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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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