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 Kathy Jamieson
Hot Day Coyote
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Photo by Kathy Jamieson
Ocelot at Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
Location: Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
Photo by Andrew Chapman
A curious phainopepla
Location: Boyce Thompson Arboretum
Photo by Andrew Chapman
Two Harris Hawks perched atop a saguaro.
Location: Gold Canyon
Photo by Greg T. Watts
Male Northern Cardinal perched on a fruited large Saguaro Cactus eating from its Buffet of fruit for birds and other wildlife, in the Agua Fria River corridor, downstream of the Agua Fria National Mon
Location: B.L.M. Public Lands, on West Side of Black Canyon City, Arizona just East of the Agua Fria River.
Photo by Greg T. Watts
Perched in a Flowering Ironwood Tree, with the Sun reflecting off of the birds black color and red eyes.
Location: B.L.M. Public Lands on West side of Black Canyon City, Az. just East of the Agua Fria River.
Photo by Greg T. Watts
Photo taken in June 2025. The adult Saguaro filled with ripening fruit, providing a buffet of food for birds and wildlife along the corridor of the Agua Fria River with Cottonwood and Willow Trees.
Location: B.L.M. Public Lands on West Side of Black Canyon City, Az. with the Agua Fria River just beyond the Saguaro to the West.
Photo by Kenny Sugarman
Horned Lizard Hitching a Ride
Location: Three Points Az.
Photo by Suchomel
These two black vultures were sitting on a rock by our pool. Crazy looking birds.
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Photo by Mikala Riesland
Found him alongside the road right by the lake. He was in no hurry & let me capture multiple pictures of him.
Location: Black Canyon Lake, AZ
Photo by Trevor McGilvra
Owl nest in a Saguaro boot
Location: Ahwatukee
Photo by Jennifer Griffith
An acorn woodpecker stuffs an acorn into a hole in a pecan tree in a pecan grove located along the Gila River in Greenlee County's Apache Grove area.
Location: Apache Grove (Greenlee County)