2018 Audubon Photography Awards

The winners of the the ninth annual Audubon Photography Awards competition have 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.

 

American Oystercatchers on Nickerson Beach Park, Lido Beach, in New York

 

Grand Prize Winner. Great Gray Owl in Teton County, Wyoming

 

Youth Winner. Cobalt-winged Parakeets in Yasuní National Park, Ecuador

 

Youth Honorable Mention. Fawn-breasted Brilliant in Mindo, Ecuador

 

American Coot in Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center, Port Aransas, Texas

 

King Penguin on St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

 

Northern Harrier in Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge, Wallkill, New York

 

Western Screech-Owl

 

Mallard and bobcat in Yellowstone National Park. After five hours of active stalking, this bobcat successfully caught a mallard drake.

 

A close-up of a Buff-tailed Coronet in Mindo, Ecuador

 

Reddish Egret in Fort De Soto Park, St. Petersburg, Florida

 

Northern Hawk Owls in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

 

A Peregrine Falcon and Rock Pigeons in Cleveland, Ohio

 

Least Tern on Cape Charles, Virginia

 

Pyrrhuloxia on Santa Clara Ranch, McCook, Texas

 

Western Sandpiper in Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico

 

Sandhill Cranes in Merced National Wildlife Refuge, Merced, California

 

Barn Owl in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

 

Barred Owl in Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida

 

A Dalmatian Pelican lands on Lake Kerkini, Greece.

Source: theatlantic.com | by Alan Taylor

Written by FAIM