MOST BEAUTIFUL WINNERS: 2016 AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

2016 AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
Check out the 2016 Audubon Photography Awards most beautiful winners, finalists and BN Team faves.
Image: by Peter Cavanaugh. “Red-legged Cormorants.”
More than 1,700 photographers, from over 50 US states and 6 Canadian provinces submitted nearly 7,000 entries.
Audubon’s mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity.
Image: by Sunil Gopalan. Ruffs.
Image: by Judylynn Malloch. “Roseate Spoonbills.”
Image: by Ken Archer. “Greater Sage Grouse.”
Image: by Dick Dickinson. “Osprey.”
Image: by William Kleinfelder. “Eastern Screech-Owl.”
Image: by Barbara Driscoll. “Green Violetear at the Savegre Hotel, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica.”
Image: by Sarah Blodgett “Anna's Hummingbird.”
Image: by Jerry Black. “Crested Caracara and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.”
Image: by Deborah O'Sullivan. “American Goldfinch.”
Image: by Gail Bisson. Purple Finch.
Image: by Thomas Chadwick. Osprey.
Image: by Blake Shaw “Turkey Vultures, near San Felipe. Baja California, Mexico.”
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Image: by Artur Stankiewicz. “Black-winged Stilt catching an insect on a salt pan.” Lesbos, Greece.
Image: by Peter Brannon. “Snowy Egret.”
IMAGE CREDITS:
All images are courtesy of Audubon Photography Awards.