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A big year - birds 2020

Challenge #169 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, 6th December, 2020 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 13th December, 2020 – Saturday, 19th December, 2020 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 20th December, 2020 – Saturday, 26th December, 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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Yellowlegs

by Dave

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A Greater Yellowlegs wading in the Assiniboine River.

Camera:	Pentax K-5
Lens:	HD Pentax DA 55-300mm F4.0-5.8 ED WR
Submitted:	Monday, 14th December, 2020 01:42 (GMT)
Taken:	Monday, 26th October, 2020
Focal length:	300 mm
Shutter speed:	1/2000 sec
Aperture:	F5.8
ISO:	800
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Views:	11
Galleries:	View this photo in Dave's gallery

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