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 8, 2025.
Please view OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries.
GALLERY
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Photo by Mike Henry
This Prairie Falcon is a regular visitor to Tucson's eastside every winter. I posted-up early one morning, hoping to get a nice action shot, and the bird actually cooperated.
Location: Case Natural Resource Park, Tucson, AZ
Photo by Justin Lingana
A broad billed humming bird rests its wings in the shade so we can admire his beauty.
Location: Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum
Photo by Gaylor
Apert's Squirrel eating a mushroom on a branch 5/2/2024
Location: Flagstaff AZ
Photo by JACOB LASHOT
Location: Tucson
Photo by Philip Dien
A Lesser nighthawk resting on a horizontal mesquite branch.
Location: North Scottsdale
Photo by Dianne Rovner
The Crested Caracara was being featured at the raptor show and negotiated a beautiful pass right into my viewfinder!
Location: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Raptor Show
Photo by Christine Burkhart
Bald eagle taking off from his perch.
Location: Salt River
Photo by William Bodine
Yellow-eyed Junco or Junco phaeonotus is easily identified by its bright yellow or yellow-orange eyes. It is a ground feeding bird eating seeds, berries and insects and is often around peopled areas
Location: This was found in Bonita Canyon Campground near the Chiricahua National Monument in south eastern Arizona
Photo by William Bodine
Plateau Fence Lizard or Sceloporus tristichus was found sunning itself in a rocky wooded area and was using the rock as a vantage point.
Location: North of Mormon Lake on a trail. 35.028302, -111.466947
Photo by Isabel Guerra Clark
Mountain Lion rescued in Arizona
Location: Out of Africa Wildlife Park
Photo by Isabel Guerra Clark
Location: Tucson
Photo by William Bodine
This Killdeer was nesting under a Creosote bush. Killdeers are notorious for playing injured any time their nest or young are threatened.
Location: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, 2757 E Guadalupe Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85234, USA.