Date: 4/28/25 9:52 am
From: George Mayfield <georgemayfield...>
Subject: [cobirds] Call for Photographs – Colorado Birds Journal - Winter 2024-25 (December-February)


Dear CO Birders,


We’re excited to invite you once again to share your outstanding
photographs for the next issue of *Colorado Birds*, the quarterly journal
of the Colorado Field Ornithologists. For our “News From The Field”
article, we are seeking images taken between December 1, 2024, and February
28, 2025, *featuring rare, vagrant, or otherwise unusual bird species*
observed in Colorado (please see guidelines below).


If you would like to contribute, please email your best high-quality images
to me at *<george...>* no later than *this Friday, May 2, 2025*. Be
sure to follow the file-naming guidelines outlined below when submitting.


We are especially looking for photos of the following species reported
during this period:


*Winter 2024-25 (December-February)*



- Brant
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Mexican Duck
- Surf Scoter
- White-winged Scoter
- Black Scoter
- Long-tailed Duck
- Red-necked Grebe
- Sora
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Dunlin
- Least Sandpiper
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Franklin’s Gull
- Short-billed Gull
- Iceland Gull (kumlieni)
- Glaucous Gull
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Pacific Loon
- Red-throated Loon
- Yellow-billed Loon
- White-faced Ibis
- Turkey Vulture
- Osprey
- Snowy Owl
- Crested Caracara
- Eastern Phoebe
- Northern House Wren
- Pacific Wren
- Gray Catbird
- Crissal Thrasher
- Varied Thrush
- Redpoll
- White-winged Crossbill
- Snow Bunting
- Chipping Sparrow
- Field Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Vesper Sparrow
- Eastern Towhee
- Bullock’s Oriole
- Black-and-white Warbler


Thanks for your contributions to *Colorado Birds*. Your dedication and
generosity help maintain our journal’s excellence, making it one of the
country’s finest. Thanks for sharing your photography with us!


George Mayfield


Photo Editor, Colorado Birds


Wheat Ridge, Jefferson Co.


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*Photo Submission Guidelines:*


Photos from *Winter 2024-25 (December-February)*


Photos must be your own, and by submitting them, you give Colorado Birds
permission to reproduce in any issue and on the CFO website. We always
credit images with the photographer’s name.


*Please use the following format for the photo file names*:
*species-date-location-county-photographer*. For example, a photo of an
American Robin taken Oct. 4, 2024 at Chatfield State Park by John James
Audubon would be named as follows:

*American Robin (or AMRO)-20241004-Chatfield-Adams-JJAudubon.*


Minimum quality for interior publication use is 750 x 900 pixels. To be
considered for the journal cover, photos must be at least 2625 pixels
(vertically) x 1725 pixels (horizontally). Please send original files in
the largest resolution possible (300 dpi is preferable) . We will crop and
resize as needed. Email your submissions to <george...>

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