Bird Photographer of the Year contest is one of the best photographing contest focus on our feathered friends which aims to foster a “growing interest and passion for photographing one of the most interesting and engaging areas of natural history.”
The contest has 8 categories, including “Best Portrait“, “Birds in the Environment“, “Attention to Details“, “Bird behavior“, “Birds in Flight“, “Garden and Urban Birds“, “Creative Imagery” and “Young Bird Photographer of the Year 2018“. Each category has its own focus and and emphasis. Although the final winners of this year’s Bird Photographer of the Year competition won’t be announced until August 20. Each category has already has its own shortlist from which the winners will be selected. Here are some of our favorite ones and you can see the whole list on its official site.
Kingfisher diving (Spain) by Mario Cea Sanchez
Red-billed oxpecker on an impala (Kruger National Park, South Africa) by Edmund Aylmer
Alexandrine parakeet standing on swallows nest (Chambal River, India) by Georgina Steytler
Pygmy Cormorant (Hungary) by Bence Mate
Sanderling wading birds stop during migration (Asturias, Spain) by Mario Suarez Porras
Ruddy duck (British Columbia, Canada) by Jess Findlay
Toco toucan (Poconé, Brazil) by Petr Bambousek
Northern gannet (Bempton Cliffs, United Kingdom) by Janine Lee
Water rail (Salamanca, Spain) by Mario Cea
The Mirror by Marina Cano
Grey Heron in faling snow by Ivan Sjögren
Mother by Kallol Mukherjee
Barred Owl by Saleh Botaleb
Australasian Darter by Theresa Pitter
Booted Racket-tail Hummingbird by Mike Whear
Jump start by Lakshitha Karunarathna
Blue Tailed Bee Eater with catch by Kallol Mukherjee
Taking Off by Bence Mate
“Dreamtime” Mute Cygnet by Virginia Grey
Still Hunting by Maitham AlMisry
