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2011 Լ��Ƶ Magazine Photography Awards: Top 100

Northern cardinal, by Karen Bacon

Black-crowned night-heron, by Patricia Corapi

Great egret, by David Chauvin

Eurasian roller, by Chris Bower

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Least bittern, by Jack Rogers

American kestrel, by Randall Roberts

Atlantic puffin, by Eric Bowles

House sparrows, by Timothy Brooks

Peregrine falcon, by Kathryn Okinaga

Ring-necked pheasant, by Jim Urbach

Red-shouldered hawk, by Carol Graham Fryer

American oystercatchers, by Marina Scarr

Downy woodpecker by Lou Buonomo

Brandt’s cormorant and Western gull, by Mark Drawbridge

Red-crested cardinal, by Karen Dingerson

Weaver bird, by Douglas Steakley

Great egret, by Joseph Costanza

Calliope hummingbirds, by Walter Nussbaumer

Common loon, by Richard Simonsen

Barn swallows, by Michael Stubblefield

King penguin by Marc Lombardi

Adelie penguins, by Tim Laman

Belted kingfisher, by Alan Murphy

Brown pelicans, by Octavio Aburto

Bald eagle, by James Neiger

Black-crowned night-heron, by Chuck Seamens

Northern pygmy-owl, by Paul Bannick

Black skimmer, by Michael Stubblefield

California quails, by Kelle Herrick

American goldfinch, by Sally Stone

Long-tailed jaegar, by David Hemmings

Egrets, by George Kaczmarek

Pine warbler, by Otto Ryba

Black-headed gull, by Mike Anderson

Broad-tailed hummingbirds, by Jerry Goffe

Burrowing owls, by Greg Schneider

Northern cardinals, by Ed Peterson

European bee-eater, by Mike Anderson

Great gray owl, by Jim Brown

Indigo bunting, by Jeff Parker

Roseate spoonbills, by Jorja Feldman

House finch, by Lauren Ames

Sharp-tailed grouse, by Noppadol Paothong

Pigeon guillemot, by Susan Dimock

Red-winged blackbird and snail kite, by James Neiger

Piping plover, by Michael Milicia

Atlantic puffins, by Nancy Elwood

Baltimore Oriole, by Alan Murphy

Great blue heron, by Robert Bakelaar

Barn owl, by Jerry Goffe

Least bittern, by Rebecca Holmes

Gunnison sage-grouse, by Noppadol Paothong

Bald eagle, by Jim Chagares

Bald eagle and red-winged blackbird, by Robert Palmer

Great egret and tricolored heron, by Lee Daniels

Roseate spoonbill, by Amy Marques

Great gray owl, by Greg Schneider

Purple-crowned fairy, by Glenn Bartley

Barn swallows, by Ben Knoot

Bronzed cowbird, by Marina Scarr

Mallard, by Sarah Kappel

Long-eared owl, by Paul Bannick

Greylag goose, by Rebecca Golden

Osprey, by My Hanh T Dang

Great horned owls, by Paul Bannick

Greater prairie chickens, by Albert Perry

American bittern, by Dan Streiffert

Northern cardinal, by Phyllis Burchett

Little bee-eaters, by Don Getty

King penguins, by Bill Klipp

American coot, by Karen Schuenemann

Snail kite, by James Neiger

Rufous hummingbirds, by Doreen Mullins

Short-eared owl, by Robert Palmer

Greater prairie-chicken, by Randall Roberts

Snowy plovers, by Adams Serra

Great skua and black-legged kittiwake, by Janet Drew

Kori bustard, by Chris Bower

Purple gallinule, by James Neiger

Northern harrier, by Ron Bielefeld

Great blue heron, by Jeff Bicket

Great horned owl by Ken Archer

Cobalt-winged parakeet, by Rebecca Yale

Hepatic tanagers, by Jim Burns

Great horned-owl, by John Loper

Roseate spoonbill, by David Chauvin

Green jays, by Hector Astorga

White ibis, by Frances Gaines

Green heron, by Jerry Goffe

Waved albatross, by Tim Laman

Burrowing owl, by Matthew Hansen

Green heron by Michael Greer

Red-tailed hawk, by Jim Ridley

Sandhill cranes, by Ron Mayberry

Marsh wren, by Roger Eriksson

Black skimmer, Michael Milicia

Belted kingfisher, by Lyle Mueller

Northern hawk owl, by Paul Bannick

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