Voting results are in. Here are the rules and topics for the Auburn Photography Club Spring 2011 Scavenger Hunt.

Scavenger Hunt General Guidelines

1. Please post only one image per topic. Picture cap for group is set at 13 per person.
2. Participants earn one point per submitted picture/topic.
3. Ties to be decided by voting, performed by impartial judges from another flickr group TBD.
4. Contest runs from Winter to Spring. One day will overlap with the following season.
5. Only submit photos taken between March 20, 2011 and June 21, 2011
6. Winner to be crowned Seasonal Photography King.


Topcs list:
1. Lighting Experimentation
2. Shadows
3. Black on Black
4. Macro
5. Texture
6. Up
7. Fun
8. Ambiguous
9 Body Parts
10. Colors
11. Grocery Store
12. Fear
13. Underneath

Here is a link to the group.
Link to flickr
Please contact a group admin if you need an invite.

Spring is in the Air!

Invites for the Spring 2011 Scavenger Hunt will most likely go out Monday. Until then, please vote for topics.


Spring 2011 Voting

The above link will take you to the Spring Scavenger Hunt Topic Survey. Please select topics you would like to see in the Spring 2011 Scavenger Hunt. The top 13 vote-getters will be chosen for the contest. Voting Closes Monday Morning.

Funky Nests in Funky Places

Third Annual "Funky Nests in Funky Places" Contest
Cornell Lab challenge spotlights wacky avian real estate


Victoria Jostes of Indiana says this American Robin laid four beautiful blue eggs in her floral door wreath and all of them hatched.
Ithaca, NY—The Celebrate Urban Birds project at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is bringing back its "Funky Nests in Funky Places" environmental challenge for the third year--the most popular of its seasonal challenges. Participants have sent in hundreds of images over the past two years showing nests in wreaths, shoes, signs, farm equipment, traffic lights, and many other funky places. Celebrate Urban Birds is a free year-round citizen-science project focused on birds in neighborhood settings.

For the 2011 Funky Nests in Funky Places challenge, participants may take photos, do a painting, write a story, or shoot a video showing a bird’s nest built in some out-of-the-way or out-of-this-world place.

"We've had such fun with this challenge," says project leader Karen Purcell. "The theme really struck a chord with people. You wouldn't believe how many people showed us bird nests in barbecue grills, garages, garden tools, and signs. We've seen bird nests on statues, windchimes, a cannon, and even on bathroom fixtures. I can't wait to see this year's entries!"


Kathleen Petter of California found a hummingbird nesting in her frog windchime and says she loves that it looks like the frog is cradling the nest.
Prizes include bird feeders, nest boxes, sound CDs, guides, posters, and books including Nests: Fifty Nests and the Birds That Built Them, by Sharon Beals. The first 50 entrants will receive a copy of our "Silhouette" poster and selected images and videos will be posted on the Celebrate Urban Birds website.

How to enter:
1. Email entries to urbanbirds@cornell.edu. If you submit a video, post it on YouTube and send the link.
2. Write "FunkyNest_yourfirstname yourlastname yourstate" in the subject line.
3. Include both your mailing address and the location where you saw the bird in your email.
4. Explain why you submitted your entry and what it shows.
5. One entry per person, please.
6. Read the terms of agreement.

Deadline for entries is June 1, 2011

Visit the Celebrate Urban Birds website for more information.

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Project Contact: Karen Purcell, Project Leader, (607) 254-2455, urbanbirds@cornell.edu

Media Contact: Pat Leonard, (607) 254-2137, pel27@cornell.edu