Awe-奮起させるing images from the 2020 Audubon Photography Awards show rare birds 飛行機で行くing through the 空気／公表する, 飛び込み into water, feasting on fish and flowers, and fluffing their chests in the hopes of attracting a mate

The 国家の Audubon S ociety has 発表するd the 勝利者s and honorable について言及するs of its 2020 Photography Awards. The 年次の 競争 招待するs professional and amateur photographers from across the U.S. and Canada to send in striking snaps of any bird 種類 that they have 逮捕（する）d throughout the past year. 裁判官s from the nonprofit - which is based out of New York City and 焦点（を合わせる）d on bird 自然保護 - 精査するd through more than 6,000 入ること／参加（者）s to decide on the 10 incredible images below.?The photos will be published in 近づいている 問題／発行するs of Audubon magazine, and will travel across the country in a special 展示（する）. Click through to see home of the 素晴らしい photos...?

This striking image of a 二塁打-crested cormorant is the 2020 Grand Prize 勝利者. The snap of the seabird was 逮捕（する）d by Joanna Lentini in the waters of Los Islotes, Mexico. The 二塁打-crested cormorant frequently dives beneath the water to retrieve food, as is the 事例／患者 in the image above. The birds are able to reach a depth of 24 feet, and can stay beneath the surface for up to 70 seconds.

This year's Fisher Prize was awarded to Marlee Fuller-Morris for her photo of an American Dipper. As its 指名する 示唆するs, the American Dipper （頭が）ひょいと動くs its 長，率いる 支援する and 前へ／外へ beneath the surface of 急速な／放蕩な-moving streams ーするために retrieve food. The bird, which is also known as a water ouzel, 住むs the 山地の 地域s of Central America and the western half of North America. This image was 逮捕（する）d in California's Yosemite 国家の Park.

Gail Bisson was 指名するd the 2020 Amateur 勝利者 for this image of a 明らかにする-throated tiger heron. While Bisson resides in Canada, she traveled south to Costa Rica to 逮捕（する） this snap of the rare bird, which can only be 設立する in Central America. The 明らかにする-throated tiger heron is known for its 独特の yellow 直面する and long feathered neck, and is typically 料金d in topical 押し寄せる／沼地 forests or 沿岸の mangroves.

The 2020 Audubon Awards has given an Honorable について言及する to amateur photographer Bib ek Ghosh for this image of an Anna's Hummingbird. The incredible image shows a droplet of water 上陸 on the bird's beak as it 飛行機で行くs through the 空気／公表する. Anna's Hummingbirds are native to the western 沿岸の 地域s of North America.

This year's 工場／植物s for Birds 勝利者 went to?Travis Bonovsky for this photograph of an American Goldfinch on a cup 工場／植物. The image was snapped last summer in Minneapolis, Minnesota.? Goldfinches まず第一に／本来 eat seeds, and are attracted to colorful flowers such as marigolds, poppies and sunflowers - as seen above.

An Honorable について言及する in the 工場／植物s for Birds 部類 has gone to Natalie Robertson, who took this striking snap of a?Tennessee Warbler on an eastern prickly gooseberry. Robertson is one of the few Canadians to be 選び出す／独身d out for her photography 技術s, with this photo taken in Point Pelee 国家の Park - 位置を示すd in one of the 最南端の points of Canada.

裁判官s for the 2020??Audubon Photography Awards have 指名するd 告訴する Dougherty this year's Professional 勝利者. Dougherty - who travels far and wide to 逮捕（する） images of rare birds in their natural habitats - took this 素晴らしい 発射 of a?Magnificent Frigatebird on Genovesa Island in Ecuador. The male Magnificent Frigatebird is known for its red gular sac, which is 最高潮の場面d in Dougherty's picture against a 黒人／ボイコット 背景. The bird inflates the sac ーするために attract a mate.

Professional photographer 遺伝子 Putney has been given an Honorable について言及する for this image of the?Greater 下落する-Grouse, 逮捕（する）d in Colorado. Numbers of Greater 下落する-Grouse are in 早い 拒絶する／低下する,?予定 to habitat loss. Several organizations have 機動力のある 合法的な 戦う／戦いs to try and have to have the bird 正式に 認めるd as a 脅すd 種類. In 2018, the Trump 行政 発表するd a 計画（する） to roll 支援する 保護s for the Greater 下落する-Grouse as it opened nine million acres of land to 演習ing and 採掘.

The?国家の Audubon Society encourages millennials and members of Gen Z to （問題を）取り上げる bird watching and photography. The organization has 始める，決める up a 青年 Award, with?Vayun Tiwari 指名するs as this year's 勝利者. The California native 逮捕（する）d this amazing image of a?Northern Jacana 診察するing a flower in the 沼s of the Orange Walk 地区 in Belize.