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Flying with Swallows
1/8000 • f/5 • ISO 1250 • Canon 7D Mark II • 20mm • Tokina 11-20mm f/2.8
A small colony of Cliff Swallows flocks and nests over a small river in Rural Tennessee. Boasting one of the furthest migrations in the animal kingdom, these special little birds spend but a few short months breeding here before making the long trek to South America.
Still Dawn
Photographer: Tobias Gjerde
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1/2500 • f/2.8 • ISO 400 • Canon R5 • 200mm • Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS II USM
The calm summer dawn awakens, as the sun crests above the trees and makes the morning mist glow. A ripple in the water disturbs the stillness, as a horned grebe carefully glides out into the open. In the reeds, it stops to have a look around. With a gentle splash, it dives and disappears. Where it resurfaced, I will never know.
City Sapsucker
Photographer: Ryan Mclaughlin
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1/2000 • f/4 • ISO 64 • Nikon D850 • 24mm • Nikon 24-120mm f/4
After stepping off the train in Manhattan, this Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker was the very first bird I noticed. I have seen Sapsuckers in urban environments before, but never so low just a few feet away from bustling pedestrians. This bird was a treat to watch and photograph, and I had fun trying varying focal lengths and compositions as it pecked away for insect lunch.
There were practically no foreground elements to work with, so I put on a polarizer filter and tried to lean into the sun flares for added depth in the short window that the sun peaked through the buildings. In post, converted to black and white which felt culturally appropriate for this scene outside of the iconic New York Public Library steps. Fun scene to shoot.
Calma
1/1000 • f/3.2 • ISO 5,000 • Canon R3 • 300mm • Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 II
While I love the challenge of photographing hummingbirds in flight, it can also be fun to catch them at rest. At my favorite lodge in Colombia, there is a large palm where many species of
hummingbirds often come to rest. The possibilities for composition are endless and I always make it a point to spend time to photographing the palm and various hummingbirds that spend time there. Each time I go, I get something totally different. In this image, I love how the large palm fronds highlight the diminutive scale of the bird. The yellow in the background is the result of the foliage behind the palm being lit up from the morning sunlight and helps isolate all of the greens of both the palm and the shimmering Steely-vented Hummingbird.
Fire and Flight
Photographer: Liron Gertsman
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1/2500 • f/16 • ISO 2500 • Canon R5 • 254mm • Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM
In August 2025, I visited Kilauea Volcano on the island of Hawai’i, with the goal of photographing birds against the backdrop of an erupting volcano. Timing a volcanic eruption is never easy. After 10 days of scouting and waiting, the volcano finally came alive on my birthday- August 22nd. In the background of this image, multiple volcanic phenomena are visible: the white plumes on the left are mostly water vapor and carbon dioxide, the blue gases at the top right are sulfur dioxide, and the brown clouds are volcanic ash. Most striking of all, the glowing lava fountain can be seen. The White-tailed Tropicbirds nest in cracks along the crater walls, perfectly protected from predators. They use the thermals generated by the volcano’s heat to gain lift as they fly to and from the ocean to gather food, returning safely to their nests in this extreme yet beautiful environment.
Solitary
Photographer: Hiresha Senanayake
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1/3,200 • f/5.6 • ISO 800 • Canon 1D X Mark II • 35mm • Canon EF 16-35mm f/4 L IS USM
A lone elephant moves through the vast African savanna, dwarfed by the land and the dramatic sky above. I intentionally chose a 16–35mm lens to emphasize the scale of the landscape, allowing the openness of the savanna to dominate the frame and place the elephant within its immense world. The image speaks to solitude and resilience, how even the largest land animal becomes part of something far greater. It is a reminder of the space these animals need, and how fragile and irreplaceable these wild places truly are.
Misty Morning Fly By
Photographer: Vince Maidens
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1/800 • f/5.6 • ISO 3,200 • Canon R5 Mk II • 860mm • Canon RF 600mm f/4
A rare ice mist morning, a couple of times a year this occurs and the birds hopefully launch, if they do there is no stopping getting out there to try and capture them flying the fields.
Under The Towers
1/640 • f/2.8 • ISO 100 • Sony Z7Rv • 400mm • Sony FE 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS
A lone guanaco under the iconic towers of Torres Del Paine, Chile. We had spent the morning in thick fog looking for pumas but had no luck, in an effort to get some sunshine we decided to drive up above the fog layer to get a view of the mountain. Just as we were about to get back into the car to continue our search for cats, we saw the head of a guanaco appearing from out behind a snowy hill. I rushed to get in a position where I could line up the subject and background. With the thick snow covering the entire foreground and the fog that had caused us so much trouble in the morning creating the perfect white background, it made for the perfect conditions to capture this image!
Movement
Photographer: Ray Hennessy
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5 Seconds • f/4.8 • ISO 64 • Nikon Z9 • 180mm • Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6
For years now during my Newfoundland seabirds workshop I've always taken a similar photo like this. In the past however I've always just shoved my camera into a rock crack and done my best to hold it still while I took a long exposure with the aperture cranked up to F-who-knows-what to get the longer exposure. This year however I came prepared. I brought out a tripod and a variable ND filter and I was able to take this version with a 5 second long exposure, at least double what I've done in the past. I was also able to shoot at a normal aperture that wasn't ruining the sharpness of the photo. So here I present the an image that is exactly what I've been after for years but only finally captured properly. I love what the waves do on the rocks below and how still many of these Common Murre stay during a 5 second exposure!
Morning Mist
Photographer: Dana Brooks
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1/1000 • f/5.6 • ISO 250 • Canon R5 Mark II • 140mm • Canon 100mm-300mm f/2.8
Early morning on still water.
A Great Egret stands still as soft light breaks through the fog.
A quiet moment, shaped by light, stillness, and space.
Sunset Serenade
Photographer: Grzegorz Długosz
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1/8000 • f/7.1 • ISO 640 • Canon R5 • 500mm • Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1
Fields around Seville are full of 2 things: Corn Buntings and Marian Thistle, I love the shape of both so I really wanted to get a sillouethe against the setting sun, although it proved much more difficult than expected (mainly due to shorts and 2 meter tall thistle meadow is not the best combination) but this image seems worth it after all, as I loved how the flowers looked out of focus and I managed to place the bird in the exactly right spot with no interference.
Early Morning on Lake Michigan
Photographer: Emily Tornga
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1/30 • f/4.8 • ISO 1600 • Nikon Z8 • 165mm • Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6
If you go to the lakeshore early enough you can catch the pier lights still on. Paired with pink tinged clouds and a little light rain, and you have the perfect setting for hanging out with a Baird's Sandpiper.
Dip Into The Light
1/5000 • f/2.8 • ISO 320 • Canon R5 • 400mm • Canon RF 400mm f/2.8 L IS USM
The Swedish winter months are dark, cold, and can be challenging for photography. This day was no different, with temperatures down to -20 degrees Celsius and strong winds. But in these harsh and unforgiving conditions, the European Dipper thrives. Hunting for food in a small patch of open water, in the otherwise frozen river, it shows off its beauty in the backlight of the setting winter sun.
My Drakensberg Kingdom
Photographer: Richard Flack
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1/4000 • f/10 • ISO 3200 • Canon EOS R5 • 100mm • Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L
An Endangered Bearded Vulture soars over an iconic African scene high up in the Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa. This image has a very special place in my heart. It represents so much of what I love about the Drakensberg in South Africa and specifically Giant’s Castle; dramatic skies, magical light, wrinkled mountains and incredible wildlife. It makes me wonder about birds and the God of wonder. It speaks to me of quiet, contemplative moments and answers to prayer.
Sunrise Silhouette
Photographer: Jill Payne
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1/2500 • f/5.6 • ISO 1000 • Canon R5 • 500mm • Canon 500mm f/4
At high tide, a lone silhouette hunted— the little blue heron deliberate and unhurried as sunrise colored the sky in hues of orange and pink.
White Ibis
Photographer: John Alessi
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1/2 • f/4 • ISO 100 • Canon EOS R5 MK II • 24mm • Canon RF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM
On a quick trip to Florida during the winter of 2025 I had some time to experiment with slow shutter and wide focal lengths on a group of White Ibis making their way down the beach one morning. The birds did not care much about my presence giving me the opportunity to move in close.
Phalarope Murmuration
Photographer: Mary Anne Karren
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1/2000 • f/4 • ISO 640 • Canon EOS R3 • 420mm • Canon RF 100-300mm f/2.8 + 1.4x TC
Red-necked phalaropes and other shorebirds murmurate at Great Salt Lake with the Wasatch Mountains in the background during spring migration.
Sunrise Elk
Photographer: Traci Sepkovic
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1/3200 • f/5.6 • ISO 1250 • Canon R5 • 135mm • Canon 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L
I started photographing Pennsylvania's elk herd in 2017. I always wanted a beautiful sunrise or sunset silhouette but hadn't yet managed to capture the scene I envisioned. This past October, I got my wish when the sun burned through the fog and revealed a beautiful sky. I had two bodies with me that morning. One was set up with my 500mm lens and the other with my 100-500mm lens. I knew I wanted to include as much of the scene as possible so I grabbed the body setup with the 100-500mm lens and followed the elk as it walked by with its head held high in a confident pose. For me, it was worth the 8 year wait.
Peek-a-boo
Photographer: Jamin Taylor
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1/1250 • f/6.3 • ISO 800 • Nikon Z9 • 600mm • Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR
A cute little Burrowing Owl peaks up at me from the safety of it's burrow.
Swallows
Photographer: Federico Rubio
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1/3200 • f/6.3 • ISO 1000 • Canon R5 • 400mm • Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1
White-rumped Swallows, Laguna Garzón (Uruguay), 2024
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