LOOKING FOR: Photos and related short accounts from spring (March, April, and May) and summer (June and July) 2020. We’re introducing a new item to the Nova Scotia Bird Society magazine regular lineup: photos submitted by our readers (paid NSBS members), each with a short, related account. We’d like to see what you’ve been seeing and to hear about the circumstances in which you made the sightings. **Here are some tips to follow:** • We will accept only one photo submission per person per issue. • Submit only digital, high-resolution photos (1 megapixel or more). Please send photos uncropped and in their original resolution to allow more flexibility in the magazine layout process. • If possible, label each photo in this format: YYYYMMDD-Species-Location-PhotographerName.jpg. • Attach the photo to an email message with “Through the Aperture” as the subject header. • In the body of the email, include at least three sentences describing the bird, where and when you saw it, and the circumstances related to the photo. This can include details on the location that others might not be aware of. Feel free to write more if you’ve got a lot to say about your photo. We reserve the right to edit for space and other considerations. • Include your name as you’d like it to appear in the photo credit, along with the names of the town and county in which you live. • Final decisions regarding which photos will be used will be made by the newsletter staff. Photos taken during each season will be due on the 15th of the next month, but since we are just beginning, I am still accepting photos for the spring and summer issues for a couple weeks or so. Here are the due dates that will apply going forward: Autumn (Aug-Nov): Photos due Dec 15 Winter (Dec-Feb): Photos due Mar 15 Spring (Mar-May): Photos due June 15 Summer (Jun-Jul): Photos due Aug 15 Send photos to: alixdentremont(a)hotmail.com By sending us your photos, you are agreeing to grant us the non-exclusive rights to publish them in our newsletter and, if we choose, in other printed materials and on our website. All photos, if used, will be credited with your name whenever possible. To get things started, here is an example photo and text from Lyall Bouchard on my Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19oP0l_ZSZ1lVN5pEnL21HBtNWJJjtTHu/view?usp=… Thanks! Alix Arthur d'Entremont Bachelor of Science Geomatics Engineering Editor of Nova Scotia Birds, a publication by the Nova Scotia Bird Society https://www.nsbirdsociety.ca/ 292 Abbott's Harbour Road Middle West Pubnico Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Canada B0W 2M0 Mobile: +1 902 307 0373 e-mail: alixdentremont(a)hotmail.com eBird NS Photography https://tinyurl.com/yacse42l eBird Profile https://ebird.org/profile/NDE2ODUz/world Website http://alixdentremont.blogspot.ca/ (rarely updated)