NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY PHOTO CONTEST

Bird-loving photographers from across America CAN submit entries for the newly-announced Audubon Magazine Photography Awards:

Birds in Focus

The awards are presented in association with Nature's Best Photography Magazine and sponsored by Nikon.

Entries will be accepted online, May 15- July 15 in Professional, Amateur, and Youth categories.

Award recipients, selected by a panel of distinguished judges, will be announced in December and will have their work displayed

by Audubon and Nature's Best Photography, both in print and online.

Prizes include:

 ·          Journey to Peru's Tambopata National Reserve (Inkaterra Amazonica Lodge)

·          An ultimate birding safari to Australia's "Top End," the Northern Territory

·          14-day Tropical Rivers and Rainforest cruise through South America (Travel Dynamics International)

·          Opportunity to travel to Honduras with Audubon wildlife photographer Roy Toft as your photographer/guide (Roy Toft Photo Safaris and Pico Bonito Lodge)

·          A Nikon D80 digital SLR camera, 18-55mm NIKKOR VR lens, and a set of Nikon EDG 8x32 binoculars

Submissions: Accepted May 15 - July 15, 2009. Up to 10 images per entrant.

For details, visit www.AudubonMagazinePhotoAwards.com