Best Of 2016 Audubon Photography Awards

Best Of 2016 Audubon Photography Awards 

Birds are fascinating creatures, just bizarre and beautiful enough to remind us that they are related to the ancient dinosaurs that used to roam the earth. The recently released winners of the 2016 Audubon Photography Awards celebrate the bizarre and majestic nature of these unusual creatures. 

Above: Little Blue Heron. Top 100, Amateur Category. Lynn Miller.

Best Of 2016 Audubon Photography Awards 

Roseate Spoonbills. Top 100, Amateur Category. Judylynn Malloch.

Best Of 2016 Audubon Photography Awards 

Great Blue Heron. Top 100, Amateur Category. Christopher Schlaf.

Best Of 2016 Audubon Photography Awards 

Wood Stork. Top 100, Amateur Category. Richard Johnson.

Best Of 2016 Audubon Photography Awards 

Osprey. Professional Winner: Dick Dickinson.

Best Of 2016 Audubon Photography Awards 

Long-billed Thrasher. Top 100, Professional Category. Hector Astorga.

Best Of 2016 Audubon Photography Awards 

Osprey. Top 100, Amateur Category. Thomas Chadwick.

Best Of 2016 Audubon Photography Awards 

Eastern Screech-Owl / Top 100, Amateur Category. William Kleinfelder.

Best Of 2016 Audubon Photography Awards 

Yellow-billed Oxpecker. Top 100, Professional Category. Aaron Baggenstos.

Best Of 2016 Audubon Photography Awards 

Bald Eagle. Top 100, Amateur Category. Howard Arndt.

Best Of 2016 Audubon Photography Awards 

Greater Sage-Grouse. Top 100, Professional Category. Ken Archer.

Best Of 2016 Audubon Photography Awards 

American Goldfinch / Top 100, Amateur Category. Deborah O'Sullivan.

Best Of 2016 Audubon Photography Awards 

Great Horned Owls and Black-chinned Hummingbird. Top 100, Professional Category. Ed Mackerrow.

Best Of 2016 Audubon Photography Awards 

Common Raven, photographed in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Amateur Honorable Mention. Colleen Gara.

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