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Wild Photos of a Coyote Date Night, Curious Rat, and More Win Urban Wildlife Photography Awards

  • <p>Jill Finney decided to follow her wildlife photography dreams during the COVID-19 pandemic, treating the squirrels and raccoons she came across in her Toronto neighborhood like the large wild animals featured in <i>National Geographic</i>. Her photo "<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/016002096-trash-panda" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Trash Panda;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Trash Panda</a>" won the Urban Wildlife Photography Awards' Fancy Seeing You Here category.</p>
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    Hello There

    Jill Finney decided to follow her wildlife photography dreams during the COVID-19 pandemic, treating the squirrels and raccoons she came across in her Toronto neighborhood like the large wild animals featured in National Geographic. Her photo "Trash Panda" won the Urban Wildlife Photography Awards' Fancy Seeing You Here category.

  • <p>It's a wild world out there, including in your backyard! </p> <p>The inaugural Urban Wildlife Photography Awards encouraged animal-loving photographers to capture the creatures they found around them on camera. London-based global photography platform <a href="https://www.picfair.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Picfair;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Picfair</a> organized the free-to-enter photography awards to highlight the trend of photographing urban wildlife, which increased in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. </p> <p>The 2022 awards received over 6,000 entries from all over the world. Read on to see which photos won the competition and other outstanding finalists. </p> <p>Amateur photographer, Andrew Interisano, took "<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/015860345-date-night" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Date Night;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Date Night</a>," the photo chosen as the awards' Overall Winner. The champion shot captures two coyotes crossing paths in Toronto, Canada. </p>
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    Coyotes Cross Paths

    It's a wild world out there, including in your backyard!

    The inaugural Urban Wildlife Photography Awards encouraged animal-loving photographers to capture the creatures they found around them on camera. London-based global photography platform Picfair organized the free-to-enter photography awards to highlight the trend of photographing urban wildlife, which increased in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    The 2022 awards received over 6,000 entries from all over the world. Read on to see which photos won the competition and other outstanding finalists.

    Amateur photographer, Andrew Interisano, took "Date Night," the photo chosen as the awards' Overall Winner. The champion shot captures two coyotes crossing paths in Toronto, Canada.

  • <p>Austin Montero's photo of a thoughtful-looking rat — who had just emerged from a sewer in Cuernavaca, Mexico — won the Urban Wildlife Photography Awards' Nightlife category. Montero titled the phenomenal photo "<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/016075291-life-beyond-the-sewer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Life Beyond the Sewer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Life Beyond the Sewer</a>."</p>
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    Big City Dreams

    Austin Montero's photo of a thoughtful-looking rat — who had just emerged from a sewer in Cuernavaca, Mexico — won the Urban Wildlife Photography Awards' Nightlife category. Montero titled the phenomenal photo "Life Beyond the Sewer."

  • <p>Mano Aliczki was on holiday in Sardinia, Italy, known for its greater flamingo colonies, and spotted this lone pink bird feeding from an artificial salt pan. The resulting flamingo photo, titled "<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/016013729-window-to-the-salt-pan" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Window to the salt pan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Window to the salt pan</a>" won the awards' Daylight category. </p>
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    Bird's Eye View

    Mano Aliczki was on holiday in Sardinia, Italy, known for its greater flamingo colonies, and spotted this lone pink bird feeding from an artificial salt pan. The resulting flamingo photo, titled "Window to the salt pan" won the awards' Daylight category.

  • <p>The photo "Foggy late night walk" taken by Doug Wallace in Cambridge, England, was a finalist in the competition's Nightlife category.</p>
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    Swan Park

    The photo "Foggy late night walk" taken by Doug Wallace in Cambridge, England, was a finalist in the competition's Nightlife category.

  • <p>Nicolas Bamberski caught a ground squirrel sunbathing in Alameda, California, in front of a scenic view of San Francisco and couldn't resist taking a picture. His photo "<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/015638498-tanning-in-style" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Tanning In Style;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Tanning In Style</a>" was a finalist in the awards' Fancy Seeing You Here category.</p>
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    City Sun

    Nicolas Bamberski caught a ground squirrel sunbathing in Alameda, California, in front of a scenic view of San Francisco and couldn't resist taking a picture. His photo "Tanning In Style" was a finalist in the awards' Fancy Seeing You Here category.

  • <p>Cheryl Rogers' photo of a Brogla bird in Melbourne, Australia —"<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/015875516-free-kick" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Free Kick;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Free Kick</a>"— was another finalist in the Fancy Seeing You Here category. </p>
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    Kick it

    Cheryl Rogers' photo of a Brogla bird in Melbourne, Australia —"Free Kick"— was another finalist in the Fancy Seeing You Here category.

  • <p>Barak's "<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/015877109-oh-snap" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:On Snap;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">On Snap</a>" shot earned a finalist spot in the awards' Daylight category. The photo shows monkeys munching breakfast scraps leftover by tourists on Mount Basur in Indonesia. </p>
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    Bread Break

    Barak's "On Snap" shot earned a finalist spot in the awards' Daylight category. The photo shows monkeys munching breakfast scraps leftover by tourists on Mount Basur in Indonesia.

  • <p>The photo "<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/015945349-red-fox-on-boat" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Red Fox On Boat;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Red Fox On Boat</a>," taken by Mark F Wallner, earned a finalist spot in the Urban Wildlife Photography Awards' Daylight category. </p>
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    Snooze at Sea

    The photo "Red Fox On Boat," taken by Mark F Wallner, earned a finalist spot in the Urban Wildlife Photography Awards' Daylight category.

  • <p>"<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/016003156-cat-and-fish" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Cat and fish;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Cat and fish</a>" is another finalist from the awards' Daylight category. Matko Petrić took the photo in Split, Croatia.</p> <p>View the full finalists and winners' gallery on Picfair <a href="https://www.picfair.com/users/CarolineHumphreys/boards/F8IEQIt8R_0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">here</a>.<em><br></em><em>All Picfair profits on print sales will go to global conservation non-profit </em><em><a href="https://www.rewild.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Re:Wild;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Re:Wild</a>.</em></p>
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    Lunch to Go

    "Cat and fish" is another finalist from the awards' Daylight category. Matko Petrić took the photo in Split, Croatia.

    View the full finalists and winners' gallery on Picfair here.
    All Picfair profits on print sales will go to global conservation non-profit Re:Wild.

<p>Jill Finney decided to follow her wildlife photography dreams during the COVID-19 pandemic, treating the squirrels and raccoons she came across in her Toronto neighborhood like the large wild animals featured in <i>National Geographic</i>. Her photo "<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/016002096-trash-panda" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Trash Panda;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Trash Panda</a>" won the Urban Wildlife Photography Awards' Fancy Seeing You Here category.</p>
<p>It's a wild world out there, including in your backyard! </p> <p>The inaugural Urban Wildlife Photography Awards encouraged animal-loving photographers to capture the creatures they found around them on camera. London-based global photography platform <a href="https://www.picfair.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Picfair;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Picfair</a> organized the free-to-enter photography awards to highlight the trend of photographing urban wildlife, which increased in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. </p> <p>The 2022 awards received over 6,000 entries from all over the world. Read on to see which photos won the competition and other outstanding finalists. </p> <p>Amateur photographer, Andrew Interisano, took "<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/015860345-date-night" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Date Night;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Date Night</a>," the photo chosen as the awards' Overall Winner. The champion shot captures two coyotes crossing paths in Toronto, Canada. </p>
<p>Austin Montero's photo of a thoughtful-looking rat — who had just emerged from a sewer in Cuernavaca, Mexico — won the Urban Wildlife Photography Awards' Nightlife category. Montero titled the phenomenal photo "<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/016075291-life-beyond-the-sewer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Life Beyond the Sewer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Life Beyond the Sewer</a>."</p>
<p>Mano Aliczki was on holiday in Sardinia, Italy, known for its greater flamingo colonies, and spotted this lone pink bird feeding from an artificial salt pan. The resulting flamingo photo, titled "<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/016013729-window-to-the-salt-pan" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Window to the salt pan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Window to the salt pan</a>" won the awards' Daylight category. </p>
<p>The photo "Foggy late night walk" taken by Doug Wallace in Cambridge, England, was a finalist in the competition's Nightlife category.</p>
<p>Nicolas Bamberski caught a ground squirrel sunbathing in Alameda, California, in front of a scenic view of San Francisco and couldn't resist taking a picture. His photo "<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/015638498-tanning-in-style" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Tanning In Style;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Tanning In Style</a>" was a finalist in the awards' Fancy Seeing You Here category.</p>
<p>Cheryl Rogers' photo of a Brogla bird in Melbourne, Australia —"<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/015875516-free-kick" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Free Kick;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Free Kick</a>"— was another finalist in the Fancy Seeing You Here category. </p>
<p>Barak's "<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/015877109-oh-snap" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:On Snap;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">On Snap</a>" shot earned a finalist spot in the awards' Daylight category. The photo shows monkeys munching breakfast scraps leftover by tourists on Mount Basur in Indonesia. </p>
<p>The photo "<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/015945349-red-fox-on-boat" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Red Fox On Boat;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Red Fox On Boat</a>," taken by Mark F Wallner, earned a finalist spot in the Urban Wildlife Photography Awards' Daylight category. </p>
<p>"<a href="https://www.picfair.com/pics/016003156-cat-and-fish" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Cat and fish;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Cat and fish</a>" is another finalist from the awards' Daylight category. Matko Petrić took the photo in Split, Croatia.</p> <p>View the full finalists and winners' gallery on Picfair <a href="https://www.picfair.com/users/CarolineHumphreys/boards/F8IEQIt8R_0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">here</a>.<em><br></em><em>All Picfair profits on print sales will go to global conservation non-profit </em><em><a href="https://www.rewild.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Re:Wild;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Re:Wild</a>.</em></p>
Kelli Bender

Photography platform Picfair organized the Urban Wildlife Photography Awards to highlight the trend of photographing urban wildlife, which increased in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic