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> Rare Birds Yearbook 2009 photo, painting and writing
> competition
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> A new photo competition has just been launched on
> www.rarebirdsyearbook.com. Like last year I am looking
> for photos of the rarest birds in the world, those
> categorized as Critically Endangered, to be featured
> in the next edition of Rare Birds Yearbook which is
> due in October 2008. A new category, with a top prize
> of a travel-friendly Minox telescope, is instated for
> the best photo - or painting - of those species that
> did not feature with photos in the 2008 edition. The
> competition closes on May 31st.
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> New for this year is that there is also a writers
> competition "My Encounter with a Critically
> Endangered Bird" read more on
> http://www.rarebirdsyearbook.com/compete_write.htm .
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> Last years competition was a huge success with more
> than 1000 images being submitted and the best were
> presented in Rare Birds Yearbook 2008, with each
> published photographer receiving a free copy of the
> book of course. The great response makes this a truly
> unique book covering and illustrating the 189 rarest
> birds in the world.
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> Check out the revised species list for 2009 on
> http://www.rarebirdsyearbook.com/species.htm and see
> if you have photos of any of these rare birds. Enter
> the competition and have the chance to win one of the
> great prizes from Minox, Lynx Edicions or BirdLife
> International, apart from seeing your picture(s)
> published in Rare Birds Yearbook 2009.
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> An important objective of Rare Birds Yearbook is to
> create funds to save these rare birds. That is why
> 4.00 for every book sold is donated to the partner in
> this project, BirdLife International www.birdlife.org
> , to be used for the protection and conservation of
> these exclusive species.
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> Best regards,
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> Erik Hirschfeld
> Editor Rare Birds Yearbook
> editor at rarebirdsyearbook.com<mailto:editor%40rarebirdsyearbook.com>
> www.rarebirdsyearbook.com
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