The Ģ��Av Photography Awards Traveling Exhibition

The year's best bird photographs, selected by a panel of judges out of thousands of entries, are on tour. Find out when they're near you.

Ģ��Av Photography Award images on display at the 20th Annual Fall Festival and Hawk Watch at the Ģ��Av Center in Greenwich, CT. Photo: Angus Mordant

By Ģ��Av

Published July 03, 2018

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For more than a century, Ģ��Av has protected birds and the places they need. We know that where birds thrive, people prosper, so taking care of birds benefits our communities, too.

Today’s best bird photography has the same effect. In order to inspire and inform people from communities across North America, Ģ��Av created the Ģ��Av Photography Awards Exhibition, which brings a traveling exhibit of award-winning photos to Ģ��Av centers and chapters in a variety of cities and towns. Check the list below to find an exhibit near you.

Selected from more than 8,000 entries, the winning photos were published in the Summer 2018 issue of Ģ��Av Magazine and show birdlife at its most vivid, vulnerable, formidable, and elegant.

The Ģ��Av Photography Awards Exhibition is sponsored by Canon. As part of that partnership, Ģ��Av and Canon are working together to introduce people to the wonder and beauty of birds through photography. Canon is committed to a wide range of and .&�Բ��;�䲹�Դǲ�’s&�Բ��; is aimed at conserving biodiversity, including birds and other living beings at their sites globally.

2018-2019 Traveling Ģ��Av Photography Awards Exhibit

September 19 – October 10
Ģ��Av Florida – Starting at Tropical Ģ��Av Society in Miami, FL, and traveling to other local events
Rutland County Ģ��Av Society – Rutland, VT

October 17 – November 7
Ģ��Av Florida – Starting at Tropical Ģ��Av Society in Miami, FL, and traveling to other local events
Ģ��Av Arkansas/Little Rock Ģ��Av Center – Little Rock, AR
Santa Fe Ģ��Av Society – Hawthorne, FL

November 14 – December 5
Birmingham Ģ��Av Society – Birmingham, AL
John James Ģ��Av Center – Ģ��Av, PA
Golden Eagle Ģ��Av Society – Boise, ID
Grand Valley Ģ��Av Society – Grand Junction, CO

December 12 – January 2
Buffalo Ģ��Av Society – Buffalo, NY

January 9 – 30
Ģ��Av Vermont/Green Mountain Ģ��Av Center – Burlington, VT
Mitchell Lake Ģ��Av Center – San Antonio, TX
Pelican Island Ģ��Av Society – Vero Beach, FL
Altacal Ģ��Av Society – Chico, CA

February 6 – 27
Bucks County Ģ��Av Society – New Hope, PA
Wichita Ģ��Av Society – Wichita, KS
Ģ��Av Society of Northern Virginia – Reston, VA
Atlanta Ģ��Av Society – Atlanta, GA
Ģ��Av Center for Birds of Prey – Maitland, FL

March 6 – 27
Seward Park Ģ��Av Center – Seattle, WA
Ģ��Av Society of Martin County – Stuart, FL
South Bend-Elkhart Ģ��Av Society - Elkhart, IN
Ģ��Av Louisiana - Baton Rouge, LA and New Orleans, LA
Champaign County Ģ��Av Society – Homer, IL

April 3 – 24
Dogwood Canyon Ģ��Av Center – Cedar Hill, TX
Dungeness River Ģ��Av Center – Sequim, WA
Bartramian Ģ��Av Society – Slippery Rock, PA
Ģ��Av Louisiana - Baton Rouge, LA and New Orleans, LA
Quad City Ģ��Av Society - Davenport, IA

May 1 – 22
Constitution Marsh Ģ��Av Center – Garrison, NY
Central Kentucky Ģ��Av Society – Lexington, KY
San Fernando Valley Ģ��Av Society – Van Nuys, CA
North Central Washington Ģ��Av Society – Wenatchee, WA

May 29 – June 19
Bedford Ģ��Av Society – Bedford, NY
St. Johns County Ģ��Av Society – Jacksonville, FL
Prince George’s County Ģ��Av Society – Bowie, MD
Great Salt Lake Ģ��Av Society - Salt Lake City, UT

June 26 – July 17
Ģ��Av South Carolina/Francis Beidler Forest Ģ��Av Sanctuary – Charleston, SC
Ģ��Av’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary – Naples, FL
Red Rock Ģ��Av Society – Las Vegas, NV
Southern Adirondack Ģ��Av Society - Lake George, NY