The best photos won the 2019 Bird Photographer Contest

The image of the "dancing" pelican on the glacier in Greece by British author Caron Steele won the top prize in the Bird Photography Photographer 2019.

"Dancing on Ice" won the 2019 Bird Bird Photography Competition , by Caron Steele, from Worrouershire, England. She said: "When I went to Greece to photograph the reproductive pelicans, I discovered Lake Kerkini, where the pelicans' favorite food was frozen for the first time in 16 years. There were a few small holes on the lake and The pelicans gathered around. I was fortunate to capture the beautiful moment when I was on the pelican like dancing on the glacier . "

A photo of the European hoopoe bird (belonging to the First Ax family) is catching prey from German photographer, Thomas Hinsche, in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany), who won the gold prize in the Best Investment Category.

Another work by photographer Thomas Hinsche, he captures a scene of a cormorant that is catching dwarf catfish in a Hungarian national park.The photo won the bronze prize for Best Investment.

Thomas Hinsche took this picture on Helgoland Island, Germany. He said: "Normally, you cannot access birds to take beautiful pictures. However, on Helgoland Island, birds are quite friendly to humans and allow them to get close to them. This picture was taken when the wind blew over and caused the seagull's feathers to create a special effect ".

Swedish photographer Ivan Sjogren won the gold prize in the Bird's Behavior category. His work records the sight of hummingbirds bathing in cool water in Costa Rica in the early morning.

Hungarian photographer Bence Mate received a silver prize in the Bird's Behavior category. Mate said that in order to take a picture of this beautiful snow flare , he had to plan for 10 years.

The image to the left of the tailed hummingbird in Costa Rica, taken by British photographer Cat Edwardes, won the Silver of the Creative Picture category. Picture on the right of Canadian photographer Chad Larsen, photographing a snow owl , won the gold prize in the Bird and urban garden category.

The silver prize for the Bird category in the garden and urban area belongs to the work of Canadian photographer Meera Sulaiman. He captures swans that live in Lake Ontario, which is considered Canada's most toxic coal mine with a huge amount of industrial waste accumulated in 100 years.

Indian photographer, Yashodhan Bhatia, won the bronze prize in the Bird and Urban category. The photo of the pink starfish is gathering at India's Ujni, Maharashtra, India dam.

Gold prize in the Bird category in the environment belongs to the work of photographer Mohammad Khorshed, Kuwait (Middle East). Pictures of beautiful tidal scenes in coastal areas. This is also an ideal feeding environment for birds such as seagulls and herons .

The photo was taken in the Brazilian state of Maranhao and brought to Canadian photographer Mark Peck, silver prize in the Environment category. He said: "Before the storm came, I went back to my seabird research camp. Here, the fishermen often cycled along the coast to check the net and put the fish into the cart. I was lucky. caught sight of the stork waiting patiently for the fisherman to bring the fish back to ask for part. "

The image of the Antarctic emperor penguins by British photographer, Martin Grace, won gold in the Inspiring Encounter category.

Photographer Tamas Koncz-Bisztricz, from Hungary, took a picture of a beautiful lake in his hometown with the birds swimming above and won the gold award for Young Photographer of the Year.

Photographer William Steel photographed the stork looking for food next to a rhino in Botswana.The work won the Bronze portrait category.Indifference, inadvertently with the rhino's white and black tones for the second character in the picture brings a great contrast in sight.