After more than 22,000 images submitted, the winners of the Bird Photographer of the Year 2021 competition were announced this week. We wrote about the grand prize winner, a photo of a Greater Roadrunner stopped at the US-Mexico border wall and the young winner here.
Below is a slideshow of the gold and silver winning images in the competition’s eight main categories. Enjoy these amazing photographs!
Overall Grand Prize and Gold Winner: Birds in the Environment
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Alejandro Prieto, Mexico
The US-Mexico border, 3,000 km long, crosses and straddles some of the most biologically diverse regions of the continent. It is home to mammals, reptiles, birds and plants with unique adaptations, some of which are found nowhere else on the planet. Many species are affected by the border wall. Border infrastructure not only physically blocks the movement of wildlife, it also destroys and fragments habitats. Many desert animals are, to some extent, nomadic wanderers and a wall breaks habitat connectivity and prevents them from moving freely from place to place. In this photograph, a Greater Roadrunner approaches the border wall in Naco, Arizona with what almost looks like a sense of bewilderment.
Nikon D850 with Nikkor 70–200mm f/2.8 lens. Focal length 112mm, 1/320 second, f/14, ISO 200.
Winning images of the Bird Photographer of the Year 2020 competition
