The theme for our competition held in September 2017 was "City Slickers", a theme suggested by Monica Awasthy, Program Manager of Birds In Backyards.  For this competition, we ask you to submit images of birds sharing our spaces – things such as the behaviour of a typical “urban” bird, maybe the beauty of a bird we might detest or ignore in a city, or people interacting with birds, or even a bird using a non-natural space. We’re not being strict on the “city” definition; we’ll consider anywhere there are buildings (small towns, even a group of farm buildings) to meet the criterion – and you don’t have to include structures in your images.

The results of member voting for the top 5 images in each category are listed here.  In line with many other bird/wildlife photo competitions, we present the results in the following manner: the Winner is the image which received the most votes; and we also show the next four highest placed images, rating them as Highly Commended if they received at least 90% of the votes for the winning image, and Commended for scores less than that.

Advanced Level – City Slickers

This category attracted 61 entries, from 18 photographers. 37 members voted, with the following result:

Intermediate Level – City Slickers

This category attracted 92 entries, from 32 photographers. 39 members voted, with the following result:

Entry Level – City Slickers

This category attracted 39 entries, from 13 photographers. 34 members voted, with the following result: