_set_894\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-october-2025\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_8835.jpeg' title= 'Double Crested Cormorant' alt='Double Crested Cormorant'\/><\/a><span>Double Crested Cormorant<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/chrisb\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">ChrisB<\/a><\/span><span>3 votes (0.45%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The next competition starts on 30 November 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. First click an image and the slideshow will start automatically.\u00a0Select the SIX images you like best [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":2188954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3173,5],"tags":[3778,2685,7888],"class_list":["post-2188953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-competitions","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-competition","tag-wild-animals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2188953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2188954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2188953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2188953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2188953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}