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Jolie Lee
USA TODAY Network
The Society of Biology, based in the United Kingdom, released the short list for its annual Photographer of the Year contest.
The finalists included shots from the Maldives, Indonesia and the Philippines. But the winning photo was by 19-year-old Billy Clapham, who snapped a blackbird in his back garden in Lincolnshire, England.
The theme for this year's competition was "Home, Habitat and Shelter," and the organization received more than 800 entries, according to a statement from the Society of Biology.
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