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Beginning with B
![Beginning with B](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Julie-Larsen-Maher_5452_Barn-Owl-Natures-Air-Show_BZ_08-26-09_hr-977x650.jpg)
Assignment Open From
Sep 12 - Oct 31, 2019
Beautiful, brilliant, bright, blooming, bucolic, and beneficial are some of the words that best describe nature.
Bring on your photos of bears, bats, bison, butterflies, boas, and barn owls (right) – actually, any beloved animals beginning with B.
Bestow some of nature’s bliss on us by sending your most breathtaking images.
Our editorial team will choose the best submissions based on appeal, composition, originality, and technical quality. A group of chosen shots for this assignment will be posted on this page and one will be featured.
We can consider a maximum of four submissions per contributor.
NOTE: For this assignment, we’re offering an incentive. The author of the featured photo chosen by our editorial team will receive a Patagonia Arbor Classic Pack 25L, perfect for transporting your gear to the office, the crag, or the beach. See the official Contest Rules.
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![Chris Spohn](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/spohnblackracer82419.jpg)
Black racer.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Gail Rogers](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dsc_4300_2.jpg)
Bird (Caribbean flamingo).
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Michelle Leppert](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/michelle_leppert_brown_bear_2_12_15_17.jpg)
Brown bear.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Angel Casas](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/53860961_2641990822483155_2248126452711030784_o.jpg)
Bird (flamingo).
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Kate Scagliotta](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/bronx_bear.jpg)
Brown bear.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Kate Scagliotta](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/curious_bush_baby.jpg)
Bush baby.
Turtle Back Zoo, West Orange, New Jersey, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Miguel Medrano](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/vcp_0110.jpg)
Blue skimmer.
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Miguel Medrano](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/ihp_0088.jpg)
Black-crowned night heron.
Inwood Hill Park's, Manhattan, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Kay Reynolds](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/41a3bbaa2fef49e6a372505c23c357fc.jpeg.jpg)
Burrowing owls.
Isles of Capri, Florida, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Daniella Cestone](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dsc00956.jpg)
Baboon.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Alexander D'Agostino](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/91d0785177304c6abda58965da4ceaaa.jpeg.jpg)
Baboon.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Angel Casas](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/67312432_2866211813394387_1504308189435265024_n.jpg)
Blue macaw.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Angel Casas](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/67145994_2862306207118281_1042010936329633792_n.jpg)
Bald eagle.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Elaine Shipman](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/23bb48025bb3418aa41e41cfc6419412.jpeg.jpg)
Baboon.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Zaheera Raheman Khaleel](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/cb14f7194a074ba1816c024d89a72f64.jpeg.jpg)
Bird (Great kiskadee).
Georgetown, Guyana, South America.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Michelle Leppert](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/michelle_leppert_burrowing_owl_10.jpg_03_09_19.jpg)
Burrowing owl.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Daniella Cestone](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dsc00967.jpg)
Baboon.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Michelle Leppert](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/michelle_leppert_barn_owl_05_07_2011.jpg)
Barn owl.
Stone Zoo, Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Victoria Fitzsimmons](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/bear3.jpg)
Brown bear.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Sharon Cuartero](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/sharoncuartero_baldeagle_012719.jpg)
Bald eagle.
Southbury, Connecticut, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Kyle R. Innes](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/20191007_152820.jpg)
Bird (Magellanic penguin).
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Ozden Deniz](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/img_20191009_223437_991.jpg)
Bird (Inca tern).
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Victoria Fitzsimmons](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/3.1.jpg)
Bird.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Kayla Fitzgerald](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/e804474cae8e4b77b0463987d3cf28f6.jpeg.jpg)
Brown bear.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Victoria Fitzsimmons](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/bffinal.jpg)
Butterfly.
Shelton, Connecticut, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Mark R. Veroneau](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/20190804_163213.jpg)
Bald eagle.
New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Sharon Dale](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dfc50df71acb4b29ad26bc32c33937b5.jpeg.jpg)
Brown bear.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Mary Greagan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dscn0830_3.jpg)
Black rat snake.
Castleton College, Vermont, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Tom Swenson](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dsc_0141.jpg)
(Polar) bear.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Gail Rogers](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/_dsc3429_3.jpg)
(Andean) Bear.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Debbie Caponigro Kahn](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/img_2685.jpg)
Bison.
Syracuse, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Daniella Cestone](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/daniella_cestone_2018_06_03_bear_in_bath_central_park_zoo.jpg)
Brown bear.
Central Park Zoo, New York City, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![John Stahl](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/john_stahl_burrowing_owl_bronx_zoo_ny_10_23_18.jpg)
Burrowing owl.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Julie Larsen Maher](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/Julie_Larsen_Maher_1250_American_Bison_and_Calves_in_Fall_BZ_11_08_18_hr.jpg)
American Bison and Calf, Bronx Zoo, NY.
Album | Beginning with B |
![Julie Larsen Maher](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/Julie_Larsen_Maher_2584_Brown_Bears_in_Fall_Leaves_BB_BZ_11_12_18_hr.jpg)
Brown Bears In Fall Leaves, Bronx Zoo, NY.
Album | Beginning with B |