Below are all the reference photos from previous years of the Bird Whisperer Project. We always accept late entries. Download an image and then email us your art! You can read the rules on our Participate page.

2016

January – Gyrfalcon
February – Red-Winged Blackbird
March – Australian Magpie
April – Muscovy Duck
May – Indigo Bunting
June – Song Sparrow
July – Spotted Pardalote
August Speckled Hummingbird
September – Barn Swallow
October – Sea Eagle
November – Eastern Screech Owl
December – Grey Jay

2017

January – Common Raven | Photo by Christopher Martin
February – Griffon Vulture
March – Greater Flamingo
April – Mute Swan
May – Silvery Cheeked Hornbill
June – Golden Breasted Starling
July – Salmon Crested Cockatoo
August – Great Grey Owl
September – Bali Starling
October – Northern Bald Ibis
November – Blue Faced Honeyeater
December – Guinea Turaco

2018

January – Curl-crested Aracari Toucan
February – Peacock
March – Barn Owl
April – Bullfinch
May – Dark-crowned Night Heron
June – Atlantic Puffin
July – Grey-crowned Crane
August – White-tailed Sabrewing Hummingbird
September – Lilac-breasted Roller
October – Common Kingfisher
November – Brown-hooded Gull
December – Stellar’s Jay

2019

January – Mandarin Duck
February – Saw-whet Owl
March – Greater Coucal
April – Great Egret
May – Gouldian Finch
June – Guira Cuckoo
July – Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
August – Steppe Eagle
September – Southern Masked Weaver
October – European Jackdaw
November – Red-winged Laughing Thrush
December – Snowy Owl

2020

January – Northern Cardinal
February – Altamira Oriole
March – Appenzeller Spitzhauben
April – American Goldfinch
May – Australian Boobook
June – Greater Roadrunner
July – Bald Eagle
August – Shoebill
September – White-throated Magpie Jay
October – Pesquet’s Parrot
November – American Kestrel
December – *Bohemian Waxwing

2021

January- Common Potoo
February – Eurasian Blue Tit
March – Red-vented Bulbul
April – Himalyan Monal
May – Brown Thrasher
June – Black-wined Kite
July – Blue-footed Booby
August – Southern Cassowary
September – Blue-crowned Pigeon
October – Long-eared Owl
November – Kea
December – Marabou Stork

2022

January – Dark-eyed Junco
February – Northern Flicker
March – Eastern Towhee
April – Catbird
May – Eastern Bluebird
June – Black-capped Chickadee
July – Cooper’s Hawk
August – House Finch
September – Pine Warbler
October – American Crow
November – Carolina Wren
December – Blue Jay