2023 Mug Club Photo Contest
The 2023 Mug Club Photo Contest is open to receive entries! Click the link below or the image at the left to go to the submission form.
Photo Contest Submission Form
(submissions are due 10/31/23)
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
2023 Photo Contest Winner & 2024 MUG REVEAL EVENT!
11/21/23 at 7:00 pm @ The Nature Center at Hemlock Crossing County Park
Enjoy some hot coco and cider while socializing with other bird lovers! Then be the first to know the winners of the 2023 Mug Club Photo Contest and which photo will be on the new mug! Following the reveal, Curtis will give a fun presentation about a birding adventure.
EVENT SCHEDULE:
– 7:00 pm – Socialize with other bird lovers over hot coco and cider
– 7:30 pm – Watch the Mug Club Photo Contest winner reveal!
– 7:45 pm – Presentation: TBD by Curtis Dykstra
– 8:30 pm – Event Concludes
*This event will be live, in-person and also Livestreamed on YouTube. Return here to watch.
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Scroll down to look at winners and submission videos from previous years…
Archived Photo Contest Images & Videos:
2022 Mug Club Photo Contest
2022 Photo Contest Winner!
2022 Honorable Mention Winners
The Stories Behind the Winning Photos
To highlight the amazing winning photos, we’ve interviewed all 5 winners: Mike Bergeon, Chris Sprik, Lonny Garris, Carl Manning & June Kuiper. We asked them to give us a glimpse into the story behind their amazing photos. Enjoy!
2022 Mug Club Photo Contest Video
Enjoy this slideshow video of the 95 entries for the 2022 Coffee with the Birds Mug Club Photo Contest. All photos were taken between 11/1/21 and 10/31/22 in Ottawa County, Michigan.
2022 Photo Contest Winner & 2023 MUG REVEAL EVENT!
Livestreamed Video (Live 11/22/22 at 7:00 pm)
2021 Mug Club Photo Contest
2021 Photo Contest Winner!
2021 Honorable Mention Winners
The Stories Behind the Winning Photos
For this year’s Coffee with the Birds Mug Club Photo Contest, we thought it would be fun to hear the stories behind the the taking of the 5 winning photos. So we interviewed all 5 winners in order to share these stories with you. Each story is about 2 minutes long and the video concludes with the Grand Prize winner’s story. Enjoy!
2021 Mug Club Photo Contest Video
Enjoy this slideshow video of the 71 entries for the 2021 Coffee with the Birds Mug Club Photo Contest. All photos were taken between 11/1/20 and 10/31/21 in Ottawa County, Michigan. The winner will be featured on the 2022 Mug Club Member mug! Read below for more details on how you can get your own membership and mug!
Thank you to everyone who entered the 2021 Photo Contest! We received many excellent entries and our panel of judges had a difficult job selecting the winners. However, a winner has been selected and the 2022 mugs have been ordered!
2021 Photo Contest Winner & 2022 REVEAL EVENT!
Livestreamed Video (Live 11/23/21 at 7:00 pm)
This year we revealed the Photo Contest winners & 2022 mug LIVE, ONLINE, before the first CwB Event on December 11th.
2020 Mug Club Photo Contest
2020 Photo Contest Winner!
Congratulations to Emily Tornga! Her beautiful photo of a Tufted Titmouse in the lightly falling snow is this year’s photo contest winner!
2020 Honorable Mention Winners
Congratulations are also in order for Chris Sprik, Judi Manning, Martin Blanchard and Doug Kuiper who each eared an Honorable Mention award for their photos!
Thank you to everyone who entered the 2020 Photo Contest! We received about 50 wonderful entries making the selecting this year’s winners difficult! Watch the video below to see a slide show of all the entries put to music.
2019 Mug Club Photo Contest
2019 Photo Contest Winner!
2019 Honorable Mention Winners
2018 Mug Club Photo Contest
2017 Mug Club Photo Contest
2019 Photo Contest Winner!
Golden-crowned Kinglet by Charles DeWitt
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