A Big Year - birds Challenge #20 in the A Big Year series. Hosted by gidgetto. Challenge is now open for voting (some tips) Capture and Display your best photographs of birds throughout the year 2017. please enter the species of bird, if known. if bird is unknown Will the community leave a comment in the comments section as to the type of bird so we will be able to keep track of the birds spotted. Happy Birding. Show full rules Announced: Sunday, 4th June, 2017 (GMT) Submissions: Sunday, 11th June, 2017 – Saturday, 17th June, 2017 (GMT) Voting: Sunday, 18th June, 2017 – Saturday, 24th June, 2017 (GMT) Processing rules: No cut and pasting Capture date rules: No restrictions. Additional rules: The shot must be from 2017 Big Year shall start at 12:00 AM on 1 January of that year and end at 11:59 PM, 31 December of that year, based on the local time of the location of the birder at each time threshold. if entering 2 shots they should be different species no photograph should be entered into this challenge series more than once The bird must have been alive, wild, and unrestrained Maximum number of entries per user: 2 Maximum number of entries in challenge: 100

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