Red-breasted mergansers are depicted in this 2025 high school and grand champion entry by Erin Moore, of Walton High School in Marietta. SPECIAL PHOTO

SOCIAL CIRCLE – Hey, kids! Do you enjoy nature as well as creating artwork? Georgia’s 20th annual Youth Birding Competition invites children and teens from across the state to celebrate birds through its T-shirt art contest.

Participants are asked to draw or paint a native Georgia bird that has not been featured on a previous Youth Birding Competition T-shirt. See the list at https://georgiawildlife.com/YBCTshirtArtContest .

But with more than 400 species of wild birds in Georgia, options abound! Since this contest highlights species that are indigenous to our state, artwork of non-native or domesticated species (such as European star

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