Title:	High Wire Act
Location:	Denver, Colorado
Description:	Eastern Fox Squirrels arrived in Denver in the mid-20th century and are now thriving in residential neighborhoods. One method they use to get around is running along cables that are strung between telephone polls.
Copyright:	© 2025 Bob Stocker
Contact:	Bob Stocker website: https://StockerPhotos.com/

GRAND PRIZE ($1,000) -

Barbara Fleming - "Into the Storm", Ngogorngoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

FIRST PRIZE ($250) -

Birds: Amy Marques - "Owlet in Paradise", Central Florida

Maro/Other: Yongcheng Li - "Ant's Eye View", NC, USA

Mammals: Preeti and Prashant Chacko - "My Hero!", Lake Clark, Alaska

Scapes: Charles Janson - "Fall Rainstorm", Grand Teton National Park

SECOND PRIZE ($100) -

Birds: Charles Janson - "Woodpecker Explosion", Lake Mary Ronan, Montana, USA

Birds: Kevin Lohman - "Food Exchange", Ed Levin County Park, Milpitas, California

Macro/Other: Robert Ferguson - "The eyes have it....", Kaeng Krachan Thailand

Macro/Other: William Goodwin - "Round Lens", Cayman Brac at 45' deep

Mammals: Yoshiki Nakamura - "Phantom of Laikipia", Laikipia Wilderness, Kenya

Mammals: Robert Gloeckner - "Frozen", Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

Scapes: Marie Bush - "After the Burn", Heil Ranch, Colorado

Scapes: Sandra Knight - "Angel Wings", Fairbanks, Alaska

SPECIAL AWARDS ($250) -

Closeup Perspectives: Peter Batty - "Giraffe drinking at sunset", Zimanga Game Reserve, South Africa

Humor in Nature: Teresa Arrospide - "Marmot Morning Yoga", Rocky Mountain National Park

Sense of Place: Barb D'Arpino - "Foggy Sunrise", Wakodahatchee Wetlands

Colorado Nature: Steven & Sylvia - Oboler, "Aspen Lattice", Kebler Pass, CO

Migratory Birds: Jan Lightfoot - "Morning Has Broken", Staten Island Rd. near Lodi, CA

Ocean Life: Angela J. Sanchez - "Orcas in Sunbeams", Sea of Cortez, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Urban Wildlife: Robert Palmer - "Electrocuted Bald Eagle", Near Platteville, Colorado

National Parks & Refuges: Pratyaydipta Rudra - "Singing in the rain", Haleakala National Park, Maui, HI

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