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Stunning Images Emerge from National Audubon Society's 2016 Photo Contest

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The National Audubon Society announced its 2016 photography awards winners, showing the world the best of what nature has to offer.

When the National Audubon Society announced the winners of its 2016 Photography Awards, feathers flew.  The Grand Prize-winning photo by professional photographer Bonnie Block shows two of the nation’s most respectable and well-known birds, bald eagle and great blue heron squaring off for a meal in Seabeck, Washington.

Grand Prize Winner - Bald Eagle/Great Blue Heron

CREDIT: BONNIE BLOCK/AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

Bonnie Block wins $5,000 and her photo makes Audubon Magazine, Nature's Best Photography magazine, and will displayed at the Smithsonian as part of the 2016 Nature's Best Photography exhibition. 

Nearly 1,700 photographers flocked in to submit over 7,000 photos of birds of all feathers from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, in addition to six Canadian provinces. The sheer amount of photographs was breathtaking, you don’t have to be an avid bird watcher to love these images!

Here are the winning photos:

Runner Up - Osprey

CREDIT: DICK DICKINSON/AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

Amateur Winner - Eared Grebes

CREDIT: STEVE TORNA/AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

 Fine Art Winner - Green Violetear

CREDIT: BARBARA DRISCOLL/AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

Youth Winner - Great Frigatebirds

CREDIT: CAROLINA ANNE FRASER/AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

 

RMI is celebrating its one year anniversary of providing list management services for National Audubon Society, America's leading voice in nonprofit conservation for over 100 years.

Subscribers to the Audubon Magazine receive a bi-monthly publication featuring advocacy journalism and vibrant photography. Reaching an audience of over 1 million, this publication informs and inspires a mature and affluent group of environmentalists, photography enthusiasts, travelers, book buyers and more.

 

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For more information about National Audubon Society lists, please contact Alan Yu or Rich Leary:

 

Alan Yu 

Alan Yu 

203.825.4622

ayu@rmidirect.com

 

Rich Leary

Rich Leary

203.825.4616

rleary@rmidirect.com

 

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