Winners of the 2021 Audubon Photography Awards

“Greater Roadrunner” by Carolina Fraser. Grand Prize Winner. Location: Los Novios Ranch, Cotulla, Texas
“In the midst of an night dust bath, a Higher Roadrunner stands proudly, backlit by the sunlight. Good, golden gentle exposes white-tipped tail feathers that contrast with downy feathers fanning out from its sides. Dust from a current roll in the dust lingers in the air.”

“Northern Cardinal” by Steve Jessmore. Expert Award Winner. Place: Rural Muskegon County, Michigan
“A red male Northern Cardinal appears to be to float over the snowy floor, the crest feathers on its head blown backward in the wind as it flies in profile in entrance of gray plant stalks. The bird’s a few wing feathers contact the white carpet of snow, its shadow connecting underneath.”

“Sandhill Crane” by Robin Ulery. Beginner Award Winner. Locale: Johns Lake, Winter Backyard garden, Florida
“A new child Sandhill Crane colt rests atop its mom, its entire body curled all-around her red-topped head. The colt’s orange and white fluffy overall body contrasts the mother’s blue-grey feathers, their profiles against a blurry yellow background.”

“Anna’s Hummingbird” by Patrick Coughlin. Fisher Prize. Location: Claremont Canyon Regional Maintain, Berkeley, California, Usa
“More than a dozen purple blooms on a Pride of Madeira plant obscure all but a blurred wing and one particular eye of an Anna’s Hummingbird. The hummingbird faces the viewer with its eye plainly obvious involving two flowers, showing to be generating eye make contact with with the photographer.”

“Canada Goose” by Josiah Launstein. Youth Honorable Mention. Location: Burnaby Lake, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
“On a however wetland with eco-friendly grasses and brown reeds in the track record, a Canada Goose flies up from the h2o, its wings outstretched and beak agape as yet another Canada Goose, wings bent at 90-diploma angles, honks back. Many Inexperienced-winged Teal observe the scene from the water beneath.”

“Peregrine Falcon” by Tom Ingram. Beginner Honorable Point out. Locale: La Jolla Cove, California, United states of america
“Atop a rocky cliff littered with feathers, a Peregrine Falcon stands with a pink-crested Acorn Woodpecker in its bloodied talons. The tan and dark gray Falcon retains a feather in its beak as two other feathers, black at the top and white with blood stains at the bottom, float, crossing in midair.”

“Purple Sandpiper” by Arav Karighattam. Youth Award Winner. Spot: Rockport, Massachusetts, United states of america
“On a soaked, rocky shore, a Purple Sandpiper sits with its beak tucked below its brown and gray wing, the blurred blue ocean waves in the history.”

“Red-winged Blackbird and lily pad” by Shirley Donald. Vegetation For Birds Award Winner. Spot: Blue Sea, Quebec, Canada
“Beak deep in a partly opened, yellow flower rising from the h2o, a gray feminine Pink-winged Blackbird stands balancing on a lily pad, her wings partly outstretched, revealing the contact of crimson on her shoulders. Additional yellow flowers coloration the history.”

“Anna’s Hummingbird and cattail” by Karen Boyer Guyton. Vegetation For Birds Honorable Point out. Spot: Quilcene, Washington, Usa
“The brown, cylindrical top rated of a cattail stands upright as a inexperienced Anna’s Hummingbird half its measurement pulls away seed fibers, their fluff extending from her beak to the leading of the plant. The sunlit cattail is illuminated all over the edges.”

“Northern Harrier” by Elizabeth Yicheng Shen. Locale: Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, California, United states.
“A woman Northern Harrier flies around a wetland, her wide wings lifted about her head. Her very long tail striped with white and brown spreads out like a admirer, her round deal with going through down.”

“Red-tailed Hawk” by Steve Jessmore. Qualified Honorable Mention. Spot: Kensington Metropark, Milford Township, Michigan, United states of america
“A Purple-tailed Hawk holds an open up-mouthed chipmunk in its yellow talons, the rodent’s head and front paws peeking out from a snowy perch. The raptor’s head bends very low as it seems to be at its chipmunk prey, a piece of fur in its blue, pointed monthly bill.”