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A big year - birds 2020

Challenge #132 in the A Big Year series. Hosted by gidgetto.

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Capture and Display your best photographs of birds throughout the year 2020. 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, 15th March, 2020 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 22nd March, 2020 – Saturday, 28th March, 2020 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 29th March, 2020 – Saturday, 4th April, 2020 (GMT)

Processing rules:

No cutting and pasting

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

The shot must be from 2020
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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Peregrine Falcon

by Rdavidart

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Camera:	Sony a9
Lens:	Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
Submitted:	Wednesday, 25th March, 2020 07:12 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 23rd February, 2020
Focal length:	840 mm
Shutter speed:	1/1250 sec
Aperture:	F10
ISO:	6400
Notes:	With Sony 1x4 Tele converter
Views:	8
Galleries:	View this photo in Rdavidart's gallery

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