Picture This: Your Great Outdoors 2016 Photo Contest Winners

This year, more than 4,000 images were submitted in the Mass Audubon Picture This Photo Contest—double previous years! After much deliberation, we are happy to announce that we have selected the winners of this year’s contest.

Congratulations to all the winners and thanks again to everyone who participated.

View a slideshow of all the winners


Grand Prize | Birds | MammalsOther Wildlife | Plants & Fungi | Landscapes | People in Nature | 
Honorable Mentions


Grand Prize

Harbor seal pup © Alex Shure
Harbor seal pup © Alex Shure

Alex Shure

 


Birds

Pileated woodpecker © Linda Cullivan
Pileated woodpecker © Linda Cullivan
 
Purple Sandpiper © Davey Walters
Purple Sandpiper © Davey Walters
18 and Over: Linda Cullivan   Under 18: Davey Walters

Mammals

Harbor seal pup © Alex Shure
Harbor seal pup © Alex Shure
 
Raccoon © Daniel Ferreira
Raccoon © Daniel Ferreira
18 and Over: Alex Shure   Under 18: Daniel Ferreira

Other Wildlife

Zebra Striped Assassin Bug Nymph © Allyson Via
Zebra Striped Assassin Bug Nymph © Allyson Via
 
Spicebush swallowtail caterpillar © Brendan Cramphorn
Spicebush swallowtail caterpillar © Brendan Cramphorn
18 and Over: Allyson Via   Under 18: Brendan Cramphorn

Plants & Fungi

Fungi © Kathryn Dannay
Fungi © Kathryn Dannay
 
Bloodroot © Maili Waters
Bloodroot © Maili Waters
18 and Over: Kathryn Dannay   Under 18: Maili Waters

Landscapes

Rowley, MA © Martha Akey
Rowley, MA © Martha Akey
 
Douglas, MA © Mckenna Obrien
Douglas, MA © Mckenna Obrien
18 and Over: Martha Akey   Under 18: Mckenna Obrien

People in Nature

© Tabitha Silva
© Tabitha Silva
 
© Samantha Buckley
© Samantha Buckley
18 and Over: Tabitha Silva   Under 18: Samantha Buckley

Honorable Mentions

Susan Ballard Amy Powers-Smith Anastasia Grigorenko Sophia Li
       
Mark Goulding William Hottin Levi Civjan Robert Killam