The 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Winners and honorable mentions from the Audubon Society’s 17th annual competition featuring some of the best images of bird life from around the worldSeptember 2, 2026, 12:01 PM ET Gail Bisson / 2026 Audubon Photography AwardsCommon Merganser. Winner, Female Bird, U.S. and Canada. East Bay Sandbar, Nova Scotia, Canada.Timothy Dhalleine / 2026 Audubon Photography AwardsCrested Caracara. Winner, Birds in Landscapes, Chile and Colombia. Torres del Paine National Park, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic region, Chile.Camilo Sanabria Grajales / 2026 Audubon Photography AwardsRuby-Topaz Hummingbird. Honorable Mention, Youth, Chile and Colombia. Guadalajara de Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.Jacqueline Burke / 2026 Audubon Photography AwardsRoseate Spoonbill. Grand-Prize Winner, U.S. and Canada. St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, St. Augustine, Florida.Liron Gertsman / 2026 Audubon Photography AwardsWhite-Tailed Tropicbird. Winner, Birds in Landscapes, U.S. and Canada. Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, Volcano, Hawaiʻi.Mike Henry / 2026 Audubon Photography AwardsGila Woodpecker and Saguaro Cactus. Winner, Plants for Birds, U.S. and Canada. Tucson, Arizona.Jay Vanos / 2026 Audubon Photography AwardsGreat Blue Heron. Honorable Mention, Birds in Landscapes, U.S. and Canada. Caddo Lake Wildlife Management Area, Karnak, Texas.Faber Mosquera Alvarez / 2026 Audubon Photography AwardsOilbird. Winner, Birds in Landscapes, Chile and Colombia. Pijao, Quindío, Colombia, in the Cañón de los Guácharos.Rodrigo González Pairoa / 2026 Audubon Photography AwardsBlack-Browed Albatross. Winner, Birds Without Borders, Chile and Colombia. Almirantazgo Fjord, Chile.Nick Parayko / 2026 Audubon Photography AwardsTennessee Warbler. Winner, Birds Without Borders, U.S. and Canada. St. Albert, Alberta, Canada (in the photographer’s backyard).Paulo Olivier Hanshing / 2026 Audubon Photography AwardsNeotropic Cormorant. Honorable Mention, Birds in Landscapes, Chile and Colombia. Near Caleta Talcaruca, Limarí, Coquimbo Region, Chile.Francisco Castro Escobar / 2026 Audubon Photography AwardsLesser Horned Owl. Grand-Prize Winner, Chile and Colombia. Antofagasta, Chile.Rubén Barraza / 2026 Audubon Photography AwardsSpectacled Tyrant. Honorable Mention, Birds Without Borders, Chile and Colombia. Elqui River Wetland, La Serena, Coquimbo Region, Chile.Erich Podbielski / 2026 Audubon Photography AwardsBrown Pelican. Honorable Mention, Birds Without Borders, U.S. and Canada. Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon.Juan David Camacho Márquez / 2026 Audubon Photography AwardsCanada Warbler, Winner, Youth, Chile and Colombia. Doña Dora Birding, El Queremal, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.Kevin Lohman / 2026 Audubon Photography AwardsBrandt’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.