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A big year - birds 2018

Challenge #77 in the A Big Year series. Hosted by gidgetto.

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Capture and Display your best photographs of birds throughout the year 2018. 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.

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Announced:

Sunday, 16th December, 2018 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 23rd December, 2018 – Saturday, 29th December, 2018 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 30th December, 2018 – Saturday, 5th January, 2019 (GMT)

Processing rules:

No cutting and pasting

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

The shot must be from 2018
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:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Common Snipe

by Trevor Carpenter

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Camera:	Panasonic Lumix DC-G9
Lens:	Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-140mm F3.5-5.6 ASPH Power O.I.S
Submitted:	Wednesday, 26th December, 2018 21:39 (GMT)
Taken:	Monday, 8th October, 2018
Focal length:	213 mm
Shutter speed:	1/2000 sec
Aperture:	F7.1
ISO:	800
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Galleries:	View this photo in Trevor Carpenter's gallery

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