Nature » contests http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature The premiere natural history program on television. Tue, 29 May 2012 03:12:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Why We Love Cats and Dogs: See the Photo Contest Winners Gallery http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/why-we-love-cats-and-dogs/see-the-photo-contest-winners-gallery/4741/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/why-we-love-cats-and-dogs/see-the-photo-contest-winners-gallery/4741/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 15:27:12 +0000 tanner vea http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=4741 Check out the winners and runners-up in NATURE’s Why I Love Cats and Dogs Photo Contest. The photographers of the top five photos will receive a copy of Why We Love Cats and Dogs on DVD. Congratulations to our winners, and thank you to everyone to entered and helped make this contest a big success. The judges had to make a lot of very difficult decisions. We received about 700 entries in total, and there were many truly great photos that we were not able to recognize.

To see them all, and to share your own nature photos, join NATURE’s Flickr Group.

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First Place: Quiet Wisdom Second Place: Enjoying Life to the Fullest Third Place: Kushi with his watery eyes Fourth Place: Cat's Eye View Fifth Place: Maru Runner-Up: Charlotte Runner-Up: Coco the Calico Runner-Up: Audrey Runner-Up: Sleeping Beauties Runner-Up: Simply Lola Runner-Up: I Love You Mommy! Runner-Up: PJ Runner-Up: Mandy's Snow Day Runner-Up: Spooky Lemon ]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/why-we-love-cats-and-dogs/see-the-photo-contest-winners-gallery/4741/feed/ 8 Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air: Contest: Can You Name Every Species? http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/hummingbirds-magic-in-the-air/contest-can-you-name-every-species/5449/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/hummingbirds-magic-in-the-air/contest-can-you-name-every-species/5449/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:59:33 +0000 tanner vea http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=5449 224_hummers_contestHey, birders! Think you know your stuff?

Watch the episode, then try to identify all 46 species pictured, and you could win a copy of Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air on DVD.

The first person to identify them all — or the first person with the most correct responses by Friday, January 15, 2010 at 5:00pm ET — will be the winner.

Please use either ALL common names or ALL Latin names to help us check your responses. Once we have a winner, we’ll post all of the species names and photos for your reference.

Come on, give it your best shot!

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Update: January 21, 2010

Congratulations to our winner, Ashley Hawrylyshyn, who named 36 out of 46 species correctly! Thanks to everyone who entered.

]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/hummingbirds-magic-in-the-air/contest-can-you-name-every-species/5449/feed/ 23 Why We Love Cats and Dogs: Your Dog Pictures http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/why-we-love-cats-and-dogs/your-dog-pictures/4622/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/why-we-love-cats-and-dogs/your-dog-pictures/4622/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:20:02 +0000 tanner vea http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=4622 Here are some recent dog photo entries to our “Why I Love Cats and Dogs Photo Contest.” We want to see pics of YOUR charismatic canine too! Find out how to enter.

Limit: Three photos per person only please.

Deadline: March 2, 2009.


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]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/why-we-love-cats-and-dogs/your-dog-pictures/4622/feed/ 21 Why We Love Cats and Dogs: Your Cat Pictures http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/why-we-love-cats-and-dogs/your-cat-pictures/4623/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/why-we-love-cats-and-dogs/your-cat-pictures/4623/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:08:29 +0000 tanner vea http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=4623 Here are some recent cat photo entries to our “Why I Love Cats and Dogs Photo Contest.” We want to see pics of YOUR fair feline too! Find out how to enter.

Limit: Three photos per person only please.

Deadline: March 2, 2009.


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]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/why-we-love-cats-and-dogs/your-cat-pictures/4623/feed/ 16 Prince of the Alps: Photo Contest Winners http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/prince-of-the-alps/photo-contest-winners/540/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/prince-of-the-alps/photo-contest-winners/540/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:32:52 +0000 admin http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=540 In May 2008, NATURE held an Alps Photo Contest. NATURE producers judged the contest. Congratulations to the following photographers. The top five entries will receive Prince of the Alps on DVD. Thanks to all who entered our contest.

To join the NATURE Flickr community and share your photos with NATURE fans everywhere, visit http://www.flickr.com/groups/pbsnature.

1st Place - Small Church in a Pastoral Scene 2nd Place - French Alps 3rd Place - Tour de Famelon 4th Place - Still Too Cold for Bathing 5th Place - Lago Saoseo Honorable Mention - Church in the Storm Honorable Mention - Le Monolithe de Sardières Honorable Mention - Alpine View #2 Honorable Mention - French Sunset Honorable Mention - Above Gsteig, Switzerland ]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/prince-of-the-alps/photo-contest-winners/540/feed/ 1