Submission Rules
This blog is dedicated to bringing you the finest in absolute garbage photography of birds.
If you'd like to submit a photo, we're accepting submissions! Just a few guidelines:
BIRDS ONLY. This means photos must contain some portion of a living bird, or the location where a bird just was before the camera clicked, or be something you are sure WAS a bird before you took the photo and/or investigated more closely. Other animals not accepted, unless you thought they were (or they could be mistaken for) birds.
You may only submit photos YOU PERSONALLY TOOK, or that you were given permission to submit by someone you know. We're interested in YOUR garbage, not someone else's.
Photos must be CRAP. The worse the better. We are posting GARBAGE for the GREMLINS tonight, not showcasing good photos of birds. If your photo is not crap, it may not get published, or may take longer to publish, as I curate the queue to put the worst first.
Birds must not be ill, injured, dead, or otherwise in unnatural distress. Wild birds performing natural behaviors (such as fighting or hunting non-bird animals) will be allowed on a case-by-case basis. Please do not harass wild birds to get photos.
Wild birds are preferred, captive birds are acceptable.
Please limit submissions to 1-2 photos per post. This makes it easier for people to see the beautiful crap you've produced.
Submit a photo! Submissions are vastly preferred to asks, as I don't have to edit them to queue them.
Additionally, we will be running on submissions ONLY. If you make a post on your own blog with your own photo and want to submit it by pinging us (use the @ mention feature), we will likely reblog it, but we're not here to make fun of anyone or make anyone feel bad so we won't be seeking posts or answering pings on reblogs.
This means please DO NOT ping us on other people's posts unless you're telling them about us. We also don't want you making anyone feel bad on our behalf.
Update: As of 10/18/25, we will be doing "Crap-O-Meter Mondays." To participate, read over the linked rules, and be sure to add the tag at the submission area.
Be kind, have fun!