Mary Anne Chilton USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Wildlife Amateur "Blue Blubbers" Beautiful but invasive jellyfish threaten oceans ecosystems

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Sabine Peters Germany 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Wildlife Amateur "Raindance" The boys have fun in the rain

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Michael Knapstein USA 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Wildlife Amateur "Cardinal Couple" A male and female cardinal brave a winter snowstorm

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Patrick Sampson UK Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "New Forest, England" A wild pony sleeps silently in an autumnal New Forest, England.

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Paul Blieden USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Camargue Horses" Camargue Horses image captured in the marsh in Camargue, France.

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Tilly Meijer Netherlands Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "The seagull" seagull in Oslo.

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Don Holman USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Final Swim"

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Pekka Isomursu Finland Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Portrait of a siberian jay" A siberian jay ready to take off from the snowy ground. Taken in Kuusamo, Finland.

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Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Eye" Taken in a night dive.

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Brittany Comunale USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Climbing Up"

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Fabio Rossi Italy Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "The flight " Freedom is...

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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Maternal tenderness" While visiting the temple of monkeys in Jaipur, I noticed this mother embracing her little son with moving tenderness

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Bill Klipp USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Brown Pelicans" Brown Pelicans taking off

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Anne Hoerter Germany Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Mackerel"

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Alfonso de Cruz Barrios Spain Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Sheltered Batussy"

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Dmitry Arkhipov Russia Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Family portrait in the forest interior"

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Luciano Leuzzi Italy Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Ulula"

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Poul Helt Denmark Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Close encounters"

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BD Richardson USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Good Morning Sunshine" This Burrowing Owl was enjoying the golden morning sun one winter morning and I was lucky enough to be right nearby.

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Alfonso de Cruz Barrios Spain Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Sleep my love"

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Wild Endangered Sifaka in Madagascar " With extreme loss of habitat, many native species (found nowhere else in the world) are now endangered & face extinction.Conservationists feel that raising awareness is the key to saving these animals

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Unique Wild Geckos,Lizards & Chameleons of Madagascar" With extreme loss of habitat, many native species (found nowhere else in the world) are now endangered & face extinction.Conservationists feel that raising awareness is the key to saving these animals

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Critically Endangered Indri" The Indri CANNOT live in captivity. It is severely threatened by poaching, loss of habitat due to deforestation and mining.

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Threatened Wild Fossa" With extreme loss of habitat, many native species (found nowhere else in the world) are now endangered & face extinction.Conservationists feel that raising awareness is the key to saving these animals

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Ann Thering USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "The Journey Begins" A magnificent Monarch glides through a prairie on its journey south.

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Anna Barber USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Zebra Illusions"

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Anne Hoerter Germany Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Dorade"

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Anne Dummong Switzerland Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Fierce" Observe - Warn - Attack, caught in a Burmese monk village. No filter.

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Antero Wallinus-Rinne Norway Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Finale" Gran Canaria crabs mating after a long courting act

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Antero Wallinus-Rinne Norway Nominee Wildlife Amateur ""Bubbles""

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Anthony Wadham UK Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Eagle"

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Barbara Leven USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Baby Croc2"

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BD Richardson USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Best Friends" This white fawn had been seen in the area; so one week I dedicated myself to staking out the area with my gear. Patience paid off as the little fawn had found a friend -- with unusual coloration also!

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Beatrice Yoder-Leyba USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Le Bélier qui rit" The Laughing Big Horn Sheep

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Bencai Gong USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Gong Bencai flying fishes" taken in Komodo , Indonesia

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Bill Klipp USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Leopard" Leopard with Impala kill

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Brian Jones Australia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Black-crowned Night Heron"

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Brian Jones Australia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Baffin Dogs"

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Brittany Comunale USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Hungry (1)"

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Carolyn Knorr USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Fall Flight" Horicon Marsh Flyway-Sandhill Cranes migrating south for the winter

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Charles Mifsud Malta Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Dragonflies in Flight" A capture of Dragonflies in flight

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DeAnne Warner USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "The Little Green Fairy" The Little Green Fairy, New York, NY, June 2017.

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Deb Tatonetti USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Turtle Soup"

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Devon Crosby Canada Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Wave from a Humpback"

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DOUGLAS DIAZ USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Awwwwww" A snow leopard licks its nose in front of a live audience.

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Eduardo Fujii USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Dependency" Wildlife on coastal tourist towns has grown dependent on humans for food.

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Erik Fremstad USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Morning Playdate" Flora and fauna have an understanding of the nuances of nature much more than we can ever hope to imagine.

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Gautam Kamat Bambolkar India Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Thousand Yard Stare" Portrait of a Timor Python.

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Gillian Marshall USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Changeable Hawk Eagle, Satpura, India" This majestic bird asserts his presence, silhouetted against an azure sky.

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Ian Shand New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Amateur "White faced ducks, Pilanesberg, South Africa" Alost posing for the picture

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Jill Snyder USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Presidential Doppelgangers" Pelicans having a familiar orange hairstyle

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Karen Hanley Colbert USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "The Flock 2" By capturing multiple images in camera, a third dimension comes into view.

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Karin Charteris New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Timely Flight"

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Karl Franger Canada Nominee Wildlife Amateur "pigeons in Penang" a thirsty pigeon in Georgetown

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Kerry Maxwell USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "I'll Leave For Now"

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Laurie McCormick USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Walk Away" Walk Away

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Leonardo Regoli USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Exploring" Wild fox cubs exploring around their den in Surrey, UK.

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Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Polar Endurance" It's cold, windy and another perfect day for a polar bear. Their Polar Endurance is a testiments why they are referred to as the king of the arctic. Their courage for survival is like no other.

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Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Love" Unconditional Love for life. King penguins share a moment of love and partnership with a gently touch of beeks.

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Lynne Wilde USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "CROC SUSHI" African Crocodiles have incredibly strong jaws and teeth and will make short work of any edible morsel - humans included!! This enormous creature swallowed his lunch in one bite!

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Marshall Gould USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Family Portrait"

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Mary Beth Jarrosak USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Barn Owl #1"

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Michael Pachis USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Color Me Fierce"

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Michael Knapstein USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Egret Nest" An Egret returns to a next with a hungry chick

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Monika Hansson Tutter Czech Republic Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Cat's time off" cat sleeping on a wooden stage

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Paul Crampton Canada Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Metamorphosis" As the dragonfly changes from the nymph the world awaits.

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Paulo Mittelman Brazil Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Equus- 1" When one arrives very close to a large animal like a horse, one can see how great strength and great delicacy can be together in the same life.

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Humpback Whale under my Boat !" Greenland , Disco Bay

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Wildlife Amateur "... their last minute !" Greenland , Disco Bay

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Roberto Alessandrini Italy Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Like a tale" a little deer in val Trebbia

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Scott Covrett USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Flamingo Portrait"

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Seta Karabadjian Canada Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Lost in Deep Thought" a bonnet macaque, Kerala, 2014

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Silvia Lisotti Italy Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Flamingos" Walvis Bay, Namibia

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Stephen Weaver USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "SandHill Crane" A Sandhill Crane greets the morning at Monte Vista NWR, Colorado

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Susan Beever USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Running With The Crab" This Willet Found A Crab and Was Heading For the Sand To Devour It.

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Susan Brandt Graham USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Mimicry in Nature" Wasp mimic hover fly sucking nectar from a tubule of Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia), using specialized suctorial proboscis while stabilizing the tubule with front appendages.

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Ted Lau Hong Kong Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Lone Beest" A lone wildebeest looks into the camera, it seems to know how to pick the perfect background

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TL Khong Malaysia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Bee is for Breakfast"

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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Guinlove" King Penguin pair

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Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Flabellina" A little nudibranch photographed in Ibiza.

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