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2026 Arizona Wildlife Views Photo Contest

A wading great egret by Tyler Hartung won Best of Show in the 2025 Wildlife Photo Contest, sponsored by Arizona Game & Fish

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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Egret

Photo by: Jody Bradshaw

Morning Glow Reflection

Location: Tempe Town Lake

Mourning Dove

Photo by: Jody Bradshaw

Palo Verde Dove

Location: Red Mountain Park

Verdin

Photo by: Jody Bradshaw

Verdin posing in the early summer sun.

Location: Tempe Town Lake

Red-Tailed Hawk

Photo by: Lance Lofgren

A Red-Tailed Hawk captured a meal during sunset.

Location: Pinal County, AZ

Bobcat

Photo by: Madeline Cota

She walked into the reeds a few minutes before this. She caught a mouse super fast!

Location: Tucson, Sweetwater Wetlands

Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos

Photo by: Gavin Polyak

Female mallard swimming leftwards in lake.

Location: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch

Northern Cardinal

Photo by: Sydney Gassert

A male Northern Cardinal singing atop a saguaro cactus the morning of June 7th, 2026.

Location: Scottsdale, AZ, zip code 85262

Great blue heron

Photo by: Anthony Diaz

A great Blue Heron on a fishing dock at Bill Williams River NWR

Location: Bill Williams Nationals Wildlife Refuge

Mule deer

Photo by: Calin Oswald

Mule deer doe resting

Location: Williams

Wood duck pair

Photo by: Amber presmyk

Wood duck drake and hen pair

Location: Verde valley

Great horned owlets

Photo by: Patty Caradonna

3 Great Horned Owlets, May 2, 2026

Location: Rio Verde Foothills

Greathorn Owl Family

Photo by: George N Graham

Greathorn Owls

Location: Catalina State Park