# Hello Feathered Friends Lovers, #

 
**Welcome to #SMaP Show Me A Photo Contest Round 68!**

After this spectacular week full with beautiful male birds, next week will be dedicated to the female birds. For those who follow the contest and know the rules, it will be enough that I will be expecting entries with photos of female birds. Those who are stumbling upon and this is the first time to submit their entries, please read carefully the post till the end. Any questions about the contest - feel free to ask. I will be happy to answer.

Now, back to the girls. Boys with their striking presence catch the eye and it is a real treat to watch them display their best plumage. Even better if you happened to watch them dancing or singing. Different species, different ways to show their quality. Female birds may lack all that glamour, but they have the last word and they will choose their mate carefully. So, it is a bit of a hard task for the boys. 😉 

So, it is time to give some credit to the female birds.   

### <center>And here it is the new theme:</center> ###


## <center>FEMALE BIRDS</center> ##

And my examples of female birds are:

Syrian woodpecker - unlike the male, females have no red on their head, just black.


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Siskin - the female lacks the striking yellow feathers and black cap.


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Blackbird - the colour of the female is dark brown, while the male is black.


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Now is your turn and let me see your photos of birds, but first read carefully the rules below⬇️

## Rules ##
 
Show me your photo of a bird, following these rules:

- The photo must be your own.
- Post in the community Feathered Friends
- You may add more photos, but you should state which one is your entry, otherwise the first will be taken into account. 
- Tell us something about your photo/s.
- Your photo must follow the weekly theme.
- Please put the link of your entry in the comment section of the contest post here. 
- Put in the title of your post that this is an entry for the contest. (Optional)
- Use #smap as a tag. 


**<center>Last, but not least  - have fun!</center>**


If you create quality post with more images and interesting story about them, making extra effort can give you bigger upvotes and attract curators. Keep that in mind.


## **Prizes** ##
## Five winners and each winner will receive 2 Hive or 2 HBD (it depends on the price of Hive) and 200 Ecency POINTS. ##

**I would like to thank our judge @oks2crypto, who is doing such a great job and help choosing among all entries the winners.**

**Huge thank you Feathered Friends Community and @melinda010100 for sponsoring the contest. I should not miss to mention our most talented artist @barbara-orenya for her constant and creative support.** 

**Each valid entry will receive 50 Ecency Points as a tip!**

**Wait, this is not all. Another generous donation from Feathered Friends Community will bring a drop in your Hive Engine wallet if you are among the winners. Each winner will also receive 2 Nature Tokens.**

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For those who are not familiar with Ecency POINTS - the ecency.com and its mobile version reward the users with POINTS when post, comment and using Ecency apps. The accumulated points can be used to boost or promote your posts or to be gifted to other users.

Now Feathered Friends Community begins receiving POINTS when you post in the community, thanks to the initiative created by Ecency. This way the community is earning POINTS and gladly will reward the winners with them.

Another feature introduced by Ecency is tipping from ecency.com. Now you can tip in Hive, Hive dollars or Points when you use ecency.com.


Feathered Friends Community is grateful to all who set the community as beneficiary on their posts. If you like to help the community, you may also donate HP to [@hive-106444](https://peakd.com/@hive-106444). Your support will help building higher VP and higher votes on your posts.


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