The winners of the photo contest ornithological Audubon Photography Awards 2016

• The winners of the photo contest ornithological Audubon Photography Awards 2016

National Audubon Society, which is one of the oldest environmental organizations in the world, has announced the winners of the photo contest Audubon Photography Awards 2016. Nine finalists were chosen from more than 7000 pictures of birds in their natural habitat, submitted to the contest in the last year.

The bald eagle and great blue heron. Seebeck, Washington, USA.

Photographer:: BONNIE BLOCK / AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS.

Stilt. The island of Lesvos, Greece.

Photographer: ARTUR STANKIEWICZ / AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS.

Tiny hummingbirds. Costa Rica.

Photographer: BARBARA DRISCOLL / AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS.

turkey-buzzard. Baja California, Mexico.

Photographer: BLAKE SHAW / AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS.

Large frigates. Ecuador.

Photographer: CAROLINA ANNE FRASER / AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS.

Ravens. Alberta, Canada.

Photographer: COLLEEN GARA / AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS.

Osprey. Siesta Key, Florida, USA.

Photographer: DICK DICKINSON / AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS.

Shorebirds. North Coast, Massachusetts, USA.

Photographer: MARTIN V. SNEARY / AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS.

eared grebe. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.

Photographer: STEVE TORNA / AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS.