OBA Monthly Photo Contest

Oregon Birding Association Photo Contest

Where each month photographers share images, skills and knowledge and the Oregon birding community chooses their favorite photo.

Contest Entry Rules for January

• Entries are accepted between January 1 and January 14 at 11:59 pm.
• Submissions of birds photographed in Oregon must have been taken in November or December 2025 or January 2026.
• While minor editing to crop or adjust lighting is acceptable, photographs with major modifications to the subject or background, or photo montages, will be rejected by the contest moderator, whose decision is final.
• Do not add a signature, text or frame to your image. You may include up to 100 words describing your photo.
• When you submit a photograph to OBA photo contest, you retain the copyright to your submission, while granting to OBA a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free and perpetual license, in all media (print, electronic, or other), to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, and publicly display the photograph for any purposes that further the mission of OBA. These purposes may include (without limitation) scientific research, display on OBA website(s) and social media, publication in Oregon Birds and other print media, promotional uses, and inclusion in OBA multimedia content and products. Whenever  OBA uses your photo, you will be credited by name.  Include your social media handle/user name with submission to be tagged in social media.
• To enter the contest, email one photo to contest administrator Ed McVicker at photocontest@oregonbirding.org. Please include in the email the species name, location,  and your name.
• Photos must be wild birds listed on the Official Checklist of Oregon Birds or a new state  bird likely to be admitted to the official list.
• Photographers may only submit one photo per contest (monthly).
• Birds should not be in-hand or otherwise in a non-natural situation.