

Commons Picture of the Year 2009 # 1 – 62 votes in Final; Sikh pilgrim at the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar, India. (POTD) Credit: Wikimedian Paulrudd .









# 4 – 37 votes in Final; A European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) flying back to its hive carrying pollen in a pollen basket. (POTD) Credit: Wikimedian Muhammad Mahdi Karim .









# 8 – 29 votes in Final; A shell casing flies out with a trail of smoke as U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Freise fires an M-4 rifle (POTD) Credit: DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Day, U.S. Air Force. .









# 9 – 25 votes in Final; A Barn Owl (Tyto alba) in flight. (POTD) Credit: Wikimedian Lviatour, Luc Viatour .





