The 2022 Birdlife Australia Photography Award Winners Are Presented.

The winning and commended photographs from the 2022 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards have been revealed. All over the world, photographers submitted more than 5,600 images to a competition that honored the lives of birds and benefitted bird conservation efforts.

Bird Portrait, Special Theme (Australasian Robins), Bird Behaviour, Birds in the Landscape, Birds in Flight, Birds in Backyards, Human Impact, and Youth categories, as well as the overall Best of Show, are all below.

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#1 Animals in Their Natural Environment: Patrick Tomkins’ “Cassowary Creek”

#2 Songs About Australasian Robins, Featuring “Pale Yellow” by Danny Mccreadie

#3 Focus on the Australasian Robin with Alex France’s “Alight”

#4 Kookaburra, a painting by GD Smith

#5 By Jason Moore, in the realm of avian psychology: “Stars and Stripes.”

#6 Bird Behavior: “Rehearsal” by Ian Wilson

#7 “Superb Soloist,” a portrait of a bird by Ian Wilson.

#8 Suzanne Bray’s “You Had Me at Hello” has a human impact.

#9 Australian Robins as the subject of “Yellow” by Glenn Faithfull’s

#10 Portrait of a Bird, by Josh Watson; Titled “Spinifex Pigeon”

#11 Australasian Robins: “Female Flame” by Reeni Martinez is this month’s featured special theme.

#12 Writer Jane Mcmenamin captures the gloom of a rainy day in her backyard birdsong, “Rainy Day Blues.”

#13 Avian Behavior in Shelley Pearson’s “Hanging Around”

#14 Warren Wilson’s “Daylight Robbery,” from the album Backyard Birds.

#15 Rebecca Harrison’s “Leaning In,” about birds in a backyard, is a great read.

#16 To paraphrase some backyard birds: “It’s Great To Be Alive!” Author: Patrick Kavanagh

#17 Adolescents, please read “Romeo and Juliet” by Ellis Cummins.

#18 The Eyes Have It, a Portrait of a Bird by Michelle Gardner

#19 Birds in Art: “The Sentinel” by Maria Coleman

#20 A Young Audience Enjoys Finn Cupper’s “Pair of Bee-Eaters with Prey”

#21 Author Martin Anderson’s “Nankeen Kestrel Golden Hour Flight” depicts a kestrel taking flight during the morning.

#22 Hokey Pokey, a painting by Danny Lee, depicts a bird.

#23 Cheng Kang, “Berries For Lunch,” a Book on Bird Behavior

#24 Article for Young People: “Salute to the Sun” by Finnian Bissell

#25 Lawrence Chan’s “Morning Dance,” a Flying Bird Painting

#26 Wedge-tailed eagle, from Michelle Gardner’s “Birds in Flight”

#27 Christian Spencer’s “Emu Mist” depicts emus in a dreamlike landscape.

#28 John Harrison’s “White-Faced Storm Petrel” from Birds in Flight.

#29 By Joel Evans: Bird Behaviour, “Hanging for Breakfast”

#30 Australasian Robins are the subject of “Pink Robin,” a composition by Ravi Arora.

#31 Lawrence Chan’s “My Pearl” from the collection Birds in Flight.