> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Fantastical Images of Birds From the 2020 Audubon Photography Award - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/2020-audubon-photography-awards/ - Published: 2020-07-20T11:00:42.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T16:22:28.000Z - Description: Stunning photographs of birds might be the balm you need during these stressful times. - Author: Hrag Vartanian - Tags: Art, Photo Essays, Photography, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:41 (2019, 2020, part 2) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/web_001_grand-prize_double-crested-cormorant_joanna-lentini_1460.jpg) Grand Prize Winner: Double-crested Cormorant by Joanna Lentini, Location: Los Islotes, Mexico /Hometown: Warwick, New York, USA (all images courtesy Audobon Society) The [National Audubon Society](https://www.audubon.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com) annually rewards excellence in nature photography; the 2020 winners offer a stunning array of aviary photographs that continue to amaze with their vivid colors and curious behaviors. Joanna Lentini’s Grand Prize-winning image of a double-crested cormorant is a stunner, revealing the beautiful synchronicity of nature underwater. She explained to the Audubon society how she was able to capture the moment with her Canon EOS 7D Mark II: > I’ve spent many hours underwater at this California sea lion rookery in the Bay of La Paz, but I had never before encountered diving cormorants there. Shifting my focus from the playful sea lions, I watched in awe as the cormorants plunged beak-first into the sea to snap at the sardines swimming by. Although I spent a long time admiring these birds, I didn’t see a single one catch a fish. Adding insult to injury, curious sea lion pups would zip by the hunting birds and nip at them from behind. Enjoy images by other winners from this year’s contest. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/web_002_fisher_american-dipper_marlee-fuller-morris_dipper-splash_amateur_1460.jpg) Fisher Prize Winner: American Dipper, photo by Marlee Fuller-Morris, Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA / Hometown: Portsmouth, Virginia, USA ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/web_003_amateur_01_bare-throated-tiger-heron_gail-bisson_bare-throatedtigerheron_1460.jpg) Amateur Winner: Bare-throated Tiger-Heron, photo by Gail Bisson, Location: Tárcoles River, Costa Rica / Hometown: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/web_004_amateur_02_anna-s-hummingbird_bibek-ghosh_annashummingbird_1460.jpg) Amateur Honorable Mention: Anna’s Hummingbird, photo by Bibek Ghosh, Location: Ardenwood Historic Farm, California, USA / Hometown: Fremont, California, USA ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/web_005_pfb_01_american-goldfinch_travis-bonovsky_americangoldfinch_plantsforbirds_1460.jpg) Plants For Birds Winner: American Goldfinch on a cup plant. photo by Travis Bonovsky, Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA / Hometown: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, USA ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/web_006_pfb_02_tennessee-warbler-_natalie-robertson_tennesseewarbler_plantsforbirds_1460.jpg) Plants For Birds Honorable Mention: Tennessee Warbler on an eastern prickly gooseberry, photo by Natalie Robertson, Location: Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada / Hometown: Toronto, Ontario, Canada ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/web_007_pro_01_magnificent-frigatebird-_sue-dougherty_professional_1460.jpg) Professional Winner: Magnificent Frigatebird, photo by Sue Dougherty, Location: Genovesa Island, Ecuador / Hometown: Bend, Oregon, USA ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/web_008_pro_02_greater-sage-grouse_gene-putney_greater-sage-grouse_professional_1460.jpg) Professional Honorable Mention: Greater Sage-Grouse, photo by Gene Putney, Location: Jackson County, Colorado, USA / Hometown: Longmont, Colorado, USA ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/web_009_youth_01_northern-jacana-_vayun-tiwari_jacana_youth_1460.jpg) Youth Winner: Northern Jacana, photo by Vayun Tiwari, Location: New River, Orange Walk District, Belize / Hometown: Sunnyvale, California, USA ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/web_010_youth_02_greater-roadrunner_christopher-smith_roadrunnereatslizard_original_1460.jpg) Youth Honorable Mention: Greater Roadrunner, photo by Christopher Smith, Location: San Joaquin River Parkway, California, USA / Hometown: Fresno, California, USA