The Top 100 Bird Photos of 2023

See awe-inspiring bird images from the Audubon Photography Awards.

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The Audubon Photography Awards Top 100

This year, we had more than 2,200 individuals from across the United States and Canada submit almost 9,000 photographs and videos to the 14th annual Audubon Photography Awards. With so many exceptional shots to choose from, we couldn't stop at the winner's announcement. So, we've selected 100 additional photos, displayed in no particular order, celebrating the birds, the photographers, and the story behind each shot.  Scroll through 100 of this year's most spectacular, surprising, and artistic avian photographs.

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Red-naped Sapsucker. Photo: Karen Bilgrai Cohen/Audubon Photography Awards

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This bird is a migration marathon champion

And it may arrive at a shore near you.

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The Golden Standard of Shorebird Migration

Summer may be scorching, but that won't stop early fall migrants like the American Golden-Plover (Chorlo Dorado Americano en español)! Over the period from late July through November, from the Boreal Forest alone, three to five billion birds like the American Golden-Plover pass over the Canada-U.S. border.  Hitting the beach sometime soon? You might catch these rarities! During fall migration, American Golden-Plovers are seen mostly along the Atlantic Coast, especially after storms with northeast winds, as they make their multi-day, non-stop flight from Canada to South America.   The American Golden-Plover makes one of the longest migratory journeys of any shorebird. But as impressive as their journeys are, covering all that distance leaves them vulnerable to a wide range of ecosystem impacts, many of which can be traced back to climate change.  In a matter of weeks, shorebird migration will be in full swing across the United States, providing a dazzling array of identification challenges for bird-lovers across the country. Catch the American Golden-Plover and other shorebirds as they embark on their fall migration journeys with the Bird Migration Explorer!

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American Golden-Plover. Photo: Mick Thompson

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Soak up our Summer issue

In this issue: Keeping tabs on American Kestrels, a look into birders' brains, searching for a bird lost to science, and much more.

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Audubon Magazine | Summer 2023

Make It a Lazy Afternoon With Our Summer Issue It's hot outside. Smoky, too. Might we recommend chilling out with a cold drink and the digital edition of Audubon's summer issue? Linger over amazing avian images from this year's photo contest, the tale of one of conservation's most improbable successes, and plenty of other engrossing stories to get you through the dog days. And when you're done, take a moment to support Audubon and have our Fall 2023 issue delivered directly to your home.

Atlantic Puffin, Summer 2023 Audubon Magazine.

The Audacious Past and Future of Project Puffin Fifty years ago a young biologist hatched a plan to bring a charismatic seabird back to Maine. For the inside story of what happened next, immerse yourself in the oral history—packed with photos, audio, and video—of this amazing feat that changed the way we do conservation today. Keep reading Atlantic Puffin.

The 2023 Audubon Photography Awards Our judges selected these standout images from more than 9,000 photos and videos submitted for this year's contest. And don't miss this year's Top 100 shots, or our essay on what rapid changes in AI technology mean for conservation and wildlife photography. Read on Rock Pigeons.

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Try birding at the ballpark The best way to make your binoculars last Don't have bins? Borrow a pair from the library

Fieldwork for All Early-career scientists are leading the charge to make jobs in the outdoors safer and more accessible for everyone. Be sure to read our companion piece on why unpaid labor is a problem for conservation. Learn more Anna Le at the Salmon River. An Ancient South American Landscape in Peril The Brazilian Cerrado is Earth's most biodiverse tropical savanna—and one of the continent's most at-risk biomes. Meet the young birder racing to document its rich biodiversity and raising the alarm to save it. Read on A storm approaches Pireneus State Park, located in the Cerrado, South America's largest savanna.

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Photos from top: Shane Kalyn/Audubon Photography Awards/2023 Professional Winner; Derrick Z. Jackson; Liron Gertsman/Audubon Photography Awards/2023 Grand Prize Winner; Celeste Noche; Dado Galdieri/Hilaea Media; Karine Aigner

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