{"id":2207786,"date":"2026-09-27T15:52:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T14:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2207786"},"modified":"2026-09-27T15:52:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T14:52:43","slug":"vote-for-the-best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/vote-for-the-best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"VOTE for the Best Photo of the Month September 2026"},"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<form name='nggvoting' id='nggvoting' method='post' accept-charset='utf-8'><div id='ngg-image-18568' 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-september-2026\/white-tailed-ptarmigan-lagopus-leucurus.jpg\" title=\"White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus Leucurus)\" alttext=\"White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus Leucurus)\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_white-tailed-ptarmigan-lagopus-leucurus.jpg' title= 'White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus Leucurus)' alt='White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus Leucurus)'\/><\/a><span>White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus Leucurus)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/glennbartley\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Glenn Bartley<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18568' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18567' 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-september-2026\/red-fox.jpg\" title=\"Red Fox\" alttext=\"Red Fox\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_red-fox.jpg' title= 'Red Fox' alt='Red Fox'\/><\/a><span>Red Fox<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/glennbartley\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Glenn Bartley<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18567' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18572' 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-september-2026\/img_2248.jpeg\" title=\"You Talkin\u2019 to Me\" alttext=\"You Talkin\u2019 to Me\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_2248.jpeg' title= 'You Talkin\u2019 to Me' alt='You Talkin\u2019 to Me'\/><\/a><span>You Talkin\u2019 to Me<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/karen_lyons_kalmenson\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Karen Lyons Kalmenson<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18572' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-18581' 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-september-2026\/black-swan_1_wm.jpg\" title=\"Black Swan\" alttext=\"Black Swan\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-swan_1_wm.jpg' title= 'Black Swan' alt='Black Swan'\/><\/a><span>Black Swan<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/ken-billington\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Ken Billington<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18581' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18578' 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-september-2026\/dsc_1029.jpeg\" title=\"Monarch\" alttext=\"Monarch\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_dsc_1029.jpeg' title= 'Monarch' alt='Monarch'\/><\/a><span>Monarch<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/chrisb\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">ChrisB<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18578' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18570' 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-september-2026\/030926_garden_butterfly_knapweed-fritillary-melitaea-phoebe.jpg\" title=\"Knapweed Fritillary\" alttext=\"Knapweed Fritillary\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_030926_garden_butterfly_knapweed-fritillary-melitaea-phoebe.jpg' title= 'Knapweed Fritillary' alt='Knapweed Fritillary'\/><\/a><span>Knapweed Fritillary<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/porsche\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Diane Stuckey<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18570' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-18586' 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-september-2026\/cream-coloured-woodpecker.png\" title=\"Cream-coloured Woodpecker\" alttext=\"Cream-coloured Woodpecker\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_cream-coloured-woodpecker.png' title= 'Cream-coloured Woodpecker' alt='Cream-coloured Woodpecker'\/><\/a><span>Cream-coloured Woodpecker<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/jess\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Jess Findlay<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18586' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18571' 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-september-2026\/img_3581.jpeg\" title=\"Flit or Sit \" alttext=\"Flit or Sit \" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_3581.jpeg' title= 'Flit or Sit ' alt='Flit or Sit '\/><\/a><span>Flit or Sit <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/karen_lyons_kalmenson\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Karen Lyons Kalmenson<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18571' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18574' 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-september-2026\/snow-geese-at-dawn-bosque-del-apache-national-wildlife-refuge-socorro-county-new-mexico.jpg\" title=\"Snow Geese at Dawn - Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge\" alttext=\"Snow Geese at Dawn - Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_snow-geese-at-dawn-bosque-del-apache-national-wildlife-refuge-socorro-county-new-mexico.jpg' title= 'Snow Geese at Dawn - Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge' alt='Snow Geese at Dawn - Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge'\/><\/a><span>Snow Geese at Dawn - Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/alan\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Alan Murphy<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18574' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-18584' 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-september-2026\/hoatzin.jpg\" title=\"Hoatzin\" alttext=\"Hoatzin\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_hoatzin.jpg' title= 'Hoatzin' alt='Hoatzin'\/><\/a><span>Hoatzin<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/jess\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Jess Findlay<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18584' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18565' 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-september-2026\/snail-kite-done.jpg\" title=\"Snail Kite\" alttext=\"Snail Kite\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_snail-kite-done.jpg' title= 'Snail Kite' alt='Snail Kite'\/><\/a><span>Snail Kite<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/danielbastaja\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Daniel Bastaja<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18565' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18585' 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-september-2026\/golden-collared-tanager.png\" title=\"Golden-collared Tanager\" alttext=\"Golden-collared Tanager\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_golden-collared-tanager.png' title= 'Golden-collared Tanager' alt='Golden-collared Tanager'\/><\/a><span>Golden-collared Tanager<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/jess\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Jess Findlay<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18585' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-18583' 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-september-2026\/variable-oystercatcher_4_wm.jpg\" title=\"Variable Oystercatcher\" alttext=\"Variable Oystercatcher\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_variable-oystercatcher_4_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><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18583' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18576' 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-september-2026\/img_8032.jpeg\" title=\"Fallow Deer \" alttext=\"Fallow Deer \" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_8032.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><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18576' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18569' 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-september-2026\/greater-sage-grouse-centrocercus-urophasianus-5.jpg\" title=\"Greater Sage Grouse (Centrocercus Urophasianus) \" alttext=\"Greater Sage Grouse (Centrocercus Urophasianus) \" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_greater-sage-grouse-centrocercus-urophasianus-5.jpg' title= 'Greater Sage Grouse (Centrocercus Urophasianus) ' alt='Greater Sage Grouse (Centrocercus Urophasianus) '\/><\/a><span>Greater Sage Grouse (Centrocercus Urophasianus) <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/glennbartley\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Glenn Bartley<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18569' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-18575' 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-september-2026\/common-loon-on-nest-lac-le-jeune-kamloops-british-columbia-canada.jpg\" title=\"Common Loon on Nest - Lac Le Jeune, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada\" alttext=\"Common Loon on Nest - Lac Le Jeune, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_common-loon-on-nest-lac-le-jeune-kamloops-british-columbia-canada.jpg' title= 'Common Loon on Nest - Lac Le Jeune, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada' alt='Common Loon on Nest - Lac Le Jeune, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada'\/><\/a><span>Common Loon on Nest - Lac Le Jeune, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/alan\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Alan Murphy<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18575' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18580' 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-september-2026\/imgl0183-1200x800.jpg\" title=\"Vautour Fauve\/griffon Vulture Over the Cemetery\" alttext=\"Vautour Fauve\/griffon Vulture Over the Cemetery\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_imgl0183-1200x800.jpg' title= 'Vautour Fauve\/griffon Vulture Over the Cemetery' alt='Vautour Fauve\/griffon Vulture Over the Cemetery'\/><\/a><span>Vautour Fauve\/griffon Vulture Over the Cemetery<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/anne-marie\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">safrounet<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18580' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18573' 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-september-2026\/arctic-terns-grimsey-island-iceland.jpg\" title=\"Arctic Terns - Grimsey Island, Iceland\" alttext=\"Arctic Terns - Grimsey Island, Iceland\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_arctic-terns-grimsey-island-iceland.jpg' title= 'Arctic Terns - Grimsey Island, Iceland' alt='Arctic Terns - Grimsey Island, Iceland'\/><\/a><span>Arctic Terns - Grimsey Island, Iceland<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/alan\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Alan Murphy<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18573' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-18577' 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-september-2026\/img_8030.jpeg\" title=\"Coyote on the Lookout\" alttext=\"Coyote on the Lookout\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_8030.jpeg' title= 'Coyote on the Lookout' alt='Coyote on the Lookout'\/><\/a><span>Coyote on the Lookout<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/chrisb\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">ChrisB<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18577' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18582' 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-september-2026\/bar-tailed-godwit_3_wm.jpg\" title=\"Bar-tailed Godwit\" alttext=\"Bar-tailed Godwit\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_bar-tailed-godwit_3_wm.jpg' title= 'Bar-tailed Godwit' alt='Bar-tailed Godwit'\/><\/a><span>Bar-tailed Godwit<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/ken-billington\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Ken Billington<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18582' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><div id='ngg-image-18587' 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-september-2026\/dsc_0196-3.jpg\" title=\"Lucy the Leopard of Great Wonders.\" alttext=\"Lucy the Leopard of Great Wonders.\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_dsc_0196-3.jpg' title= 'Lucy the Leopard of Great Wonders.' alt='Lucy the Leopard of Great Wonders.'\/><\/a><span>Lucy the Leopard of Great Wonders.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/suhan-sajee\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Suhan Sajee<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' name='galleryvote[]' value='18587' \/>Vote for this pic<\/span><\/div><\/div><br class='nggvote-clear'><div id='ngg-image-18566' 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-september-2026\/img_0713.jpeg\" title=\"Lonely Little Chipmunk\" alttext=\"Lonely Little Chipmunk\" class=\"shutterset_set_905\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img src='https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-september-2026\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_0713.jpeg' title= 'Lonely Little Chipmunk' alt='Lonely Little Chipmunk'\/><\/a><span>Lonely Little Chipmunk<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildfocus\/members-gallery\/name\/karen_lyons_kalmenson\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Karen Lyons Kalmenson<\/a><\/span><span><input type='checkbox' class='galleryvote' 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center;\">The next competition starts on 31 October 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, 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