Best Bird Photo Of 2021: A Roadrunner Blocked By The US Border

Best Bird Photo Of 2021: A Roadrunner Blocked By The US Border

BPOTY (Bird Photographer of the Year) is an annual bird photography competition in which photographers from all around the globe submit their most OK avian photos. The organizers got almost 22,000 entries this year, and the winners were now revealed.

Photographer Alejandro Prieto received the title of Bird Photographer of the Year 2021, as well as the Gold Medal in the Birds in the Environment category, for his shot “Blocked.” The image, which shows a roadrunner standing in front of the border between the United States and Mexico, offers “an essential tale of habitat fragmentation, and how infrastructure like the border wall may hinder species from migrating and relocating into other places,” according to the organizers.

Alejandro Prieto’s ‘Blocked’ Winner of the overall competition and Bird Photographer of the Year in 2021

Best Bird Photo Of 2021: A Roadrunner Blocked By The US Border
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Levi Fitze’s ‘Morning Lek’ Photographer of the Year for Young Birds in 2021

Best Bird Photo Of 2021: A Roadrunner Blocked By The US Border
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Rafael Armada’s ‘Disappearing’ Gold, Attention to Detail

Best Bird Photo Of 2021: A Roadrunner Blocked By The US Border
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Mousam Ray’s ‘Floral Bathtub’ Gold, Bird Behaviour

Best Bird Photo Of 2021: A Roadrunner Blocked By The US Border
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Felipe Foncueva’s ‘Underwater Portrait’ Gold Award for Best Portrait

Best Bird Photo Of 2021: A Roadrunner Blocked By The US Border
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Tzahi Finkelstein’s ‘Thirsty’ Gold Birds in Flight

Best Bird Photo Of 2021: A Roadrunner Blocked By The US Border
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Terry Whittaker’s ‘Dipper on Shopping Trolley’ Gold Urban Birds

Best Bird Photo Of 2021: A Roadrunner Blocked By The US Border
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Renato Granieri’s ‘Chinstrap Penguin’ Gold, Black, and White

Best Bird Photo Of 2021: A Roadrunner Blocked By The US Border
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Andrés L. Domnguez Blanco’s ‘In the Woodland’ Gold, 9-13 years

Best Bird Photo Of 2021: A Roadrunner Blocked By The US Border
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Ruediger Schulz’s ‘Sprats with Bread’ Gold, creative imagery

Best Bird Photo Of 2021: A Roadrunner Blocked By The US Border
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