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Moments That Make Us Smile
![Moments That Make Us Smile](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Julie-Larsen-Maher_7529_African-lion-female-and-cub_04-02-09_hr-976x650.jpg)
Assignment Open From
Oct 19 - Jan 15, 2023
Playful animal interactions make us smile (African lions, right). Have you ever captured a photo of wildlife during a humorous moment? Behaviors of animals often surprise and delight. Share your favorite images with us.
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 six submissions per contributor.
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For this assignment, we are offering an incentive. The author of the featured photo chosen by our editorial team will receive a Patagonia Altvia Pack 14L bag, perfect for transporting your gear to the office, the trail, or a weekend at the beach. See the official Contest Rules for more information.
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![Kathleen Donovan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/blue_heron_11_6_15.jpg)
Blue heron.
New York City, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Charlene Flocke-Grimmig](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/p1120003.jpeg.jpg)
Cougar.
Queens Zoo, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Charlene Flocke-Grimmig](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/p1110799.jpeg.jpg)
American bison.
Queens Zoo, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Charlene Flocke-Grimmig](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/p1110580.jpg)
Turkmenian Flare-horned Markhor
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Charlene Flocke-Grimmig](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/p1110498.jpg)
Gorilla.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Charlene Flocke-Grimmig](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/p1110422.jpg)
Angolan Colobus.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Charlene Flocke-Grimmig](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/img_2486.jpeg.jpg)
African wild dog.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Sean Kolesarich](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/d878abb7d3584dc7adb4ec727ca70eef_1_100_o.jpeg.jpg)
Brown bear.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Debbie Caponigro Kahn](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dscf9316.jpg)
Amur tiger.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Alison Sumprer](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/alisonsumprer040221brownbears.jpg)
Brown bear.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Rion Latimore](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/_lr61055.jpg)
African lion.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Alison Sumprer](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/alisonsumprerbutterfly103121.jpg)
Butterfly.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Rion Latimore](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/_lr61060.jpg)
African lion.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Alison Sumprer](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/alisonsumprer021718ebonylangur.jpg)
Ebony langur.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Deborah Korman](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/414b13973f0c4eebb0832afdc31b39eb.jpeg.jpg)
Snow monkey.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Bill Klipp](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/moose_denali_alaska_bill_klipp_aug_2009_.jpg)
Moose.
Alaska, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Bill Klipp](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/moose_denali_alaska_billklipp_aug_09_.jpg)
Moose.
Alaska, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Bill Klipp](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/great_blue_heron_discovery_bay_bill_klipp_jul_2019_.jpg)
Great blue heron.
California, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Steven H. Weiner](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/steven_weiner_eastern_tiger_swallowtail_butterfly_14aug2021.jpg)
Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly.
Somerset, New Jersey, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Rosemary Goussios](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/20201107_115106_000_20211022t23_50_08.748.jpeg.png)
Evening grosbeak.
Hollis, New Hampshire, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Rosemary Goussios](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/20211017_120546_000.jpeg.jpg)
Chipmunk.
Amherst, New Hampshire, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Deborah Korman](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/redpanda.jpg)
Red panda.
Prospect Park Zoo, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Adriana Morales](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/african_wild_dog_1.jpg)
African wild dog.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Deborah Korman](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/baboon3.jpg)
Hamadryas baboon.
Prospect Park Zoo, New York City, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Kathryn Winograd](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/pauseinthemigrationkathrynwinograd100621.jpg)
Monarch butterfly.
Littleton, Colorado, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Kari Wishingrad](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/spider_wish.jpeg.jpg)
Cross orb-weaver.
Anacortes, Washington, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Michelle Leppert](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/michelle_leppert_mayalan_tiger_11_05_2016.jpg)
Malayan tiger.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Michelle Leppert](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/michelle_leppert_amur_leopard_11_26_15.jpg)
Amur leopard.
Pittsburgh Zoo, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Carolyn Figueiredo](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/00aqiufq9z002elmtseoam9vuc3vjfjy_urpgw2anwzdprs3l28szxfjfxbawdagja.carolynfigueiredo_sumatrantiger_oct082016.jpeg.jfif.jpg)
Sumatran tiger.
Topeka Zoo, Kansas, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Carolyn Figueiredo](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/redpanda.jfif.jpg)
Red panda.
Smithsonian National Zoo, Washington D.C., United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Carolyn Figueiredo](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/00aqiufq9z002elmtseoam9vuc3vjfjy_urpgw2anwzdqhajpyvcsipkgnyjto76y7undnu4ghhwpfyyq5wwzmng.carolynfigueiredo_redriverhog_aug062021.jpeg.jfif.jpg)
Red river hog.
Virginia Zoo, Virginia, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Carolyn Figueiredo](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/00aqiufq9z002elmtseoam9vuc3vjfjy_urpgw2anwzdpmcnrb7kdzzhvngskdrb_carolynfigueiredo_bongocalf_nov232012.jpeg.jfif.jpg)
Bongo.
St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Carolyn Figueiredo](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/00aqiufq9z002elmtseoam9vuc3vjfjy_urpgw2anwzdqwwb_ik92pues0q3ss3wp8.carolynfigueiredo_amurtiger_apr182019.jpeg.jpg)
Amur tiger.
Pittsburgh Zoo, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Leslie Scopes Anderson](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/fall.l5578.jpg)
Big Cottonwood Canyon.
Utah, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Leslie Scopes Anderson](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/1jay.s.z5169.jpg)
Scrub jay.
Ashland, Oregon, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Leslie Scopes Anderson](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/1cranesjump2.l7320.jpg)
Crane.
Galt, California, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Leslie Scopes Anderson](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/warblr.towns.l0517.jpg)
Yellow warbler.
Arcata, California, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Colby Baker](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/8ddee4232b784a31a8c272a5aaf285e5_1_201_a.jpeg.jpg)
Milkweed tussock moth.
Greenport Conservation Area, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Michelle Leppert](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/leppert_golden_lion_tamarin_10_03_2020.jpg)
Golden lion tamarin.
Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Adriana Morales](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/red_panda_face.jpg)
Red panda.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Adriana Morales](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/tiger_mlem2.jpg)
Amur tiger.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Steven H. Weiner](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/steven_weiner_spotbreasted_oriole__02feb2021.jpg)
Spot-breasted oriole.
Miami, Florida, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Steven Weiner](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/steven_weiner_juvenile_american_robin_eating_juniper_berries_07oct2020.jpg)
Juvenile American robin eating juniper berries, Bridgewater, New Jersey.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Wilson Garcia-Moreno](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/wilson_garciamoreno_cardinal_09172021.jpg)
Northern cardinal.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Julie Larsen Maher](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/Julie_Larsen_Maher_9618_Snowy_Owl_in_Fall_Leaves_BZ_11_18_20_hr.jpg)
Snowy Owl In Fall Leaves, Bronx Zoo, New York.
Album | Fall Colors |
![Julie Larsen Maher](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/Julie_Larsen_Maher_6403_Panamanian_Golden_Frog_WOR_BZ_09_15_20_hr.jpg)
Panamanian Golden Frog, Bronx Zoo, New York.
Album | Fall Colors |