Results of the Best Photo of the Month August 2025

We  are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition.

Jess Findlay wins First Prize with his outstanding image ‘A Large Male Black Bear (Ursus Americanus) Takes a Break from Salmon Fishing‘. Glenn Bartley wins Second Prize with his inspirational image ‘Jaguar‘. Third Prize goes to Jess Findlay with ‘Like a Creature Out of a Storybook, a Crested Owl Peers Down from the Forest Canopy‘.

Please give kudos to the photographers by leaving comments at the bottom of this page.

See detailed results below:

(click on thumbnails for slideshow).

A Large Male Black Bear (Ursus Americanus) Takes a Break from Salmon Fishing
Jess Findlay166 votes (11.2%)

Jaguar
Glenn Bartley148 votes (9.99%)

Like a Creature Out of a Storybook, a Crested Owl Peers Down from the Forest Canopy
Jess Findlay134 votes (9.04%)

Taking Its Last Drink Before Day’s End, a Hoatzin (Opisthocomus Hoazin) on an Oxbow Lake
Jess Findlay130 votes (8.77%)

Saffron Toucanet (Pteroglossus Bailloni)
Glenn Bartley106 votes (7.15%)

Sibling Rivalry
kmbasile90 votes (6.07%)

Western Grebe Feeding a Young Grebe
Alan Murphy89 votes (6.01%)

Saw-billed Hermit (Ramphodon Naevius)
Glenn Bartley89 votes (6.01%)

How Big is a Golden Eagle
Alan Murphy71 votes (4.79%)

California Quail
Alan Murphy69 votes (4.66%)

Roseate Spoonbill
ChrisB68 votes (4.59%)

Humboldt Penguins
Steve Wagner59 votes (3.98%)

Starling Love
Karen Lyons Kalmenson56 votes (3.78%)

Skimmers
Steve Wagner54 votes (3.64%)

Great Blue Heron Having a Chipmunk for Lunch
ChrisB50 votes (3.37%)

My Wings My Tail
Karen Lyons Kalmenson48 votes (3.24%)

Red-faced Mousebirds
Steve Wagner35 votes (2.36%)

Starling Universe
Karen Lyons Kalmenson20 votes (1.35%)

The next competition starts on 30 September 2025

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