INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FORESTS

PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION RESULT

The ENVIS Resource Partner on Avian Ecology at the Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai celebrated the International Day of Forests on March 21, 2020 by organizing an online photography competition. The advertisement was posted on the BNHS-ENVIS website and other social media.The theme for this year was ‘Forests and Biodiversity’.

The photography competition was divided into four categories; waterbirds and associated species, birds in a forest habitat, bird–plant association, birds in a urban habitat. The participants sent their photographs through email as per the prescribed format. Around 88 participants from all over India participated in the competition and contributed 712 photographs. Among them, 12 best entries were selected for the given categories. Certificates and prizes will be sent to the winners through courier.

The winners:

1) Birds in Forest Habitat

First Prize:-
Rufous-necked Hornbill
Aceros nipalensis
Photograph by:
Parag Nalawade

Second Prize:-
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Merops philippinus
Photograph by:
Supratim Deb

Third Prize:-
Black-naped Monarch
Hypothymis azurea
Photograph by:
Rajiv Basu

2) Bird and Plant relation

First Prize:-
Purple Sunbird
Cinnyris asiaticus
Photograph by:
Pandurang Pakhale

Second Prize:-
Streak-throated Woodpecker
Picus xanthopygaeus
Photograph by:
Raheman Baig

Third Prize:-
Brown-headed Barbet
Psilopogon zeylanicus
Photograph by:
Anand K Bharti

3) Birds in Urban Habitat

First Prize:-
White-rumped Vulture
Gyps bengalensis
Photograph by:
Pandurang Pakhale

Second Prize:-
Black Drongo
Dicrurus macrocercus
Photograph by:
Aniruddha Singhamahapatra

Third Prize:-
White-spotted Fantail
Rhipidura albogularis
Photograph by:
Surendra Walke

4) Waterbird and associated species

First Prize:-
River Tern
Sterna aurantia
Photograph by:
Ankit Bakade

Second Prize:-
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
Photograph by:
Supratim Deb

Third Prize:-
Greater Flamingo
phoenicopterus roseus
Photograph by:
Sachin Matkar

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