winners 2019

Southern Cassowary by Jun Matsui

Eastern Spinebill by John Eley

Life, fragmented by Matt Wright

A Butterfly Snatch by Greg Norman

Lines of Flight by Cathryn Vasseleu

Little Wattle Bird Plucking Ant Alates from the Air by Terry Walker

Superb fairy-wren singing by Martin Longford

portfolio winner

Sponsored by Heritage Expeditions

Won by Ofer Levy

Black-necked Stork fishing by Ofer Levy

Beach Stone Curlews by Ofer Levy

Comb-crested Jacana by Ofer Levy

Red-necked Avocet feeding by Ofer Levy

Peregrine Falcon by Ofer Levy

Family Portrait by Ofer Levy

shortlisted entries

Bird Behaviour

Beauty Untouched by Shelley Pearson

Did someone say food? by Claire Greenwell

Fly through by Jason Abuso

Fracas by Wilson Lennard

Home sweet home by Thiagarajan Sitharthan

Mating time by Fran Solly

Parenting was never meant to be this hard by Mark Lethlean

Play time by Lea Scaddan

Silent scream of terror by Janette Rodgers

Thanks for breakfast by Stuart Blackwell

Twwwannggg by Jason Moore

Bird Portrait

A formidable killer by Sar NOP

At the ready by Stephen Garth

Colours of the rainbow by Gary Meredith

Comb-Over by Michael Hanvey

Elegant Stilt by Duade Paton

Family matters by Shelley Pearson

Flash Mob by Colin Driscoll

Golden by Jeremy Chin

Graceful landing by Tim Van Leeuwen

Leaving on the light by Matthew Newton

Nankeen Kestrel by Cathryn Vasseleu

On Golden Pond by Ian Wilson

Pelican Focus by Louisa Kelland

Perfectly posed pigeon by Silva Vaughan-Jones

Preening by Lea Scaddan

Serious Seabird by Ian Wilson

Soft-plumaged Petrel by John Harrison

Unconventional Beauty by Alistair Smith

Wren Call From Lantana Perch by John Dalton

Birds in the Landscape

Sponsored by Lake Cowal Foundation

Covert Alertness by Wilson Lennard

Egret and the City by Veronica Mcphail

Green by Sally Gray

Last Light on Albatross Island by Matthew Newton

Letters from the Outback by David Stowe

Moon light walk on beach by Christopher Farrell

Peek a Boo by Linda Joseph

Peek-a-boo by Lisa Nunn

Pelican on the River Murray by Peter Ross

Red-necked Stint by Arnold Faulks

Sandpiper Fling by Wilson Lennard

Shearwater Migration by Duade Paton

Swamp by Sally Gray

The Wind Rises by Wilson Lennard

Wipe Out by Maria Coleman

Creative

Drought Featuring New Holland Honeyeater by Angela Robertson-Buchanan

Drought featuring Scarlet Honeyeaters by Angela Robertson-Buchanan

Flaring Swampie by Dick Jenkin

Silver Gull by David Pace

Twin Tawnies by Rebecca Harrison

Human Impact

Australian Summer by Toni Moran

Collared Cormorant by Geoff Dennis

Don't leave your rubbish out by Fran Solly

Fatal Decision by Lea Stanlake

Forest Kingfisher by Jean Gundry

Making a Splash I by Ian Wilson

Powerless by Matt Wright

Road Danger by Lea Scaddan

Unlucky by Linda Joseph

Special theme: Honeyeaters

Brown Honeyeater by Paul Barry

Gibber on Gibber by David Stowe

Graceful by Mark Lethlean

Hovering Spinebill by Warren Wilson

Into the fire you made scarlet and gold by Kylie Jones

Lewin's by Warren Wilson

Noisy Friarbird by Angela Robertson-Buchanan

Scarlet Honeyeater by Silva Vaughan-Jones

Skinny dip by Swapnil Nevgi

Youth

Black-Fronted Dotterel by Robert Irwin

Desert Rains by Robert Irwin

Emu Family by Robert Irwin

Fabulous Fantail by McKinley Moens

Purple Swamphen by Robert Irwin

Reflections by Robert Irwin

Satin Bowerbird by Ben Roe

We're deeply indebted to our six judges for working through the large number of entries received and choosing such a fine selection of winners and shortlisted entries. Our 2019 judges were Chris Bray, Dean Ingwersen, Sabine Meyer, Moose Peterson, Andy Rouse and Georgina Steytler.