2024 marks the 15th year of the annual Audubon Photography Awards, which garnered over 2,300 entrants from all 50 states, Washington D.C., and 10 areas in Canada. Highlighting a wide range of skills from youth photographers to professional photojournalists, each image reveals the distinctive beauty of birds. From a Forster Tern spiraling through the air to a Sedge Wren grasping two long stems as if they were stilts, everyday spectacles are masterfully captured in high resolution.

New this year, the Birds in Landscapes Prize showcases the relationship between avians and their environments. Kevin Lohman’s “California Quail” won this special division, capturing the feathered creature perched atop a small bush in a lush West Coast field.

Winning photographers will be featured in the Summer 2024 edition of Audubon magazine, and in the meantime, you can find our favorite images below and delve into the full collection on the contest’s website.

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