Beautiful Birds Celebrated in the 2024 Audubon Photography Awards
Real Hacker Staff
The National Audubon Society has announced the winners of the 2024 Audubon Photography Awards with a photo of a pair of squabbling Backburnian warblers scooping the top prize.
Now in its fifteenth year, the contest features stunning work from professionals, amateurs, and young people that highlights the beauty of birds and the joy of capturing that through photographs and videos.
The judges awarded nine prizes, including the new Birds in Landscapes Prize for the top image depicting the relationship between birds and their surroundings. Winning entries and honorable mentions were chosen from more than 2,300 entrants from all 50 states, Washington D.C., and nine Canadian provinces and one territory.
Grand Prize Winner. Two Blackburnian warblers squabble in Promised Land State Park in Pennsylvania. | Mathew Malwitz/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Grand Prize Winner Professional Winner. Seven willow ptarmigans are barely perceptible against a white sky in Yukon, Canada. | Liron Gertsman/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Professional Winner Professional Honorable Mention. A Forster’s tern belly up in the air in Mountain View, California, USA. | Kevin Lohman/Audubon Photography Awards/2024Amateur Winner. A corner of Austin, Texas is dotted with great-tailed grackles. | Tristan Vratil/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Amateur Winner Amateur Honorable Mention. A barred owl hangs near its prey. | Erin Boisvert/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Amateur Honorable Mention Plants for Birds Winner. A black-capped chickadee on a broad-leaf cattail. | Linda Scher/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Plants For Birds Winner Plants for Birds Honorable Mention. A sedge wren on a gray-head coneflower in Ontario. | Trisha Snider/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Plants For Birds Honorable Mention Youth Winner. An American kestrel in San Jose. | Parham Pourahmad/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Youth WinnerYouth Honorable Mention. Red-necked grebes in Ontario. | Edwin Liu/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Youth Honorable Mention Fisher Prize Winner. A common gallinule in Tarpon Springs, Florida. | Douglas DeFelice/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Fisher Prize Winner Female Bird Prize Winner. A wild turkey roams across a train track in Minnesota. | Travis Potter/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Female Bird Prize Winner Birds in Landscapes Prize Winner. A California quail in Santa Cruz. | Kevin Lohman/Audubon Photography Awards/2024 Birds in Landscapes Prize Winner
For the first time, the competition awarded the Birds in Landscapes Prize, which was introduced to draw attention to how birds connect with their broader surroundings. Whether the setting is wild, urban, or suburban, or the relationship is symbiotic or reflects a specific challenge birds face.
The winner of the Grand Prize received $5,000 with the other category winners receiving either $2,500 or $1,000. For more, head to Audubon’s website.
