Second Annual (2023) Hartford Audubon “Big January” Photo contest

Hello Hartford Audubon members,

Happy New Year!

January 2023 is here and we are birding and taking photos while doing so!

We are inviting you to submit 1 to 6 of your current Big January pictures, one per category.  You do NOT have to have competed in Big January to enter – any January, 2023 photos taken in the Hartford County are eligible!

There are six categories:

  1. Best overall of bird(s)
  2. Bird behavior
  3. Rarest bird
  4. Birders (people!)
  5. Oops/ the one that got away…
  6. Funniest

Deadlines:

By February 20th submit one picture per category to Mona Cavallero at mcavallero1@comcast.net.  Please use the form below for submissions.

Big January 2023 Photo Submission Form

By February 28th Mona will number and upload all photos to the HAS website.

By March 31st the three judges who are professional bird photographers will select the winners. They will review the photos on the website and agree on the winning selections.  We will again invite Julian Hough, Chris Fisher and Sam Fried to be our judges!

Winners will be announced and ribbons presented at the HAS Spring banquet.

The six selected photos will be printed, framed and displayed at the banquet and given as awards to the winners.

All photos will be part of the large screen display at the banquet.

Please enter the contest – we can’t wait to see the images you’ve gathered in this cold, snowy month!