{"id":2124657,"date":"2026-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2124657"},"modified":"2026-09-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T21:00:00","slug":"avian-beauties-and-rarities-top-the-2026-audubon-photography-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2124657","title":{"rendered":"Avian Beauties and Rarities Top the 2026 Audubon Photography Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content prose-colossal max-w-none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"a photograph of a lesser horned howl perched on a cactus\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Francisco Castro Escobar. Grand prize, Chile and Colombia: Lesser horned owl, Antofagasta, Chile. All images courtesy of Audubon Photography Awards, shared with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bc941e6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">Avian Beauties and Rarities Top the 2026 Audubon Photography Awards<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-02T11:15:00-05:00\">September 2, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-nature\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/nature\/\" rel=\"tag\">Nature<\/a><a class=\"category-photography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/photography\/\" rel=\"tag\">Photography<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/kmothes\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Kate Mothes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"colossal-share-buttons\">\n<li class=\"colossal-share-button colossal-share-button--facebook\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2026%2F09%2Faudubon-photography-awards-2026-birds%2F&amp;title=Avian%20Beauties%20and%20Rarities%20Top%20the%202026%20Audubon%20Photography%20Awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"colossal-share-button__link\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"colossal-share-button__label\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Share<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"colossal-share-button colossal-share-button--pinterest\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2026%2F09%2Faudubon-photography-awards-2026-birds%2F&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F09%2Faudubon-2-960x640.jpg&amp;description=Avian%20Beauties%20and%20Rarities%20Top%20the%202026%20Audubon%20Photography%20Awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"colossal-share-button__link\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"colossal-share-button__label\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Pin<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"colossal-share-button colossal-share-button--email\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#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\" aria-label=\"Email this article\" class=\"colossal-share-button__link\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"colossal-share-button__label\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"colossal-share-button colossal-share-button--copy\">\n\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Copy article link\" class=\"colossal-share-button__link colossal-share-button__copy\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2026\/09\/audubon-photography-awards-2026-birds\/\" data-label-default=\"Copy\" data-label-copied=\"Copied!\" data-aria-default=\"Copy article link\" data-aria-copied=\"Link copied to clipboard\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"colossal-share-button__label\" aria-live=\"polite\">Copy<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"colossal-share-button colossal-share-button--bookmark\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"simplefavorite-button preset\" data-postid=\"477324\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\"><i class=\"sf-icon-bookmark\"><\/i>Bookmark<\/button>\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Major expeditions, numerous attempts, and strokes of luck characterize how many of the top images in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audubon.org\/magazine\/2026-audubon-photography-awards-winners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2026 Audubon Photography Awards<\/a> came to be. Francisco Castro Escobar, for example, was surprised to see a rare lesser horned owl, sometimes referred to as \u201cthe ghost of the desert,\u201d perched on a cactus in northern Chile during a dawn hike. \u201cThe largest owl in Chile gets this nickname because seeing one is so rare that it\u2019s like an apparition,\u201d Escobar says. The image also took the grand prize for the Chile\/Colombia contest.<\/p>\n<p>Audubon Photography Awards runs two parallel opportunities, one for photographers in the U.S. and Canada and the other for those based in Chile and Colombia. This year, the grand prize for North American entrants went to Jacqueline Burke for her bold capture of a bathing roseate spoonbill illuminated against the shadowed interior of a cove in Florida. Additional prize categories include Birds Without Borders, Plants for Birds, Youth, Conservation, and others.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-4.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477324\" title=\"Rodrigo Gonz\u00e1lez Pairoa. Winner of the Birds Without Borders category: Black-browed albatross, Almirantazgo Fjord, Chile\" data-rl_title=\"Rodrigo Gonz\u00e1lez Pairoa. Winner of the Birds Without Borders category: Black-browed albatross, Almirantazgo Fjord, Chile\" data-rl_caption=\"Rodrigo Gonz\u00e1lez Pairoa. Winner of the Birds Without Borders category: Black-browed albatross, Almirantazgo Fjord, Chile\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-4.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph of an albatross&apos;s face in detail\" class=\"wp-image-477328\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rodrigo Gonz\u00e1lez Pairoa. Winner of the Birds Without Borders category: Black-browed albatross, Almirantazgo Fjord, Chile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The array of images capture the daily behaviors and habits of birds around the world, from hunting raptors to nectar-seeking woodpeckers. In addition to dramatic, sometimes humorous shots of avians in flight, eating, swimming, and more, we also discover some of the ways human activities put the animals at risk. Josh Galicki\u2019s photo of nesting northern gannets in Shetland reveal how jettisoned old fishing nets have been scavenged for nests on a cliff face, but the same material poses a constant risk to the animals\u2019 safety.<\/p>\n<p>Across the board, the winning photographs illuminate the world\u2019s immense avian diversity, from diminutive, jewel-like hummingbirds to seabirds that dive like torpedos to catch their prey. \u201cHours, days, or sometimes even years of patience and effort go into creating a scenario in which a photographer is in the right place, at the right time, to capture a fleeting moment,\u201d Audubon says.<\/p>\n<p>See all the winners and honorable mentions, including videos, on the contest\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audubon.org\/magazine\/2026-audubon-photography-awards-winners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-1.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477324\" title=\"Jacqueline Burke. Grand prize, U.S. and Canada: Roseate spoonbill, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, St. Augustine, Florida\" data-rl_title=\"Jacqueline Burke. Grand prize, U.S. and Canada: Roseate spoonbill, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, St. Augustine, Florida\" data-rl_caption=\"Jacqueline Burke. Grand prize, U.S. and Canada: Roseate spoonbill, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, St. Augustine, Florida\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-1.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph of a roseate spoonbill splashing in the water against a dark background\" class=\"wp-image-477325\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jacqueline Burke. Grand prize, U.S. and Canada: Roseate spoonbill, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, St. Augustine, Florida<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-5.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477324\" title=\"Josh Galicki. Winner of the Conservation category: Northern gannets, sle of Noss, Shetland Islands, U.K.\" data-rl_title=\"Josh Galicki. Winner of the Conservation category: Northern gannets, sle of Noss, Shetland Islands, U.K.\" data-rl_caption=\"Josh Galicki. Winner of the Conservation category: Northern gannets, sle of Noss, Shetland Islands, U.K.\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-5.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph of nesting northern gannets that are using fishing detritus for nests, which has strangled one of the birds\" class=\"wp-image-477329\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Josh Galicki. Winner of the Conservation category: Northern gannets, sle of Noss, Shetland Islands, U.K.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-9.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477324\" title=\"Mike Henry. Winner of the Plants for Birds, U.S. and Canada category: Gila woodpecker and saguaro cactus, Tucson, Arizona\" data-rl_title=\"Mike Henry. Winner of the Plants for Birds, U.S. and Canada category: Gila woodpecker and saguaro cactus, Tucson, Arizona\" data-rl_caption=\"Mike Henry. Winner of the Plants for Birds, U.S. and Canada category: Gila woodpecker and saguaro cactus, Tucson, Arizona\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-9.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph of a gila woodpecker with its head inside of a saguaro cactus flower\" class=\"wp-image-477333\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mike Henry. Winner of the Plants for Birds, U.S. and Canada category: Gila woodpecker and saguaro cactus, Tucson, Arizona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-11.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477324\" title=\"Juan David Camacho M\u00e1rquez. Winner of the Youth category for Chile and Colombia: Canada warbler, Do\u00f1a Dora Birding, El Queremal, Valle del Cauca, Colombia\" data-rl_title=\"Juan David Camacho M\u00e1rquez. Winner of the Youth category for Chile and Colombia: Canada warbler, Do\u00f1a Dora Birding, El Queremal, Valle del Cauca, Colombia\" data-rl_caption=\"Juan David Camacho M\u00e1rquez. Winner of the Youth category for Chile and Colombia: Canada warbler, Do\u00f1a Dora Birding, El Queremal, Valle del Cauca, Colombia\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-11.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph of a small yellow-and-gray bird on a branch above a small spiderweb\" class=\"wp-image-477335\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Juan David Camacho M\u00e1rquez. Winner of the Youth category for Chile and Colombia: Canada warbler, Do\u00f1a Dora Birding, El Queremal, Valle del Cauca, Colombia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-3.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477324\" title=\"Timothy Dhalleine. Winner of the Birds in Landscapes, Chile category: Crested caracara, Torres del Paine National Park, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic region, Chile\" data-rl_title=\"Timothy Dhalleine. Winner of the Birds in Landscapes, Chile category: Crested caracara, Torres del Paine National Park, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic region, Chile\" data-rl_caption=\"Timothy Dhalleine. Winner of the Birds in Landscapes, Chile category: Crested caracara, Torres del Paine National Park, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic region, Chile\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-3.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph of a beautiful, mountainous landscape in southern Chile with two crested caracaras standing in the foreground\" class=\"wp-image-477327\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Timothy Dhalleine. Winner of the Birds in Landscapes, Chile category: Crested caracara, Torres del Paine National Park, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic region, Chile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-7.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477324\" title=\"Santiago Giraldo. Winner of the Plants for Birds Colombia category: Yellow-eared parrot and Quindio wax palm, Anaime, Cajamarca, Tolima\" data-rl_title=\"Santiago Giraldo. Winner of the Plants for Birds Colombia category: Yellow-eared parrot and Quindio wax palm, Anaime, Cajamarca, Tolima\" data-rl_caption=\"Santiago Giraldo. Winner of the Plants for Birds Colombia category: Yellow-eared parrot and Quindio wax palm, Anaime, Cajamarca, Tolima\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-7.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph of two yellow-eared parrots touching foreheads outside of a hole in a tree\" class=\"wp-image-477331\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Santiago Giraldo. Winner of the Plants for Birds Colombia category: Yellow-eared parrot and Quindio wax palm, Anaime, Cajamarca, Tolima<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-6.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477324\" title=\"Camilo Sanabria Grajale. Honorable mention in the Youth category for Chile and Colombia: Ruby-topaz hummingbird, Guadalajara de Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia\" data-rl_title=\"Camilo Sanabria Grajale. Honorable mention in the Youth category for Chile and Colombia: Ruby-topaz hummingbird, Guadalajara de Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia\" data-rl_caption=\"Camilo Sanabria Grajale. Honorable mention in the Youth category for Chile and Colombia: Ruby-topaz hummingbird, Guadalajara de Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-6.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph of a ruby topaz hummingbird in flight near some flowers\" class=\"wp-image-477330\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Camilo Sanabria Grajale. Honorable mention in the Youth category for Chile and Colombia: Ruby-topaz hummingbird, Guadalajara de Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-8.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477324\" title=\"David Paredes Bravo. Honorable mention in the Plants for Birds, Colombia category: Golden-rumped euphonia and Tillandsia recurvata, Alto del Zarzo, Manizales, Department of Caldas, Colombia\" data-rl_title=\"David Paredes Bravo. Honorable mention in the Plants for Birds, Colombia category: Golden-rumped euphonia and Tillandsia recurvata, Alto del Zarzo, Manizales, Department of Caldas, Colombia\" data-rl_caption=\"David Paredes Bravo. Honorable mention in the Plants for Birds, Colombia category: Golden-rumped euphonia and Tillandsia recurvata, Alto del Zarzo, Manizales, Department of Caldas, Colombia\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-8.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph of a golden-rumped euphonia bird in flight\" class=\"wp-image-477332\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Paredes Bravo. Honorable mention in the Plants for Birds, Colombia category: Golden-rumped euphonia and Tillandsia recurvata, Alto del Zarzo, Manizales, Department of Caldas, Colombia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-10.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477324\" title=\"Kevin Lohman. Honorable mention in the Plants for Birds, U.S. and Canada category: Brandt\u2019s cormorant and surfgrass, Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California\" data-rl_title=\"Kevin Lohman. Honorable mention in the Plants for Birds, U.S. and Canada category: Brandt\u2019s cormorant and surfgrass, Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California\" data-rl_caption=\"Kevin Lohman. Honorable mention in the Plants for Birds, U.S. and Canada category: Brandt\u2019s cormorant and surfgrass, Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/audubon-10.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph of a cormorant in flight with surfgrass in its beak\" class=\"wp-image-477334\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kevin Lohman. 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