The theme for the September-October 2019 competition was Pairs. We asked you to submit images showing a pair of birds, male and female, of the same species. For those species which cannot be clearly identified as male/female on the basis of plumage, we accepted images of pairs where the behaviour observed when photographed indicates that they are a male/female pair.
The results of member voting for the top five images in each category are listed here. 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 – Pairs
This category attracted 50 entries, from 17 photographers. 34 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Mulga Parrot, by Bill Harding (Image ID 36593)
- Highly Commended - Mulga Parrot, by Bill Harding (Image ID 36538)
- Highly Commended - Red-necked Avocet, by Tim Van Leeuwen (Image ID 36574)
- Commended - White-winged Fairy-wren, by Keith Wilcox (Image ID 36870)
- Commended - Great Crested Grebe, by Jason Moore (Image ID 36873)
Intermediate Level – Pairs
This category attracted 77 entries, from 29 photographers. 33 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Barn Owl, by Linda Joseph (Image ID 36767)
- Commended - Australasian Gannet, by Con Duyvestyn (Image ID 36862)
- Commended - Variegated Fairy-wren, by Barry Deacon (Image ID 36596)
- Commended - Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, by Michael Schmid (Image no longer available)
- Commended - Tawny Frogmouth, by Michael Schmid (Image no longer available)
Entry Level – Pairs
This category attracted 40 entries, from 16 photographers. 30 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Leaden Flycatcher, by Mary Wheeler (Image ID 36849)
- Commended - Zebra Finch, by Mary Wheeler (Image ID 36823)
- Commended - White-browed Woodswallow, by Graham Gall (Image ID 37073)
- Commended - Pink-eared Duck, by Alan Burdett (Image ID 36710)
- Commended - Brown Falcon, by Jennifer Carr (Image ID 36698)
