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For the Birds
![For the Birds](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Julie-Larsen-Maher_3800_American-White-pelican_10-12-091-977x650.jpg)
Assignment Open From
May 12 - May 31, 2017
Spring is for the birds. And May 10 is World Migratory Bird Day.
Land birds, water birds, raptors, and song birds are on journeys that could even cross through your backyard.
Step outside with your camera and snap some feather-filled shots (a white pelican, right). Our editorial team will choose the best submissions based on appeal, composition, originality, and technical quality. A group of chosen pictures will be posted on this page, and one will even be featured.
We can consider a maximum of four photos per contributor. Get us your favorites.
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![Paul R. Sullivan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/paul_r_sullivanwhitebreasted_nuthatch_sitta_carolinensis_on_a_tree_trunk__closter_nature_center_closter_nj122816.jpg)
White-breasted nuthatch.
Closter Nature Center, Closter, New Jersey, United States.
Album | For the Birds |
![Paul R. Sullivan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/paul_r_sullivan__snowy_egret_egretta_thulajuvenile_coming_in_for_a_landing_among_the_petrified_cedar_tree_stumps__mill_creek_marsh_secaucus_nj090615.jpg)
Snowy egret.
Mill Creek Marsh, Secaucus, New Jersey, United States.
Album | For the Birds |
![Robert A. Cook](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/mexico_baja_cabo_pulmo_hooded_oriole_racook_2014.jpg)
Hooded Oriole.
Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Album | For the Birds |
![Robert A. Cook](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/galapagos_finch_hr_feb2015_racook_1_.jpg)
Galapagos finch.
Highlands of Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador.
Album | For the Birds |
![Kathleen Rice](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/img_0596a.jpg)
Malachite Kingfisher
Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia, Africa.
Album | For the Birds |
![Kathleen Rice](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/img_7348a.jpg)
Red Throated bee-eaters.
Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda, Africa.
Album | For the Birds |
![Anjuli Waybright](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dsc047001.jpg)
Pelican.
Juno Beach Fishing Pier, Florida, United States.
Album | For the Birds |
![Valentino Lee](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/20090922_black_footed_penguin_valentino_lee.jpg)
Black-footed penguin.
New York Aquarium, Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Album | For the Birds |
![Valentino Lee](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/20081026_victoria_crowned_pigeon_valentino_lee.jpg)
Victoria crowned pigeon.
Central Park Zoo, New York, United States.
Album | For the Birds |
![Sharon Cuartero](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/067a7144_submission.jpg)
Oriental pied hornbill.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | For the Birds |
![Kathy Brady](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/3__kathy_brady_divebomb_june_2014.jpg)
Bald eagle.
Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge, New Hampshire, United States
Album | For the Birds |
![Sharon Cuartero](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/067a3962_submission2.jpg)
Pileated woodpecker.
Danbury, Connecticut, United States.
Album | For the Birds |
![Kathy Brady](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/2__kathy_brady_hummingbird_blitz_aug_2015.jpg)
Hummingbird.
Catskill Mountains, New York, United States.
Album | For the Birds |
![Mike Owyang](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/vultures1059_edited1.jpg)
Turkey vultures.
Point Cabrillo Light Station, Mendocino County, California, United States.
Album | For the Birds |
![Megan Maher](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/megan_maher_5622_bald_eagle_beardsley_zoo_05_02_17.jpg)
Bald eagle.
Beardsley Zoo, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
Album | For the Birds |
![Kathy Brady](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/kathy_brady_wild_turkeys_feb_2017.jpg)
Wild turkeys.
Catskill Mountains, New York, United States.
Album | For the Birds |
![Neil DeMaster](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/mute_swan_5.jpg)
Mute swan.
Muriel Hepner Park, Denville, New Jersey, United States.
Album | For the Birds |
![Neil DeMaster](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/osprey_1.jpg)
Osprey.
Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area, Fellsmere, Florida, United States.
Album | For the Birds |
![Julia Gallop](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/IMG_6299.jpg)
Blue-and-yellow macaw.
Castle Island, Boston, Massachusetts.
Album | For the Birds |
![Mike Owyang](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/merganser2232_edited1.jpg)
Hooded merganser.
Sacramento Zoo, Sacramento, California.
Album | For the Birds |
![Julie Larsen Maher](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/Julie_Larsen_Maher_9557_Red-winged_Blackbird_BXR_BZ_04_22_15_hr.jpg)
Red-winged Blackbird, Bronx River, New York
Album | For the Birds |
![Julie Larsen Maher](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/Julie_Larsen_Maher_7200_Double-crested_cormorant_flying_NY_harbor_08_11_10.jpg)
Double-crested Cormorant, New York Harbor, New York.
Album | For the Birds |