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A big year - birds 2019

Challenge #85 in the A Big Year series. Hosted by gidgetto.

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Capture and Display your best photographs of birds throughout the year 2019. 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, 10th February, 2019 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 17th February, 2019 – Saturday, 23rd February, 2019 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 24th February, 2019 – Saturday, 2nd March, 2019 (GMT)

Processing rules:

No cutting and pasting

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

The shot must be from 2019
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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by sabishiT3T

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Steller's Sea Eagles in Rausu, Hokkaido.

Camera:	Nikon D500
Lens:	Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm F5.6E ED VR
Submitted:	Friday, 22nd February, 2019 06:12 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 16th February, 2019
Focal length:	350 mm
Shutter speed:	1/1250 sec
Aperture:	F6.3
ISO:	1250
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