Featuring stunning moments with birds across the hemisphere.
The National Audubon Society has officially announced the winners of the 2026 Audubon Photography Awards, celebrating breathtaking imagery that captures the beauty and vulnerability of birds across the Americas. Highlighting hemispheric conservation, this year’s top honors went to Jacqueline Burke (United States and Canada Grand Prize) for her stunning portrait of a Roseate Spoonbill, and Francisco Castro Escobar (Chile and Colombia Grand Prize) for his striking capture of a Lesser Horned Owl. Selected from thousands of entries, these remarkable photographs and videos showcase the deep connections between avian wildlife and their ecosystems from North to South America.
