At this time the Nationwide Audubon Society introduced the winners of the 2026 Audubon Photography Awards, together with two pictures that seize chook life in Florida. Now in its seventeenth 12 months, the awards showcase gorgeous photographs and movies that commemorate the sweetness and pleasure of birds whereas serving to to inform the story of hemispheric chook conservation. For the second 12 months, judges awarded prizes to residents of Chile and Colombia in addition to the USA and Canada, highlighting how birds join individuals throughout geographies and ecosystems.
Florida Winners
Jacqueline Burke gained a Grand Prize for her {photograph} of a Roseate Spoonbill on the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park in St. Augustine, FL. As a Grand Prize winner, Burke acquired $5,000 and a voyage to Antarctica with HX Expeditions. Peter Brannon acquired an Honorable Point out within the Feminine Hen class for his {photograph} of a Widespread Nighthawk in Tampa, FL, and Xiao Hu of Gainesville, FL acquired an Honorable Point out for his Barred Owl video recorded in Virginia.
“Audubon Florida is thrilled to see such an iconic Florida chook, the Roseate Spoonbill, featured in a grand prize-winning photograph,” says Julie Wraithmell, Government Director, Audubon Florida. “Congratulations to Jacqueline Burke for profitable the grand prize within the U.S. and Canada, and likewise to Florida residents Peter Brannon and Xiao Hu for his or her honorable mentions on this 12 months’s Audubon Pictures Awards.”
Audubon Has Studied the Roseate Spoonbill Since 1939
The Audubon Everglades Analysis Station (ERS) was established within the Florida Keys in 1939 by Nationwide Audubon Society’s first director of analysis, Robert Porter Allen. Allen started a full-time research of the Roseate Spoonbill, residing amongst them in a tent for weeks at a time. On the time, scientists would usually research birds’ consuming habits by killing them and inspecting their abdomen contents. Nonetheless, the spoonbill was so scarce that Allen needed to discover one other solution to research them. His analysis modified how scientists studied birds and left a legacy of greater than 85 years of knowledge investigating the spoonbill and its habitat.
At this time, ERS researchers proceed to check the habits and nesting success of the long-lasting spoonbill, in addition to the move of contemporary water into Florida Bay and the impacts that the diversion of water has had all through the Everglades ecosystem.
Extra in regards to the Audubon Pictures Awards
Winners are printed on-line in Audubon journal and shall be featured within the Fall 2026 print situation. The annual High 100 photographs shall be introduced on September 23, 2026, and extra picks shall be featured in digital galleries on Audubon’s web site.
The 2027 Audubon Pictures Awards will open for entries on January 13, 2027. Go to Audubon’s web site for particulars on the Chile and Colombia and U.S. and Canada contests. The winners and honorable mentions are printed on-line in Audubon journal, and winners shall be featured within the Fall 2026 print situation.
