2012 Photo Awards Top 100

Greater Roadrunner, by Hector Astorga

Northern Flicker, by Alice Cahill

Brown Pelican, by Roger Williams

Young swan, by Patrick Dennen

Mitred Parakeet, by Ben Knoot

Roseate Spoonbill, by Ken Lassman

Northern Harrier and a Snowy Owl, by Duke Coonrad

Pileated Woodpecker, by Rolland Swain

Carolina Chickadee, by Linda Hoopes

Anhinga, by Leonard Malkin

Osprey, by Kurt Wecker

Black Swan, by Keith Dines

Eastern Bluebirds, by Mari Wolter

Shoebill, by Morgan Trimble

Bald Eagle and Bullock's Oriole, by Kate Davis

Burrowing Owl, by Kurt Wecker

Tree Swallow, by Robert MacNevin

Black-and-white Warbler, by Patrick Carney

Snail Kite, by Leonard Malkin

Ruby-throated Hummingbird, by Melanie Gloster

Gull, by Govinda Rosling

Pileated Woodpecker, by Veryl Witmer

Great Horned Owl, by Michael Rosenbaum

American Oystercatcher, by Cheryl Molennor

Yellow-rumped Warbler, by Lois Miller

Rufous Hummingbird, by Ben Knoot

Red-winged Blackbirds, by Richard Mittleman

Boat-tailed Grackle and a Snail Kite, by Ron Bielefeld

Gentoo Penguin, by Lisa LaPointe

Western Sandpiper, by Ronan Donovan

American Kestrel, by Barbara Fleming

Galapagos Penguin, by Joseph Tepper

Common Loon, by Richard Pick

Red-bellied Woodpecker, by Michael Rosenbaum

Great Horned Owls, by Barbara Fleming

Great Egret, by Tara Tanaka

Pileated Woodpeckers, by James Urbach

Ruby-throated Hummingbird, by Gail Miller

Great Blue Heron, by Marina Scarr

Brown Pelican, by Jimmy Jones

American Oystercatcher, by Louis Buonomo

Northern Gannet, by Leslie Scopes Anderson

Northern Cardinal, by Bernard P. Friel

Great Horned Owl, by Marina Scarr

Hummingbirds, by Dan Tracy

Red-shouldered Hawk, by Amy Marques

Snowy Egret, by Daniel Cedras

Osprey, by Kristofer Rowe

Rufous Hummingbird, by Grant Eldridge

Snowy Owl, by Mark Williams

Yellow-billed Oxpecker, by Claudio Bacinello

Cattle Egret, by Troy Lim

Peregrine Falcon, by Will Sooter

Great Egret, by Frances Gaines

Great Horned Owl and an American Crow, by James Neiger

Red-naped Sapsucker, by Lucinda Goeddel

Wood Duck, by James Chagares

Bohemian Waxwing, by Laure Neish

Great Gray Owl, by James Chagares

Barn Swallows, by Philip Yabut

Tricolored Heron, by Roger Williams

Lesser Yellowlegs, by Johann Schumacher

Flamingo, by Byron Towles

King Penguin, by Adel Korkor

Rufous Hummingbird, by Ann Chaikin

Wood Stork, by Leighton Siegel

American White Pelicans, by Richard Rigterink

Double-crested Cormorant, by Ben Knoot

Hummingbird, by Keith Dines

Common Murre, by Robert Sinclair

White Ibis, by Daniel Cedras

White-faced Ibis, by Leslie Morris

Northern Gannets, by Alfred Forns

Eastern Golden Weaver, by Laurie O'Donnell

Spectacled Eider, by Brendan Smith

Great Egret, by Tricia Booker

Bald Eagle, by Brendan Smith

Red-winged Blackbirds, by Claudia Gorman

Brown Pelican, by Lorenzo Cassina

Yellow Warbler, by Joshua Parrott

Blue-and-yellow Macaws and a Scarlet Macaw, by Tracey Kidston

Wood Duck, by Tara Tanaka

Black-cheeked Woodpecker, by Gary Clark

Cedar Waxwings, by Charles Holton

Sandhill Crane, by Jim Ridley

Great Egret, by Robert Amoruso

American Kestrel, by Fi Rust

Anhinga, by Dan Jacobs

Bald Eagle, by James Chagares

Burrowing Owls, by Fi Rust

Atlantic Puffin, by Alfred Forns

Long-billed Curlew, by Aidan Briggs

Snowy Owls, by Paul Bannick

Cedar Waxwing, by Gary Clark

Red-tailed Hawk, by Mei Chen

Anhinga, by Alfred Forns

Blue Jay, by Bernard P Friel

King Penguins, by Nigel Roberts

Green-breasted Mango, by Richard Batka

Common Raven, by David Seibel

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