Which Cover of Our Fall 2025 Issue of Audubon Magazine Did You Receive?

Camilo Sanabria Grajales can nonetheless bear in mind the chook that modified his life—the one which made him fall in love with birds. It was an Azulejo Común, or Blue-gray Tanager, that he noticed when he was six years outdated. Grajales took an extended look by a pair of borrowed binoculars, and “from then on, I began to see them with totally different eyes, actually. And I started to delve deeper into this world.”

Now, at age 14, Grajales is an achieved chook photographer; he wowed the judges within the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards, turning into the primary youth prize winner from Latin America. That’s as a result of this yr’s competitors stretches throughout the hemisphere: For the primary time, residents of Chile and Colombia joined these in the USA and Canada in coming into their breathtaking visuals of birdlife.

To have fun this landmark second, we produced one thing particular: a problem with two covers, every that includes an award-winning picture. One exhibits a Brandt’s Cormorant amassing nesting materials in California, and the opposite a Ringed Kingfisher rising from a dive in Chile. Whichever gorgeous cowl you acquired illustrates an essential consideration behind our choice to develop the awards: Birds transcend cultures and nations, and overcoming the challenges they face would require the eye of individuals in every single place.

All through this problem we characteristic efforts to encourage a recent have a look at birdlife. In “Let’s Talk Turkey” we paint a frank and delightfully detailed image of a chook deserving of better admiration. In “Lucky Ducks” we let the Hautman brothers—the winningest household in federal duck stamp contest historical past—function your information to the world of waterfowl artwork. (And in “Know Thine Enemy” we even counsel you rethink your avian archnemesis, the squirrel.)

A number of tales, together with “On the Origin of Birders” and “The Birds Next Door,” highlight initiatives aimed toward inspiring new constituencies for conservation. “Early Birds,” which kicks off the Subject Information part, acknowledges the notably impactful position that kids can play when their curiosity is sparked.

Grajales acknowledges this, too. As he shared with Audubon contributor María Paula Rubiano A. in her profile, he plans to make use of his pictures to boost consciousness of biodiversity and the significance of defending it. He’s so dedicated to this aim that he just lately bought a trampoline and two online game consoles so as to pay for improved gear. Grajales discovered that as his love of birdlife and pictures grew, he was spending extra time open air pursuing his ardour—and keen to take a look at birds by a brand new lens.

This piece ran within the Fall 2025 problem. To obtain our print journal, grow to be a member by making a donation today.