Location: Promised Land State Park, Pennsylvania, USA
A pair of Blackburnian Warblers. Their vibrant yellow heads and orange necks are set against a blurred gray backdrop, with their bills and feet seemingly entangled.
2. "Willow Ptarmigan" by Liron Gertsman/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Professional Winner
Location: Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada
A group of seven willow ptarmigans, photographed in flight against a completely white background.
3. "Great-tailed Grackle" by Tristan Vratil/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Amateur Winner
Location: Corner of Slaughter Lane and Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas, USA
In Austin, Texas, grackles are captured in silhouette as they fly past the corner of Slaughter Lane and Congress Avenue, eventually alighting on nearby power lines.
4. "Black-capped Chickadee and Broad-leaf Cattail" by Linda Scher/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Plants For Birds Winner
Location: Wood Lake Nature Center, Richfield, Minnesota, USA
A Black-capped Chickadee grasps a single beige, seed-filled hook-shaped stem at a 90-degree angle with its black legs. Its black bill is occupied with seeds.
5. "American Kestrel" by Parham Pourahmad/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Youth Winner
Location: Calero County Park, San Jose, California, USA
An American Kestrel rests on a post. Another male Kestrel stands on her back, wings spread wide. Facing left, the male appears to visually extend the female's body.
6. "Wild Turkey" by Travis Potter/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Female Bird Prize Winner
Location: Roseville, Minnesota, USA
A female wild turkey stands on railroad tracks.
7. "California Quail" by Kevin Lohman/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Birds in Landscapes Prize Winner
Location: Santa Cruz, California, USA
A California quail perches on top of a small bush in a field.
8. "Common Gallinule" by Douglas DeFelice/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Fisher Prize Winner
Location: Tarpon Springs, FL
The green feet of a common gallinule extending vertically from the water's surface. The submerged body remains unseen. Water splashes, rendered in gold against a black background, blur the line between the feet and the water's surface.
9. "Forster’s Tern" by Kevin Lohman/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Professional Honorable Mention
Location: Shoreline Lake, Mountain View, California, USA
Mid-flight, a Forster's tern executes a sharp head turn, water droplets scattering in the process.
10. "Barred Owl" by Erin Boisvert/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Amateur Honorable Mention
Location: Deep Brook Preserve. Newtown, CT, USA
A Barred Owl perched upside down on a thin branch. Its body is horizontal, head turned directly towards the camera. Above it hangs a motionless squirrel, head almost entirely severed and gripped in the owl's talons. Blood stains the squirrel's fur.
11. "Sedge Wren and Gray-head Coneflower" by Trisha Snider/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Plants For Birds Honorable Mention
Location: John E Pearce Provincial Park, Wallacetown, Ontario, Canada
A tiny sedge wren perches between two long stems.
12. Red-necked Grebe by Edwin Liu/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Youth Honorable Mention
Location: Colonel Samuel Smith Park, Etobicoke, ON, Canada
Two Red-necked Grebes face each other in the water. You can see the entire body of one, and two chicks with black and white heads on its back. One chick leans in, receiving a small fish from the parent's bill.
