Over 22,000 photographs from around the world were entered in the Bird Photographer of the Year contest in 2021, and they are spectacular!
The global photography competition has several categories, including Best Portrait, Birds in the Environment, Attention to Detail, Bird Behavior, Birds in Flight, Black and White, Urban Birds, Creative Imagery, Conservation Award, as well as age-based categories for young photographers.
This one above, titled "Blocked" by Alejandro Prieto, wins the top prize as well as Gold Award in the Birds in the Environment category. The photo shows a Greater Roadrunner at a new section of the border wall between Mexico and the United States at Naco, Arizona.
Take a look at the winners of the 2021 Bird Photographer of the Year below.
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'Underwater Portrait' by Felipe Foncueva - Gold for Best Portrait
'Sing Heartily' by Maofeng Shen - Silver for Best Portrait
'Night Hunter' by Jonas Classon - Bronze for Best Portrait
'Blocked' by Alejandro Prieto - Gold for Birds in the Environment category and Top Prize for the Bird Photographer of the Year 2021
'Claiming the Forest Floor' by Joshua Galicki - Silver for Birds in the Environment category
'Yellow-billed Oxpecker with Cape Buffalo' by Barbara Fleming - Bronze for Birds in the Environment category
'Disappearing' by Rafael Armad - Gold for Attention to Details category
'Growing Up' by Raymond Hennessy - Silver for Attention to Details category
'Blue Flames' by Kerry Wu - Bronze for Attention to Details category
'Floral Bathtub' by Mousam Ray - Gold for Bird Behavior category
'The Face of Death' by Massimiliano Apollo - Silver for Bird Behavior category
'Entangled' by Julie Halliday - Bronze for Bird Behavior category
'Thirsty' by Tzahi Finkelstein for Bird in Flight category
'The Art of Motion' by Nicolas Reusens for Bird in Flight category
'First Come First Served' by Hannes Lochner for Bird in Flight category
'Chinstrap Penguin' by Renato Granieri for Black and White category
'Feather Light' by James Rogerson for Black and White category
Sur Les Roches Bretonnes' by Nathalie Chanteau for Black and White category
'Dipper on Shopping Trolley' by Terry Whittaker - Gold for Urban Birds
'Lockdown' by William Steel - Silver for Urban Birds
'The Guardians' by Paolo Crocetta - Bronze for Urban Birds
'Sprats and Bread' by Ruediger Schulz - Gold for Creative Imagery
'Funnel' by Kathryn Cooper - Silver for Creative Imagery
'Cranes, Trains and Automobile' by Ruth Hughes - Bronze for Creative Imagery
‘Beautiful Scavengers: Saving Endangered Greater Adjutants’ by Carla Rhodes is the Conservation Award winner for the 2021 Bird Photographer of the Year. This one above is titled 'Sentinel'.
'Functional Elegance' by Carla Rhodes
'Morning Lek' by Levi Fitze - Gold for 14-17 Years category
'The Nightjar' by Daniel Martínez - Silver for 14-17 Years category
'Mid-air Catch' by Daniel Zhang - Bronze for 14-17 Years category
'In the Woodland' by Andrés L. Domínguez Blanco - Gold for 9-13 Years category
'Peregrine Spoilt for Choice' by Thomas Easterbrook - Silver for 9-13 Years category
'Diggin' for Dinner' by Ian Henderson - Bronze for 9-13 Years
'I See You' by Deeksha Sambath - Gold for 8 and Under category
'Sudden Turn of the Tern' by Filip Niziolek - Silver for 8 and Under category
'Seagull Perching' by Flynn Thaitanunde-Lobb - Bronze for 8 and Under category
'Underwater Booby' by Michael Gallagher - Highly Commended for Best Portrait
'Neck Warmer' by Andy Parkinson - Highly Commended for Best Portrait
'Backlit Beauty' by Ben Hall - Highly Commended in Birds in the Environment category
'Present Under the Tree' by Tim Hopwood - Highly Commended for Birds in the Environment category
'A King's Necklace' by Mark Sisson - Highly Commended for Attention to Details category
'The Scavenger' by Eirik Grønningsæter - Highly Commended for Bird Behavior category
'Feeding Time' by Brian Matthews - Highly Commended for Bird Behavior category
'Aerial Acrobat' by Gail Bisson - Highly Commended for Birds in Flight category
'Sleeping Gannet Egg' by John Loper in Black and White category
'Les Dupont' by Nathalie Chanteau - Highly Commended in Black and White category
'Dementor' by Kathryn Cooper in the Creative Imagery category