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.
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Photo by Dan Weisz
The Trio at El Rio: Three Snowy Egrets were all feeding where a trickle of water entered the preserved. Snowy Egrets can be found in southern Arizona during the winter months.
Location: El Rio Preserve in Marana
Photo by Dan Weisz
A Bobcat dove into the water and caught a Northern Shoveler duck and brought it into the brush to consume. It was dripping wet as it took its time with its meal.
Location: Sweetwater Wetlands
Photo by Dan Weisz
One morning a Cliff Chipmunk stretched across a burnt log, a remnant of recent fires.
Location: Mount Lemmon
Photo by Ariel
White great egret
Location: Twin lakes golf course
Photo by Amber Rose
Every year in the spring, the great horned owl returns to nest in this huge saguaro.
Location: Cave Creek Arizona
Photo by Audrey Pavitt
Parent and two owlets occupy an old hawk's nest nestled in a large Saguaro Cactus. After a lot of shifting positions, (for them and me!) they finally face me with open eyes.
Location: Hawk's Nest hiking trail, Phoenix Sonoran Preserve
Photo by Audrey Pavitt
Juvenile Burrowing owls at the entrance to their nest, taken from the car (blind). They must have heard something above them (which I didn't!) as they all swiveled their heads in unison and looked up.
Location: South of I-10, off Perryville Road near Buckeye.
Photo by Amber Rose
Students track the owl populations on campus, and assist with the construction and maintenance of artificial burrows. They also routinely monitor the bird species (122 and counting).
Location: Scottsdale Community College
Photo by Bobby Joe Smith
Baby quails scavenge for food along with their parent.
Location: 1275 W. Calle Playa de Siesta, Sahuarita, Arizona
Photo by Bobby Joe Smith
A Hooded Oriole stops for a rest amongst the blooms of a mesquite tree.
Location: 1275 W. Calle Playa de Siesta, Sahuarita, Arizona
Photo by Adam Rodriguez
Location: Gilbert Water Ranch
Photo by Anthony Pawlicki
Ornate Box Turtle crossing a road in a grassland.
Location: San Rafael Valley, AZ