{"id":2191032,"date":"2026-05-07T09:21:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2191032"},"modified":"2026-05-07T09:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:22:32","slug":"results-of-the-best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/results-of-the-best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Results of the Best Photo of the Month April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u00a0 are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Murphy wins First Prize with his outstanding image\u00a0 <em>&#8216;Sea Otters<\/em><em>&#8216;. <\/em>Jess Findlay wins Second and Third Prizes with <em>&#8220;A Male Resplendent Quetzal at Rest on a Limb Adorned with Orchids&#8221; and<\/em>\u00a0<em>&#8220;A Male Golden-browed Chlorophonia Delicately Plucks a Fruit from a Cavendishia Shrub&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Please give kudos to the photographers by leaving comments at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n<p>See detailed results below:<\/p>\n<p>(click on thumbnails for slideshow).<\/p>\n<div id='ngg-image-18239' 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-april-2026\/sea-otters.jpg\" title=\"Sea Otters\" alttext=\"Sea Otters\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_sea-otters.jpg' title= 'Sea Otters' alt='Sea Otters'\/><\/a><span>Sea Otters<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/alan\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Alan Murphy<\/a><\/span><span>89 votes (12.36%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18260' 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-april-2026\/resplendent-quetzal.jpg\" title=\"A Male Resplendent Quetzal at Rest on a Limb Adorned with Orchids\" alttext=\"A Male Resplendent Quetzal at Rest on a Limb Adorned with Orchids\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_resplendent-quetzal.jpg' title= 'A Male Resplendent Quetzal at Rest on a Limb Adorned with Orchids' alt='A Male Resplendent Quetzal at Rest on a Limb Adorned with Orchids'\/><\/a><span>A Male 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>65 votes (9.03%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18259' 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-april-2026\/golden-browed-chlorophonia-2.jpg\" title=\"A Male Golden-browed Chlorophonia Delicately Plucks a Fruit from a Cavendishia Shrub\" alttext=\"A Male Golden-browed Chlorophonia Delicately Plucks a Fruit from a Cavendishia Shrub\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_golden-browed-chlorophonia-2.jpg' title= 'A Male Golden-browed Chlorophonia Delicately Plucks a Fruit from a Cavendishia Shrub' alt='A Male Golden-browed Chlorophonia Delicately Plucks a Fruit from a Cavendishia Shrub'\/><\/a><span>A Male Golden-browed Chlorophonia Delicately Plucks a Fruit from a Cavendishia Shrub<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/jess\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Jess Findlay<\/a><\/span><span>57 votes (7.92%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-18240' 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-april-2026\/male-female-redpolls.jpg\" title=\"Male &amp; Female Redpolls\" alttext=\"Male &amp; Female Redpolls\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_male-female-redpolls.jpg' title= 'Male & Female Redpolls' alt='Male & Female Redpolls'\/><\/a><span>Male & Female Redpolls<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/alan\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Alan Murphy<\/a><\/span><span>51 votes (7.08%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18235' 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-april-2026\/dsc_7042.jpeg\" title=\"Coyote\" alttext=\"Coyote\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_dsc_7042.jpeg' title= 'Coyote' alt='Coyote'\/><\/a><span>Coyote<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/chrisb\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">ChrisB<\/a><\/span><span>47 votes (6.53%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18256' 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-april-2026\/black-billed-mountain-toucan-andigena-nigrirostris-2.jpg\" title=\"Black-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena Nigrirostris) \" alttext=\"Black-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena Nigrirostris) \" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-billed-mountain-toucan-andigena-nigrirostris-2.jpg' title= 'Black-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena Nigrirostris) ' alt='Black-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena Nigrirostris) '\/><\/a><span>Black-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena Nigrirostris) <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/glennbartley\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Glenn Bartley<\/a><\/span><span>45 votes (6.25%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-18238' 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-april-2026\/female-coopers-hawk.jpg\" title=\"Female Cooper\u2019s Hawk\" alttext=\"Female Cooper\u2019s Hawk\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_female-coopers-hawk.jpg' title= 'Female Cooper\u2019s Hawk' alt='Female Cooper\u2019s Hawk'\/><\/a><span>Female Cooper\u2019s Hawk<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/alan\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Alan Murphy<\/a><\/span><span>43 votes (5.97%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18237' 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-april-2026\/dsc_7086.jpeg\" title=\"Bighorn Sheep\" alttext=\"Bighorn Sheep\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_dsc_7086.jpeg' title= 'Bighorn Sheep' alt='Bighorn Sheep'\/><\/a><span>Bighorn Sheep<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/chrisb\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">ChrisB<\/a><\/span><span>42 votes (5.83%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18255' 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-april-2026\/southern-emerald-toucanet-aulacorhynchus-albivitta.jpg\" title=\"Southern Emerald-toucanet (Aulacorhynchus Albivitta)\" alttext=\"Southern Emerald-toucanet (Aulacorhynchus Albivitta)\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_southern-emerald-toucanet-aulacorhynchus-albivitta.jpg' title= 'Southern Emerald-toucanet (Aulacorhynchus Albivitta)' alt='Southern Emerald-toucanet (Aulacorhynchus Albivitta)'\/><\/a><span>Southern Emerald-toucanet (Aulacorhynchus Albivitta)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/glennbartley\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Glenn Bartley<\/a><\/span><span>41 votes (5.69%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-18257' 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-april-2026\/shining-sunbeam-aglaeactis-cupripennis.jpg\" title=\"Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis Cupripennis)\" alttext=\"Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis Cupripennis)\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_shining-sunbeam-aglaeactis-cupripennis.jpg' title= 'Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis Cupripennis)' alt='Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis Cupripennis)'\/><\/a><span>Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis Cupripennis)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/glennbartley\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Glenn Bartley<\/a><\/span><span>40 votes (5.56%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18244' 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-april-2026\/310326_rsa_sakathy_lizard_hot_feet.jpg\" title=\"Trying to Fly\" alttext=\"Trying to Fly\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_310326_rsa_sakathy_lizard_hot_feet.jpg' title= 'Trying to Fly' alt='Trying to Fly'\/><\/a><span>Trying to Fly<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/porsche\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Diane Stuckey<\/a><\/span><span>29 votes (4.03%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18261' 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-april-2026\/macaw.jpg\" title=\"A Red-and-green Macaw Streaks Past, Holding a Lump of  Clay in Its Powerful Bil\" alttext=\"A Red-and-green Macaw Streaks Past, Holding a Lump of  Clay in Its Powerful Bil\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_macaw.jpg' title= 'A Red-and-green Macaw Streaks Past, Holding a Lump of  Clay in Its Powerful Bil' alt='A Red-and-green Macaw Streaks Past, Holding a Lump of  Clay in Its Powerful Bil'\/><\/a><span>A Red-and-green Macaw Streaks Past, Holding a Lump of  Clay in Its Powerful Bil<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/jess\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Jess Findlay<\/a><\/span><span>27 votes (3.75%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-18252' 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-april-2026\/garraffe-flirty-lashes.jpg\" title=\"Flirty Lashes\" alttext=\"Flirty Lashes\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_garraffe-flirty-lashes.jpg' title= 'Flirty Lashes' alt='Flirty Lashes'\/><\/a><span>Flirty Lashes<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/jacqui-caetano\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Jacqui Caetano<\/a><\/span><span>27 votes (3.75%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18245' 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-april-2026\/300326_rsa_sekathy_nyala_femaie_action.jpg\" title=\"On the Run\" alttext=\"On the Run\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_300326_rsa_sekathy_nyala_femaie_action.jpg' title= 'On the Run' alt='On the Run'\/><\/a><span>On the Run<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/porsche\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Diane Stuckey<\/a><\/span><span>26 votes (3.61%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18243' 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-april-2026\/160226_umkumbe_rsa_spotted_hyena.jpg\" title=\"Just Watching\" alttext=\"Just Watching\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_160226_umkumbe_rsa_spotted_hyena.jpg' title= 'Just Watching' alt='Just Watching'\/><\/a><span>Just Watching<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/porsche\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Diane Stuckey<\/a><\/span><span>25 votes (3.47%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-18236' 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-april-2026\/dsc07252_original.jpeg\" title=\"Fallow Deer\" alttext=\"Fallow Deer\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_dsc07252_original.jpeg' title= 'Fallow Deer' alt='Fallow Deer'\/><\/a><span>Fallow Deer<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/chrisb\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">ChrisB<\/a><\/span><span>22 votes (3.06%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18231' 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-april-2026\/pied_shag_3_wm.jpg\" title=\"Pied Shag\" alttext=\"Pied Shag\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_pied_shag_3_wm.jpg' title= 'Pied Shag' alt='Pied Shag'\/><\/a><span>Pied Shag<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/ken-billington\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Ken Billington<\/a><\/span><span>17 votes (2.36%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18229' 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-april-2026\/variable-oystercatcher_2_wm.jpg\" title=\"Variable Oystercatcher\" alttext=\"Variable Oystercatcher\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_variable-oystercatcher_2_wm.jpg' title= 'Variable Oystercatcher' alt='Variable Oystercatcher'\/><\/a><span>Variable Oystercatcher<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/ken-billington\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Ken Billington<\/a><\/span><span>13 votes (1.81%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-18254' 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-april-2026\/lilic-breasted-roller-in-knp.jpg\" title=\"Lilac Breasted Roller\" alttext=\"Lilac Breasted Roller\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_lilic-breasted-roller-in-knp.jpg' title= 'Lilac Breasted Roller' alt='Lilac Breasted Roller'\/><\/a><span>Lilac Breasted Roller<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/jacqui-caetano\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Jacqui Caetano<\/a><\/span><span>10 votes (1.39%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18230' 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-april-2026\/australasian-swamphen_0_wm.jpg\" title=\"Australasian Swamphen\" alttext=\"Australasian Swamphen\" class=\"shutterset_set_900\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-april-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_australasian-swamphen_0_wm.jpg' title= 'Australasian Swamphen' alt='Australasian Swamphen'\/><\/a><span>Australasian Swamphen<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/ken-billington\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Ken Billington<\/a><\/span><span>4 votes (0.56%)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The next competition starts on 31 May 2026<\/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>We\u00a0 are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Alan Murphy wins First Prize with his outstanding image\u00a0 &#8216;Sea Otters&#8216;. Jess Findlay wins Second and Third Prizes with &#8220;A Male Resplendent Quetzal at Rest on a Limb Adorned with Orchids&#8221; and\u00a0&#8220;A Male Golden-browed Chlorophonia Delicately Plucks a Fruit from a Cavendishia Shrub&#8221;. 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