The winners of the the ninth annual Audubon Photography Awards competition have just been announced. Photographers entered images in three categories: professional, amateur, and youth. More than 8,000 images depicting birdlife from all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces were judged. This year’s competition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and the many bird species protected by this conservation law. The National Audubon Society was kind enough to share some of this year’s winners and runners-up with us below. To view even more great bird photography, you can also see all of the top 100 entries at the Audubon website.
2018 Audubon Photography Awards
- Alan Taylor
- July 9, 2018
- 20 Photos
- In Focus
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American Oystercatchers on Nickerson Beach Park, Lido Beach, in New York #
Raymond Hennessy / Audubon Photography Awards -
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Grand Prize Winner. Great Gray Owl in Teton County, Wyoming #
Steve Mattheis / Audubon Photography Awards -
Youth Winner. Cobalt-winged Parakeets in Yasuní National Park, Ecuador #
Liron Gertsman / Audubon Photography Awards -
Youth Honorable Mention. Fawn-breasted Brilliant in Mindo, Ecuador #
Liron Gertsman / Audubon Photography Awards -
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American Coot in Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center, Port Aransas, Texas #
Kevin Malo / Audubon Photography Awards -
King Penguin on St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island #
Harry Colquhoun / Audubon Photography Awards -
Northern Harrier in Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge, Wallkill, New York #
Scott Joshua Dere / Audubon Photography Awards -
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Western Screech-Owl #
Joe Galkowski / Audubon Photography Awards -
Mallard and bobcat in Yellowstone National Park. After five hours of active stalking, this bobcat successfully caught a mallard drake. #
Cindy Goeddel / Audubon Photography Awards -
A close-up of a Buff-tailed Coronet in Mindo, Ecuador #
Liron Gertsman / Audubon Photography Awards -
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Reddish Egret in Fort De Soto Park, St. Petersburg, Florida #
Peter Brannon / Audubon Photography Awards -
Northern Hawk Owls in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska #
Sam Wilson / Audubon Photography Awards -
A Peregrine Falcon and Rock Pigeons in Cleveland, Ohio #
Chris Saladin / Audubon Photography Awards -
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Least Tern on Cape Charles, Virginia #
Carolina Fraser / Audubon Photography Awards -
Pyrrhuloxia on Santa Clara Ranch, McCook, Texas #
Judy Lynn Malloch / Audubon Photography Awards -
Western Sandpiper in Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico #
Liron Gertsman / Audubon Photography Awards -
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Sandhill Cranes in Merced National Wildlife Refuge, Merced, California #
Gary Zahm / Audubon Photography Awards -
Barn Owl in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada #
Gail Bisson / Audubon Photography Awards -
Barred Owl in Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida #
Robert Rommel / Audubon Photography Awards -
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A Dalmatian Pelican lands on Lake Kerkini, Greece. #
Christina Sautter / Audubon Photography Awards
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