{"id":592145,"date":"2022-05-24T13:08:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T17:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/?p=592145"},"modified":"2022-09-29T11:03:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:03:22","slug":"enter-the-backyard-biologist-contest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/eco-activities\/enter-the-backyard-biologist-contest-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Enter the Backyard Biologist Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/world-bio-day-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-592146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/world-bio-day-header.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/world-bio-day-header-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/world-bio-day-header-324x160.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you live in the country or in the city, there are interesting plants and animals all around you. Just head out to your local park, pond, or even just look closely at the ground beneath your feet. You\u2019ll be amazed at all the life you see! And until June 12, snapping a picture of this biodiversity could make you a winner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For today\u2019s Eco-Activity, we want you to get outside, snap some pictures and enter the Backyard Biologist Contest!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #68b24d;\">We&#8217;ll pick one winner from each of the following categories: <\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"191\" height=\"276\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/plant-or-fungus2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"592156\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/?attachment_id=592156\" class=\"wp-image-592156\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"186\" height=\"282\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/vertebrate2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"592153\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/?attachment_id=592153\" class=\"wp-image-592153\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"189\" height=\"276\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/invertebrate2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"592154\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/?attachment_id=592154\" class=\"wp-image-592154\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:left\"><strong>Here\u2019s what you need to do to enter:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Share your pictures with us in the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/email\">Backyard Biologist Mission<\/a><\/strong> in the App, or at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/backyardbiocontest\">www.earthrangers.com\/backyardbiocontest<\/a><\/strong>. You can upload one picture per category. Make sure you include a description of the photo and an explanation about how you identified it (as any true biologist would do, of course).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #68b24d;\">The Prize: <\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The winners get an awesome camera from Canon and have their photographs displayed in the <em>Schad Gallery of Biodiversity<\/em> at the Royal Ontario Museum! Pretty sweet, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"earthrangers.com\/email\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"157\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/backyard-bio-contest-callout.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-592147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/backyard-bio-contest-callout.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/backyard-bio-contest-callout-300x79.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"232\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/canon-rom-sponsor-plate_rom-event_43.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-592148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/canon-rom-sponsor-plate_rom-event_43.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/canon-rom-sponsor-plate_rom-event_43-300x116.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-themepunch-revslider revslider\" data-modal=\"false\" data-slidertitle=\"Daily Activity Get App Footer\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<sr7-module data-alias=\"daily-get-app-footer\" data-id=\"146\" id=\"SR7_146_1\" class=\"rs-ov-hidden\" data-version=\"6.7.54\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-adjuster><\/sr7-adjuster>\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-slide id=\"SR7_146_1-206\" data-key=\"206\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_146_1-206-0\" class=\"sr7-layer\">The Earth Rangers App is where kids go to save animals! 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