Title:	The ribbons of beauty
Location:	Ecuador
Description:	The violet tailed sylph has the most elegant of tails, flowing behind it in into acrobatic flight.Flaring as seen here, must be captured it in flight. I cropped to include only the tail. Brilliant panoply of purple, violet, green and blue.
Copyright:	© 2024 sue dougherty
Contact:	sue dougherty

GRAND PRIZE ($1,000) -

Terry Martin - "Peyto Lake", Banff National Park

FIRST PRIZE ($250) -

Birds: Protik Hossain - "Great Gray flying in with prey", British Columbia, Canada

Macro/Other: Angela J. Sanchez - "Underwater Dancers", Sea of Cortez, Mexico

Mammals: Liwen Tao - "So Close!", Tanzania, Serengeti National Park

Scapes: Lewis Mazzuca - "Sonoran Desert at Night", Sonoran Desert

SECOND PRIZE ($125) -

Birds: Judi Dressler - "Nest Building!", Just NW of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Birds: Joe Lucas - "A Long Yawn At Dawn", Chatfield State Park, Colorado

Macro/Other: Sisel Lan - "A ladybug's carousel", Denver, Colorado, USA

Macro/Other: Claire Waring - "Let's dance!", Little Addington, UK

Mammals: Thomas Vijayan - "The Carcal", South Africa

Mammals: Marcia Walters - "Besties", NW Washington State

Scapes: Peter Batty - "Comet over Bisti Badlands", Bisti Badlands, New Mexico

Scapes: Hilary Bralove - "Butte-i-ful sunrise", Utah

SPECIAL AWARDS ($250) -

Closeups: Joe Lucas - "Caught In Mid-Drip", Chatfield State Park, Colorado

Colorado Nature: Robert Palmer - "Hovering American Kestrel", Eastern Colorado

Humor in Nature: Peter Batty - "Mule deer struggling to get the hang of hide and seek!", Rocky Mountain Arsenal

Migratory Birds: Raymond Chao - "Dancers at the golden hours", Irvine, CA

National Parks & Refuges: Angela J. Sanchez - "Snack Time", Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Ocean Life: Jodi Frediani - "Alien Anchovies", Santa Cruz Wharf, Santa Cruz, California

Sense of Place: Nona Radin - "The Reacher", Zambia

Urban Wildlife: Sarah Killingsworth - "Dusk and Danger", Point Reyes National Seashore, California

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