Pick the best feathered friend or foe - Wildlife Gardeners

Staff · 09-16-2010, 10:09 AM

It's up to you picking the winner of WG's Feathered Friends & Foes Contest.

We've narrowed down the selection to five photographs.

Photographs appear in the order originally submitted. Voting is anonymous. Voting will run for five days. A tie will be broken by WG Admin.

1. Hummingbird

Pick the best feathered friend or foe-hummingbird.jpg

2. Heron

Pick the best feathered friend or foe-heron.jpg

3. Hawk

Pick the best feathered friend or foe-hawk.jpg

4. Osprey

Pick the best feathered friend or foe-osprey.jpg

5. Grouse

Pick the best feathered friend or foe-grouse.jpg

hazelnut · 09-16-2010, 01:14 PM

Oh my! So hard to choose.

I vote for grouse. There was an involuntary gasp when I opened the photo. What a great picture and what a beautiful bird!

havalotta · 09-16-2010, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Staff

It's up to you closing out this contest.

I thought you were literally talking to me until I noticed the link.
Whew! I was just going to say OK.... I win!

Hazelnut....I think you need to check one off IN the poll area ABOVE for it to count...
Good luck to all the finalists...
I had a great time in the search.

Sage · 09-16-2010, 04:38 PM

The grouse is gorgeous but the osprey were in action!

BooBooBearBecky · 09-16-2010, 09:08 PM

Great finalist photos for the Feathered Friends & Foe contest. I like them all!!!

I voted for the ??? (well it's anonymous!) Now how cool is that!

We ALL get to put our 2 cents in for the winner of this contest.

JulieRaeJ · 09-16-2010, 09:24 PM

Hard to choose-they are all great photos! Thanks to all contributors.

Equilibrium · 09-16-2010, 11:48 PM

The hawk was calling me to pick it but then there was that hummingbird photo that's the best I've ever seen of a hummingbird in my life. Decisions decisions. I'm one of those people dragging road kill off the side of the road so vultures don't get whacked by cars so those raptor eye balls staring me down from that hawk photo melted me. It sorta spoke to me on an emotional level so I picked it.

Sage · 09-16-2010, 11:51 PM

Oh, thank you, thank you! It's not often you see a hawk chowing down on a deer!

Equilibrium · 09-17-2010, 12:06 AM

We don't hardly ever see anything chowing down on dead anything. The road crews are quick to pick it up. Every once in a while I beat em to the punch and can haul something off the road and way over. If you can get it sorta half on private land with only a little bit in the right of way.... the village employees drive right by it leaving it for the official clean up crew. Nice photo.... gives us a glimpse into the natural world.

NEWisc · 09-17-2010, 10:49 AM

All are remarkable photos! I don't know what it is exactly, but I feel drawn in to each bird's experience. Perhaps it's the eyes that create that intensity that I feel in their expressions. Whatever it is, it's there.

There were a lot of great photo's in that thread!

View Poll Results: Which Photo is the best?
Hummingbird	7	24.14%
Heron	2	6.90%
Hawk	1	3.45%
Osprey	9	31.03%
Grouse	10	34.48%
Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll

09-16-2010, 10:09 AM	#1
Staff WG Staff Join Date: Nov 2008	Pick the best feathered friend or foe It's up to you picking the winner of WG's Feathered Friends & Foes Contest. We've narrowed down the selection to five photographs. Photographs appear in the order originally submitted. Voting is anonymous. Voting will run for five days. A tie will be broken by WG Admin. 1. Hummingbird 2. Heron 3. Hawk 4. Osprey 5. Grouse __________________ The tendency of man's nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards. -Mencius

09-16-2010, 04:38 PM	#4
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	The grouse is gorgeous but the osprey were in action! __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

09-16-2010, 09:08 PM	#5
BooBooBearBecky WG Operations, Facilitator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern Wisconsin	Great finalist photos for the Feathered Friends & Foe contest. I like them all!!! I voted for the ??? (well it's anonymous!) Now how cool is that! We ALL get to put our 2 cents in for the winner of this contest. __________________ "Getting your hands dirty is the best way to keep your head clean."

09-16-2010, 11:48 PM	#7
Equilibrium Official Plant Nerd Join Date: Dec 2008	The hawk was calling me to pick it but then there was that hummingbird photo that's the best I've ever seen of a hummingbird in my life. Decisions decisions. I'm one of those people dragging road kill off the side of the road so vultures don't get whacked by cars so those raptor eye balls staring me down from that hawk photo melted me. It sorta spoke to me on an emotional level so I picked it. __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

09-16-2010, 01:14 PM	#2
hazelnut WG Writer Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Greensboro, Alabama USA	Oh my! So hard to choose. I vote for grouse. There was an involuntary gasp when I opened the photo. What a great picture and what a beautiful bird!

09-16-2010, 09:24 PM	#6
JulieRaeJ Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: NE Iowa, USA	Hard to choose-they are all great photos! Thanks to all contributors.

09-16-2010, 11:51 PM	#8
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Oh, thank you, thank you! It's not often you see a hawk chowing down on a deer! __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

09-17-2010, 12:06 AM	#9
Equilibrium Official Plant Nerd Join Date: Dec 2008	We don't hardly ever see anything chowing down on dead anything. The road crews are quick to pick it up. Every once in a while I beat em to the punch and can haul something off the road and way over. If you can get it sorta half on private land with only a little bit in the right of way.... the village employees drive right by it leaving it for the official clean up crew. Nice photo.... gives us a glimpse into the natural world. __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

09-17-2010, 10:49 AM	#10
NEWisc Fox Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin	All are remarkable photos! I don't know what it is exactly, but I feel drawn in to each bird's experience. Perhaps it's the eyes that create that intensity that I feel in their expressions. Whatever it is, it's there. There were a lot of great photo's in that thread! __________________ . Age is a biological fact. Old is a state of mind. I will age, but I refuse to get old.

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