2025 Arizona Wildlife Views Photo Contest
2024 Winning Photograph by Randi Najac
Do you want to see your photo on the cover of Arizona Wildlife Views?
Do you have a knack for capturing great photos of wildlife?
Then you won’t want to miss the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s
19th Annual Wildlife Photo Contest.
One best in show and 11 winners will be showcased in the 2026 calendar, which is published as part of the November-December 2025 issue of Arizona Wildlife Views. The best-in-show photo is published on the cover of the issue and as one of the photos representing a month. Winning photos may also appear in future issues of Arizona Highways magazine.
All photos must depict wildlife native to and found in Arizona, and all photos must have been taken in Arizona settings. Entrants are responsible for complying with the Official Rules; not doing so may result in disqualification.
The submission deadline is 5 p.m. MST on August 11, 2025.
Please view OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries.
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Photo by Kasey Macsenti
Cardinal on Aloe Vera
Location: Boyce Thompson Arboretum
Photo by Lauren van Schijndel
Two curious juvenile Great Horned Owl siblings sitting high in a pine tree.
Location: Kingman, Arizona
Photo by Lauren van Schijndel
A coyote glows in the morning sun as it pauses to look my way on a cold winter morning in the desert.
Location: Kingman, Arizona
Photo by Kasey Macsenti
HO on an Aloe Vera
Location: Boyce Thompson Arboretum
Photo by Kasey Macsenti
Two juvenile Least Bitterns learning to fish. Sadly, a bobber is nearby from human’s fishing as well.
Location: Gilbert Riparian Preserve
Photo by Dave Getz
This handsome fellow is a common gallinule with a bright red beak and forehead shield he sports during the breeding season.
Location: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch in Gilbert
Photo by Eze Ahanonu
A cactus wren is caught mid-air jumping between sections of a jumping cholla.
Location: Front yard of home
Photo by Reid Woodward
A nestling Great Horned Owl looks out for Mom from its nest in a Saguaro Cactus in North Scottsdale. This nestling flew the nest for the first time two days after this picture was taken.
Location: North Scottsdale
Photo by Eze Ahanonu
During an evening hike in Tucon Mountain Park, a pair of curious coyotes followed me as if they were my own dogs. Here I picture the younger looking of the two.
Location: Tucson Mountain Park
Photo by Barnes
Little grebe out for an evening swim
Location: Riparian in Gilbert Arizona
Photo by Daniel Nations
This is a sunset picture of Antelope on the skyline pretty close to where FS82 meets FS125 taken in June 2025.
Location: Anderson Mesa near Kinnikinick Lake
Photo by Tristan Munchinsky
A Western Diamondback rattlesnake sliding back into the shady undergrowth after a morning of soaking up the sun.
Location: Spur cross ranch conservation area