Probably this one like. Oof, it was twilight and I was just like, not prepared. At least it was mildly in focus for the second shot
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Oh, I have an even worse Great Horned Owl observation than yours!
At least I had some equally terrible audio recordings to go with the 3 terrible photos, to help with ID.
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It’s one of those flying cats!
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oh man, that’s actually worse than mine. Bravo XD
I think I actually had some audio recordings of this obs, I just didn’t uplaod them with the photos for whatever reason. The hoots are how I realized there was an owl in the area in the first place
EDIT: Thinking about it, I’ve got some pretty godawful photos of pileated woodpeckers too - I always hear them or catch a glimpse of them flying, and then have to chase them and try to catch a pic of them while they hide behind trees
This isn’t the WORST pic but this was the best pic I got after 15 minutes of playing peekaboo with him and his mate. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155548547
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Are you sure that’s not an IWBO?
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Alas, not enough white on his wings in flight. I was crushed. Devastated. Imagine, little old me, rediscovering the Ivory Billed Woodpecker in a tiny city park in Ohio.
It would be life changing
insert dramatic fist-clench, a single tear rolling down my cheek
/s
(seriously, though, i laughed <3)
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well, if i’m gonna chase a northern parula for 20 minutes through tick-infested fields, i can’t NOT upload this pic (which might not even be of the parula at all…)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155822261
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Interworld Boxing… maybe. 
Intensely Watching Birds Outside, I’d say it counts!
Your original:
AI (Gigapixel) upscaling and tonal tweak:
A little ‘plastic’ looking, but I was frankly surprised that it pulled out what it did. Your original was already ‘upsampled’ 400% so I took it back down before applying the AI stuff.
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I love this picture. Girl this is nothing. Girl this is pixels. Why I would even attempt to photograph a springtail with my (5 year old) phone is a mystery for the ages.
Most of my bird pictures are frankly terrible as well but I think this is the ugliest. Worst part is I’m sure I have better photos of sandhill cranes somewhereee on my phone which I forgot to upload… They’re not exactly uncommon, but alas, as of now this is my only obs of them.
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I think this beats my previous one:
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is that a seed? a hair? i don’t even know…
‘Obviously’ Hirundinidae.
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Okay so I think this beats my great horned owl pic. But I’ve been seeing this guy for DAYS and I’ve somehow been unable to get a better picture because the moment I grab my DSLR he flies off.
So crappy phone pic it is. We’ll see if it actually hits research grade LOL
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Probably this American goldfinch. It was my first time observing it and I forgot to point my phone camera towards it… The result was a cropped image from the corner of a live photo with terrible quality.
A runner up is this Mourning Dove cropped from a photo on a far away rooftop.
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Got too many crappy ones back when all my observations were taken with my phone. Many are of course birds, but here is a different one that sprung to mind (also featuring a well-known iNatter who sadly is no longer with us):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21343859
cringe at the red circle edit
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Someday in the future, photographers with better technology than what we have now will look at our images with pity. I’m waiting for the technology that will freeze a bird in place and remove any obstructing vegetation, as well as providing perfect focus.
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