2018/2019 Tropical Bird Photo Contest Winners

Thanks to all of you wonderful birders, we received over 700 submissions to first-ever photo contest! Thank you to all who submitted to the Tropical Bird Photo Contest. We were awed by the photographic skill and the diversity of species, habitats, and behaviors on display. After much deliberation among the BirdsEye staff and votes from two independent bird photographers, we are pleased to announce the winners.

First Prize

Eliot’s Storm Petrel (Oceanites gracilis)
Alan Fieldus, photographed at Las Bachas Beach on Isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Seen at Las Bachas Beach on Isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Runner-Up

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
Anand Bhatia, photographed in Karnataka, India

Frozen in Flight, Karnataka, India.

Honorable Mention

Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps)
Debra Herst, photographed at the Tarangire Sopa Lodge in Tarangire, Tanzania

Taken on the grounds of the Tarangire Sopa Lodge in Tarangire, Tanzania in February 2018. This male weaver was in the process of starting a new nest.

Taken on the grounds of the Tarangire Sopa Lodge in Tarangire, Tanzania in February 2018. This male weaver was in the process of starting a new nest

Honorable Mention

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum)
Andrea Brannen, photographed in Cayo, Belize

This tiny owl’s prey is almost bigger than the owl!

A Collection Of Other Favorites

A sampling of some other photographs that our caught our judges’ eye.

Red-lored Amazon, Bastimentos National Marine Park, Panama (Valerie Gebert)
Masked tityra, Panama (Gerald Hoekstra)
Shoebill, Uganda (Yvo Goossens)
Golden-winged Sunbird, Rift Valley, Kenya (David Leonard)
Red-and-green Macaw, Madre de Dios, Peru (Sekar Balasubramanian)
Lesson's Motmot, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (Yvonne Burch-Hartley)