Rare Birds Yearbook photo competition is concluded

The jury of the photo competition run by Rare Birds Yearbook www.rarebirdsyearbook.com earlier this summer has finally made their deliberations official. Of the over 800 submitted images, there were some very high-quality ones indeed and it has not been an easy work judging them. Be sure to see more photos of the world’s 189 rarest birds in the book that will be published by signing up for an email alert here.

First prize Minox 10x43 HG binoculars Laysan Teal Anas laysanensis by James H. Breeden, USA.
Second prize Minox DMP4 player Tuamotu Kingfisher Todiramphus gambieri by Pete Morris, UK.
Third prize Minox Windwatch ProII pocket weather station Indian Vulture Gyps indicus by Ganesh H Shankar, India
Fourth prize Threatened Birds of the World with the 2005 CD update Chinese Crested Tern Sterna bernsteini by Chen Lin, China
Fifth prize Threatened Birds of the World with the 2005 CD update Chestnut-bellied Humming bird Amazilia castaneiventris by David Caro Sabogal, Colombia

The draw for two copies of Threatened Birds of the World with the 2005 CD update drawn among all entrants:

Northern Bald Ibis
Geronticus eremita
by Roy Seadog, Portugal

Waved Albatross
Phoebastria irrorata
by Roy de Haas, Netherlands

The draw for three copies of Rare Birds Yearbook 2008 will be announced later.