The winners of this year’s annual Audubon Photography Awards were just announced. Photographers were competing for eight prizes across five divisions, and more than 2,400 images depicting birdlife from all 50 states and seven Canadian provinces and territories were judged. The National Audubon Society was once again kind enough to share some of this year’s winners with us below.
The 2022 Audubon Photography Awards
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![A western grebe stares into the camera as two chicks ride on its back, all three biting a small silver fish.]()
Read moreWestern Grebe. Amateur Winner. A western grebe’s red eyes stare into the camera as two chicks ride on its back, each grabbing onto a silver fish in its beak. Photographed on the Calero Reservoir in San Jose, California. #
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![A white-tailed ptarmigan sits atop a rock overlooking mountains and a valley.]()
Read moreWhite-tailed Ptarmigan. Professional Winner. A white-tailed ptarmigan sits atop a rock overlooking mountains and a valley in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. #
Liron Gertsman / 2022 Audubon Photography Awards -
![Two white-tailed kites fly near each other, with the lower of the two holding a vole in its talons.]()
Read moreWhite-tailed Kite. Grand Prize Winner. In the sky above Costa Mesa, California, two white-tailed kites fly with a vole. Zhi: "The father, who teaches his fledglings to hunt, held a vole in his talons. The fledgling flew in and, in a blink, grabbed the rodent as the father let go." #
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![A sea of green-headed ducks huddle together on a cold morning.]()
Read moreNorthern Shoveler. Fisher Prize Winner. A sea of green-headed ducks huddle together on a cold morning in Muskegon County, Michigan. #
Steve Jessmore / 2022 Audubon Photography Awards -
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![A greater sage-grouse stands in profile surrounded by snow-covered sagebrush.]()
Read moreGreater Sage-Grouse. Female Bird Prize Winner. A female greater sage-grouse stands in profile surrounded by sagebrush in Fremont County, Wyoming. #
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![A black-bellied whistling-duck peers into the trunk of a hollowed-out palm tree.]()
Read moreBlack-bellied Whistling-Duck. Youth Winner. A black-bellied whistling-duck peers into the trunk of a hollowed-out palm tree in Indian River County, Florida. #
Jayden Preussner / 2022 Audubon Photography Awards -
![A greater prairie-chicken during a courtship display.]()
Read moreGreater Prairie-Chicken. Youth Honorable Mention. A male greater prairie-chicken, photographed during a courtship display on Fort Pierre National Grassland in Fort Pierre, South Dakota. #
Amiel Hopkins / 2022 Audubon Photography Awards -
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![A raven grooms another on snowy ground.]()
Read moreCommon Raven. Amateur Honorable Mention. A raven grooms another on snowy ground in Algonquin Provincial Park, in Ontario, Canada. #
Ankur Khurana / 2022 Audubon Photography Awards
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