The 2025 ĢAv Photography Awards: Winners
Enjoy our annual celebration of outstanding bird visuals—now featuring new prizes and winners from across the Western Hemisphere.
Exclusive Library Content
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- ĢAv’s Birds and Offshore Wind: Developing the Offshore Wind that Birds Need. You can view a recording of .
- The Magic of Migration at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, with Sanctuary Director Keith Laakkonen. Watch a recording of .
- ĢAv’s Bird Migration Explorer webinar (MidAtlantic). on how to use this online tool to learn more about the heroic annual journeys made by over 450 bird species, and the challenges they face along the way.
- What’s good for birds is also good for climate change mitigation. Learn more in our latest report on Natural Climate Solutions.
- Explore the 2025 ĢAv Photography Awards winners—now featuring Chile and Colombia. Check them out here.
Great Egret Society Impact Reports
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Now more than ever, "hope is the thing with feathers."
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The Joy of Being a Bird Ambassador
More than 300 ĢAv members described a time when they introduced others to the wonderful world of birds.
ĢAv Members Focus on Their Favorite Bird Photos
Over 100 shutterbugs took us behind the viewfinder of their best photos.
Our Connection to a Great Inland Sea
April 13, 2021 —
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Growing Demand for Vulture Heads Threatens the Birds’ Survival in Africa
April 12, 2021 —
Across the continent, traditional healers are increasingly using the body parts of vultures, creating an illegal market that has experts alarmed.
A Historic Moment for Large-scale Restoration in the Gulf
April 07, 2021 —
A new set of landmark projects will restore the damage the oil spill caused to birds and their habitats across the Gulf Coast.
Rare Photos Reveal the Secretive Life of the Banded Ground-Cuckoo
April 07, 2021 —
A photographer and scientist collaborated for over a decade to capture stunning images of the endangered bird
Of Burgers and Birds: A Partnership That Nearly Doubles ĢAv's Impact on Ranches across the Country
April 06, 2021 —
ĢAv Conservation Ranching teams up with Panorama Organic Meats to Bring Grassland Birds Back
ĢAv Announces Largest Market-Based Regenerative Grasslands Partnership in the U.S.
April 06, 2021 —
Partnership with Panorama Organic Grass-Fed Meats will restore habitat, combat climate change on one million acres of working ranchland.
Getting to Know Jerome Ford, the Government’s Top Bird Official
April 02, 2021 —
The head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Migratory Bird Program talks with ĢAv about changes in the birding world.
Meet Robert A. Gilbert, a Forgotten Figure Who Worked With One of America's Most Famous Ornithologists
April 02, 2021 —
A Black man from Virginia, Gilbert took thousands of photographs for William Brewster—but his contributions have mostly been lost to history.
Did Somebody Say Baby Bird Photos?
April 01, 2021 —
Why yes, yes we did. Here are our favorite shots featuring chicks from last year's ĢAv Photography Awards.
ĢAv Spotlight: Vero Couttee Uses Maps to Break the Cycle of Injustice
April 01, 2021 —
As Couttee approaches the end of her year-long Dangermond GIS fellowship, she plans to continue empowering local communities everywhere.
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