Audubon Magazine photo contest

I was going to enter the Audubon Magazine photo contest but it turns out I'm ineligible because I live in Maryland (which, along with Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana, North Dakota, Tennessee, and Vermont) prohibits contests with entry fees. Rats. Of course, I don't know if I'd've won - I probably wouldn't have; there are sure to be lots of great photos entered - but it would have been fun to see.

Anyway, since I'd already picked out my photos, I thought I'd post them here. Some you've already seen, but some not for a while.

Heron on Ice
(great blue heron)

Taking Off
(turkey vulture (buzzard))

Eat Me, Not Them!
(killdeer)

Awwww
(black-capped chickadee)

Family Outing
(canada geese)

Great Gray Hunter
(mockingbird)

Wild Repose
(wild-type muscovy duck)

Second Courtship
(red-winged blackbirds)

Winter Dress(house sparrows)

Brunch on the Wing
(cedar waxwing)

Half of these were taken in College Park, Maryland. The sparrows are from San Antonio, Texas, and the Muscovy, geese, buzzard, and cedar waxwing are all from Oak Ridge, Tennessee.