Picture This: Your Great Outdoors 2017 Photo Contest Winners

This year, more than 4,000 images were submitted in the Mass Audubon Picture This Photo Contest—another record year! 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: Bernard Creswick

Ruby-throated hummingbird © Bernard Creswick
Ruby-throated hummingbird © Bernard Creswick

 


Birds

18 and Over: Bernard Creswick
Ruby-throated hummingbird © Bernard Creswick
Ruby-throated hummingbird © Bernard Creswick
  Under 18: Cameron Darnell
American Oystercatcher adult with its chick on a beach © Cameron Darnell
American Oystercatchers © Cameron Darnell

Mammals

18 and Over: David Blad
Baby porcupine in tree © David Blad
Porcupine © David Blad
  Under 18: Martin Culpepper
Long-tailed weasel © Martin Culpepper
Long-tailed weasel © Martin Culpepper

Other Wildlife

18 and Over: John Gounarides
Wolf spider © John Gounarides
Wolf spider © John Gounarides
  Under 18: Robert Killam
Short-horned grasshopper © Robert Killam
Short-horned grasshopper © Robert Killam

Plants & Fungi

18 and Over: Diane Lomba
Laccaria trullissata mushroom © Diane Lomba
Laccaria trullissata mushroom © Diane Lomba
  Under 18: Nicole Nelson
Autumn foliage © Nicole Nelson
© Nicole Nelson

Landscapes

18 and Over: Carina Rivera
Tyngsboro pasture at sunrise © Carina Rivera
© Carina Rivera
  Under 18: Sean Henderson
Star trail over lake in Natick © Sean Henderson
© Sean Henderson

People in Nature

18 and Over: Alan Nelson
Sunset swallow flight at Plum Island © Alan Nelson
© Alan Nelson
  Under 18: Andy Eckerson
Young birder with scope silhouette at sunset © Andy Eckerson
© Andy Eckerson

Honorable Mentions

Myer Bornstein Susumu Kishihara Joel Eckerson Eleanor Kuchar
       
Cheryl Rose Kjeld Mahoney Abigail Broyles Don Bullens