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![Barred Owl](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/best-photo-of-the-month-december-2025\/barred-owl-2.png\" "Barred Owl")
<\/a>Barred OwlJess Findlay<\/a><\/span>61 votes (7.21%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>One of Them is MineCandy McManiman<\/a><\/span>61 votes (7.21%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>Male Anna\u2019s HummingbirdJess Findlay<\/a><\/span>47 votes (5.56%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>California Quail on African MarigoldAlan Murphy<\/a><\/span>46 votes (5.44%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>Bittern in Winter Catching a PerchMarcel de Bruin<\/a><\/span>43 votes (5.08%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>King of the MorningJacqui Caetano<\/a><\/span>41 votes (4.85%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>Acorn WoodpeckerAlan Murphy<\/a><\/span>37 votes (4.37%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>Am. Black BearChrisB<\/a><\/span>37 votes (4.37%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>Entwined Jacqui Caetano<\/a><\/span>36 votes (4.26%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>Juvenile Osprey SiblingsChrisB<\/a><\/span>32 votes (3.78%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>Starling Bathingsafrounet<\/a><\/span>31 votes (3.66%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>Sandhill CranesCandy McManiman<\/a><\/span>31 votes (3.66%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>African Bush ElephantChrisB<\/a><\/span>28 votes (3.31%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>KingfisherDean Eades<\/a><\/span>25 votes (2.96%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>ChipmunkAlan Murphy<\/a><\/span>25 votes (2.96%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>Common Buzzard LandingMarcel de Bruin<\/a><\/span>23 votes (2.72%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>Hanging Out to Dry - Little Pied Cormorant Ken Billington<\/a><\/span>22 votes (2.6%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>FlamingoSteve Wagner<\/a><\/span>22 votes (2.6%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>Southern Hawker in FlightMarcel de Bruin<\/a><\/span>20 votes (2.36%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>PidgieloveKaren Lyons Kalmenson<\/a><\/span>19 votes (2.25%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>Proud Pidge Karen Lyons Kalmenson<\/a><\/span>18 votes (2.13%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>Barrow\u2019s GoldeneyeJess Findlay<\/a><\/span>17 votes (2.01%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>SunningCandy McManiman<\/a><\/span>17 votes (2.01%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>Watching and PrayingJacqui Caetano<\/a><\/span>17 votes (2.01%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>Cardinal Rules Karen Lyons Kalmenson<\/a><\/span>15 votes (1.77%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>Defending the NestSteve Wagner<\/a><\/span>13 votes (1.54%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>KestrelsDean Eades<\/a><\/span>11 votes (1.3%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>White-faced HeronKen Billington<\/a><\/span>10 votes (1.18%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/a>Keeping Cool - Diane Stuckey<\/a><\/span>9 votes (1.06%)<\/span><\/div><\/div>