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 Jeremiah Degenhardt
This large western diamond-back was crossing the road shortly before sunset. We pulled off to make sure it made it safely and took this photo soon after it crossed.
Location: N Page Ranch Rd Cochise County
Photo by Greg F Clark
A Cinnamon Teal showing that striking eye color while preening at Sweetwater Wetlands.
Location: Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, AZ
Photo by Greg F Clark
The male Montezuma quail emerges from the undergrowth on his way to a watering hole in Cave Creek Canyon.
Location: Cave Creek Canyon, AZ
Photo by Carlos Flores
Desert tortoise resting underneath nopal cactus
Location: Sahuarita, walking trail
Photo by Carlos Flores
Desert tortoise resting underneath nopal cactus
Location: Sahuarita, walking trail
Photo by Carlos Flores
Desert tortoise resting underneath nopal cactus
Location: Sahuarita, walking trail
Photo by David Velasco
I encountered this lizard off the side of the trail as it perched itself on a rock. It struck me as if it stood at a lectern, and said, "You may be wondering why I called you all here..."
Location: Greasewood Park, 1075 Greasewood Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745
Photo by David Velasco
I encountered this bobcat as it was hunting on the shoreline of the marshy water on the south side of the pond. I was lucky enough that it walked past me on the shore a few feet away.
Location: Sweetwater Wetlands, 2511 W. Sweetwater Dr. Tucson, AZ 85745
Photo by Ben Bruno
Location: Boyce Thompson Arboretum
Photo by Marlin Mills
This coachwhip was slithering through the boughs of a mesquite tree, chasing a lizard that had hidden on the side of the tree trunk.
Location: Saalt River, AZ
Photo by Marlin Mills
I saw this curve-billed thrasher hiding on its nest in a buckhorn cholla cactus, as I was on a morning walk along the sidewalk in our neighborhood.
Location: Mesa, AZ
Photo by David Velasco
This roadrunner walked up near me as I was photographing hawks. It stopped on the slope of the hill near the mission, under the shade of a small creosote bush, and gazed north.
Location: This photo was taken on the hill just east of the San Xavier del Bac Mission on the Tohono O'Odham reservation south of Tucson.