2026 Arizona Wildlife Views Photo Contest
2025 Best in Show | Tyler Hartung
Do you have a knack for capturing great photos of wildlife?
Do you want to see your photo on the cover of Arizona Wildlife Views?
Then you won’t want to miss the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s 20th annual wildlife photo contest.
One best in show and 11 winners will be showcased in the 2027 calendar, which is published as part of the November-December 2026 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.
Entrants are responsible for complying with the OFFICIAL RULES; not doing so may result in disqualification.
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Photo by: Vance Auld
An Anna's hummingbird shows off their gorget.
Location: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch - 2757 E Guadalupe Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85234
Photo by: Vance Auld
A great-tailed grackle juvenile has a bath.
Location: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch - 2757 E Guadalupe Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85234
Photo by: Vance Auld
A Mexican gray wolf rolls on the ground.
Location: Phoenix Zoo - 455 N Galvin Pkwy, Phoenix, AZ 85008
Photo by: Christopher Hall
Bobcat on the move coming through the green reeds of a pond.
Location: Sweetwater Wetlands Park, Tucson, Arizona.
Photo by: Christopher Hall
A Barn Owl in flight at the Gilbert Ponds early in the morning.
Location: Gilbert Ponds, Gilbert, Arizona.
Photo by: Christopher Hall
A pair of American Avocets doing their after mating dance ritual in one of the ponds at the riparian preserve.
Location: Gilbert Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch
Photo by: Emily Hall
Coppery-tailed Trogon was showing up along a trail in Madera Canyon
Location: Madera Canyon
Photo by: Emily Hall
Rufous Hummingbird resting in Geer.
Location: Greer, Arizona
Photo by: Emily Hall
Baby owl in nest in neighborhood in Tucson near Hudlow Elementary School.
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Photo by: Ted Socci
Early morning capture of the Great horned owl as it decides where to find a cooler place to nap.
Location: Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, AZNikon Z6III 1/2500 sec at f/6.3, ISO 800 600mm (NNIKKOR Z 180-600 f/5.6-6.6 VR)
Photo by: Ted Socci
A challenge trying to capture the female Vermilion Flycatcher as she takes a very brief rest from her busy breakfast hunt.
Location: Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, AZ
Photo by: Ted Socci
Just started wildlife photography and was very happy to capture my first picture of the Green Heron in the early morning. My background for the last ten years has been amateur landscape photography.
Location: Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, AZ