Audubon Florida Celebrates Two Sunshine State Winners in Audubon Photography Awards

Today the National Audubon Society announced the winners and honorable mentions of the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards, including two images that capture bird life in Florida. Now in its sixteenth year, the awards have expanded to Chile and Colombia with new prizes focusing on migratory species, habitats, and conservation—all while continuing to feature stunning imagery that highlights the beauty and joy of birds and fascinating avian behaviors.

Jean Hall is the 2025 Conservation Award Winner for her photograph of a Burrowing Owl on Marco Island, FL. Tianze Ling is the 2025 Video Award Winner for his footage of a Burrowing Owl nest on a soccer field in Hollywood, FL.

“We are so thrilled that Florida’s Burrowing Owls are the subjects of two Audubon Photography Award this year. We have worked with Jean Hall for years, who is a tireless advocate of conservation and beautifully illustrates how responsible, ethical photography can protect birds and the places they need. Congratulations to both photographers on their Florida image/video!” ~ Julie Wraithmell, Executive Director, Audubon Florida.

For the first time, judges awarded nine prizes to residents of Chile and Colombia, along with eight prizes awarded to residents of the United States and Canada. This year also presented the new Birds Without Borders Prize, depicting birds with migratory paths that cross international boundaries, and the Conservation Prize, illustrating conservation challenges that birds face or ways addressing those challenges can help them thrive. Previously featured prizes—such as the Grand Prize, Birds in Landscapes Prize, Youth Prize, Plants for Birds Prize, Female Bird Prize, and Video Prize—were also awarded this year. Two separate panels judged entries anonymously and selected the winners and honorable mentions for their respective regions.

Winners and honorable mentions are published online in Audubon magazine and will be featured in the Fall 2025 print issue. The annual Top 100 and additional select photos and videos will also be shared in digital galleries promoted on Audubon's website.

Photos and Videos: Winners and Honorable Mentions

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The National Audubon Society is a nonprofit conservation organization that protects birds and the places they need today and tomorrow. We work throughout the Americas towards a future where birds thrive because Audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. Audubon has more than 700 staff working across the hemisphere and more than 1.5 million active supporters. North America has lost three billion birds since 1970, and more than 500 bird species are at risk of extinction across Latin America and the Caribbean. Birds act as early warning systems about the health of our environment, and they tell us that birds – and our planet – are in crisis. Together as one Audubon, we are working to alter the course of climate change and habitat loss, leading to healthier bird populations and reversing current trends in biodiversity loss. We do this by implementing on-the-ground conservation, partnering with local communities, influencing public and corporate policy, and building community. Learn more at www.audubon.org/florida