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It's a Shore Thing Winners

Began: September 1, 2020
Ended: October 31, 2020

Prizes

  • $3000 - 1st place
  • $2000 - 2nd place
  • $1500 - 3rd place
  • $1000 - 4th place
  • $500 - 5th place
Did you know?
KingBirder has more cash prizes than any other bird photography contest!

Check out more Top Shots from the contest

Past Winners and Galleries:
Everybody Duck! Winners
Everybody Duck! Top Shots
Shelter and Snap! Winners
Shelter and Snap! Top Shots
Mellow Yellow Winners
Mellow Yellow Top Shots

Unconcerned with the Incoming Tide Grand Prize
"Unconcerned with the Incoming Tide"
Photographer:
Lynn Fergusson
Location and Date Taken:
Grand Pre, Nova Scotia - Sept. 4, 2020
Equipment Used:
Canon 7D Mark II with a Canon 100-400mm lens
Image Details:
Aperture-f/7.1; Shutter Speed-1/2000; ISO-500
Species:
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
A Flock of American Avocet in Motion 2nd Place
"A Flock of American Avocet in Motion"
Photographer:
Brent Barnes
Location and Date Taken:
Drummond Flats WMA, OK - Oct. 26, 2020
Equipment Used:
Nikon D500 with Nikor 200-500mm lens
Image Details:
Aperture-f/32; Shutter Speed-1/5; ISO-140
Species:
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
Wobbly Step 3rd Place
"Wobbly Step"
Photographer:
Mateusz Piesiak
Location and Date Taken:
Baltic Sea, Poland - Sept. 12, 2020
Equipment Used:
Canon EOS with a Canon EF 400mm lens
Image Details:
Aperture-f/2.8; Shutter Speed-1/3200; ISO-640
Species:
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Mirror Mirror on the Wall 4th Place
"Mirror Mirror on the Wall"
Photographer:
Tzahi Finkelstein
Location and Date Taken:
Northern Israel - Oct. 1, 2020
Equipment Used:
Nikon D500 with Nikon 500mm lens
Image Details:
Aperture-f/4; Shutter Speed-1/3200; ISO-280
Species:
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Rows of Avocet Reflections 5th Place
"Rows of Avocet Reflections"
Photographer:
Ann Kramer
Location and Date Taken:
Antelope Island, UT - Sept. 21, 2020
Equipment Used:
Canon 1DX mkiii with Canon 400mm lens
Image Details:
Aperture-f/5; Shutter Speed-1/640; ISO-100
Species:
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

Superlative Winners

If We Put Our Heads Together We Can Solve This
Best Title
"If We Put Our Heads Together We Can Solve This"
Photographer:
Anke Frohlich
Location:
Nickerson Beach, NY
Species:
Black Skimmer (Rhynchops niger)
Keeping an Eye Out
Best Close Up
"Keeping an Eye Out"
Photographer:
Bill Reichhardt
Location:
Sandy Point State Park, MD
Species:
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Great Blue Heron Spearing a Bluegill
Best Shot of a Bird Feeding
"Great Blue Heron Spearing a Bluegill"
Photographer:
Gloria Hong
Location:
New York, NY
Species:
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Dawn's Ruffled Feathers
Most Artistic
"Dawn's Ruffled Feathers"
Photographer:
Lyle Gruby
Location:
Stone Harbor, NJ
Species:
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Big Hug
Most Unusual Bird
"Big Hug"
Photographer:
Octavio Franco
Location:
Miranda, Brazil
Species:
Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)