Sharing the joy of birds since 1971

We want your best bird photos!

Southern Maryland Audubon’s Bird Foto Fest is now open!

We want to fill our first annual bird calendar with photos that highlight Maryland’s amazing bird life and monthly tips for supporting birds and their habitat. 

Winning photos will appear in the calendar. 

Other great shots that don’t make the calendar will be highlighted in our social media, website and our “Osprey” newsletter with full credit to the photographer. Extra credit for birds captured on native plants, trees, shrubs and grasses!

Rules of the game:

Birds must be photographed in Maryland.

Photo should be accompanied by the following info:

  • Name of photographer
  • Age of all photographers 20 or below. (We want to highlight our youth photographers)
  • Email
  • Mailing address
  • Location and date of photo
  • Interesting anecdote about how the photo was captured
  • Contestants may enter up to 5 photos

Photograph format:

  • Photos must be submitted digitally in landscape (horizontal) format
  • Sized 8 inches by 10 inches in a .jpg format with a minimum file size of 6 megapixels.
  • Send your entries to president.somdaudubon@gmail.com
  • DEADLINE IS SEPT. 30, 2024