We’re looking for your FAVORITE BIRD photos. 

USDA APHIS’ Biosecurity For Birds campaign is inviting you to enter your best poultry or pet bird photos in the 2009 Biosecurity For Birds calendar photo contest. 

We are especially interested in photos of all kinds of poultry, gamebirds, wild birds, shorebirds, and pet birds shown in a clean environment and without people in the pictures. People of all ages are encouraged to enter.

The winning poultry or bird photo (or photos) will be featured in the 2011 Biosecurity For Birds calendar.  Photos will be featured on the Biosecurity For Birds website, and some may be featured as screen savers.

Your photos should accurately reflect the subject matter, and the main image should not be digitally altered beyond removing dust, cropping, cleaning up the background and making reasonable adjustments to exposure, color and contrast,  etc.

All photos will be credited with the person’s name.

How to Enter
All entries should be submitted through the official on-line entry form. A maximum of three photos per person will be accepted. If you should need any assistance entering your photos, please contact us at birdbiosecurity@aphis.usda.gov.

Submission Guidelines
1.  Submitted images must be in color and each should be no larger than a 2 mgb. file in jpg format. If your photo is selected for the calendar, a high-resolution image suitable for printing at 8 ½ x 11 at 300 dpi will be needed.  You should caption each photo (red rooster, ruffed grouse, Paul the parrot, etc.)

2.  If you don’t wish to have your photos considered for the calendar, please indicate on the form that they are for showcasing on the website.

3. Photos must be submitted through the official on-line entry form.

4.  Participants may submit a maximum of 3 photos.

5.  Photos must be the work of the person submitting (unless a parent or other responsible adult is submitting for a minor), and the photographer must own all rights to the works submitted.  The photographer retains ownership of all submitted images.  By submitting your photos you are granting USDA/APHIS the right to reproduce, display and publish your images.

Deadline
The deadline for submitting entries for the calendar is
January 31, 2010. 

Judging for the Calendar
Judging for the calendar photos will be done by USDA/APHIS public affairs staff members including the USDA/APHIS photographer.  The staff are familiar with photography and responsible for selecting images for APHIS publications.  Photo selections for the calendar will be made by February 2010, and the winner will be notified at that time. More than one photo may be selected for the calendar.

Images will be judged on overall impact, composition, technical quality and artistic merit. More than one winner may be selected.  Winner(s) will be notified by e-mail by February 28.

USDA/APHIS reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the photo competition.

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