Life in the quiet details 💚

A jumping spider in Marlborough Forest KBA ON, Clouded Sulphur butterflies near the Grassy Lake Sandhills AB, a misty morning at Hendrie Valley Sanctuary in the Dundas Valley to Cootes Paradise KBA ON & a newborn orca calf off Vancouver Island BC ✨ #2025KBAPhotoContest

From alpine ponds to smoky hillsides, this round of #2025KBAPhotoContest Honourable Mentions captures it all 🌲 A Mountain Goat at Rogers Pass (BC), a Red-winged Blackbird in the Dundas Valley to Cootes Paradise KBA (ON), Dowitchers at dawn in Richmond (BC), and wildfire closing in on Squamish (BC) 🔥

Land, water & resilience in this round of #2025KBAPhotoContest Honourable Mentions 💚

Greater Yellowlegs at Fraser River Estuary KBA; Behr’s Hairstreak in the South Okanagan candidate KBA; lichen in the Little Qualicum–Nanoose Bay candidate KBA & post-fire slopes in the Castle-Waterton-Akamina KBA.

Across coasts, prairies & northern skies, this round of #2025KBAPhotoContest Honourable Mentions captures moments shaped by movement and light 💚

A newborn grey seal pup on Sable Island KBA (NS), a grizzly in the Chilko River (BC), dunlins foraging along the shoreline at Iona Island Park (BC) 1/2

This week’s #2025KBAPhotoContest Honourable Mentions 💚

A male orca spyhopping in Burrard Inlet (BC); black-tailed prairie dogs and plains bison in Grasslands National Park (SK); a lady’s slipper orchid on Haida Gwaii (BC); and Lake Opinicon in the Frontenac Forests KBA (ON).

Following International Day of Women & Girls in Science, these images from the #2025KBAPhotoContest celebrate women documenting biodiversity & conservation, from beard lichen & a tricoloured bumble bee in Alberta, to a great blue heron on Ontario’s Grand River & intertidal surveys at Stanley Park💚

1/2 This week’s Honourable Mentions from the #2025KBAPhotoContest ✨

Moments of nature across Canada: a female red crossbill on a winter road in Algonquin Provincial Park KBA, a bonnet mushroom near K'ómoks KBA in BC & a plains bison moving through mist in Elk Island National Park KBA 🦬

This week’s #2025KBAPhotoContest Honourable Mentions 💚

From beluga whales captured from above, to bog plants on Haida Gwaii, a rare Bogbean Buckmoth, and Foothills Parkland grasslands, wetlands, and aspen woodlands beneath Ninaistako (Chief Mountain).

More to come next week 🦋

Another set of moments worth celebrating 💚

This week’s #2025KBAPhotoContest #HonourableMentions capture nature at every scale: from a rare Audouin's night-stalking tiger beetle & delicate fern spores, to an aerial view of Lake Opinicon & volunteers surveying birds through coastal storms 🪽

This week’s selection of #HonourableMentions from the #2025KBAPhotoContest features another set of striking images capturing unique moments in nature - from ancient resilience to rare celestial alignments, and from coastal blooms to hands-on conservation in the field 🦋

From morning lift-off to low-tide calm: four moments in nature from BC to NL - an American Wigeon in Steveston, Amanita muscaria in Pacific Rim, the cliffs of Burnt Cape, and a quiet Parksville sunrise. A small glimpse of Canada’s coast-to-coast beauty 🦋 #2025KBAPhotoContest #HonourableMentions

The celebration continues! 🦋

This week’s Honourable Mentions from the #2025KBAPhotoContest features another set of striking images that capture unique moments in nature 🌱

🔗 Explore the full list here: https://f.mtr.cool/pcuuxymuid

After hundreds of incredible submissions, the judges have spoken✨

Find out soon who captured the winning shots in the 2025 KBA Photo Contest 🏆🤎

#KeyBiodiversityAreas #KBAs #2025KBAPhotoContest

📸 Enter the People & Conservation category of the #2025KBAPhotoContest and showcase the stories of connection, care, and stewardship across Canada’s Key Biodiversity Areas. 

Find out more and enter: https://f.mtr.cool/jlziylnxia 💚 2/2

Capturing Canada’s Key Biodiversity Areas: A 2025 Photo Contest For the third year in a row, the KBA Canada team is inviting photographers of all levels to participate in our photo contest and help us showcase the natural beauty and importance of Canada’s KBAs and the biodiversity that calls them home!

📸 Enter the Landscapes & Ecosystems category of the #2025KBAPhotoContest and help spotlight the places that take our breath away. 

Find out more and enter: https://f.mtr.cool/hvjigaviwe 💚

#KBACanada #PhotoContest 2/2

The 2025 KBA Photo Contest is back! Canada’s Key Biodiversity Areas are home to some of the most awe-inspiring species, ecosystems, and landscapes - and we want to see them through your lens 📸🧵

 #2025KBAPhotoContest #KeyBiodiversityAreas