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Winners and honorable mentions from the Audubon Society’s 17th annual competition featuring some of the best images of bird life from around the world

September 2, 2026, 12:01 PM ET

A merganser flies over water with a fish in its beak.

Gail Bisson / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Common Merganser. Winner, Female Bird, U.S. and Canada. East Bay Sandbar, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Two raptors stand on the ground near a lake, with dramatic rocky mountains standing in the background.

Timothy Dhalleine / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Crested Caracara. Winner, Birds in Landscapes, Chile and Colombia. Torres del Paine National Park, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic region, Chile.

A colorful hummingbird hovers near flowers.

Camilo Sanabria Grajales / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Ruby-Topaz Hummingbird. Honorable Mention, Youth, Chile and Colombia. Guadalajara de Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

A spoonbill with pink feathers splashes around in shallow water.

Jacqueline Burke / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Roseate Spoonbill. Grand-Prize Winner, U.S. and Canada. St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, St. Augustine, Florida.

A white bird with a long tail flies above a volcanic crater with a plume of erupting lava.

Liron Gertsman / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

White-Tailed Tropicbird. Winner, Birds in Landscapes, U.S. and Canada. Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, Volcano, Hawaiʻi.

A woodpecker with its head jammed into an opening in a cactus plant

Mike Henry / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Gila Woodpecker and Saguaro Cactus. Winner, Plants for Birds, U.S. and Canada. Tucson, Arizona.

A heron wades in water near cypress trees.

Jay Vanos / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Great Blue Heron. Honorable Mention, Birds in Landscapes, U.S. and Canada. Caddo Lake Wildlife Management Area, Karnak, Texas.

A bird spreads its wings, flying at night.

Faber Mosquera Alvarez / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Oilbird. Winner, Birds in Landscapes, Chile and Colombia. Pijao, Quindío, Colombia, in the Cañón de los Guácharos.

A close view of the face of an albatross.

Rodrigo González Pairoa / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Black-Browed Albatross. Winner, Birds Without Borders, Chile and Colombia. Almirantazgo Fjord, Chile.

A small yellow-green bird perches on a branch.

Nick Parayko / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Tennessee Warbler. Winner, Birds Without Borders, U.S. and Canada. St. Albert, Alberta, Canada (in the photographer’s backyard).

Jagged coastal rocks, seen in silhouette, with one prominent cormorant perched on top of one of the rocks

Paulo Olivier Hanshing / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Neotropic Cormorant. Honorable Mention, Birds in Landscapes, Chile and Colombia. Near Caleta Talcaruca, Limarí, Coquimbo Region, Chile.

A horned owl, perched on a dried cactus.

Francisco Castro Escobar / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Lesser Horned Owl. Grand-Prize Winner, Chile and Colombia. Antofagasta, Chile.

A black bird with white wingtips, wings spread wide, flies over a field.

Rubén Barraza / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Spectacled Tyrant. Honorable Mention, Birds Without Borders, Chile and Colombia. Elqui River Wetland, La Serena, Coquimbo Region, Chile.

One pelican flies above a flock of pelicans walking on a beach, with a prominent rock formation in the surf in the background.

Erich Podbielski / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Brown Pelican. Honorable Mention, Birds Without Borders, U.S. and Canada. Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon.

A small gray-and-yellow bird perches on a branch above a spider web.

Juan David Camacho Márquez / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Canada Warbler, Winner, Youth, Chile and Colombia. Doña Dora Birding, El Queremal, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

A cormorant, in flight, carrying a tuft of grass in its beak.

Kevin Lohman / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Brandt’s Cormorant and Surfgrass. Honorable Mention, Plants for Birds, U.S. and Canada. Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California.

To see all of this year’s winners, be sure to visit Audubon’s awards website.

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